Parallels Virtualization and Automation Software

CAUSE

It is not a good idea to restart services in production environment, but, anyway, it is useful to know how to restart them, just in case.
 

RESOLUTION

UI:

    Linux:
    Starting of POA 2.6.5 it can be restarted using the following command: Older versions can be restarted using these commands: These commands should be executed on the POA UI server, also known as OSSCP or CP.

    Windows:
    To restart POA UI, use the following commands:

Management Node:

    Linux:
    POA Management node can be restarted with help of: this is graceful restart, if this does not work, POA can be restarted forcibly: These commands should be executed on the Managment Node, also known as POA Core or POA.

    Windows:
    POA MN can be restarted using the following: In case of any issues with restarting POA, you can kill all SoLoader.exe processes which are still running - use task manager or any other appropriate tool for that.

Agent on a HW node:

    Linux:
    Each POA-managed host has an agent installed, to restart it, use the following commands: or
    Windows:
    To restart agent, execute the following:
Agents on a VZ node:

    POA Virtuozzo servers have a special container (VPS) called PEMAgent, to restart it, you can restart the Virtuozzo container itself (using vzctl restart), or execute the following inside the container (Linux only): or Also, POA uses VZAgent to manage Virtuozzo based servers, to restart the VZAgent run the following on the Virtuozzo node (Linux only): or (both Linux and Windows)