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Stop and Start All Arcserve Backup Services Using Batch Files

There are two methods that you can use to manually stop and start Arcserve Backup services, such as the Job Engine, the Tape Engine, and the Database Engine.

One method is to open the Server Admin, select the server name from the domain tree, select the individual service that you want to stop or start, and then click the Stop or Start toolbar buttons. However, circumstances may arise that require you to stop all Arcserve Backup services. For example, you need to apply a patch or fix that was released by Arcserve Support.

The cstop and the cstart commands let you shut down and restart all Arcserve Backup services sequentially, based upon their dependencies to the other Arcserve Backup services. This process ensures that there is no loss of data while the services are shutting down, and that all Arcserve Backup services are running properly when your system restarts.

To stop or start all Arcserve Backup services using a single command, use the file cstop.bat or cstart.bat located in the Arcserve Backup home directory.

cstop.bat

When you run cstop.bat, Arcserve Backup stops the services in the following order:

1. Arcserve Communication Foundation (Global)
2. Arcserve Dashboard Sync Service
3. Arcserve Central Remoting Server
4. Arcserve Communication Foundation
5. Arcserve Management Service
6. Arcserve Tape Engine
7. Arcserve Job Engine
8. Arcserve Database Engine
9. Arcserve Message Engine
10. Arcserve Discovery Service
11. Arcserve Domain Server
12. Arcserve Service Controller
13. Arcserve PortMapper
14. Alert Notification Server
15. Arcserve Universal Agent

cstart.bat

When you run cstart.bat, Arcserve Backup starts the services in the following order:

1. Alert Notification Server
2. Arcserve Discovery Service
3. Arcserve PortMapper
4. Arcserve Service Controller
5. Arcserve Domain Server
6. Arcserve Database Engine
7. Arcserve Message Engine
8. Arcserve Tape Engine
9. Arcserve Job Engine
10. Arcserve Management Service
11. Arcserve Universal Agent
12. Arcserve Communication Foundation
13. Arcserve Central Remoting Server
14. Arcserve Dashboard Sync Service
15. Arcserve Communication Foundation (Global)

Be aware of the following behavior, as it relates to stopping and starting Arcserve Backup Global Dashboard services:

• Arcserve Backup Global Dashboard requires the following services for Central Primary server configurations:
  • Arcserve Communication Foundation (Global)
  • Arcserve Dashboard Sync Service
  • Arcserve Central Remoting Server
  • Arcserve Communication Foundation
• Arcserve Backup Global Dashboard requires the following services for Branch Primary server configurations:
  • Arcserve Dashboard Sync Service
  • Arcserve Communication Foundation
• When you execute cstop.bat and cstart, Arcserve Backup stops and starts the services that correspond to the type of primary server that you installed (Central Primary server or Branch Primary server).