Shutting Down a Physical Machine
Shut down a physical machine (PM), or node, to stop it from running when you need to service or replace the PM. Use the following procedure to shut down one and only one PM from the everRun Availability Console.
Cautions:
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Using the following procedures to shut down both PMs will result in data loss. If you need to stop both PMs, shut down the everRun system (which also shuts down the virtual machines (VMs)), as described in Shutting Down the System.
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Do not use the -f (force) option with the halt, poweroff, or reboot command of the host operating system of a PM. Doing so causes FT guests that are active on the same PM to hang. Instead, use the everRun Availability Console and maintenance mode to shutdown a PM, as described in the procedure below.
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The everRun system is not fault tolerant when you shut down a PM. For continuous uptime, bring an offline PM back into service as soon as possible.
To shut down a PM
To shut down a PM, you must place the PM into maintenance mode, which migrates any VMs running on that PM to the remaining PM.
- Determine which PM you want to shut down.
- In the everRun Availability Console, click Physical Machines in the left-hand navigation panel.
- After the PM displays running (in Maintenance), click Shutdown.
Caution: If the PM does not turn off after you click Shutdown, you must manually power off the PM, though doing so destroys its memory state. Manually power off a PM only as a last resort.
After the PM has shut down, its activity is 
off (in Maintenance). You must manually restart the PM.
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