Stopping and starting vfilers

You stop a vfiler if you need to troubleshoot vfiler problems or destroy a vfiler.

Note
You cannot stop or start vfiler0.

After you stop a vfiler, the vfiler can no longer receive packets from clients.

The stopped state is not persistent across reboots: after you reboot the filer, the vfiler resumes automatically.

You can start vfilers that are in the stopped state; after a vfiler starts, it is in running state and can receive packets from clients.

To stop vfilers, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: vfiler stop vfilertemplate Example The filer supports two vfilers named vfiler1 and vfiler2. The following command stops all vfilers, except vfiler 0: vfiler stop * The following messages appear after you enter the command: vfiler1 stopped vfiler2 stopped

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

vfiler stop vfilertemplate

The filer supports two vfilers named vfiler1 and vfiler2. The following command stops all vfilers, except vfiler 0:

vfiler stop *

The following messages appear after you enter the command:

vfiler1         stopped

vfiler2         stopped

To start vfilers, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: vfiler start vfilertemplate Example The filer supports two vfilers named vfiler1 and vfiler2. The following command starts all vfilers, except vfiler 0, which is already running: vfiler start * The following messages appear after you enter the command: vfiler1 running vfiler2 running

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

vfiler start vfilertemplate

The filer supports two vfilers named vfiler1 and vfiler2. The following command starts all vfilers, except vfiler 0, which is already running:

vfiler start *

The following messages appear after you enter the command:

vfiler1         running

vfiler2         running