Stopping the WebSphere Application Server

Note: By default, WebSphere Application Server 7.0 creates and configures a default server named server1 during installation. If you named your server something other than the default value, then substitute that name for server1 in the following steps.

To stop the WebSphere Application Server:

Start a command prompt.
Navigate to the <websphere_install_dir>\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\binWebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin directory. For example:
cd Z:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\bin
cd /u01/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/bin
Issue the command stopServer followed by the Application Server name. For example:
stopServer server1
./stopServer.sh server1

This command is case sensitive.

Note: If administrative security has been enabled for the WebSphere Application Server profile then use the following command to stop the servers:

Z:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\bin >
                    stopServer server1 user <admin_user_name> -password
                    <admin_user_password>

Tip: The Application Server can also be stopped through the Windows Services Applet. Each profile that you configured will have a corresponding service that is automatically created when you created the profile.

Note: Starting with Tools Release 8.97, you can use the Server Manager to stop the WebSphere process.