= Shutting Down {brandname} Servers
Use the CLI to gracefully shutdown running servers. This ensures that {brandname} passivates all entries to disk and persists state.

* Use the `shutdown server` command to stop individual servers.
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[source,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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[//containers/default]> shutdown server $hostname
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* Use the `shutdown cluster` command to stop all servers joined to the cluster.
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[source,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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[//containers/default]> shutdown cluster
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.Verification

Check the server logs for the following messages:

[source,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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ISPN080002: {brandname} Server stopping
ISPN000080: Disconnecting JGroups channel cluster
ISPN000390: Persisted state, version=<$version> timestamp=YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
ISPN080003: {brandname} Server stopped
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