Graceful Shutdown¶

Before updating an Output Engine server in cluster mode, the server has to be shut down gracefully. This way, the checkin services are closed for new jobs and the router is forced to send these jobs to another server. After closing the checkin services, wait for the system to become empty and then execute the update as described in Update.

Closing the Checkin Services¶

You can close the checkin services via the command line or via the Windows services dialog.

Via the Command Line¶

Open a PowerShell (Administrator).

Find the checkin services by typing:

Get-Service -name seal-* | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'checkin'}

Example - command output snippet

Status   Name               DisplayName
------   ----               -----------
Running  seal-checkin       seal-checkin
Stopped  seal-ipp-checkin   seal-ipp-checkin

Close each of the found checkin services:
```
net stop <service>
```
Example - calls for the checkin services listed above
```
net stop seal-checkin
net stop seal-ipp-checkin
```

Via the Windows Services Dialog¶

Open the Windows Services dialog.
Search for all services whose names start with seal- and end with checkin:
Select each found checkin service and click Stop the service: