Shutting Down The Storage System - Acer Altos EasyStore User Manual

Chapter 3

Shutting down the storage system

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To shut down the storage system, you can press the power button on the unit itself,
or you can shut the system down remotely using the Manager. To ensure that you
don't shut down the system accidentally, you must enter your administrator password
to do this.
Caution: If you shut down the storage system, users will no longer be able to
access the shared folders on the storage system. If users have shared files open,
data might be lost. Be sure to have all users save their changes and close any open
files before you shut down the storage system.
Shutting down the storage system when a backup is occurring will not have any
adverse effect; the backup will resume automatically when the storage server is
powered on again. However, shutting down the storage system when a disk is being
recovered can potentially corrupt the user's operating system, and the user will have
to recover the system disk using the recovery CD (or, if the system disk was not
protected, re-install the operating system).
To shut down the storage system using the Manager:
1. In the navigation bar, click Advanced.
2. In the left pane, click Shut Down.
3. In the Administrator password text box, enter the password for logging in to
the Manager.
4. Click Shut Down.
A message displays, indicating that the system is shutting down.
Once the storage system shuts down, if you refresh the browser window, it will
be blank. If you subsequently try to access the Manager, an error message will
appear, since the storage system will no longer be running.
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