Restart Cisco Prime ✭ 【RECENT】

Restarting a Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) server is not a trivial event. Unlike rebooting a standard Linux server, restarting PI involves stopping a complex ecosystem of interdependent services (database, web server, file collector, monitoring engine) and gracefully bringing them back online. This document covers the why , how , and post-restart recovery procedures.

Do not just reboot the Virtual Machine! abruptly. Cisco Prime runs on a PostgreSQL database. Hard-killing the VM can lead to database corruption. restart cisco prime

If the application is unresponsive, you might need to stop the OS services entirely via ncs stop before rebooting the underlying Linux OS with reload or reboot . Restarting a Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) server is

This provides a baseline. It lists active daemons, the database instance status, and ensures the system is currently responsive. Step 3: Stop the Application Services Do not just reboot the Virtual Machine

After the server is back up, do not assume everything works. Execute these checks:

Run ncs status to confirm that all key components show a "running" or "online" status before attempting to log back into the Web User Interface.