GENERAL · FEATURE

Stopping clusters

![\[Windows\]](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSAW57_8.5.5/was/images/ngwin.svg)If you use the Windows Services facility to start and stop application servers that are part of a cluster, remember that the cluster state does not always update correctly. For example, if a cluster is running and you stop a cluster member through the Services GUI, the cluster state remains as Started even though the serv

![\[Windows\]](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSAW57_8.5.5/was/images/ngwin.svg)If you use the Windows Services facility to start and stop application servers that are part of a cluster, remember that the cluster state does not always update correctly. For example, if a cluster is running and you stop a cluster member through the Services GUI, the cluster state remains as Started even though the serv