# Shutting down appliances gracefully

Before physically moving or during scheduled power outage it is recommended Vectra appliances be shutdown gracefully to avoid data corruption.

## Steps

1. Connect to the Vectra CLI. You will need to connect with SSH client using the login vectra.
2. `vscli > shutdown`
3. Confirm if you want to proceed.

Additional Options available\
\--yes Confirm the action without prompting.\
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

To reboot:

vscli > reboot\
Do you want to reboot the system? \[y/N]: y

or\
vscli > reboot --yes

On brain UI, in Data Source --> Brain Setup menu there are shutdown and restart options

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