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# Shutting down appliances gracefully

Shutdown and reboot procedures that protect data and prevent corruption.

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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