Process and Memory Management Commands on Cisco IOS-XR Software
process
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Cisco IOS-XR System Management Command Reference
process To start, terminate, or restart a process, use the process command in EXEC mode.
process {blocked | kill | restart | start} [executable-name | job-id] [location {node-id | all}]
Syntax Description
Defaults No default behavior or values
Command Modes EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines To use this command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes the proper
task IDs. For detailed information about user groups and task IDs, refer to the Configuring AAA Services
on Cisco IOS-XR Software module of the Cisco IOS-XR System Security Configuration Guide.
Under normal circumstances, processes are started and restarted automatically by the operating system
as required. If a process crashes, it will be automatically restarted.
You can also use the process commands to manually stop, start or restart individual processes. These
commands should be used only under the supervision of a Cisco support representative because they can
cause a loss of router operations.
Caution Manually killing or restarting a process can seriously impact the operation of a router. Use these
commands only under the direction of a Cisco technical support representative.
blocked Collects debug information. The node will be restarted if the mandatory reboot
flag is set.
kill Kills (stops) a process. The process will not be restarted even if considered
“mandatory”.
restart Restarts a process.
start Starts a process.
executable-name (Optional) Performs the action for all the simultaneously executing instances of
the process, if applicable.
job-id (Optional) Performs the action for only the process instance associated with the
job-id.
location node-id (Optional) Specifies a node. The node-id argument is entered in the
rack/slot/module notation.
location all (Optional) Specifies all nodes.
Release Modification
Release 2.0 This command was introduced.