[VSERVER] stopping the service

[Erich Geiersberger]

Hi Ruslan,

I have lost hours yesterday trying to stop the server from my 
Director installer during a server database update.
The docs say it is stopped using -d which actually seems to 
deactivate the service but leaves the databases in a state where they 
can't be copied.

In the list I found later that the service can be stopped with a -k 
option which seems to work but is not documented. Please update the 
Vserver documentation.

I am also looking for a possibility to do the same on OSX. How can I 
stop the service on OSX during an update? I know about the
- open a terminal window
- log in as admin
- look for the service
- kill it
thing, but that's not a smooth way to go through during a 
software/database update from within another program.

Is there any other way?

Regards
Erich