Precedence Backup PROe - Start and Stop the Backup Engine Print

Restarting the Backup Engine:

To restart the Backup engine, follow these steps:

1. Open the Backup Software.
2. Double-click the Backup Software's logo in the upper right corner.
3. In the text input area at the very bottom of the Backup Software desktop, type: restart
4. Press Enter.

Windows - Stopping and Starting the Backup Engine:

1. Click Start, open command prompt
2. To stop type
3. net stop CrashPlanService
4. To start type
5. net start CrashPlanService

Linux - Stopping and Starting the Backup Engine:

The start / stop script is stored in the crashplan/bin directory

1. To stop type
1. /usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine stop
2. To start type
1. /usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine start

Mac - Stopping and Starting the Backup Engine:

1. Go to Go > Utilities > Terminal
2. To stop, enter the following command:
1. sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.engine.plist
3. To start (load):
1. sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.engine.plist