Stopping and Starting the Vocera Voice Server

In certain situations, you may need to stop and restart the Vocera Voice Server.

For example, if you want to use the server to update the properties in all your badges at the same time, you must stop the Vocera Voice Server and then restart it before it can download the new properties to the badges.

Use the Server page in the Maintenance screen to stop and start the Vocera Voice Server. The buttons in the Start and Stop Server section of the Server page control the Vocera Voice Server only; they do not stop the related services that Vocera uses, such as Tomcat and Nuance.

You may want to restart the server when only a few people are using the system. When you stop the server, any existing calls will be terminated, and users will not be able to communicate with their badges until you start the server again. The server stops and starts fairly quickly, so if few people are using the system, there will be very little interruption.

Note: You can also use the Vocera Control Panel to stop and start the Vocera Voice Server.

To stop and start the Vocera Voice Server

  1. Open the Vocera Administration Console.
  2. Click Maintenance in the navigation bar to display the set of Maintenance tabs.
  3. Click the Server tab.
    The Server page opens.
  4. Click the Stop.
    Vocera displays a dialog box indicating that the server has stopped.
  5. Click OK to close the dialog box.
    The Server page is displayed again.
  6. Click the Start button.
    Vocera displays a dialog box indicating that the server has started.
  7. Click OK to close the dialog box.