Continuous Data end-of-life notice

Action required: The Continuous Data UI, API, and CLI are scheduled for end of life. Review the latest migration guidance and start planning your transition to Data Control Tower.

On new engine installations of 2026.5.0.0 and later, the Admin UI opens directly to the Performance Dashboard, and the Manage, Resources, and System menus are unavailable. Engines upgraded from an earlier version keep full Admin UI access. This restriction cannot be changed by customers; contact Delphix Support if you need it lifted temporarily.

Learn more about the Continuous Data end-of-life announcement.

Several options are available to start, stop, or restart the Delphix Engine for planned maintenance and, when necessary, reset the engine for debugging purposes.

For a behavioral issue, contact Delphix Support before you restart or reboot the Delphix Engine. Restarting or rebooting can remove critical state information that Delphix Support needs for root cause analysis.

Restart

For planned maintenance, you can restart the management process without shutting down VDBs or disabling dSources because restarting this process has no impact on running VDBs or dSources.

Complete the following steps to restart the Delphix Management Process via GUI: 

  1. Log in to the Delphix Setup application as a system administrator.

  2. From the Dashboard panel, click the Actions menu (...) on the top right and select Restart.

  3. Click OK.

Complete the following steps to restart the Delphix Management Process via CLI: 

  1. Log in to the CLI as a system administrator.

  2. Go to system > restart

  3. delphix system restart *> commit

Reboot

For planned maintenance, you can reboot the Delphix Engine.

To maintain data integrity, you must shut down all your VDBs and disable your dSources before you perform a planned reboot.

Complete the following steps to reboot the Delphix Engine via GUI:

  1. Log in to the Delphix Setup application as a system administrator.

  2. From the Dashboard panel, click the Actions menu (...) on the top right and select Reboot.

  3. Click OK.

Complete the following steps to reboot the Delphix Engine via CLI:

  1. Log in to the CLI as a system administrator.

  2. Go to system > reboot

  3. delphix system reboot *> commit

Reboot vs restart

The only difference between the Restart and Reboot is that the Restart functions without shutting down the VDBs and disabling the dSources.

Power off

Occasionally, it is necessary to shut down the Delphix Engine for maintenance purposes. Before performing a shutdown, all your VDBs must be shut down and dSources disabled to maintain data integrity. 

Once the Delphix Engine is powered off, you can power it back on through your hypervisor console. 

Use the following steps to shut down the Delphix Engine via GUI:

  1. Log in to the Delphix Setup application as a system administrator.

  2. From the Dashboard panel, click the Actions menu (...) on the top right and select Power Off.

  3. Click OK.

Use the following steps to shut down the Delphix Engine via CLI:

  1. ssh sysadmin@yourengine
  2. delphix > system
  3. delphix system > shutdown
  4. delphix system shutdown *> commit

Factory reset

This option returns the Delphix Engine to the "factory default" state. This removes all the data and configurations except for the network configuration and NTP settings. The network configuration and NTP settings are retained in order to make it is easy for a user to start the Delphix Engine otherwise you will need to perform the initial steps to configure the network via the VMware Hypervisor console.

It is recommended to shut down and remove all VDBs before resetting the Delphix Engine. Failure to do so could lead to stale data mounts in target environments. For the same reason, disable all dSources that use validated sync.

Use Factory Reset only when a complete reset and reconfiguration of the Delphix Engine is necessary, as all Delphix Engine objects will be de-allocated.

Complete the following steps to reset the Delphix Engine via GUI:

  1. Connect to the Delphix Setup application and log in as a system administrator.

  2. From the Dashboard panel, click the Actions menu (...) on the top right and select Factory Reset.

  3. Click OK.

Last updated
Oct 9, 2026