Starting and Stopping Zing Memory

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This page describes how to start and stop Zing Memory with Azul Zulu Prime Builds of OpenJDK (Azul Zulu Prime JVM).

Starting Zing Memory

To start Zing Memory:

Login to your system as root.
Ensure there are no running processes using Zing Memory, type:
```
 $ zing-ps
```
On the Azul Zulu Prime JVM system, at the system prompt or through scripts, as root, execute the command:
- For RHEL, SLES, or Ubuntu:
```
 # service zing-memory start
```
  If you receive an error indicating the service does not exist, run the following command.
- For RHEL, SLES:
```
 # /etc/init.d/zing-memory start
```
- For Ubuntu:
```
 # initctl start zing-memory
```

To stop Zing Memory:

Login to your system as root.
Ensure there are no running processes using Zing Memory, type:
```
 $ zing-ps
```
On the Azul Zulu Prime JVM system, at the system prompt or through scripts, as root, execute the command:
- For RHEL, SLES, or Ubuntu:
```
 # service zing-memory stop
```