Kill command is ok however keep in mind that you'll want to check what the
TSM server is doing first before you do it. Make sure any backups/restores
can be cancelled (and the appropriate people informed) as well as any other
processes like migration and so forth. According to the TSM manual you
should do:

Disable sessions - prevents new clients from accessing TSM put permits
existing sessions to continue
Query sessions - check if any sessions are currently running
Cancel session - cancel above sessions as appropriate
Query process - check for any running processes
Cancel process - cancel them as appropriate
Then when the TSM server is quiet and you're ready to shut it down:
Halt

When you bring it back up use "enable sessions" to allow clients to access
TSM again..

Are the above necessary? No not really.. doing a halt outright or sending a
kill signal to the process is going to cause the TSM server to cancel
everything anyways.. So if you know it's ok to do so then go for it. But I
usually do a quick check and "quiet" the TSM server personally..

Regards,

Gerald Wichmann
Senior Systems Development Engineer
Zantaz, Inc.
925.598.3099 (w)