We&#39;ve been using bug21673 and we are having trouble stopping and starting a rabbitmq instance. Looking in the logs, we get the output below after running rabbitmq-server stop. Also in the past I have seen &quot;bad rpc node down&quot; and never knew what that meant or how to fix it. Does rabbitmqctrl stop-app and rabbitmq-server stop do the same or fundamentally diffferent things? An explanation of the difference would be helpful.<br>
<br>thanks,<br>Scott<br><br>{error_logger,{{2010,2,15},{18,7,57}},&quot;Protocol: ~p: register error: ~p~n&quot;,[&quot;inet_tcp&quot;,{{badmatch,{error,duplicate_name}},[{inet_tcp_dist,listen,1},{net_kernel,start_protos,4},{net_kernel,start_protos,3},{net_kernel,init_node,2},{net_kernel,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}]}^M<br>
{error_logger,{{2010,2,15},{18,7,57}},crash_report,[[{pid,&lt;0.22.0&gt;},{registered_name,net_kernel},{error_info,{exit,{error,badarg},[{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}},{initial_call,{gen,init_it,[gen_server,&lt;0.19.0&gt;,&lt;0.19.0&gt;,{local,net_kernel},net_kernel,{rabbit,shortnames,15000},[]]}},{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,&lt;0.9.0&gt;]},{messages,[]},{links,[#Port&lt;0.8&gt;,&lt;0.19.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[{longnames,false}]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,377},{stack_size,23},{reductions,484}],[]]}^M<br>
{error_logger,{{2010,2,15},{18,7,57}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{&#39;EXIT&#39;,nodistribution}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_kernel},{mfa,{net_kernel,start_link,[[rabbit,shortnames]]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}^M<br>
{error_logger,{{2010,2,15},{18,7,57}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,shutdown},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_sup},{mfa,{erl_distribution,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,infinity},{child_type,supervisor}]}]}^M<br>
{error_logger,{{2010,2,15},{18,7,57}},crash_report,[[{pid,&lt;0.8.0&gt;},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}},[{application_master,init,4},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}},{initial_call,{application_master,init,[&lt;0.6.0&gt;,&lt;0.7.0&gt;,{appl_data,kernel,[application_controller,erl_reply,auth,boot_server,code_server,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,erl_prim_loader,error_logger,file_server_2,fixtable_server,global_group,global_name_server,heart,init,kernel_config,kernel_sup,net_kernel,net_sup,rex,user,os_server,ddll_server,erl_epmd,inet_db,pg2],undefined,{kernel,[]},[application,application_controller,application_master,application_starter,auth,code,code_aux,packages,code_server,dist_util,erl_boot_server,erl_distribution,erl_prim_loader,erl_reply,erlang,error_handler,error_logger,file,file_server,file_io_server,prim_file,global,global_group,global_search,group,heart,hipe_unified_loader,inet6_tcp,inet6_tcp_dist,inet6_udp,inet_config,inet_hosts,inet_gethost_native,inet_tcp_dist,init,kernel,kernel_config,net,net_adm,net_kernel,os,ram_file,rpc,user,user_drv,user_sup,disk_log,disk_log_1,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,dist_ac,erl_ddll,erl_epmd,erts_debug,gen_tcp,gen_udp,gen_sctp,prim_inet,inet,inet_db,inet_dns,inet_parse,inet_res,inet_tcp,inet_udp,inet_sctp,pg2,seq_trace,wrap_log_reader,zlib,otp_ring0],[],infinity,infinity},normal]}},{ancestors,[&lt;0.7.0&gt;]},{messages,[{&#39;EXIT&#39;,&lt;0.9.0&gt;,normal}]},{links,[&lt;0.7.0&gt;,&lt;0.6.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,610},{stack_size,23},{reductions,127}],[]]}^M<br>
{error_logger,{{2010,2,15},{18,7,57}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}^M<br>{&quot;Kernel pid terminated&quot;,application_controller,&quot;{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}&quot;}^