Stop application resources with the crsctl stop resource command. The command sets the resource TARGET value to OFFLINE. Because Oracle Clusterware always attempts to match the state of a resource to its target, the Oracle Clusterware subsystem stops the application. The following example stops the Apache Web server:
# crsctl stop resource myApache
You cannot stop a resource if another resource has a hard stop dependency on it, unless you use the force (-f) option. If you use the crsctl stop resource resource_name -f command on a resource upon which other resources depend, and if those resources are running, then Oracle Clusterware stops the resource and all of the resources that depend on the resource that you are stopping.