This closes #1563

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/management/impl/ActiveMQServerControlImpl.java

@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.JsonLoader;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.ListUtil;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.SecurityFormatter;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.collections.TypedProperties;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 public class ActiveMQServerControlImpl extends AbstractControl implements ActiveMQServerControl, NotificationEmitter, org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.management.NotificationListener {
    // Constants -----------------------------------------------------
+   private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ActiveMQServerControlImpl.class);
 
    // Attributes ----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2436,7 +2438,17 @@ public class ActiveMQServerControlImpl extends AbstractControl implements Active
 
       clearIO();
 
-      server.fail(true);
+      Thread t = new Thread() {
+         @Override
+         public void run() {
+            try {
+               server.fail(true);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+               logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+         }
+      };
+      t.start();
    }
 
    @Override

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java

@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ public class ActiveMQServerImpl implements ActiveMQServer {
 
    @Override
    public final void fail(boolean failoverOnServerShutdown) throws Exception {
-      stop(failoverOnServerShutdown, false, false, false);
+      stop(failoverOnServerShutdown, false, false, true);
    }
 
    public final void stop(boolean failoverOnServerShutdown, boolean isExit) throws Exception {

tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/management/ActiveMQServerControlTest.java

@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ public class ActiveMQServerControlTest extends ManagementTestBase {
             fail(e.getMessage());
          }
       }
+      Wait.waitFor(() -> !server.isStarted());
       assertFalse(server.isStarted());
    }
 

tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/management/ActiveMQServerControlUsingCoreTest.java

@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ public class ActiveMQServerControlUsingCoreTest extends ActiveMQServerControlTes
    }
 
 
-   // it doesn't make sense through the core
-   // the pool will be shutdown while a connection is being used
-   // makes no sense!
-   @Override
-   public void testForceFailover() throws Exception {
-   }
-
 
    @Override
    protected ActiveMQServerControl createManagementControl() throws Exception {