Stopping Apache HTTP Server processes forcefully

When an attempt to gracefully stop the Apache HTTP Server fails, the agent for Apache HTTP Server kills all the processes similar to the following pattern:

Apache HTTP Server 2.0

/usr/sbin/httpd -f  \
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start

IBM HTTP Server

/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -f  \
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/conf/httpd.conf -k start