Starting an SAP System: Windows NT 

Use

You start the SAP System with the Microsoft Management Console(MMC). A newly installed MMC only allows you to start an SAP instance that is installed locally on the host that you are logged on to. If the MMC is configured for centralized system management, you can start the entire SAP System from a single host.

The SAP System can also be started at the command prompt.

Procedure

Starting an SAP System with MMC

  1. On the central system host, start the MMC with Start ® Programs ® SAP R3 Management Console.
  2. In the tree, select the node representing the central instance. If you have configured the MMC for central management, select the node representing the SAP System.
  3. Access the context menu by choosing the right mouse button.
  4. Choose Start.

Depending on whether you selected an individual instance or the SAP System, one of the following is started:
  1. If the MMC is not configured to allow central system management, repeat the above steps on the dialog instance hosts.

Starting an SAP System at the Command Prompt

Open a command prompt. To start the central instance, enter the following in a single line:

sapstart pf=\\<central>\sapmnt\<sapsid>\sys\profile\start_<instance>_<central> SAPDIAHOST=<central>

Substitute strings as follows:

<sapsid> SAP R/3 System name, for example, C11
< central > central instance host name
< instance > the instance name, for example, DVEBMGS00
< no > central instance number

For your values see the definitions in the profiles. All profile names and values including the hostnames are case sensitive.

If Autostart=1 is specified in the startup_profile, the instance is started automatically when Windows NT is started.

If the system does not start correctly, you can analyze the problem as described in R/3 System on Windows NT: Problem Analysis.

See also:

Start and Shutdown Processing under Windows NT