Stopping Systems and Instances

You can stop an instance or a set of instances. When you stop an SAP system, you stop the logical database, one or more application server instances (ABAP and/or Java), central services (such as a message server and enqueue server), and optional components (such as TREX and liveCache).

Prerequisites

The general prerequisites for instance operations have been met.

For more information, see General Prerequisites for Instance Operations.
The instance status is Running.

Context

By default, SAP Landscape Management performs a soft shutdown for database instances and a hard shutdown for other instances not representing a database. You can change the default settings under Start of the navigation path Setup Next navigation step Settings Engine End of the navigation path .

For more information, see Configuring Engine Settings.

Ensure that you understand the difference of the following stop operations and the shutdown options before you execute the operation.

Stop Operations
Stop Operations	Description
Stop	Stops an instance. Possible shutdown options: Soft Shutdown Hard Shutdown
Forced Stop	Stops an instance while ignoring intersystem and intrasystem dependencies. You can perform a forced stop also for instances with status Unknown. Possible shutdown options: Soft Shutdown Hard Shutdown
Graceful Shutdown	Stops an ABAP application server instance in the timeout specified and informs all logged users for shutdown. For more information, see Using Graceful Shutdown.

Shutdown Options
Shutdown Option	Description
Soft Shutdown	Checks for open database connections. If any database connection is open, cancels the operation. Default option for database instances.
Hard Shutdown	Ignores open database connections and stops an instance immediately. Default option for instances not representing a database.

Procedure

Choose Operations.
Choose Systems from the tabs.
From the Operations dropdown for the instance, choose Stop.

To stop multiple instances at once, choose Mass Operations Stop and ensure that the entities on which you want to execute the operation are displayed and selected.
Optional: SAP Landscape Management checks if the host assigned to the instance meets the requirements of the instance. These requirements include RAM, SAPs, and so on. To ignore this host check, select the Ignore Host Check checkbox.
Optional: SAP Landscape Management checks if intersystem dependencies are defined, and either performs the necessary action or prompts you to decide whether to proceed with the operation. To ignore any intersystem dependencies, select the Ignore Intersystem Dependencies checkbox.

Note If you want to ignore intersystem and intrasystem dependencies of an instance, or if the instance status is Unknown, you can choose Operations Forced Forced Stop.
Optional: Select the Set Note checkbox and enter a note that is to be displayed in the Description column of the instance.
Choose Execute.

Results

Stop

Stops the instance.
Sets the instance status to Not Running.

Next Steps

You can manage activities related to the operation that is currently running.

For more information, see Performing Operations on Activities.
You can view the log of all tasks involved in the process.

For more information, see Working with Logs.