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Using SAP MMC for the Soft Shutdown of an Application Server InstanceLocate this document in the navigation structure

Context

To ensure that no requests or data are lost when closing an SAP instance, use the soft shutdown function. You can close an instance with a soft shutdown in transaction SM51, with SAP MMC, and also with the command line.

Procedure

  1. Open transaction SM51.
  2. Select the instance you want to close with a soft shutdown from the list of AS instances displayed.
  3. Choose the following menu path: Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Administration Next navigation step Status Next navigation step Shut Down Instance (Soft) End of the navigation path

    A dialog box opens.

  4. Confirm.

Results

The selected instance is closed with a soft shutdown. On the list of AS instances in SM51, the state of the instance is "shutdown". The duration of the soft shutdown consists of the configured timeout and non-configured watit times of the server.
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