Starting and Stopping SAP NetWeaver ABAP Under UNIX 

Proceed as follows to start and stop SAP NetWeaver ABAP under UNIX:

Starting

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       1.      Log on to the host of your central system as the SAP administrator <sid>adm.

       2.      Enter startsap ALL to start SAP NetWeaver ABAP.

The database, the ABAP instances, and all other processes for your system are started on this host.

Stopping

       3.      Log on to the host of your central system as the SAP administrator <sid>adm.

       4.      Enter stopsap R3 to stop SAP NetWeaver ABAP.

The stopsap command with the R3 switch does not stop the database simultaneously. If you want to stop the database simultaneously, use the command stopsap or stopsap ALL.