Starting and Stopping SAP HANA Systems

Starting  System 

Login as <sid>adm user

Procedure

1. In the navigator, right-click the system to be started and choose Start...

2. Optional: Specify a start timeout.

The start timeout defines how long to wait for an instance to start. If the end of the timeout period is reached, the remaining instances are not started.

3. Enter the user name and password of the operating system administrator that was defined when the system was installed (that is, <sid>adm).

Result : The system is started. A green icon appears in the system icon in the navigator.

Note: You can stop and start a system in one step by right-clicking the system and choosing Restart…

Stopping  System 

Login as <sid>adm user

Procedure

1. In the navigator, right click the system to be stopped and choose Stop...

2. Select how you want to stop the system:

. Hard

Forces all components to stop immediately.

Caution : This may lead to data loss.

. Soft

Waits for all components to stop. You can specify a timeout after which a hard shutdown is to be triggered.

. Stop wait timeout (sec)

If the timeout expires, the operation continues stopping the remaining instances.

3. Enter user name and password of the system administrator.

Result : The system is stopped. A red icon appears in the system icon in the navigator.