topic Re: sapcontrol Start vs StartSystem in DevOps and System Administration Forum

sapcontrol Start vs StartSystem

philip0929 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:31:10 GMT

Hi Guys,

I would like to know the answer on this question:

Which command do you execute to bring a distributed SAP HANA database system to a fully operational state?

Is it sapcontrol -nr <instance number> -function Start

Or sapcontrol -nr <instance number> -function StartSystem

What is the difference of the 2?

S_Sriram — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 06:43:20 GMT

Hi Philip.

You can refer the following blog

Regards

philip0929 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:54:01 GMT

The blog did not answer my question. It only explain the StopService/StartService vs StopSystem ALL/StartSystem ALL

S_Sriram — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:30:57 GMT

Hi Philip

From my understanding

1. Function Start system means to start the central SAP system,

2. Function start - means to start the Application or dialog instance of the SAP system.

In your case, first, you have to start the DB instance, and then start the SAP CI followed by the application or dialog instances.

3. Refer to the SAP help portal link

Regards

Sriram