Start and Stop the SAP HANA System

After the installation has finished successfully, the SAP HANA system is up and running. So you do not need to start the SAP HANA system.

Context

However, if required, you can start and stop the SAP HANA system from the command line in one of the following ways:

Procedure

• By using the sapcontrol program:
  1. Log on to the SAP HANA system host as a user with root authorization.
  2. Execute one of the following commands:
     • Start the SAP HANA system by entering the following command:

       /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/sapcontrol -nr <instance number> -function Start

     • Stop the SAP HANA system by entering the following command:

       /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/sapcontrol -nr <instance number> -function Stop

• By using the HDB program:
  1. Log on to the SAP HANA system host as user <sid>adm.
  2. Execute one of the following commands:
     • Start the SAP HANA system by entering the following command:

       /usr/sap/<SID>/HDB<instance number>/HDB start 

       Example:
       /usr/sap/KB1/HDB26/HDB start
     • Stop the SAP HANA system by entering the following command:

       /usr/sap/<SID>/HDB<instance number>/HDB stop

       Example:
       /usr/sap/KB1/HDB26/HDB stop