How to Start and Stop SAP Instance

Proper way to Stop SAP instance and Oracle db.
1. Stop SAP Instance
2. Stop Oracle DB

To Start - reverse way
1. Start listener
2. Start Oracle db and start SAP instance


Command to Start and Stop SAP in hp-ux/ unix / linux
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- Login as adm
- "stopsap"

While starting
- Login as ora
- "lsnrctl start"
- "su - adm" (login as adm)
- "startsap"


Alternative command to Start and Stop SAP instance and Oracle database in Unix
"stopsap all" - stop r3 and database.
"stopsap db" - stop only the database.
"stopsap r3" - stop r3 instance only.

"startsap all" - starts r3 and database.
"startsap db" - starts only the database.
"startsap r3" - starts r3 and assumes that the database is already started.