System Start & Stop

Starting and Stopping Systems

This function is only available with the Avantra Automation and Enterprise Editions. For more information about editions please see the Avantra Editions Matrix.

Avantra allows you to start and stop SAP Instances, SAP System, and Cloud Servers directly from the UI.

Starting and Stopping of SAP Systems

Open Systems  SAP Systems and select the desired SAP System. Push the Open button.

Push the Stop button in order to stop an SAP System, the Start button in order to start it, and the Restart in order to restart it.

In case you push the Stop button you have the option to choose between a hard and a soft shutdown. In case of a soft shutdown – which is only available for ABAP SAP Systems – you have to define a Soft Timeout as well.

If you restart an SAP System, you have the option to define a wait time after the system is stopped before it is started again.

You need Permissions Start/Stop SAP to start and stop SAP Systems.

You need to have the SAPControl user defined in order to use this feature. See also Defining the SAPControl User.

You need Permissions Start/Stop SAP to start and stop SAP Systems.

Starting and Stopping of SAP Instances

Open Systems  SAP Instances and select the desired SAP Instance. Push the Open button.

Push the Stop button in order to stop an SAP Instance, and the Start button in order to start it.

In case you push the Stop button you have the option to choose between a hard and a soft shutdown. In case of a soft shutdown – which is only available for ABAP SAP Instances – you have to define a Soft Timeout as well.

You need to have the SAPControl user defined in order to use this feature. See also Defining the SAPControl User.

You need Permissions Start/Stop SAP to start and stop SAP Instances.

Starting and Stopping of Cloud Servers

Open Systems  Servers and select the desired Cloud Server. Push the Open button.

Push the Stop button in order to stop a Cloud Server, the Start button in order to start it, and the Restart button in order to restart it.

If you restart a Cloud Server, you have the option to define a wait time after the Cloud Server is stopped before it is started again.

You need Permissions Start/Stop Server to start and stop Cloud Servers.

Starting and Stopping of Databases

Open Systems  Databases and select the desired Database. Push the Open button.

Push the Stop button in order to stop a Database, the Start button in order to start it, and the Restart button in order to restart it.

If you restart a Database, you have the option to define a wait time after the Database is stopped before it is started again.

You need Permissions Start/Stop Database to start and stop Databases.

Starting and Stopping Systems using Maintenance Windows

You can also stop and start Systems using a Maintenance Window.

  1. Follow the procedure Turning Monitoring On or Off using a Maintenance Window to create a Maintenance Window.

  2. Open the recently created Maintenance Window and choose appropriate values for Begin of maintenance, Stop System(s) n minutes after maintenance window starts, End of maintenance (?), and Stop System(s) n minutes before maintenance window ends.

    For the Stop process, you also can choose between hard and soft shutdown, and in case of a soft shutdown, you have to define a soft shutdown timeout. The soft shutdown is available only for ABAP SAP Instances and SAP Systems.

  3. Push the Apply button.