Starting the SAP Instance

1. Verify that the SAP instance is down.
2. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
3. Make sure that MS SQL Server is up and running by checking the service in a Services window.
4. Open the SAP MMC Management Console.
5. Browse the navigation tree of the left by expanding SAP Systems à à . Right-click on the instance name and click Start.
6. Click on the Syslog entry to view the system log – refresh until you see a message “SAP-Basis System: Initialization complete”.
7. Close SAP MMC Management Console and log off server.

Non-SAP MMC Console Dependent Method

1. Verify that the SAP instance is down.
2. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
3. Make sure that MS SQL Server is up and running by checking the service in a Services window.
4. Open a DOS-prompt window.
5. Type in the following, pressing ENTER after you are done:

startsap name= nr=00 SAPDIAHOST= pf=D:\usr\sap\\SYS\profile\_DVEBMGS00_

6. Close DOS-prompt window and log off server.