Starting and Stopping SAP Mobile Platform Server on Windows

You can start and stop SAP Mobile Platform Server on Windows in different ways.

Note: If you are using a custom database with SAP Mobile Platform, starting and stopping SAP Mobile Platform Server has no effect on the database. Only the Derby database is automatically stopped and started in sync with SAP Mobile Platform Server.

Starting SAP Mobile Platform Server

Use any of these methods to start SAP Mobile Platform Server:

Desktop shortcut – right-click the Start SAP Mobile Platform Server icon on the Windows desktop and select Run as Administrator.
Windows Start menu – select Start > (All) Programs > SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 > Start SAP Mobile Platform Server.
Windows Services Control Panel – start the SAP Mobile Platform Server service.

Server start-up may take several minutes. The start-up process is complete when you see:

The SMP server has initialized and is ready.

Stopping SAP Mobile Platform Server

Use any of these methods to stop SAP Mobile Platform Server:

Desktop shortcut – double-click the Stop SAP Mobile Platform Server icon on the Windows desktop.
Windows Start menu – select Start > (All) Programs > SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 > Stop SAP Mobile Platform Server.
Windows Services Control Panel – stop the SAP Mobile Platform Server service.