Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center in Windows

There are several ways to start and stop SAP Control Center or the SCC agent. You can start manually, which is useful for testing and troubleshooting, or set the service to start automatically and to restart in case of failure.

This topic applies to both SAP Control Center (the server, which includes the management UI) and the SCC agent that runs on each product server managed by SCC. When you install SCC and the SCC agent in the same directory by selecting both options in the installer, you always start and stop them together—by executing a single command or controlling a single service. This topic applies both to singleton installations (which do not use a shared disk) and to instances of SCC agents and servers running from a shared disk.

If you run SAP Control Center or the SCC agent manually, you must issue a command every time you start or shut down. If you run as a service (which is recommended), you can configure the service to start and restart automatically. These are the options:

Use the scc.bat command to start SCC or the SCC agent manually. The command gives you access to the SCC console, which you can use to shut down and to display information about services, ports, system properties, and environment variables. You can also use scc.bat to change the logging level for troubleshooting purposes. Using scc.bat prevents you from taking advantage of the automatic start and restart features available to services.
Use the Services list under the Windows Control Panel to start, stop, and configure the SAP Control Center service for an SCC server or agent.
Use the net start and net stop commands. This is another way to run SAP Control Center or the SCC agent as a service.
Note: To start an SCC agent or server as a service:
- In a singleton installation, you must have selected Yes in the installer to install the agent or server as a service.
- In a shared disk installation, the agent or server must have been deployed using the -service option of the sccinstance command.

In a singleton installation, the installer lets you start SCC or the SCC agent as a service and configures the service to restart automatically. Before starting, check the Windows Services list for an SAP Control Center service.

Here are the steps for each starting and stopping option:

Start SAP Control Center, the SCC agent, or both when they are installed together:
1. (Skip this step for the SCC agent.) If you are starting SAP Control Center for the first time in Windows 2008, Windows 7, or Windows 8, set the Run as Administrator option on the command prompt so that SAP Control Center can register its ODBC driver. (This is necessary even if you are logged in as an administrator.)
2. Enter the scc command.
  For a singleton installation:
```
%SYBASE%\SCC-3_3\bin\scc.bat
 
```
  For an instance:
```
%SYBASE%\SCC-3_3\bin\scc.bat -instance <instance-name>
 
```
  You can omit the -instance option if the instance’s name is the same as its host name (the default).
Stop SAP Control Center, the SCC agent, or both when they are installed together:
1. Enter the scc --stop command.
  For a singleton installation:
```
%SYBASE%\SCC-3_3\bin\scc.bat --stop
```
  For an instance:
```
%SYBASE%\SCC-3_3\bin\scc.bat --stop -instance <instance-name>
```
  You can omit the -instance option if the instance’s name is the same as its host name (the default).
  Note: You can also enter shutdown at the scc-console> prompt.
Start or stop from the Windows Control Panel; configure automatic start and restart:
1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
2. Select Administrative Tools > Services.
3. Locate “SAP Control Center” in the Services list. It may be followed by a release number; if the service is for an instance, it is also followed by the instance name. Service names do not distinguish between agents and servers. If the service is running, the Status column displays “Started.”
4. To start or stop the service, right-click the SAP Control Center entry in the Services list and choose Start or Stop.
5. To configure automatic starting, double-click the service.
6. To set the service to automatically start when the machine starts, change the Startup type to Automatic.
7. To restart the service in case of failure, choose the Recovery tab and change the First, Second, and Subsequent failures to Restart Service.
8. Click Apply to save the modifications and close the dialog.

Start or stop the SAP Control Center service (controlling SAP Control Center, the SCC agent, or both) from the Windows command line:

To start the service, enter the net start command.

For a singleton installation:

net start "SAP control center 3.3"

The SAP Control Center 3.3 service is starting......
The SAP Control Center 3.3 service was started successfully.

For an instance, include the instance name (Boston-1 in this example) in parentheses:

net start "SAP control center 3.3 (Boston-1)"

The SAP Control Center 3.3 (Boston-1) service is starting......
The SAP Control Center 3.3 (Boston-1) service was started successfully.

To stop the service, enter the net stop command.

For a singleton installation:

net stop "SAP control center 3.3"

The SAP Control Center 3.3 service is stopping.....
The SAP Control Center 3.3 service was stopped successfully.

For an instance, include the instance name (Boston-1 in this example) in parentheses:

net stop "SAP control center 3.3 (Boston-1)"

The SAP Control Center 3.3 (Boston-1) service is stopping.....
The SAP Control Center 3.3 (Boston-1) service was stopped successfully.