Shutting Down Servers

A system administrator can shut down SAP ASE or Backup Server using the shutdown command.

shutdown [backup_server_name] [with {wait|nowait}]

The default for the shutdown command is with wait. That is, shutdown and shutdown with wait do exactly the same thing.

• Shutting Down SAP ASE
  shutdown minimizes the amount of work that automatic recovery must do when you restart SAP ASE.
• Shutting down a Backup Server
  Include the Backup Server name when you using the shutdown command.