Stop Servers

Only the system administrator can issue a shutdown command. Using a shutdown command minimizes the amount of work for automatic recovery when servers are restarted.

The preferred method of stopping SAP ASE or Backup Server is to use the Transact-SQL shutdown command.

• Stopping SAP ASE
  Only a system administrator can shut down an SAP ASE.
• Stopping Backup Server
  Only a system administrator can shut down a Backup Server.
• Using the kill Command
  You can use the kill command to stop SAP ASE and Backup Server processes.
• Shutdown and Shared Memory Files
  The method you select to shut down SAP ASE or Backup Server may affect shared memory segments.