How to start Windows Application Servers in an SAP i5 System automatically ?

If you are running a 3-tier SAP system with several application servers, it is always a bit an issue to start and stop all servers at once. Therefore you should setup some special parameters.

• Create batch files on the Windows SAP application servers (could be prevented and included in the following as well)

  START_SAP.BAT:
  c:
  cd \usr\sap\sid\d00\exe
  startsap name=sid nr=00 sapdiahost=appl01
  
  
  STOP_SAP.BAT
  c:
  cd \usr\sap\sid\d00\exe
  stopsap name=sid nr=00 sapdiahost=appl01
  

• Now you create the CL programs with REXEC clients on the i5:

  ZSTARTAPPL:
  PGM                                                                      
                                                                           
    DLYJOB     DLY(120)                                         
                                                                           
    RUNRMTCMD  CMD(START_SAP.BAT) RMTLOCNAME('APPL01' +       
      *IP) RMTUSER(sidADM) RMTPWD(pwd)            
                                                                           
  ENDPGM                                                                   
  
  
  ZSTOPAPPL:
  PGM                                                                    
                                                                          
    RUNRMTCMD  CMD(STOP_SAP.BAT) RMTLOCNAME('RAAPPL01' +      
      *IP) RMTUSER(sidADM) RMTPWD(pwd)          
                                                                          
  ENDPGM   
  

• Finally, attach the new programs in the SAP start profile: (of the central instance)

  Start_Program_09 local CALL PGM(ZSTARTAPPL)
  Stop_program_09  local CALL PGM(ZSTOPAPPL)
  

Further informations is available in the following SAP Notes:

• Note 682281 - NT/DB4: Starting Win2K AppServer from iSeries Central Host
  
  
• Note 93316 - AS/400: Start/stop all instances at the same time