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3461527 - sapstartsrv fails on error status=203/EXEC after converting to systemd managed service SAP<SID>_<NR>.service

Symptom

Consider on dummy host testserver1, there is a newly converted SAP start service following note 3115048 . SAP<SID> is TST, instance number <nr> is 00. From Linux syslog /var/log/messages you can see repeatedly 

Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: SAPTST_00.service: Service RestartSec=1min expired, scheduling restart.
Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: SAPTST_00.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 6106.
Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: Stopped SAP Instance SAPTST_00.
Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: Starting SAP Instance SAPTST_00...
Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: SAPTST_00.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: SAPTST_00.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 19 25:55:16 testserver1 systemd[1]: Failed to start SAP Instance SAPTST_00.


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Environment

  • SAP Netweaver on Linux
  • HANA DB on Linux
  • S/4 Application server on Linux

Product

SAP ERP all versions ; SAP HANA, enterprise edition all versions ; SAP HANA, platform edition all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

status=203/EXEC, systemd, sapstartsrv , KBA , BC-OP-LNX , Linux , Problem

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