Symptom
You want to start the SAPHostExec service but getting below error,
SAPHostExec: Error 1053 – The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
Solution
There many causes for this error and for our case, it’s due to missing items from host_profile file.
SAPSYSTEMNAME = SAP
SAPSYSTEM = 99
service/porttypes = SAPHostControl SAPOscol SAPCCMS
DIR_LIBRARY = C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\exe
DIR_EXECUTABLE = C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\exe
DIR_PROFILE = C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\exe
DIR_GLOBAL = C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\exe
DIR_INSTANCE = C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\exe
DIR_HOME = C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrl\work
service/admin_users = DOMAIN\SAPServiceDAA
