You are getting below error message with sapcontrol command line while performing the startup / status check in the UNIX or Linux environment.
##ERROR 1
sapcontrol -nr 00 -function Start
Start
FAIL: NIECONN_REFUSED (Connection refused), NiRawConnect failed in plugin_fopen()
##ERROR 2
sapcontrol -nr 00 -host HOSTNAME -function GetInstanceProperties
GetInstanceProperties
FAIL: NIECONN_REFUSED (Connection refused), NiRawConnect failed in plugin_fopen()
Solution
- Login to the operating system as sidadm.
- Check the sapstartsrv process. Kill the process, if it’s running.
- Go to cdexe (kernel directory) and execute below command.
sapstartsrv pf=/sapmnt/SID/profile/INSTANCE-PROFILE -D
* SID = System ID
* INSTANCE-PROFILE = Your SAP instance profile
- To verify you can execute the instance properties command
sapcontrol -nr XX -host HOSTNAME -function GetInstanceProperties
* XX = Instance Number
* HOSTNAME = Your server hostname
Note
- 1916333 – “FAIL: NIECONN_REFUSED” sapcontrol error due to agent.lock file
