ASA Database Administration Guide
  Running the Database Server
    Running the server outside the current session

Starting, stopping, and pausing services

To start, stop, or pause a service

1. In the left pane, select the Adaptive Server Anywhere plug-in.

2. Right-click the service and choose Start, Stop, or Pause from the popup menu.

   To resume a paused service, right-click the service and choose Continue from the popup menu.

If you start a service, it keeps running until you stop it. Closing Sybase Central or logging off does not stop the service.

Stopping a service closes all connections to the database and stops the database server. For other applications, the program closes down.

Pausing a service prevents any further action being taken by the application. It does not shut the application down or (in the case of server services) close any client connections to the database. Most users do not need to pause their services.