This message essentially means the SAP Management Console (or a related tool) can’t communicate with the sapstartsrv process—the service responsible for starting, stopping, and monitoring SAP instances on Windows or Linux. Without it, you’re locked out of basic control functions.
ERROR: bind() failed (Address already in use) ERROR: Could not register service with WINS Often, the problem is transient. Restarting fixes it: cannot connect to service sapstartsrv
systemctl cat sapstartsrv_<SID> Common fix: restart and enable This message essentially means the SAP Management Console