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Below article describe how to change the location of Log folder / directory and logging file for Data services. Data Services logs are created in the %DS_COMMON_DIR%\log folder on Windows or $LINK_DIR/log directory on Unix/Linux (LINK_DIR being the name of the environment variable pointing to the DS install folder/directory). Below are detail steps: 1.Stop the […]

Sometime we need to change the job log location because of the disk drive containing the log directory has run out of space or other organizational reasons.For this we must change the logging directory for every jobserver. But to remember as best practice is to create the logs on the same drive where the application […]

During our day to day activities we see many HTTP status code, so below is the List of common HTTP status code  we see in SAP. HTTP Response Status Codes Every HTTP request that is received by a server is responded to with a 3-digit HTTP status code. They are grouped into five classes. The […]

The SAP Data Services service (AL_JobService) is a daemon associated with $LINK_DIR that starts locally configured Job Servers and Access Servers and then monitors them and attempts to restart them if they are not running. Below is the sequence to start/stop Job Services on Linux/Unix servers. 1. Run the Server Manager. $ ./svrcfg *Note The […]

Below is the list of few parameter setting that can be changed on the CMC for DataServices application. History Retention Period: Number of days to retain the job execution history. Default value: 30 ● If you enter 0, then the software does not retain job history. ● If you enter a negative number, then the […]

The Job Server Log Retention Period provides an automatic way to delete the Job Server log files such as the server_event*.logs. You can view currently stored Job Server log files in the Data Services Management Console using the Administrator application. Below is the way to check the retention value in DataServices. 1. Log in the […]

Groups are collections of users who share the same account privileges. Therefore, you may create groups that are based on department, role, or location. Groups enable you to change the rights for users in one place (a group) instead of modifying the rights for each user account individually. Also, you can assign object rights to […]

Error Handling in RFC Server Programs. This article will help is describing the common Netweaver RFC SDK return codes and error groups and their overview with solutions. Return Code: 1) RFC_OK –> A function call was processed successfully. 2) RFC_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE –>The connection broke down while processing the function call. No response has been sent to […]

This section only lists few sapcontrol commands . You can find a detailed list of all SAPControl options and features in the command line help, which you can call as follows: UNIX: /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/sapcontrol –help Windows: %ProgramFiles%\SAP\hostctrl\exe\sapcontrol.exe –help Below is the few sapcontrol command, 00 is represent <instance number> as an example in below, you can […]

Possible SM51 status shown in ABAP system: In sm51 screen what are the possibilities for status field? If the status is active, then we can double click on the instance name to go to its work process over view screen(sm50). but if the application server is down, will it still be displayed in the sm51 […]

Meaning of the return codes  while importing TR through STMS : 0: Transport successful. 4: Warnings occurred. All the objects were transported successfully. Peculiarities occurred for certain objects. These might not have been intentional. Example: A warning is given during a transport if the request contains an object deletion. 6: Post-processing required The transport request […]

Few basic concept of Control and Parameter file concept of Oracle Database. Control file: A control file, which is a small binary file that records the physical structure of the database. The control file includes: The database name Names and locations of associated datafiles and redo log files The timestamp of the database creation The […]

SAP HANA system replication provides the possibility to copy and continuously synchronize a SAP HANA database to a secondary location in the same or another data center. Usually system replication is used to support high availability and disaster recovery. System Replication is a standard SAP HANA feature. In this method, all data is replicated to […]

We can check meory utilization on HANA DB through HANA studio and HANA cockpit. SAP HANA Studio: You can see some of the most important memory indicators on the Overview tab of the SAP HANA studio administrative perspective: SAP HANA cockpit: The SAP HANA cockpit is available at SAP Fiori Launchpad site that provides you […]

The following type of memory areas are most important: Memory Area Context  Level Details Physical memory operating system global Total amount of memory physically available on host level (typically RAM) Virtual memory operating system process Total amount of memory allocated by all processes held both in physical memory and in paging area on disk. SAP […]

High response times for Session_Manager report/program  in ST03 and STAD Explanation: “There is another reason for high response times with the session manager. This is due to a general limitation in the statistics: the transaction is determined at the end of a dialog step. Usually the last dialog step of a transaction saves data and […]

Database time or database request time is the time that R/3 considers necessary to access the oracle database. The database time plays a role at the following points: The statistical records from STAD (formerly: STAT) and ST03N (formerly ST03) contain the database time as a component. The ABAP trace from ATRA or SE30 displays the […]

The following is a list of the most important performance analysis transactions and brief explanation of their purpose. ST02: SAP Memory Configuration monitor checks the SAP Buffers and SAP Memory areas for problems such as swapping. It is a snapshot about the utilization of SAP shared buffers. High water marks of utilization for example extended, […]