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R/3 Notes................................................................................................................. C–2

Operating System Notes ....................................................................................... C–6

Database Notes ...................................................................................................... C–9

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Appendix C: Useful SAP Notes

Overview

Release 4.6A/BC –2

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The SAP notes are group ed by m ajor area:

< R/ 3

< Opera ting System

< Database

Within each grou p, the notes are grou ped by category. As we assembled th is book, these are

the notes we found importan t or useful. Many m ore notes exist for each grou p, man y of

wh ich are also importan t. You are en couraged to explore the SAP notes to see wh at other

notes wou ld be of interest or importan ce to you.

Over time, some of these notes may become “obsolete” and get removed .

* SAP Notes used to be known as OSS notes.

** The Online Service System (OSS) is now know n as SAPN et.

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Category SAP Note # Description

11886 Central syslog cut off

15466 Customer nam e range

21559 Exam ination of SAPgu i problems

31557 The mu lti-client concept of R/ 3 – overv iew

42074 Using the R/ 3 dispatcher mon itor “d pm on”

45580 How are syslog files deleted?

86985 Release of SAP Releases for SAP ad d-ons (IS)

Batch 06604 Deleting job logs at the operating system level

Batch 11728 Backgrou nd jobs with low pr iority

Batch 16083 Standard jobs, reorganiza tion jobs

Batch 18307 Batch input logs and reorganiza tion

Batch 24092 Distribution of backgrou nd jobs on application servers

Batch 31503 FAQ: Backgr ound jobs

Batch 36280 Backgrou nd work processes reserved for job class A

Batch 37104 Error analysis: Backgrou nd processing system




R/3 Notes

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Batch 70639 How are batch jobs scheduled

CCMS 71364 Collective note: monitor ing ST04, DB02, ST10, ST03 (30c-31h)

Client 07312 Create client 066 for EarlyWatch

Client 13391 Deleting/ resetting a client (up to 3.0f)

Client 35952 Client deleted, space still filled in database

Client 40672 System changability and client control

Client copy 4010 Tables missing after client copy

Client copy 24853 CC info: Client copy , fun ctionality in 3.0, 4.0

Client copy 47502 CC-TOPIC: Remote Client copy

Client copy 69556 CC-TOPIC: Missing tables and dataClient copy 70643 CC-TOPIC: Delete client

Client copy 84504 CC-TOPIC: SM29 tran sfers data in spite of cancel

Config 21636 RAM extension: Which changes to profile?

Config 31395 System parameters: Defined wh ere? Displayed how?

Config 33576 Mem ory managemen t (as of 3.0c, Unix and NT)

Config 39412 How man y work processes to configure?

Config 44695 Mem ory managemen t (as of 3.0c, AS400)

Ops mod e 16845 Operation mod e switch withou t background processes

Patches 19466 Download ing a pa tch from SAPSERVx

Patches 29372 Unp acking CAR archives

Patches 33525 Imp ortan t information abou t SAP patches < 3.1H

Patches 37617 Online Correction Supp ort (OCS)

Patches 53902 Conflicts between Hot Packages / LCPs and Add -Ons

Patches 63786 FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions: sapservX

Patches 63845 Correction s on SAPSERVx – searching for files

Patches 73510 Problems du ring up grad e of patched source release

Patches 74545 Problems wh en un packing CAR archives

Patches 79376 Installation of the 3.1H kern el

Patches 80117 Ad min functions in Online Service System

Patches 82264 Imp ortan t information abou t SAP patches >= 3.1H




R/3 Notes



Patches 85820 Patch is not displayed in patch queu e

Patches 86241 HR Legal Chan ge Patches for the HR componen t

Patches 87432 Conten ts of and ap plying LCPs

Patches 89089 Configuration of R/ 3 systems for LCPs

Patches 96885 Download ing a front-end pa tch from SAPSERVx

Patches 97621 OCS Info: Online Correction Sup por t (OCS)

Patches 97623 Patch typ es

Patches 97630 Known problems with pa tches >= 3.1H

pa tches 104664 OCS info: ap plying pa tches from CD

Patches 119738 Problems du ring up grad e with too new hot packagesPatches 169142 Online Correction Supp ort (OCS)

Patches 173814 OCS: Known problems with Supp ort Packages Rel. 4.6

Problem s 15374 Checklist: Perform ance ana lysis

Problems 16513 File system is full – what d o I do

SAPNet 15641 Print/ dow nload in Online Service System

SAPNet 22235 OSS1: What to do if R/ 3 does not ru n?

SAPNet 26740 Online Service System registration form, North America (for

customers without existing Online Service System accounts)

SAPNet 29501 Search procedu re for notes and messag es in Online Service System

SAPNet 31515 Service conn ections

SAPNet 32411 The pr iority of you r Online Service System message is changed

SAPNet 32789 OSS – Qu ick reference sheet

SAPNet 33221 Easy to use gu ide for transaction OSS1 (SAPSERV4)

SAPNet 40024 Transferring custom er files to sapservX via FTP

SAPNet 40866 Informa tion requ ired for registrat ion keys

SAPNet 45027 User maintenance and creation in Online Service System for

customer

SAPNet 69224 Access to the SAPNet server with Online Service System user id

SAPNet 69378 Inbox BIBO in OSS/ O01

SAPNet 74313 New custom er messages in Online Service System




R/3 Notes



SAPNet 75002 Confirmation of Online Service System registration

SAPNet 75686 Changing/ Deleting Online Service System users and installations

SAPNet 80618 Access to Online Service System services via the intern et

SAPNet 81908 Chan ge to Online Service System user data

SAPNet 169296 Integra ting service connections into ma intain system data

SAPNet 169329 New functions in the SAPNet as of 09-05-06/ 99

SAPNet 170102 Automatic open ing of a service connection

SAPNet 171569 Mainta ining service connection in system da ta ma intenance

SAProuter 30289 SAProuter docum entat ion

SAProuter 30374 SAProuter installationSAProuter 87388 Download SAProuter by FTP from sapserv#

Secur ity 23611 FAQ concerning R/ 3 security

Secur ity 39267 R/ 3 Security Guid e

Secur ity 48018 Data security in R/ 3

Spool 02510 Printer off: Wha t happ ens to the data?

Spool 03255 Spool log with “bad pr int control Sxxxx”

Spool 06427 How do you transp ort a printer definition

Spool 08462 Perform ance problems – spool outpu t

Spool 09876 Cannot read my hostnam e

Spool 10551 Table TST03 (tablesp ace PSAPPROTD) size increasing

Spool 10743 Name of PC longer than 8 characters

Spool 10755 Long nam e for rou ting comp uter

Spool 11070 Space requ iremen ts of TemSe and spooler

Spool 12550 Problems with rem otely connected pr inters (WAN)

Spool 18706 Tunin g the spooler

Spool 23389 Transp orting pr inter definitions

Spool 25941 R/ 3 does not find host nam e

Spool 26009 R/ 3 does not pr int, first steps

Spool 27831 Priority of outp ut requ ests?

Spool 29666 Author izations for spool requ ests




Operating System Notes



Spool 30187 Viewing completed print data for outp ut device.

Spool 48914 Output requ ests are pa rtially delayed

Spool 64333 Change defau lt value for spool reten tion per iod

Spool 64337 Transp ort ou tpu t dev ices (prin ter)

Spool 64628 Using network printers from R/ 3

Spool 78401 Download a list from SAP spool

Start/ stop 00387 Problems wh en starting up a DB

Start/ stop 17108 Shared mem ory still present, startup fails

TMS/ CTS 5668 Transp orting rep ort writer ojbects

TMS/ CTS 11599 Reversing tran spor ts (not possible to do)TMS/ CTS 13807 Analyzing Correction & Transp ort System problems

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80266 Installation of NT ap plication servers in a UNIX environ men t

28781 Central transp ort directory NT/ UNIX

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28665 Centr al syslog un der NT

89510 Installation notes for pcAN YWHERE

Backup 71440 Problem s wh en restoring DLT tap es with NTBackup

Config 22240 Wind ows NT Control Panel settings

Config 28392 Two systems on one NT machine

Config 31559 Setting environ men t variab les for NT kern el

Config 31563 Setting environ men t variab les for NT kern el

Config 33772 The correct configurat ion of Dr.Watson







Config 65761 Configuration problems un der Window s NT

Config 68544 Memory man agement un der Window s NT

Config 74810 Notes on SAP services and NT registry

Config 75354 Mu ltiple SAP instances on NT

Config 88416 Zero Adm inistration Memory Managem ent as of 4.0A/ NT

Eventlog 72616 Syslog messages in the NT event log

Patches 29372 Unp acking .car archives

Patches 74545 Problems wh en un packing CAR archives

Perfmon 102390 Use of NT per formance mon itor

Perfmon 110529 Professional use of the NT per formance mon itorProblem s 10616 Saposcol or collector not ru nning

Problem s 21790 WinN T: problems with notep ad .exe

Problem s 44803 Conn ection reset by peer

Problem s 49776 Evaluating Dr.Watson log file

Problem s 51781 Problem s with SAPPAD

Problems 53211 Win NT app ears to hang, SAP service problems

Problems 70572 SAP R/ 3 background problems on Win NT

Problems 100972 Help for analyzing a Win N T “blue screen”

Problem s 122288 Win 3.51/ 4.0 no longer resp ond s (hangs)

Problem s 129813 NT: Problems due to ad dress space fragm entation

SAProuter 41054 SAProuter as a service

Secur ity 36462 Note for Oracle security on WinN T

Service pack 30478 Service Packs on Wind ows NT

Service pack 85582 High mem ory requ ests un der NT 4.0 SP 3 fail

Start/ stop 32182 Window s NT: Event log message wh en starting R/ 3

Start/ stop 35388 Problems on STOP/ START of R/ 3 via NT scheduler

TMS/ CTS 28781 Central transpor t directory NT/ UNIX

TMS/ CTS 62739 Configur ing a central transp ort host

Virus 106267 Problem s with certain ant i-viru s software






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21960 Two instances/ systems on one UNIX compu ter28781 Central transp ort directory NT/ UNIX

80266 Installation of NT ap plication servers in a UNIX environ men t

AIX 48689 IBM serv ice, fixes and patches

AIX 64885 R/ 3 relevant operating system patches for AIX

Digital 72984 Release of Digital UN IX 4.0B for Oracle

Digital 39698 cpio generated w hen r estoring “sp arse files”

Digital 136653 Perform ance problems on Digital UNIX 4.0D and 4.0E

HPUX 06599 Sudd en per formance decrease, in UNIX too

HPUX 41596 HP-UX: problem solving using HP-UX pa tches

HPUX 64884 R/ 3 relevant OS patches for HP-UX

HPUX 99224 HP-UX Operating System patches

HPUX 99527 Problem s with MC Service Guard

HPUX 101229 Inform ix: HPUX 10.20 patches

HPUX 143527 End of support for HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 10.10, HP-UX 10.01

SUN 64887 R/ 3 relevan t operating system patches for Solaris

SUN 71479 Solaris recomm end ed pa tches

SUN 101883 R/ 3 relevan t pa tches for Solaris 2.6

SUN 172524 Time stamp is incorrect

SUN 182552 Y2K patches for SOLARIS

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Config 44695 Mem ory managemen t as of 3.0C, AS/ 400

Copy 49023 Client copy

CTS 37987 Imp orting tran spor ts

Patches 60856 OSS1 and hot packages

Perform ance 49201 Perform ance settings




Database Notes



Perform ance 107104 4.0B kern el per formance

Problem 125705 R/ 3 han gs in STARTSAP

Problem 154599 R/ 3 cannot be started/ shmget fails

Problem 162580 Roll memory leak & SYSTEM_CORE_DUMPED

Problem 163022 Work process term inate abnorm ally

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62849 “news,” compilation of notes

This note is important for SQL server installations.

28667 MS SQL Server specific profile param eters

67320 Basic knowledge of MS SQL Server

85846 Released operating systems R/ 3 4.0x/ 4.5x MS SQL Server

95901 R/ 3 on MS SQL Server – release strategy

126131 Installing ad d-on on MS-SQL svr 3.x

159171 Recompilation of Stored Procedures

163315 MS SQL 6.5 – end of supp ort

7.0 82035 Imp rovements for MS SQL Server 7.0

7.0 95600 Insta llation of SAP R/ 3 on SQL Server 7.0

7.0 138392 SQL Server 7 and Vertex database

7.0 153802 Deleting transaction log files in MSSQL 7

7.0 160178 MSSQL 4.6A minim um corrections

7.0 conv 92410 DB conversion from MS SQL 6.5 to 7.0

7.0 conv 104392 Ad ditional info: conversion 6.5/ 7.0 MS SQL Server

7.0 conv 107471 Special SQL Server 7.0 conversion method s

7.0 conv 107483 SQL Server 7.0: conversion on Alpha




Database Notes



7.0 conv 129122 Conv ersion SQL Server 6.5/ 7.0 consultan t comp anies

7.0 conv 130689 Conv ersion of mu ltiple R/ 3 systems from 6.5 to 7.0

Backup 37152 SQL Server backup to a du mp file

Backup 44449 Backup strategies with MS SQL Server

Backup 48585 Database copy

Backu p 50990 DB – Backup / Restore of Microsoft SQL Server

Backup 68818 Error in SQL Server backup/ restore

Backup 70300 Backup / restore (comp ilation of notes)

Backup 151603 Copy ing a SQL Server 7.0 da tabase

Backup 153763 Sub-optima l tape backup per formanceBackup 166588 File backup with SQL server 7.0

CCMS 36637 SAP database mon itor for MS SQL Server 6.5

CCMS 77434 New sched . Calend ar in CCMS (DB13) SQL Server 6.5

CCMS 139945 SAP da tabase mon itor for MS SQL Server 7.0

CCMS 141118 New scheduling calendar in the CCMS (DB13) SQL Server

Client copy 85443 Client copy

Config 67071 Moving database devices

Config 70517 Restructu ring a SQL Server installation

Config 80102 Device managemen t for MS SQL Server

Config 97066 Running two SAP R/ 3 systems on one sever

Config 126808 Configuration param eter for SQL Server 7.0

HA 111372 Stand-by da tabase for MS SQL Server

Kernel 77012 Spool, batch enh ancem ents in kernel

Maint 67437 DBCC checks

Maint 142731 DBCC checks for SQL server 7.0

Perform ance 38657 Slow per formance of R/ 3 on MS SQL Server

Perform ance 61340 Update statistics on MS SQL Server system tables

Perform ance 76052 Update statistics on da tabase tables

Problem s 67297 Error 1105 tran s/ db log full

Problem s 79262 Incorrect database and log size in DB02 and ST04




Database Notes



Problem s 79883 Incorrect database freespace alert d isplayed

Problem s 81692 Susp ect database

Problem s 87027 Fill level database logs

Problem s 87029 Fill level of the database and log

Problem s 111291 Analysis and avoid ance of dead locks

Problem s 129190 Problem s with Perform ance Monitor and SQL Server 7.0

Problem s 150495 Dead locks with MS SQL 7

Problem s 155402 Analysis of han ging situations

Problem s 166861 Analysis of DB13 problems

Problem s 168408 R3load process d ies d irectly dur ing a startRecovery 50745 Database restore for SQL Server

Recovery 70161 SQL error 916 and 4001 after restore

Recovery 82699 Rebuild master database

Recovery 94213 Point-in-time-recovery fails

Security 28893 Changing password of users sapr3

Secur ity 116225 Passw ord change for database user sapr3

Service pack 62988 Service Packs for MS SQL Server

Service pack 66365 Wind ows NT service packs (problem s caused by)

Service packs 159069 SQL Server 7.0 service pack 1 install term inates

Service packs 159268 Service Pack insta llation on MS SQL server 7.0

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80625 Released operating systems R/ 3 3.x/ 4.x DB2 for OS/ 390

85842 Released operating systems R/ 3 4.0x DB2/ CS

Copy 111206 390: Homogeneou s System Copy

Perform ance 92795 390: R3tran s per formance imp rovem ents

Perform ance 97014 390: R3tran s per formance imp rovem ent

Perform ance 122599 390: Perform ance of the up date




Database Notes



Perform ance 107123 400: Perform ance imp rovem ent on the database server

Problem s 54028 400: Overflow in SQL package. SQL0904, SQL0901

Problem s 84270 390: Dead locks on TPFBA and TPFID

Problem s 97449 390: Unsp ecified core dum ps with HPDT UDP

Problem s 98306 390: Tablespace nam e not set

Problem s 141527 390: Genera tion of ma tchcode objects fail

Problem s 149292 UDB: DB2adu t1 d isplays no journa ls

Problem s 151085 CS: Some work process end with SQL1403

Problem s 163356 390: Signal 11 dur ing DDIC operations

Restore 78332 CS: Database crash/ core in restore from ADSMRestore 163731 CS: Restore Terminates with SQL0973

Secur ity 80292 Secur ity DB2 with R/ 3 un der NT

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93264 Informix: Imp ortan t News

53746 Use of correct Informix versions

62340 INFCFGCHECK: ‘Download ’ and ‘First step s’

64001 INFCFGCHECK: Detailed messages of single checks

71776 INFCFGCHECK: Automate da tabase checks

85840 Released operating systems R/ 3 4.0x Informix

93868 BC511 Instructors contr ibu tions

AIX 102204 AIX 4.3 patches necessary with Inform ix

Backup 11462 Informix: Copying and renam ing an R/ 3 database

Backup 167878 Informix: Copying and renam ing an R/ 3 database

CCMS 66322 CCMS Database ad min istration (DB13)

Config 12825 Installation of two R/ 3 systems on one host

Config 41360 Database configurat ion via onconfig pa ram eter

Config 141054 Informix environ men t param eter for 7.3x




Database Notes



Document 154895 Ord ering add itional Informix docum entation

HPUX 41596 HP-UX Problem solving using HP-UX patches

HPUX 101229 Inform ix: HPUX 10.20 patches

Maint 22941 Reogran ization of table and dbspaces

Maint 29155 Consistency check of an Informix database

NT 126175 Service Pack 4 on NT4.0 with Informix IDS 7.X

Performance 38307 Reducing shared mem ory consump tion

Perform ance 156766 Perform ance problems with Informix 7.3x

Perform ance 184760 Update Statistics: SAPDBA Rel.>=4.6A old strategy

Problems 31171 DB start/ stop brings warningsSOLARIS 48338 Problem solution through SOLARIS/ SUN pa tches

Y2K 187183 Download ing the ON-Archive Y2K patch

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85838 Released operating systems R/ 3 4.0x Oracle

112325 End of “Cust Care Supp ort” Oracle 7.3.*

01039 Problem s with ORACLE TWO_TASK linking

01042 ORACLE TWO_TASK conn ect failed

96397 OS06: Unable to open file os_sys.log

125242 Do not alter MAXEXTENTS on dictionary tables

128221 Increased mem ory consump tion with Oracle 8

AIX 51396 Kernel extensions on AIX SMP comp uter

BR 02239 cpio with BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE

BR 12593 BRBACKUP on several d ifferent tap e d rives

BR 13550 Using BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE

BR 43494 Collective no te: BRBACKUP, BRARCH IVE, BRRESTORE

BR 43499 Collective notes concerning DBA tools

CBO 93098 Chan ges to the up grad e to 4.0 – CBO Oracle




Database Notes



CBO 93256 CBO: changes for insta llation of 4.0

CBO 127715 CBO: Op timal pa ram eters for per forman ce

CCMS 85609 Offline backup via CCMS/ DB13 not possible

Config 03809 Changing the size of the red o log files

Con fig 09705 Mirroring the ON LINE REDO LOG FILES

Config 94801 Environmen t var iables for Wind ows NT

HPUX 92788 HP-UX/ Oracle: hanging LGWR

Patches 127395 Curren t pa tch set for Oracle release 8.0.5

Patches 181195 Curren t pa tch set for Oracle release 8.1.5

Performance 33868 Performance problems NT 3.51 / Oracle / TCP/ IPPerform ance 72638 Perform ance problems with SQL*Net V2

Perform ance 102042 System han g on AIX SMP computers un der high load

Perform ance 114716 Perform ance problems Oracle 8.0.4/ all entr ies

Problems 33735 Archiver stuck in Window s NT

Problem s 38006 Ora-1631 max extents reached . Which table?

Recovery 03804 Restoring from a full backup

Recovery 04157 Genera l flowchart for Oracle recovery

Recovery 04160 Tape managemen t for recovery

Recovery 04161 Comp lete recovery

Reorg 12921 Reorgan ization of SYSTEM tablespace

Reorg 40521 Reorgan ization (external tools)

Reorg 43487 Collective note: SAPDBA – reorgan ization

SAPDBA 12621 SAPDBA – speed ing up reorganiza tion

SAPDBA 15465 SAPDBA – shrin king a tablespace

SAPDBA 19193 SAPDBA – size and reorg of table space PSAPTEMP

SAPDBA 29348 SAPDBA – reorganization of single table; PSAPTEMP

SAPDBA 42293 SAPDBA – new comm and line op tion – analyze

SAPDBA 43486 Collective note: General SAPDBA

SAPDBA 43490 Collective note: SAPDBA – Recovery

SAPDBA 43491 Collective note: SAPDBA comm and line option s




Database Notes



SAPDBA 44395 SAPDBA: missing ind exes after reorg ru n

SAPDBA 44595 SAPDBA: general procedu re for reorganiza tions

Secur ity 36462 Note for Oracle security on WinN T

Start/ stop 02775 Oracle cannot be started

SUN 44361 Sun Solaris: database does not start after pa tch

SUN 116453 Backu p via DB13 on Solaris Oracle 7.3.3

SUN 183292 Oracle crash because of kern el AIO bug on Sun

Tablespaces 02425 Function of tablespaces/ Dbspaces on the database

Tablespaces 03807 Tablespace PSAPROLL, rollback segmen ts too small

Tablespaces 09321 Next-extents in ORACLE system tables are too largeTablespaces 39650 Maximu m nu mber of extents per tablespace

Up grad e 89691 Ad ditional info: migra ting to Oracle 8.0.3

Up grad e 98507 Ad ditional info: migra ting to Oracle 8.0.4

Up grad e 111922 NT/ Oracle >= 7.3.3.4 necessary

Up grad e 126137 Ad ditions Oracle up grad e to 8.0.5 UNIX 64 bit

Y2K 172380 Oracle Y2K bu gs and fixes




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