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HANA OOM Error Tip #1 - Partition Tables Correctly
If your HANA system is regularly experiencing OOM (Out Of Memory) errors, then there are a number of things that you can do to try and reduce memory consumption.Tip #1: Partition Large Tables...
View ArticleSAP HANA Backup Allocation Failed
During a HANA backup, you get an "Allocation Failed" error.This is caused by a lack of memory. If possible, increase the memory available to HANA by increasing the free memory at the O/S level (e.g....
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Encrypting HANA Data Volumes
Out of the box, the HANA database is not encrypted.For those businesses that demand encryption, from within HANA Studio you can activate the encryption of the HANA data volumes.The HANA documentation...
View ArticleHANA DB Re-initialisation Without Reinstall
Scenario: You have a small test system or PoC system and you want to revert or recreate the HANA DB like you've just opened the box and installed it from new, but without the hassle of the reinstall....
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Blog Readership, Almost 7,000
Since December 2013, my blog readership has really taken off.It's nearly at 7,000 page views per month:Which is the most popular post of all time, well it's still my multi-post guide to basic...
View ArticlePower Notes Searcher Updated to v1.1
The Chromium project has recently (May 2014) fixed a bug in the Chrome web browser which means that users of my Power Notes Searcher Google Chrome extension may have seen an issue with the table...
View ArticleNetgear ReadyNAS & DynDNS Replacement
With the demise of free DNS services from companies such as DynDNS, I was left with no free method of reliably accessing my Netgear ReadyNAS via the internet.Before these free services closed down, my...
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SAP NW 7.31 Java - HTTP Tracing
Scenario: You would like to trace a HTTP connection to a Netweaver 7.31 Java stack.Prior to NW 7.31 you would have enabled tracing in either the old Java Administrative Tool, or newer Netweaver...
View ArticleSAP FRP Data Environment Locations
The locations on disk where the SAP FRP data environments are stored, are administered through transaction /FRE/FRP_ADMIN.However, if you don't have authorisation for this transaction, you can also...
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Finding Your SAP F&R Version
The Forecasting & Replenishment offering from SAP runs on SAP SCM.SAP originally bought the F&R binary calculation engine from a Swiss company called SAF. This was integrated to the SCM...
View ArticleIBM DB2 10.1 Statistics Replication
Scenario: You would like to test a new index in an IBM DB2 10.1 database. Unfortunately your development system doesn't have anywhere near the same number of records in the database table on which you...
View ArticleSAP Kernel to EXT or not to EXT...
Scenario: You're at the point where you are installing a new system and your choice of Kernel is down to the EXT version or the non-EXT version. Which version should you use?The difference between the...
View ArticleSecure ReadyNAS Duo (v1) ADMIN Share
If you have a ReadyNAS Duo and you're happy with your setup and are now sharing your shares out through your router over the internet, you need to be aware that any old hacker can try and access your...
View ArticleNetgear ReadyNAS Duo Samba Performance
If you access your Netgear ReadyNAS Duo via your Windows Explorer and you think it's a little slow when reading/writing, then you could get a little speed boost from adding one line to the Samba...
View ArticlePower Notes Searcher Updated to v1.2
First off, a Happy New Year to you!During the festivities, I've managed to squeeze in a little time to make a couple of modifications to the Power Notes Searcher. My free Google Chrome Extension for...
View ArticleDrop a SAP DB2 10.1 Database & Remove Instance
In case you have installed an IBM DB2 database instance using the SAP Software Provisioning Manager, and you would now like to remove this database and the DB2 software installation (SAP DB instance),...
View ArticleDeploying SAP Portal JDBC Adapter SDA using Telnet
Once you've built a new com.sap.aii.adapter.lib.sda file ready for deployment into the SAP AS Java, you have two options for deployment in a NW 731 system:- Deploy using SUM- Deploy using Telnet The...
View ArticleStarting and Stopping Individual SAP AS Java Server Processes
Should you need to restart either manually or automatically (via script) a specific AS Java server node, it's possible to use the sapcontrol tool to provide precise control.The method detailed below is...
View ArticleTesting SAP BI Java Query Outside iView
To test a SAP BI Java query outside of an Enterprise Portal iView call, you can use the URL:http://[EP...
View ArticleSAP PO 7.31 SPS14 JCO NoSuchMethodError
Scenario: We had an outbound interface from SAP PO which was an iDoc being sent to a SAP ABAP stack via HTTP, in the message monitoring log we saw:javax.ejb.EJBException: nested exception...
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