BW Table Types & Descriptions
A useful list of table types in a SAP BW system, including the proposed table name definitions and the SAP table where the list of those types of tables are stored.SID table...
View ArticleChecking Browsers for POODLE
If you're working in the Web industry and would like to know if the browser you're working with is susceptible to POODLE, then you can use the following...
View ArticleCall SAP Logon Pad with Custom saplogon.ini INI File
Scenario: You have your own custom saplogon.ini which is not locked down by the administrator.You would like to launch the SAP LogonPad using this custom ini file.Simply create a shortcut pointing to...
View ArticleSAP SLD Change Log Cleanup Table Reorg
When you apply changes or content updates to the SLD (system landscape directory) in SAP, the change log grows. It's possible to see the change log entries from the SLD administrator page. Due to this...
View ArticleSAP on ASE (Sybase) - 10 Lessons Learned
Continuing my SAP on ASE theme (see my other post on 10 positive points of SAP on ASE), I’m going to document the 10 best lessons I learned during the migration and implementation of SAP on SAP ASE...
View ArticleSAP on ASE (Sybase) - 10 Positive Points
Having been part of a major programme of work to move a complete SAP landscape from an Oracle based platform onto an SAP ASE (formerly Sybase) database based platform, I experienced running SAP on ASE...
View ArticleSAP ASE Backup Server Error Writing to Archive
When running SAP Business Suite on the SAP ASE database platform, I was trying to dump and load from one database to another database.A backup server error was seen on the target database and in the...
View ArticleSAP ASE with SAP Replication Server - Node ID
While working on a SAP ASE database configured with SAP Replication Server (SRS) as part of a HADR pair, you may want to know how to identify which of the two databases in the HADR pair, you’re working...
View ArticleSAP ASE–login to Secondary HADR DB as sapsso
When running SAP ASE in HADR mode with SAP SRS, you are not able to log into the secondary database as the sapsso database user.This is because the user is redirected to the primary database in the...
View ArticleSAP ASE Job Server Error
Whilst administering a SAP ASE based SAP system, I came across an issue in the ASE Job server error log “JSTASK.log”:00:140737306879744:140737340581728:2016/02/24 16:50:00.87 worker ct_connect()...
View ArticleSAP ASE SQL Script - Who Has Allow HADR Login
Whilst working with SAP ASE, I found it useful to have a ready made SQL statement for determining who (which user accounts) has “allow hadr login” privileges.In my scenario, I needed to be able to...
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SAP ASE - Blocking Factor Madness
I spent around a day looking into a performance issue with a specific peice of SQL in an ERP 6 system running on a SAP ASE database.The system has recently been migrated from Oracle, so we were...
View ArticleConvert SAP AS Java Trace Timestamp
Sometimes, just sometimes, you wish you could just take a look at the defaulttrace.log or one of the other many log files at the O/S level for an SAP AS Java based system.Except, it’s not that simple....
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Dynamic SSH X-11 Forwarding on RHEL Linux
Sometimes you need to use an X-client in order to perform certain operations with an SAP system. An example would be using SUM (if the firewall ports are blocked) or SWPM to perform an installation, or...
View ArticleManual Explain Plan in SAP ASE
When running SAP on top of SAP ASE database, you can use the DBACOCKPIT transaction to help produce an EXPLAIN PLAN (execution plan).It’s also possible to use the “EXPLAIN” button from an SQL trace...
View ArticleHowTo: Shrink SAP ASE Transaction Log
Providing that you’ve understood that with SAP ASE, you cannot shrink the device size, then you may be looking to shrink the size of a transaction log or datafile within a device. From isql, list out...
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What is: SAP AS Java Flight Recorder
In Solution Manager 7.1 "Managed System Configuration" step 7, you are requested to manually apply an instance profile parameter (jstartup/recorder) that configures the "Flight Recorder": The help for...
View ArticlePower Notes Searcher Updated to v2.0
I’ve finally managed to update the Power Notes Searcher to v2.0, which now supports the new SAP ONE support portal.This is my free Google Chrome Extension to make life easier if you have to wade...
View ArticlePower Notes Searcher Updated to v2.1
The free Google Chrome extension Power Notes Searcher, has been updated!A small bug fix has been released which fixes a problem with the highlighting of note numbers in the SAP note pages.The update...
View ArticleSAP Secondary Oracle DB Connection–EasyConnect
When you run an SAP system on a non-Oracle database platform, you may sometimes need to connect to a secondary Oracle database (for example, in a SAP BW environment you could need a connection to...
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