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DailyworkoutofanBASISAdmintoensuresystem
availability&integrity....
PostedbyNilutpalSharmahinSAPNetWeaverAdministratoronAug5,201312:25:37PM
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HelloBASISians,

WeasBASISpeople,it'sourmajorresponsibilitytolookafterourSAPseversandkeepmaximumuptimetoensure
99.9999%productivityofrespectiveorganisations.ApartfromSAPserveruptime,it'salsocrucialtomakesurethat
serverperformancethroughputisperexpectationofbusinessusersasitplaysanimportantroleinrunningan
organisation.IguessalmostallBASISpeoplereceivesthefirstcallincaseanyalienbehavioroccursinSAPservers
andwealsofacethesamewithourownimagined/framedsolutionforthetimebeingandlateronafterputting
lotsofeffortsintosearchengineandvariouslogs,wefinallygetthesolution.AsweknowverywellthatSAPis
versatileandwecanneversaythatIhaveXmanyyearsofexperience&IknoweverythinginXmodulesinceon
everynewdaynewenhancements&developmentscomesandmostoftheexistedscenariosgetchanged.Whatever
itis,butasproactiveactionweallneedtoensureourselvesthatwefindtheissuebeforeanyendusercomplains.

So,followbelowmentionedbasicdailyactivities:

1.CheckwhetheralltheSAPserversareup&runningornot.IncaseofABAPservers(ECC,BI,PIetc.),check
directlythroughGUIandforJAVAserver(EP,PI,CRISPetc.)checkthegenericURLhttp:<FQDNofSPAserver>:
<port>.

2.CheckallthebelowtransactionsakareportsineachofcrucialABAPservers:

RZ20:It'saquickwaytogetallthealertsinoneplace(Youcangetmoredetailsin MonitoringyourSAP
NetWeaverComponentshttps://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/monitoringlink).Morelikelyyoucanmonitorthespoolspace
.(RZ20>SAPCCMSMonitorTemplates>SpoolSystem>SystemWide>Spool>SpoolNumbers>UsedNumbers)

SM50:Checkwhetheranybackgroundprocessistakinglongtime

SM37:Checkwhetheranyscheduledperiodicjobgotfailed

ST22:Checkifanyrecursivedumpiscomingissystemandanalyseasperavailablelogs.

SM21:Ifanyusercomplainsthathis/heruserIDislockedduenumberofwrongattempts,buthedidn'tdothesame,
sothroughSM21,youcanfindtheintruder'sterminalname.

ST06:Checkfilesystemusage,CPUutilizationetc.variousleadingperformanceparameters.

DB02:Checkthedatabaseusage,percentageoffreespaceetc.

SE38:Execute'FP_TEST_IA_01'&'FP_TEST_00'tocheckwhetherADSisworkingornot.

ST03N:Tocheckthesystemworkload,anykindofbusinesstransactionanalysisandalsotocomparetheloadsper
instancesinaloadbalancingsystem.

ST02:YoucancheckmemoryrelatedfindingslikeSAPmemory,NTABbuffer,tablebufferetc..Inadditiontothatyou
canalsosynchronizebufferinrespectiveinstances.

SM13:Tocheckwhetheranyupdatesfailed.

SM12:Tocheckifthereisanypendinglocks

SMQ1&SMQ2:Tocheckoutboundandinboundqueueaswellaswellasnumberofavailableentriesinrespective
queues.

SMLG:Tocheckthestatusofavailableinstanceinalogongroup.

Db01:Tocheckforanydatabaselockentry.

DBACOCKPIT:Mostofthethingsarecancoveredinthistransactionliketablespacemonitoring,Lockwait,Log
Spaceetc.

DB12&DB13:Tocheckthestatusofbackups&redologfilesandtoschedulebackupcalendar.

Communications

Actions

3.ChecktheDRserverslogsequence.Ifanymismatchappears,applythemissinglogsmanually.

4.ApartfromtestingNWAURLofallJAVAsystems,dothefollowingadditionalchecks:

Checkifanyobjectlevellocksexistedforanuser,ifrequiresdeletethelocktoreleasetheobjectforfurtheruse.

CheckwhetherallJCOconnections(used)areworkingornot.

IncaseofESS/MSS,checkwhetherCONNECTOR,WAS,ITSconnectionsareworkingornot.

5.FinallychecktheEWAreportforanypatching,applyingsecuritynotesoranyfurtherstepstorunningSAPsmoothly.

6.YoucantakethehelpofOSteamtocreatealertifSAPservicesgetturnedoffinserver,sothatimmediateactioncan
betaken.ForexampleinwindowssystemifSAP<SID>_<instancenumber>servicegetsstopped,itwillsendSMSor
mailtoinformtheadministratortotakeimmediateaction.

7.Inallthenewnetweaversystems,toOSCollectorservicecanbestartedwithwithfollowingtwowindowsservices,
somakesurethatbotharerunningtogetcurrentsystemstatistics:

SAPHostControl
SAPHostExec

Ihope,itwouldsomehowhelpBASISAdmintotacklemostofthecommonissues.Attheend,Iwouldliketotakethe
opportunitytothank ThusjanthanKubendranathan,AkshayGupta,HeinzKappan,AmitShedge,Sabari
RagavendaandnoneotherthanJuanReyesforyourobliginginputs,basedonwhichIhavereframedthisdocument
byaddingsomemissingcrucialpoints.

Regards,
Nilutpal.

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ThusjanthanKubendranathanAug6,20137:42PM

PrettyGoodlist.Iwouldalsoaddtothelist:

DBACOCKPIT(insteadofdb02).Thistransactionallowstoviewtheplanningcalendarforbackup
schedules(db13),backuplogoverview(db14),theperformancemonitor(db50/st04),tableindexes
(db02)andmore.

Alsosm51toseetheinstancesacrossthelandscapetomakesureallprocessesacrossthe
landscapearerunningoptimally.

Iwouldalsoaddinsu53intheretocheckforanyunsuccessfulauthorizationchecks.

ThusjanthanKubendranathan
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NilutpalSharmahAug7,20136:00AM(inresponsetoThusjanthanKubendranathan)

HiThusjanthan ,

AppreciateyourinputforallBASISpeople..

IguessSU53willnothelpthatmuchasit'snotpossibletocheckmissingauthorizationfor
allusersandalsowithoutinteractingwitheachenduser.Inadditiontothatduetoaudit
purpose&auth.matrix,wecan'tassignrandommissingrightsasperSU53.Yes,ofcourse,
itwillhelptoassignrightsforsomeintermediateusersusedinvariousadministration.

Regards,
Nilutpal.
Like(2)

ShahinMikailovSep29,20157:53AM(inresponsetoNilutpalSharmah)

TocheckunsuccessfulauthorizationstheeasywaytouseSM20securityaudit

logs,insteadofSU53
Like(0)

AkshayGuptaAug7,20136:49AM

HiNilutpal,

Goodoneandveryputtogether.
Thisisindeedourbreadnbutter,andweneedtodotheworkout

Appreciateyourefforts.

Akshay.
Like(1)

NilutpalSharmahAug7,20137:08AM(inresponsetoAkshayGupta)

Hey,thanksAkshay!!
Like(0)

OmkarBhagwanAug7,20132:01PM

HiNilutpal,

VerygreatfulltoreadthisasarevisiononBASIS.

Regards,
Omkar
Like(1)

HeinzKappanAug19,20133:54PM

HiNilutpal,

Goodone..
Iwouldliketoaddsomemoretransactionsfordailymonitoring.

SM13Checkwhetheranyupdatesfailed
SM12Checkifthereisanylognpendinglocks
SMLGCheckthelogonloadbalancing.

Regards,
Heinz
Like(4)

AmitShedgeAug19,20137:09PM

Goodone,

Addingsomeofthetransaction:

SM66:workprocessoverview..Hereyouwillseealltheprocessrunningandyoucangetabriefidea
ifserversareloadedornot
Db01:CheckforLockswait
DBACOCKPIT:Mostofthethingyoucancoveredinthistransaction,Tablespacemonitoring,Lock
wait,LogSpace
OS07N:YouwillthedetailsofthisOperatingsystem,CPUload,Memory,filesystem

Thanks&Regards
Amit
Like(4)

AnandaSwaroopAug20,201310:51AM

GoodcollectionofTCodeformonitoringdaytodayactivities.
Like(1)

NareshKrishnamoorthyAug30,201311:34AM

VeryInformative...ManyThanks.

BestRegards,
NareshK.
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NilutpalSharmahAug30,201312:21PM(inresponsetoNareshKrishnamoorthy)

ThankstoyouNaresh!!
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SabariRagavendarAug30,201312:59PM

Informative.

Onemoretcodefrommyend:

DB12Tocheckthestatusofbackups&redologfiles
Like(1)

HimanshusharmaAug30,20131:05PM

Hi,
Verythoughtfullyputtogether.
Justtoaddon:
Monitoringqueuesisalsoaveryimportantpart.
ThereforeaddingSMQ1,SMQ2ANDSM58.

Regards,
Himanshu
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JuanReyesAug31,201310:14PM

Notbadbutisquiteabasiclist...funnyenoughyoutalkaboutperformanceandST03nandST02are
notlistedonyoursuggestions.

Also,CheckingforUpdateissuesisveryimportantsoSM13isnottobeforgottenandIwillputRZ20
upthelistasitsaquickwaytogetyouralertsinoneplace.

Regards,Juan
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NilutpalSharmahSep2,20135:16AM(inresponsetoJuanReyes)

HiJuan,

Thanksforyourhelpfuladdons..SorryformissingsuchimportantTCodes

Regards,
Nilutpal.

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ChrisKernaghanSep10,20133:07PM(inresponsetoJuanReyes)

Juan,

Tobehonestistherenotthecapabilitytomakeasnapshotreportlikethisfromwithin
SolutionManager.Iamamassivebelieverindoingthistypeofactivity,itenablesan
administratortogetafeelfortherhythmofasystemandit'sperformancebutitdoestakea
significantamountoftime

Perhapsweshouldping JansiRaniMurugesanor TonydeThomasis,theywould

knowbetterthanIwould

Chris
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JuanReyesSep10,20133:18PM(inresponsetoChrisKernaghan)

Absolutely,YoucanuseCentralSystemAdministrationChecktosetataskslistin
Solman.Thereisevenatemplate

Regards,Juan
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ChrisKernaghanSep10,20137:00PM(inresponsetoJuanReyes)

Doesitdoautomaticcollection?Irememberthetemplateswhichyoucan
usebutitwasamanualprocessinSolMan7

Chris
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SurajRamruttunSep3,20138:39AM

Hiall,

Nicearticle.
Iwouldadd:
1)SM04tocheckforuseractivityaswellasuserconsumingconsiderableamountofmemory(by
sortingthelistby'megabyte'column).

2)SMGWtocheckfortheactivegatewayconnections

regards,
Suraj
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casmitocasmitoSep10,20133:24PM

YoumayalsoaddSOSTandSCOTTcodeindailychecklisttochecktheemail/faxstatus

Regards,
Casmito
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MuzamilUddinSep16,20138:48AM

HiNilutpal,

Gooddocumentformaintainingsapbasismonitoringcheckinglist...

IwouldliketoaddonemoretcodehereSTAD,whichiexecutedailytogetthedetailsofwhichusers
hasexecutedwhattcodesandreportshandlyforfuturepurpose.IKnowitwilltakesomeloadon
PRDserverswhenweexecute.
Itreallyhelpedmetocomeoutofoneissue,asST03Nwillmaintainonlycertainleveldata.
AnycommentsandsuggestionareverymuchappreciateonSTAD.

Regards,
Muzamil

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SadiqIqbalSep25,20131:52AM

Hi
iwilladdnmonandtopasforunixandwindowstaskmanager.

ForOSrelatedinformation.

Thanks
Sadiq
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NilutpalSharmahSep25,20135:01AM(inresponsetoSadiqIqbal)

HiSadiq,

Thanksforyourvaluableinputs.Couldyoupleaseelaboratemoreonnmonandtopas
usagebygivingsomeusefullinks.

Thanks,
Nilutpal.
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casmitocasmitoSep25,20133:17PM(inresponsetoNilutpalSharmah)

HiNilutpal,

Belowaretheadditionalinfoonnmonandtopastools.

ThenmontoolisdesignedforAIXandLinuxperformancespecialiststousefor
monitoringandanalyzingperformancedata.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/auanalyze_aix/

Thetopascommandreportsselectedstatisticsabouttheactivityonthelocal
system.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?
topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds5/topas.htm

Regards,
Casmito
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MukeshKhampariaSep25,20133:29PM

FewfromMyside>Pleaseconsider

DatabaseHealthCheck

CheckforDatabaseSize(CheckFreespaceofDatabasein
%)

DB02

CheckSQLlock

DB50

FilesystemthroughOSlevel

OSlevel

CheckforRedalerts(likeMissingTablesandIndexesand
others)

DB16

GeneralSystemHealth&AvailabilityCheck
Checkforoldlocks

SM12

CheckNumberofusersloggedin

AL08

Lookforanyfailedupdates(updateterminates)

SM13

CheckSystemLog

SM21

SystemStatus

SM51

ReviewtheSAPBufferperformance

ST02

ReviewtheSAPWorkload

ST03

Checkworkprocesses(startedfromSM51)

SM66

TotalABAPdumps

ST22

Check
SP01
Spool
Request

ReviewforscheduledjobsandreviewjobStatus
Activejobs

SM37

Failed/Canceled

SM37

Filesystem

ST06

qRFCMonitorOutboundQueue
OutboundQueues

SMQ1

InboundQueues

SMQ2

IDocProcessing
CheckforfailedIDocs

BD87

TransactionalRFC
CheckstatusoftRFCs

SM58

SystemStatus
CheckClientOverview

SCC4

CheckGlobalSystemSettings

SE06

SAPConnect&Faxination

SCOT/SOST

CheckFaxinationseverSM59

SM59

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SadiqIqbalSep26,201312:38AM

Hi

AlsoPleasecheckthedocforperformancemonitoringandnmon

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/60fe97e112e32c102f8d
ccb9a5450a99?overridelayout=true

Thanks
Sadiq
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MukeshKhampariaSep26,201312:30PM

Ihavecreatedonedocumentwhichwilladdmoreprofittothisthread:

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC46746
Like(1)

EduardoRezendeSep26,20136:47PM

GoodblogNilutpal.
Nicelist.
Like(1)

NilutpalSharmahSep27,20135:40AM(inresponsetoEduardoRezende)

ThanksalotEduardo.
Like(1)

WilliamNICOLOct1,20136:11PM

NicelistbutIsitmakesensetodoitmanually?

Frommyside,IprefertouseMAITemplate,andbuildanefficientmonitoring.
Like(0)

NilutpalSharmahOct2,20131:28PM(inresponsetoWilliamNICOL)

HiWilliam,

WouldyoupleaseelaboratemoreonMAItemplate?Itwillsurelyus..

ThankingYou,
Nilutpal.
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WilliamNICOLOct4,201311:19PM(inresponsetoNilutpalSharmah)

Hi,

MAIisMonitoringandAlertingInfrastructureinSAPSolutionManager.

InWorkCenter,SSMProvidetemplatetoimplementquicklyamonitoringfor
technicalelement(egDBOracle).

It'swhyItalkaboutMAITemplate..becauseinthepastweusedCCMSTemplates.

Attheend,thepurposeofmyremarkistosaidthatMonitoringisalwaysmore
efficientthanmanualtask.

Regards
William
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NilutpalSharmahOct8,20137:41AM(inresponsetoWilliamNICOL)

ThanksWilliam.
Like(0)

SubhashBhattOct9,20138:31AM

Hi,
Goodblog.
Like(0)

NilutpalSharmahOct12,20135:10PM(inresponsetoSubhashBhatt)

ThanksSubhash
Like(0)

DinakarRavindranDec2,20131:03PM

Highlyinformativeandpresentedinasimplestyle.

GoodjobNilutpal
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DiveshSharmaApr14,20147:37AM

iamnewtobasis.iamabasistrainee.canyoupleasegivemesometips?
Like(0)

AsaduzzamanKhandokarMay27,20145:10PM

Youcanusetcodessaatogetlistofallrequiredtcodes.

Asad
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ippilipaparaoJun3,20148:16AM

HowtosetupofRFC&SOSTalertconfigurationinRz20ifrfcfailedandsostgettingerrors.
Ifanyknowstheanswerspleaseletmeknowtheprocesstoconfigure.


Thanks,
Rao.ippili
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AnirbanChakraborthySep26,201411:28PM

Hi,

Itwasveryusefullformeatleastcauseihaveaninterviewtomandlikealwaysforlastminute
preperationneededsomegooddocument.Thankgodifoundagoodone.Hopeithelpsmetom
Like(0)

RichardBrehmerSep23,20152:28PM

ThankyouNilutpal!

Verygoodpost.

IhavemadeaZreportthattakessomeofthosetransactioninonepage,toimproveourdailycheck.
Checkitout,maybeyoulikeit:

ZabapreportforBasisdailycheck|SCN
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NilutpalSharmahSep28,201511:50AM(inresponsetoRichardBrehmer)

Thanks RichardBrehmer...It'sveryusefulforORACLEdatabaseorientedsystems.
AnywayasyouhaveexplainedwithABAPskill,itcanbemodified&canbeusedinfor
differentdatabasesinvariousorganizationswheresolmanmonitoring(MAI)isnotinplace.

Regards,
Nilutpal.
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