Identify System Configuration – list transactions used in each case

How can you identify the SAP System data / Component Version?
Answer: System Status
How can you identify a Central System?
Answer: SM51
What is an instance?
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Identify the number of Servers / Instances configured?
Answer: SM51
Which server or instance does the database reside on?
Answer: ST04/ST03N/OS07/System Status
What identifies the server or instance as the database?
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How many active servers are configured?
Answer: SM51
What is a Cluster System?
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What is the advantage of a Cluster system?
Answer: Load Balancing
How would you identify a Cluster configuration?
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How many Dialog work-processes are configured on the database server?
Answer: SM51, then database server and then count
How many Update work-processes are configured on the database server?
Answer: SM51, then database server and then count
How many ENQ work-processes are configured on the database server?
Answer: SM51, then database server and then count
How many Background work-processes are configured on the database server?
Answer: SM51, then database server and then count
How many Spool work-processes are configured on the database server?
Answer: SM51, then database server and then count
How many Update2 work-processes are configured on the database server?
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What is the purpose of a Dialog work-process?
Answer: Dialog Step execution
What is the purpose of an Update work-process?
Answer: Updating the records
What is the purpose of an Enqueue work-process?
Answer: Lock
What is the purpose of a Background work-process?
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What is the purpose of a Spool work-process?
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What is the purpose of an Update2 work-process?
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What would indicate if there wasn’t sufficient work-process configured on the
system?
Answer: less than 2
What transaction would you use to view this problem?
Answer: st03n
What transaction should be executed to observe the system wide work processes?
Answer: sm66
What does PRIV mode identify?
Answer: going to heap and WP is locked
What steps should be taken to further investigate this (PRIV mode?)
Answer: st02, check for extended memory
What transaction will display the Operating System Monitor?
Answer:ST06
How can you find out the Operating System Version?
Answer: System Status, SAPOSCOL
How many CPU’s are configured on the DB server?
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What is the available memory size on the DB server (in Kb)?
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What does CPU- Utilization User % telling you?
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What does CPU – Utilization System % telling you?
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What does CPU – Utilization Idle % telling you?
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Write down the Avg. User / System / Idle for the past 10 days on the DB server
Answer: User Avg. System Avg. Idle Avg.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
What is the above information telling you about the system?
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What value (benchmark value) indicates a high CPU load on the system?
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What recommendations would you make to the customer at this stage?
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Where can you check if the System Collectors are switched on?
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What program should be running in order to collect data required for a download?
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How long have the collectors being running for? (If running at all)
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What is Paging?
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Is it normal for a system to Page?
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What is the difference between Paging IN and Paging Out?
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Has the operating anything to do with how a system Pages?
Explain:
NT System …………………………………………………………………………………………..
UNIX System ………………………………………………………………………………………..
List the Top 5 CPU Users on this System (along with the %)
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What does an entry similar to the following dw.sapXXX_DVEBMGS00 refer to?
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How can you check the Network connections to the Presentation Servers?
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What transaction will display the Workload Monitor?
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In which mode should you access this monitor?
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Identify the period in which you are analysing the data for?
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What program captures this data?
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Why look at data that’s a week old?
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Is it not better to analyse today’s data, after all it most up-to-date?
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What is a good recommended (benchmark value) of Dialog Av.Response Time?
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What does this Av. Dialog Response time mean?
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What 6 main elements does Dialog time consist of?
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What is the purpose of the Transaction profile?
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What is the purpose of the Time Profile?
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When is the most optimum time to run a batch transaction?
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Why:
What is a batch transaction?
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For example, ST03N shows an Avg. Dialog response time of 1650ms for last weeks
workload, looking back at previous weeks data the Avg. Response times for Dialog
tasks are around 580ms, explain how you would proceed?
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For example, you see high database times: Database time >40% of (response time
minus wait time)
Describe the next steps which should be taken to investigate this?
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What does a Data Buffer Quality >= 94 suggest?
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When Reads / User Calls are < 20 what does thing signify?
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If you detect a low SQL Area pinratio% what does this indicate?
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What does a low value for Time/User call (ms) suggest?
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How would you determine if a SQL statement was Expensive or not?
Explain:
What are the main elements of an SQL statement?
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What is the purpose of an Index?
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What is a fragmented index?
Describe the impact this would cause …..
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Describe the steps taken to detect a fragmented Index?
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What is your overall impression of the performance of this system?
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