How to do SAP System Copy – Part I

Sometimes you need to copy / move your whole SAP system to other machine. For example you want to build a Test system or you want to upgrade / migrate your SAP system to other platform. There are various methods to do that, one of which i’ll explain here is using standard SAP R3load procedure. … Read more

How to delete SAP Client

Sometimes you need to delete SAP Client because it’s not used anymore. Before deleting SAP Client, it’s better to backup the client first. You can do it by exporting the client, in case in the future you need it just import the client back. SAP Client deletion is resource intensive activity, so you do it … Read more

How to create a new SAP User

As part of your role and job as SAP Security Administrator you are often asked to create a new SAP User. You do this from, 1. SAP Menu -> Tools -> User Maintenance -> Users or directly to transaction SU01. SAP User Maintenance Menu 2. From the initial screen of SU01 enter SAP User Name … Read more

How to install SAP DB2 License

If you use RDBMS DB2 you have to install SAP OEM License as describe in SAP note 816773 – DB6: Installing an SAP OEM license. You get the valid license from SAP Marketplace. For DB2 version 9.7, there are four files to be registered: a. db2ese_c.lic b. db2dpf.lic c. db2so.lic d  db2poese.lic Here are the … Read more

How to monitor SAP Developer Trace files

SAP provides various log and trace files to enable you do detailed analysis error. At application server level, there are developer trace that show you corresponding error log for the processes of each application server. The files are located in “work” directory of each SAP instance. Here are some critical SAP Developer trace files: File … Read more