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How to start and stop SAP instances (including databases) automatically with OS boot and shutdown, respectively?

Running SLES15 (uses systemd), how can I make SAP instances and databases start automatically on system boot, and stop them properly on system shutdown or reboot? One example I found is for the ...
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java.lang.RuntimeException - Internal Server error 500 in Tomcat log

we want to use Sophos WAF (Web Application Firewall) as a reverse proxy to make a sap site accessible from an external. The problem is the following: External access with NAT works however external ...
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How can I get Airflow on Linux run a VBS script that is automatically downloading SAP data?

I have an Airflow installed on CentOS and I am able to run scripts/commando's on my Windows 10 machine. However, I have a VBS script that starts Excel and SAP Logon and then automatically logins, ...
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RHEL leapp upgrade inhibited by YUM

i try to upgrade a RHEL 7.9 to 8.4 with leapp. When i try the update, it stoppes cause it says that yum is missing the plugins product-id subscription-manager But fun fact, when i start yum, it says ...
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Pacemaker Virtual IP suddenly Failed

I am new in cluster. We are running SAP Application in HA Cluster (have 2 nodes in cluster) using pacemaker. Node1 if it runs as a master always restart for a few times. After we check pacemaker logs, ...
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Windows server with less than 1% free memory

We have a SAP installation running the main server with 35GB ram and the app server running with 65GB ram. From the operational system perspective the main server has a fixed allocation of 31GB ram ...
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Sybase - SAP ASE - replication server: routing declaration

I'm trying to declare a routing in SAP Replication Server. I have: A server (let's call it S1) with ASE and RS server (let's call it RS1). A server (let's call it S2) with ASE and RS server (let's ...
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Does SAP Allow VPC Peering Between Our Own VPC and SAP Cloud Platform's VPC?

We have an application deployed on SAP Cloud Platform's Cloud Foundry environment that needs an ElastiCache cluster to operate. Can we set up a peering connection between our VPC and the VPC where SAP'...
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Apache remove X-Forwarded-For completely

Ok.. this is rather strange, but I need to replace X-forwarded-for value. We are using SAP B1, and for some various reason, it needs x-forwarded-for contains only one string "https://sap.domain.tld:...
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Printing from SAP via the CITRIX XenApp client

Is it possible for someone with a CITRIX XenApp client to: Print to a locally attached printer using the SAP ‘LOCL’ definition Create a batch job within SAP and then have the batch job print to a ...
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Printing to Intermec Printers via CITRIX

We are looking to print to Intermec label printers (attached locally to PC's) from an SAP system to printers within a CITRIX environment. Please can you tell me if the Citrix Universal Print Server ...
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HIGH CPU UTILISATION OF VM

we are facing a peculiar behavior in our production environment. We are using vmware vsphere 5.1 as our visualization solution and have many production machines running on it. It is a cluster of 3 hp ...
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How to check End of Life dates for SAP installation running on Solaris 11.1?

I've been trying to work out SAP's end of life dates for a client's installation. I've referred to PAM, however it seems like PAM doesn't provide the granularity that we need. For instance, in PAM, ...
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How to route select e-mails from Office 365 to another SMTP Server

I have set up an SAP system to act as an SMTP server on port 25000. The company uses Office 365 as its email provider. Is it possible to route/forward e-mails that are delivered to a specific e-mail ...
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SAP HANA - Some services not started

SAP HANA was configured correct and SAP HANA Studio was connected to SAP HANA. From one day to another SAP HANA is not reachable in the SAP HANA Studio. The operational state is "Some services not ...
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WSAECONNREFUSED SAP Gui unable to connect on SAP server on hp ux - inetd.conf file reference

I have a sap server installed on HP-UX vm, up and running. when I try to connect to the server from SAP client GUI installed on windows machine I get the following error --------------------------- ...
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when is the jvm heap allocated by the OS

One of our sap systems(PI ABAP+JAVA stack) was giving performance issue. The entire 64GB configured for the machine gets hogged up(and the 8 cores as well). Every one is suspecting the java part,but i ...
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How to use single public IP to access multiple application servers in SAP?

Scenario I have: Wireless D-Link Router Connected to the Internet Two IBM-Lenovo Servers Connected( Wireless/Wired) to the Router Two servers have IP addresses : 192.xxx.xxx.123 and 192.xxx.xxx.124 ...
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EC2 instance initializing with only 1/2 check thus not able to login into my Linux server

Hello friends, Our EC2 instance is initializing with only " 1/2 checks passed " after I detached and reattached my volumes (I did it for some specific debugging purpose). Thus i am not able to login ...
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What does this SAP error mean? recv104 NiIReadrecv nixxi.cp5087

I have an SAP BI Portal system and an SAP BW system. In the Visual Administrator of the BI Portal, section 'JCo RFC Provider' I have created some RFC listeners. In the SAP BW system (in transaction ...
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What could cause the SAPLRSSM process to take significantly longer than usual to delete data from TESTDATRNRPART0 in SAP Business Warehouse?

We have a number of process chains that run during the day loading data from our SAP R/3 system into SAP BW. They usually take about thirty minutes to run. This week they've been taking over an hour. ...
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How can I plan a DR solution for an SAP Instance running on HP-UX

I'm supporting an environment that runs SAP on HP-UX. The HP Blade running the SAP Instance is connected to IBM Storage over FC connection. SAN Infrastructure is duplicated by redundant primary-...
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SQL Server 2008 side-by-side with SQL Server 2012, possible issues with SAP Business One 8.81 PL:07?

We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise system running SQL Server 2008 Enterprise (x64) version 10.0.4067.0 and SAP Business One 8.81 PL:07. We would like to install a named instance of SQL Server ...
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Is it possible to secure the SAP Telnet Administration port (50008)?

Is it possible to secure the SAP Telnet Administration port, which is usually port 50008? I would like a SSH type connection, so that data cannot be intercepted/read and non-authorised connection ...
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I cannot execute this windows batch job from task scheduler

I have tried to execute a batch job created by BODS (data services - ETL tool). The challenge faced is that the batch file does not execute. Even if it does the log file is not created so I cannot ...
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Certain PostScript prints from SAP cause flood on RPM server

This situation may be a little localised, but the root of the problem means that it may happen as long as you're passing PostScript (and possibly other types of print jobs) through a firewall with ...
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vsphere + Foglight and running top command does not match

We have a vsphere cluster and we are trying to setup monitoring via Foglight to monitor memory usage at the Guest level. However, there are inconsistencies in reporting metrics.. most likely due to ...
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Does SAP version 4.7 require MS Sql Server Enterprise Edition?

We've recently discovered that we weren't actually licensed for Enterprise and are now either paying to upgrade or re-installing our SQL Servers. We've got a very old version of SAP (4.7) Running ...
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Optimize SAP SQL Server database using DTA

Is it safe to optimize a SQL Server 2005 SAP R/3 database using Database Tuning Advisor raccomandatations? We are experiencing very low performance on a dedicated SAP database because of intense read ...
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Why does database of db2 HADR standby server deactivate automatically?

Im trying to configure SAP HADR with the primary and standby server. Configurations seems to be ok but the database of standby server deactivates automatically. When i run the command db2 activate ...
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When Citrix desktop disconnects SAP Client holds session and can't log back in

We have a fairly large Citrix implementation and have just pushed out SAP desktop client to all of the desktops. Everything else is working fine except the following problem: If a user Disconnects ...
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Securely connect to mainframe from cloud

I will preface this by saying that I am a solution architect, and I have a client who wishes to host an app in the cloud. The app needs to access information from SAP and other systems. What is the ...
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MSMQ HTTP server communication with non-.NET clients

Is MSMQ compatible with non .NET platforms? I have an MSMQ service hosted by IIS for HTTP support, and would like to see if an SAP system is able to access it. Is it possible for an SAP system to use/...
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Integrate SAP GUI with microsoft ldap

What is the best way to integrate SAP login with Microsoft LDAP? I would like to make my users login to the SAP GUI with their windows Active Directory account.
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SAP Homogeneous copy : How do you handle BDLS steps

Part of SAP Homogeneous copy, we almost always need to perform the BDLS Step. This can cause a lot of grief cause this step can take few (or a lot) of hours. How do you manage it ? any tips and ...
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What does this error mean?: Operating system version {0} is too low. You need at least version {2}

Please can someone tell me what this means?: <!--LOGHEADER[START]/--> <!--HELP[Manual modification of the header may cause parsing problem!]/--> <!--LOGGINGVERSION[1.5.3.7185 - 630]/--&...
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Changing the hostname on a Business Objects XI 3.1 server

What steps do i need to use to change the hostname of a Business Objects XI 3.1 server? The name of the windows server 2008 core host has changed, and all the administrative web applications are ...
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SAP GUI 7.20 Security Rules - How to 'Always Allow' Everything?

The SAP GUI 7.20 comes with a list of security rules. What is the best way to allow all access so that user's wont get any security prompts? I need a solution that can be applied to many users.
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Problems using Crystal reports infoview over the internet

We have a Bobje installation and use crystal reports infoview to share some of our reports with our customers over the internet. Most reports will work ok however any reports that take 'longer' seem ...
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How to change the port for the SAP Virtual Default Host (SICF) configuration?

I am unable to test services in transaction SICF in my SAP system because I have enabled HTTPS (on port 443) and removed the HTTP port. SICF uses the Virtual Default Host. How can I change the ...
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Change server on SAP client

I have a SAP Business One 8.0 installed on my Windows Server 2003. It uses SQL Server Express 2005 for the database. Then I installed the client on another PC. How do I configure the client so it can ...
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Kerberos passthrough with Microsoft ISA/TMG and SAP EP - Internet Explorer is confused if https

I've been struggling with this prob since a while and I start being desperate to find a solution. Here's my problem: I have setup a SAP Enterprise Portal which is published via Microsoft ISA. ISA is ...
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Business Objects Enterprise - put reports under source control?

We use Business Objects Enterprise XI-R2, and there's no built-in way to back up the individual reports. We do backups of the report file share and the database, but if somebody deletes a single ...
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SAP Portal: SAP Universal Worklist Items Cache - Clear Cache option not working (runs continuously)

When I click on the 'Clear Cache' option within the SAP Portal UWL I get a 'working' dialogue box (spinning icon), even after an hour. This normally works (and takes less than 10 seconds). Any ideas ...
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Sending HTTPS requests from SAP

Does anyone have any information on the prerequisites for sending HTTPS requests from SAP? I'm able to send HTTP Posts ok but I can't get a request to be sent over HTTPS. This is from ABAP I guess ...
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Can't change user security on folder - Business Objects XI 3.1

I've got a single folder within the list of All Folders that I can't change any user permissions on. I'm logged in as an admin and when I view security for the folder it says I have full rights to ...
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How to Shrink/Reset File stderr1 on a SAP System?

I have a file called stderr1 in the work directory of several of the SAP servers in my production cluster. It has grown to around 19GB's to fill the hard disk on each server. I have deleted all trace ...
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Error while detecting start profile for instance with ID _u

I am upgrading a SAP Java instance and am getting the error shown in the log below. There are not backup profile files in the profiles directory. The string _u does not exist in the default, start or ...
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Implications of Changing WebDynpro Parameter: sap.locking.maxWaitInterval

SAP OSS note 1234847 mentions changing the WebDynpro parameter sap.locking.maxWaitInterval What are the implications of setting this to 30 minutes or 1 hour?
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Document Control System

Organization is going to receive a bunch of technical documents from contractor - drawings, procedures, etc. - for the whole plant. Currently contractor keeps its project documentation in Lotus ...
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