SAP Basis

Test Your Knowledge ADM100
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1. Which SAP processes are started when the SAP system or an instance
is started?
Answer: A, C, D
SAPOSCOL is an underlying process that should always be running,
even if the SAP system is shut down. START_SAP_NOW and
LAUNCH_DB are made up. The message server is started once for
each SAP system, and the gateway server is started once for each
instance.
2. Log information for the dispatcher is stored in the file dev_disp. You
can control the granularity of the logged information using the profile
parameter rdisp/TRACE. Therearefour trace levels; error messages
and warnings are displayed, by default, at level 1.
Answer: dev_disp, rdisp/TRACE, four,1
3. You can display the users logged on to the SAP system with
transactions SM04 and AL08. Youcanobtainanoverviewofthe
scheduled background jobs with transaction SM37. Youcanuse
transaction SM02 to send a system message to the users that are
logged on.
Answer: SM04, AL08, SM37, SM02
Transaction SM04 is instance-specific, transaction AL08, on the other
hand, is cross-instance. In transaction SM37, you can select by client
and user, among other things. In transaction SM02, you can restrict
the sending of the message to instances or clients.
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