SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: System Start: Logs
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System Start: Logs
Lesson Duration: 30 minutes
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, you will become familiar with the most important log and
trace files, in which the start of an SAP system is logged.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Evaluate start logs to analyze problems
The most important log and trace files, in which the starting of the SAP
system is logged, are introduced in this lesson.
Business Example
Problems occurred when starting an SAP system. To correct these
problems, the administrator analyzes logs and trace files that were
generated during the system start.
Messages generated during the start process are logged by the operating
system and the SAP system. Clarify which information is logged by which
system.
Messages from the services and the MMC are logged by the Microsoft
Event Viewer.
More detailed information is stored in the SAP system logs in the
home directory of the adm user. Inform the participants that the
granularity of the logged information can be set to four levels using the
profile parameter rdisp/TRACE.
Demonstration: Displaying SAP System Log Files
Purpose
The participants are shown important SAP system trace files.
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