SAP Basis

Unit 2: Starting and Stopping the SAP System ADM100
System Data
System: Depends on the setup for your course.
Client: Depends on the setup for your course.
User ID: Usually ADM100-00.
Password: Freely definable, initially set to init.
Set up instructions: See the information for the exercises.
1. Show the SAP system log files in the directory
g:\usr\sap\\instance_no.\work. You should
also show the contents of the developer traces (dev_ms, dev_disp,
and dev_wx) at this point.
Logging the Start Process
The start process is an especially important phase, which is logged by the
operating system, the SAP system, and the database. If the SAP system
does not start up, you can find the relevant error message in the log files. It
may be that there were problems starting the database, meaning that the
SAP system could not subsequently be started.
Figure 14: Logging of the Start Process Under Microsoft Windows
All messages that are created by services or the Microsoft Management
Console are recorded at operating system level by an event logging service,
the Event Manager. This Event Viewer writes an event log which contains
the following components:
• System Log:
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