BASIS Introduction

√ Introduction to BASIS Architecture

o Application Servers
o Message Servers
o Database Servers
o Pro & Cons
§ One Tier Landscape
§ Two Tier landscape
§ Three Landscape
o Dispatcher
o System Processes (Dialog, Spool, Enqueue, Background etc)
o Client Concept
o Transport Management System
o Security / Authorizations

Installation
√ Central / Dialog / App Server Concept
√ Prerequisite information gathering
√ HOSTS file
√ Installation of SQL
√ Installation of SQL Patch
√ Edit Profiles using SAPPAD
√ Post Installation Steps
o SICK / SM28
o SE06
o Importing Profiles using Transaction RZ10
o Setting up Single System TMS
o Client Copy
o Creating/Changing Profile parameters
o Table Space Monitoring
§ Increasing tablespaces
o Applying Support Packs
o Creating Users
o Applying for license
§ At OS level using the command SAPLICENSE
§ At GUI level using the transaction SLICENSE
√ Problems with starting and stopping SAP
o Delete/Move the System Profiles to another directory
o Edit the Startup Profile
o Edit and Save the instance profile using Notepad
o Stop Database and start SAP
√ Sizing Tools
o QuickSizer

Client Administration
√ Client Concept
√ Creating Client
o Transaction SCC4
§ Options within the SCC4
o Table T000
o SAP* password
√ Pre Requisites for Client Copy
 o Tablespaces
o File System space / Disk Space
o Locking Client / System
o Backing up User ids and roles
√ Local Client Copy (SCCL)
o Different Client Copy Profiles
o Test Mode
o Online Processing
o Background Processing
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√ Client Copy Monitoring (Logs)
o Transactions SCC3 / SM50 / SM37
o Table CCCFLOW
√ Client Delete
o Transaction SCC5
o Reorg
√ R3Trans command
o Client Copy
o Client Delete

√ Remote Client Copy

o Transaction SCC9
√ Client Export / Import
o Transaction SCC8 and SCC7
√ Problems with Client Copy
o Without increasing the tablespace
o Canceling the Online Client Copy
√ Locking / Unlocking Clients
o Command Tp locksys and tp unlocksys for system
o Function modules SCCR_LOCK_CLIENT and SCCR_UNLOCK_CLIENT
√ System Change Option (Transaction SE06)
√ Closing the client from making changes (Transaction SCC4)

Transport Management System

√ Transports Concept
√ Setting Up Transport Management System (Transaction STMS)
o Development Class
o Transport Layers
o Transport Routes
o Transport Groups
o Two / Three system landscape setup
o Enhanced TMS
o WorkFlow TMS
√ Importance of /USR/SAP/TRANS
o Directories COFILES, DATA, EPS/IN, LOGS
o Mount point problems
√ Change Requests (Transactions SE01 / SE09 / SE10)
o Customizing Change Requests
o Workbench Change Requests
o Understanding of different Object Types
§ R3TR TABL (For Tables)
§ R3TR TABU (For table contents)
§ R3TR FUGR (For Function Groups)
§ R3TR PROG (For SAP Programs)
o Creating Change Request (Manually)
 o Releasing Change Requests
o Checking logs
o Changing ownership of change requests
o Deleting Change requests
o Tables E07*
√ Explore Transport Organizer Tool (Transaction SE03)
o Unlocking Change Tasks / Change Requests
o Searching Objects in Change Requests
√ Transport Error Codes
o Reason for getting Error code 8
o Reasons for getting Error code 12
o Resolution for the error codes
√ Transport Problems
o Transport hangs
o /USR/SAP/TRANS mount point ownership and permission issues
√ Creating Transports for transporting Table Data
√ Understanding of relation between Client Settings and Change request creating
o Standard error that comes when system is blocked from creating transports
(typically in Production system)
√ Transporting between clients within the same system (Transaction SCC1)
√ Performing transports at the OS level
o Tpparam file
o Tp commands (showbuffer, addtobuffer, import etc)

Support Packs and Add-ons

√ What are support packs?
√ Different types of support packs
√ HR Support Packs and LCPs
√ What are CRTs?
√ Pre requisites
o OSS Notes
o Tablespace
o File system space / Disk Space
o Locking the system (tp locksys and tp unlocksys)
√ Tables PAT*, EP*
√ SPAM Updates
√ Down-time minimized option
√ Phases in Support Pack / Add-on application
√ Transaction SPAM for applying support packs
o Defining Patch Queue
o Deleting Queue
o Applying Support packs one by one
o Applying in Groups
√ Transaction SAINT for applying Add-ons / Plug-ins

System Monitoring
√ ABAP Dump Analysis ST22
o Example of Standard Dumps (TIME_OUT, GUI related dumps)
o Searching for OSS notes
√ System Logs (Transaction SM21)
√ Update Terminations
o Transactions SM13 and SM14
 o Update Delay Error
o Reprocessing the terminated updates
√ User List Monitoring (Transaction SM04)
o Terminating user’s sessions
o Logging off a User id
o User list across Application Servers (Transaction AL08)
√ Work Process Overview (Transaction SM50)
o Different Work processes
o Changing the number of work processes (Transaction RZ10 and RZ04)
o Canceling a process with core and without core
o Monitoring the OS level process
o Command KILL
√ Application Servers Overview (Transaction SM51)
o Finding out Kernel level information
o Explore the GOTO menu options
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CCMS & Performance Tuning

√ Setting up SAPConnect (Transaction SCOT)
√ Configuring Alert Monitors (Transactions RZ20 and RZ21) for automatic notification
√ System Profile Parameter maintenance (RZ10 / RZ11 / ABAP report RSPARAM)
√ Performance Analysis using transaction codes: ST02, ST03, ST05, ST03N, ST04, STAT,
√ Operation Modes (Transaction RZ03 and RZ04)
√ SAP Logon Load Balancing (Transaction SMLG)
√ Performance Indicators
o CPU utilization
o Dialog Response time
o Memory utilization
o Buffer usage
o SWAPS
o Memory profile parameters
o Long running reports/transactions
o Expensive SQL Statements
o Performance issues related to database
√ Alerts Transaction codes – AL02, AL03, AL04, AL05
√ SAP Directories – Transaction AL11
√ Maintain External Commands – Transaction SM69 and SM49

Spool Administration
√ Setting Up Printers (Transaction SPAD)
√ Installing Device Types
√ Installing Character Sets
√ Monitoring Spool log (Transaction SP01)
√ Remote Printing
√ Temse Administration (Transaction SP12)

Language Installation
√ Installing Languages (Transaction SMLT)
Database Administration
√ Oracle Database Concepts
o Oracle Server Architecture
o Oracle Background Processes
o Oracle Tuning
o Rollback Segments
o Tablespaces
o Schemas
√ Monitoring Table spaces (Transaction DB02)
√ Explore all Menu options in SAPDBA
√ BRCONNECT
√ Tools – BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE and BRRESTORE
√ INIT<SID>.SAP, INIT<SID>.ORA, TNSNAMES.ORA and LISTENER.ORA
√ DBA Calendar (Transaction DB13)
√ Backup Logs (DB12)
√ Logs for Database Operations (Transaction DB24)
√ Using database utility – Transaction SE13 / SE14
√ Creating Tables and Indexes – Transaction SE11 / SE12
√ Any other database related transaction codes.

OSS Note Application

√ Applying OSS notes manually
√ Using Transaction SNOTE

OSS System
√ Setting up SAP Router for OSS
√ Configuring OSS settings in SAP (Transaction OSS1)
√ Creating OSS Messages
√ Finding OSS notes
√ Creating Developer key
√ Creating access key for SAP Objects
√ Opening and Closing SAP Systems
√ Applying for Licenses
√ Downloading Installation Guides
√ Downloading Support packs, CRTs and Plug-ins
√ Access SAPSERV<X> servers using FTP

Homogeneous System Copy

√ Different methods to perform system copy
√ System Copy
√ Database Copy
√ Pre Requisites for Homogeneous System Copy
√ Post Copy Steps/Procedures
√ R3Load utility
√ R3Copy utility
Upgrades
√ Upgrade using Prepare / R3Up
√ Customer Based Upgrade methodology (CBU)
√ A_ON, A_OFF and A_SWITCH options for upgrade
√ Phases in Upgrade process

Communication
√ Setting up ALE
√ Defining Logical System
√ Setting up RFC Destinations

Security
√ Authorization Concept
√ User Administration
√ Creating Roles
√ Troubleshooting Authorization issues

ABAP/4
√ ABAP/4 commands and statements
√ Creating Development Class
√ Basic ABAP/4 programming knowledge