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PostedbyVikramSrivastavainvikram.srivastava5onDec27,200911:51:32PM
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HiAll,
Justwantedtosharemyexperienceswhichmightbeveryusefulforyoutopullyououtfromacrisessituationwhen
youaresurroundedbytheusersinordertofixanissueASAP.
WehadasituationwheresuddenlywestartedgettingcasesfromtheBWusersthatBWsystemisrespondingvery
slowlyandtheirqueriesarerespondinginminutesratherthanseconds:(.Westarteddoingthebasichealthcheckof
thesystem.InitialinvestigationshowedthattherearetoomanydialogworkprocessoccupiedinSM66andallwere
stuckfromaroundmorethan1500secsformajorityofusers.Tofixthissituationwekilledalltheprocessesthatwere
stuckforalotofusersbutsinceuserswereloggedintothesystemsaftersometimethesituationbecamethesame.
postpost
ContactedBasisteambecausewewerenowalmostsurethatthisisasystem/memoryrelatedissueandbasisteam
canhelpus.OurBasisConsultantsuggestedusthathewantstolockalltheusersforsometimeandthenrestartthe
applicationandthedatabaseservertoseeifhelps.
ButNoluck,whenwethesystemwasbroughtupstillsameissue.HenceitagaincametoBWqueuefromBasis.
Suddenlywhileinvestigatingtherootcausewenoticedthat17cubesinthesystemwereshowinginactivestatusin
BWAccelerator.WecheckedtheRFCconnection.Checkedifalltheserviceswereupandrunningfine.
Sowhereistheproblem?WhatcausedthiscubestobeinactiveinBWAcceleralor?AnyBody???
Startedthinkingtorebuildindexesforallthe17cubesagain,whichwouldmeananescalationandobviouslywould
beatimeconsumingactivity:(.SuddenlyrememberedthefieldTECHINA(TechnicalReasonforInactivity).Thisfield
didallthemagicforus.WewenttotableRSDDTREXDIR(AdministrationoftheTREXAggregates)andcheckedfor
thecubeswithObjectStatusasInactive(OBJSTATasINA).Wewereabletofindallthe17cubeshereinthelist.Then
wehadalookatthefieldTECHINA(TechnicalReasonforInactivity),valuetherewasC'(Adjustedduringchange
run).Thisgaveusahintandhopes,yeswecandoitquickly:).Wethenwentaheadandloggedtothechangerun
monitor(TCODECHANGERNMONI)andwereabletoaseeaterminatedchangerun.Thiswasthecauseofall
problems.Werestartedthischangerunandtheproblemgotresolved.SuddenlyallthecubeshadactiveBWA
indexes.
HerearethevariousreasonsforwhichaBWAindexcouldgetinactive.Hopethisfieldbecomeshandyforyouin
future.

SoaslearningfromthispleaseseethefieldTechnicalReasonforInactivity(TECHINA)ofthetable
RSDDTREXDIR.ThiswillgiveyouafairideawhythecubeisshowingasinactiveinBWAandcanalsodothemagic
likeitdidforus.ThankstoSAPforprovidingsuchnicetables:).

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KennethMurrayDec28,20096:21AM

Yousomehow"SuddenlyrememberedthefieldTECHINA"?Ithinkwewouldbeevenmoregreatfulif
wedidn'thavetogothroughallofthistodiscoveraproblemlikethisonamultimilliondollar
enterpriseproduct.Noteveryonewouldevencomeclosetofindingthistableandprobablybedown
muchlonger.
IthinkinformationlikethisshouldbereadilyavailablebySAPinacontextmenuordashboard
insteadofdiggingthroughtablesthatonemustknowthroughbattlefieldknowledge.Thanksforthe
infomationthough!VeryHelpful!
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WitalijRudnickiDec28,20099:12AM

That'sright,BWAIndexesaredeactivatedduringChangeRun.
Itseemsthoughthattheissuecouldbeavoidedifsomeonewouldmonitordataloadprocessing)
Thanksforsharing,
Vitaliy
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