Where was AIG located?

What company you are currently working for

No of users in your company?
What are you roles and responsibilities in your company? What is the
responsibility in your Company? what are your current responsibilities
Role on AIG project
Quick overview of projects in last 5 to 6 months?
What is organization level?
What is your team size?
Apart from r3 what other components exposure do u have?
What are real-time problems you got?
Briefly explain a recent problem you faced, which u felt proud by solving
that? And how u solved?
You have done Documentation for Various tasks?
What is your experience in web as?
What is the peak processing times?
X What is the longest period of time that the business can operate without the
sap system?
what is your project architecture?
What is your landscape (how many no of application server with production,
with specifications (Ram connected, some time it requires authentication)?
What system landscape u have?
What is your landscape? and resources u have in your company any tools youre
using in your company?
Please provide a diagram of all systems & clients & transport routes between
the different systems. What is the landscape currently (including client
strategy)?
What is the your server configuration?
X What is the systems configuration required to implement sap..i.e for PRD,
DEV, and QAS servers the hard disk space, ram, processor
What systems you installed?
What are the modules configured?
Which sap modules are used (including industry solutions)? Please also provide
version information.
How many sap instances are there (DEV, QA, PRD, training, etc)?
X What are the availability requirements per instance?
What are versions of SAP & R/3, Oracle you are using?
What sap versions are in use for each instance
I would like to know the version or name of sap i.e., implemented in real
time?
What is basis version?
What is the sap Directory Structure.
What database, OS you worked on?
What OS (type and version) is employer per instance?
Are u familiar with AIX?
What is the version of AIX that youre using?
how to find whether the OS is 32bit or 64bit in SAP Level and O/S Level?
Whats the 16-bit OS and 32-bit OS? Is AIX 16-bit r 32 bit?
Whats RISC & CISC OS? Is AIX is RISC r CISC and how do u say?
As is the diff. b/w kernel 4.6D-32 bit and ker.4.6DEXT 32-bit?
What RDBMS (type and version) is employed?
what is the one that most recent RDBMS s uses

Basis-message class-system message

configure system messages
X What do u done for alerting in your previous projects?
X Which alerting system you are using?
X Do u use any tool for alerting? What kind of alert maintain in that tool?
Daily routine jobs or works - in your company
What are the transactions you used?
What are the/your daily activities in your company?
What is your daily task?
What are the basis/basis t-codes that youre using regularly?
Example of daily system check?
Daily system monitoring check lists t-code? T-codes?
What t-codes will u use in sapr/3? Have u performed these check yourself
Top 5 t-codes to check the system
As an adminr what are the transactions code that u would use
X R/3 basis system test topics: R/3 system administration
X STARTING AND STOPPING THE R/3 SYSTEM

X Be familiar with the os programs and requirements for starting and stopping
r/3, correct handling procedures in response to uncontrolled shutdown or h/w
failure
X Use the startsap and stopsap programs & sap service manager to startup and
shutdown Unix based r/3 systems & windows Nt based r/3 systems, Know the
startup and shutdown sequences for r/3 system components
X Use OS level procedures to administer local and remote r/3 instances
What happens if we restart the system twice?
What is the R/3 system startup and shutdown process?
Method for shutting down R/3 on UNIX
Start and stop sap on windows and UNIX
What is the procedure when you want to take the PRD server down?
Can I script the starting and stopping of R/3?
How to start and stop OS collector at OS level?
How to check if any particular process u want to check whether it is running
or not at OS level?
How to/do u check whether sap is running or not in/on Unix level?- Satyam
How you will check whether database is active or not from OS level?
How to test the sap application is able to connect to the DB or not.
Instance does not establish communication
How to login in to SAP from command level?
At OS level in which directory oracle alerts are stored?
Start and instance files be located at OS
Where to check for system logs of Sap application at OS level? How can we see
system logs of(s) SAP at OS level?
What are the different services related to sap that runs on the OS? How do u
check in AIX if that services are running?
What are the different log files that exist in the OS? What do they contain?
What are their paths and exact file names?
where are the message files contained for the OS error log;
What is the OS directory Structure
what is NFS mounted and why
What are the problems, which u have faced with NFS mount?
What are different types of log records?
Where will u find the logs of dispatcher?

Msg. running but not dispatcher

What is the function of dispatcher in kernel?
What are/is the differences- between application server/dialog instance/dialog
server and central instance?
When I am planning to start the MMC sometimes the DB will mount and sometimes
not. What could be the reason?
Whenever I suppose to start the MMC, The message server is starting, but the
dispatcher and work process is unable to start? What could be the problem?
Yesterday mysap r/3 server was working fine. First, I started the sap MMC
console then logged in using SAPGUI. Today, when I started my machine I am
unable to start the sap MMC console. Also, I am not able to see any sub links
which are usually there to right-click and start my server. How can I get back
those sub links in the sap MMC console. What is wrong with an sap MMC console
that wont start?
How do u restore the SAP folders from the MMC? (for windows platform only.)
One user compliant he cant able to log in how and solve that problem?
How would/to troubleshoot: user cannot go to/connect to SAP
Scenario 1: user complaints that he is not able to login to the system
Scenario 2: user complaints that he is not able to login to sap system. Login
screen is in hanging position. No err. Msg.
A user gets hour glass while executing a T-code, what would u do? Ur also
getting hour glass while logging on.
Users are complaining that the sap system shows a hour glass for a long time
at the time of logon and they are not able to logon to the system. How can I
troubleshoot this problem?
Hour glass checking in the system
user calls & get HG
What will u do when u cannot login to a dialog server?
When a user complaint that the system is very slow how will u proceed to
investigate?
How would/to troubleshoot: system seems slow
A user informs u that his session terminated with an error. Unfortunately he
did not down any of the termination details. Where is the best place to start
your analysis?
User says yesterday they could use some transaction where as today they are
not what will u do?
If sap system is down, where u will start the investigation?
If u have a problem starting the sap where will u look
If u start sap it did not start where will u start looking
Your r/3 system cannot be started. Where will u find info?
While starting sap, I get an error, how to check the problem?
X If the system did not come down, where will u start looking
X Once u stop and then try to start u have problems, where
will u start
looking at sap level
What happen if I start a DI but the DB & services are down on the CI?
What happens if I start a DI but only the DB services are up on the CI?
Each and every work processor is full even though the user wants to execute
the program. Then whats the solution?
How do u identify that this is your PRD server?
How do u get to know that your system is down?
We recently installed DB server with dialog instance. After starting the
services on CI dispatcher is running for sometime and after that it is
stopping automatically. So what could be the problem and how to solve it?
Our DB server sap<SID>_instance no> is not starting automatically. We tried to
start it manually but it is giving the error ERRO 1069 the service did not
start due to logon failure is coming. So we are unable to start the

service of dialog instance on our DB, so no application Server is running on

DB server. What should we do for this?
I have a situation where first time users of work place are not able to reinitialize their passwords through work place (although work place does prompt
them to do so). However once users change their password from init to the
password of his/her choice via r3, they are able to access workplace normally.
Is this a known bug?
One consultants comes and says, I want to modify some changes into production
system. But I am not able to perform any modifications in the system. Can u
help me please? What is his problem? Why he is not able to change anything in
production system? What is your role in this?
I have a bw350 system and I am trying to connect to server from my desktop.
But when I login I dont see all the screens and some are in black. Where is
the problem lying?
What is PRIV mode
What is your role if work processes enters into PRIV mode?
When the work process enters into PRIV mode? What happens if goes to all work
process the PRIV mode?
will the work processes other than dialog ever goto priv mode?
What is the job of Application Server
How do u check the application Server?
What is the initial status of server?
What are the status of servers? Where u can find?
We monitor application server SM51, what action need to be taken if any
application server down. Can we start application server directly in OS level,
or do we have any other transaction in SAP to start remotely.
In sm51 screen what are the possibilities for status field? If the status is
active then we can double click on the instance name to go to its work process
over view screen (sm50). But if the application server is down, will it still
be displayed in the sm51 screen with status shutdown? if so, what happens if
we double click on an instance name with status shutdown>will it still go to
sm50 screen? What would be the work process status then?
Example you have 6 sap application servers, I want to monitor all the
application servers.
If a tcode is taking too long time to finish and I wand to end the work
process in sm50 how to find which work process is currently executing that
tcode?
Diff. b/w sm50 and sm66?
Are u familiar with sm66
How will u look at all the process
What is the reason for holding the work process?
No of WP
how many types of WPs?
Explain work process types and its functionality?
How to see the work process status?
Where to look at the work process in O/S
All work processes are running? What will be our action?
Killing a dialog (process)-all sap- general
Command to use at OS level as sm50
How can u administer your WPs (SM66) using the OS commands.
How do u check the work process details, history and what exactly it is doing?
A).at sap and b). OS level
If a lock entry is holding more than 24 hours then what will you do? If
another user wants to share that lock but the user using that lock havent
released lock he went for holiday what will u do? This user wants lock ASAP
then what will u do?

What is difference between sap lock and database lock?

If we have to monitor lock contentions in the systems
What is enqueue process? What is/are enqueue work proess?
If you have observed enque overflow? What will you do?
How will you delete Locks? SM12
How do u handle the lock entries?
What do u do when there are some dead locks in your system?
How do u check there are some dead locks in your system?
How can I lock a transaction?
Why should I lock a transaction?
View locked transactions
Locking the whole system
How can I locate all locked sap R/3 users? Is there any report that I can run?
As an SAP BASIS member , Why do we need to monitor lock entries(SM12) and
Update Errors(SM13) , wht is the trouble shooting for those ?
What is the purpose of Enqueue processor?
What will you do if u got Update failure IN SM13?
How do u handle update failures? SM13
How many update services can be active in each instance
U check in sm13 and saw that update is not active, then how do u uproceed
What are the types of update requests?
What is V1 and V2? What is the purpose of U1 and U2 work processes?
Which work process triggers db changes?
How do I find information about transaction codes?
Where can I get a list of all tcodes & tables in sap?
In which table failed user login attempts will be there?
How can I check the user login details activity in a month.
How can
we determine the login activity details of a user for a month?
How to see all the users connected per day (with the activities they have done
and resource utilization) (Ans: STAT transaction)
How can I see what users are currently logged on an r/3 system?
If u logon to the system if u view how many users u can view?
No system name and tcode in sm04
How to monitor User accessed transactions (Tcode) day wise?
Is there any t-code to know how many times within a year (or at least a month)
sap has been stop/start? I need it for reporting (evidence, beside manual
report) related to service level to customer.
See from which n/w IP address & hostname a user has logged on?
What to do if u forget the password of DDIC, sap* and any super user password?
If u forgot super user passwords, what do u do? I lost the password for
sap*. What can I do?
How can I quickly check if the passwords for the accounts sap*, DDIC, SAPCPIC
and early watch are not the default ones?
How to handle the situation where-in SAP* isn't available?
I have a stand-alone computer for which I forgot the user and password for log
in. client: 100 user: (not sure) password: (not sure) is there anyway I can
log into it?
What do you know about Default user DDIC? What is the full name of SAP Default
user DDIC.
Logging on without being authorized
What will you observe in System logs (SM21)?
How the system log analysis will work (sm21),how the logs are sended, explain
the behind process.

How to analysis ABAP dumps? ST22 ABAP Dump

how do u solve ABAP dumps?
What is your familiarity with ABAP dumps?
If the system generates dumps TSV_NEW_PAGE_ALLOCATED, then where is the
problem lying?
If the system generates a dump telling TIME_OUT, then what will be your action
to solve this?
Do u know to use tar command
What is the command line to tar
Where are the work process trace files located on Unix, at OS level can u tell
the location of trace files
At OS level can u tell the location of the trace files?
How to set the trace level for file dev_rd?
On which directory are the developer traces written?
Trace-files/error handling procedure
Where will be the trace file located
How to enable trace
What is trace file?
Where are the trace files located?
What happens if you restart the system, will u loose the trace file, or can u
see?
Given and r/3 CI with all services installed, using instance ID01, and having
the SAPID of C11. What is the name of the directory where the work process
trace files are written (for windows NT replace the / with \)?
If RFC fails, what will I look for?
What is an RFC.? why will use RFC.

what is the difference between logon group(tcode -smlg) and rfc

group(tcode-sm59)?
What is diff. b/w TCP/IP and other type of RFC connections?
role of RFC connection in project scenarios
Which user is used when u create RFC?
Where will u check the external RFC destination how will u test the same
When we should use transactional RFC?
X let me know if my understanding below is correct: 1). by default the RFC
destination is synchronous 2). Asynchronous RFC is used in case if the system
initiated the RFC call no need to wait for the response before it proceeds to
something else.
Install all sap failure at 96% - start RFC jobs
What is the protocol used by the sap gw process?
What is the purpose of a gateway server?
If the Gateway process/service failed, then can you connect to other r/3
System?
How do u monitor your GW using OS commands.
How can we differentiate between a Unicode and non Unicode system? How to know
whether a system is Unicode or non Unicode?
What is SAP R/3?
Name some drawbacks of SAP? List some disadvantages of SAP.
X How about internally in sap r/3
What is ides? What is sap?
What is mini sap?
What is mysap?
What is asap?
What is a sap system?
Define instance.
What is a service, server in sap terminology?
Define service (with in r/3)?
(In the r/3 hand book sap naming convention)
What is the meaning of R in R/3 systems?

X defining sap r/2 and r/3

Which r/3 system user is used for starting external programs using sap BG
jobs?
How r/3 systems are communicated?
XWhat is the means of comm. b/w r/2, r/3 and external applins
What are presentation, application and db servers in sap r/3?
What is internal process number?
What is a LUW in the view of sap?
What is a LUW in the view of RDBMS?
What is LUW?
Different types of LUWs. What r they?
What is isolated db server?
What is the transport protocol used in r/3 system?
X Why https is considered safer than http?
SQL used in abap/4 Is know as______
What are the central interfaces of the r/3 system?
What are the basis r/3 configurations?
Which interface controls which is shown on the p.c.?
Explain how SAPGUI handles output screen for the user.
Which guarantees the integration of all application modules?
Which interface converts SQL requirements in the sap dev. System to those of
the db?
Explain about the 2 services that are used to deal with communication
Which tool can u use in the O.S. to start your r/3 system.
Tool used to stop sap
Getting technical info at the OS level:Connection between sap r/3 and OS
I have a problem with my server. When I start the server the dispatcher
(disp+work.exe) is getting started, but then its stopping. I am using r/3
4.6b. Its SYSID = dev and the OS = 2003 server.
What is response time?
What are roll and page areas?
What is early watch report?
How to identify poor network performance.
How to see the table entry values?
Main t-code that u use to change the SID?
How do u know what are the expensive tcodes?
In sap 4.7 what is the schema name used?
How to install SAPOSCOL as a windows service
What is the need of having Development system?
Server groups
X Where will u look for ALE errors
X What is the step where u would specify the difft SID to be used?
Monitor and administration 4 sap systems if there are 4 systems installed sap,
how should I connect all of them in one network so that I can administrate the
4 systems with one among them as main server.

Command prompt administrationGeneral- all sap- parallel processing

X I am having a problem when trying to send mail from r/3, all configurations
have been setup, but it still gives the error result and the mail cant be
send. What the problem is?
X How to prevent other users to send mails from SAP?
X What is financial closing?

X r/3 basis system test topics: r/3 system administration

X TROUBLESHOOTING

X Be familiar with R/3 system process management concepts and conventions, the
3 categories of problem situations in the r/3 system diagnostic road map:
start/stop problems, runtime problems, and performance problems
X Determine the source of R/3 system runtime problems by analyzing the r/3
system logs, OS logs, and DB log files
X Verify the integrity of an r/3 system to determine whether all s/w, h/w, and
configuration requirements have been met
X Use the CCMS to monitor the r/3 system interface to the OS and DB components
X under the function of the r/3 system profiles and maintain them using CCMS

Are you familiar with oracle?

How you will rate your self in SAP, Oracle from a scale 1 10?
What is the difference with oracle 9i and 10g?
What is an R DBMS?
What is oracle Architecture?
Database structure?
What is global area? What is SGA?
What is an/the instance?
What is the function of a control file?
what is redo logs?
What happens when u issue shutdown immediate command?
If db is in mount state, can I start my sap and allow users to work?
What are the 2 equiv users created at oracle level for <SID>adm and ORA<SID>?
Have u need/used SVMGRL in DB side?
What is osp$ mean? What if user is given with this authorization?
If u r having issues in oracle, where it the oracle alert log kept
What is a spfile in oracle?
What is the common storage file for oracle?
What is the profile file for listener and where it is located?
If I want to change one parameter at oracle db level in oracle 9i then how I
will do it?
Can I use my own parameter file to perform backup or BRTOOLS function?
What is the process that is used for writing logs?
What is the process that may or may not run and would not affect your
functioning of oracle?
How will u find the SQL for the job is running
What would u do if u get an error called SNAP shot too oldm or ORA-1555 or
ORA-1650 What is ora-01555 error?
Once u stop and then try to start u have problems, where will u start looking
at oracle level.
Check for oracle entries
Can u create your own rollback segments?
Can u allocate rollback segments for a particular job or t-code?
What do u understand by roll back segments?
Roll back segments are too small
Files for roll back segments are already enormous
How will find a oracle lock issues
What is the locking mechanism that sql2000 uses?
X any details of the db scripts that u did

What is the database directory structure/where are the files kept.

What is SAPDBA?
Which version of BRTOOLS u use?
Exp. Using the sap utilities like br* and SAPDBA
Check table spaces
1. The TBS is highly fragmented 2. the TBS has too little
free storage space
What is table space?
Can you create a table space?
can we adjust tablespaces from DB02 or we have to it at os level using
brtools?
What do we mean by Table spaces in BAsis , How many type of table spaces ?
How u create table space? Table space creation
How do u extend the table space?
how to increase table space in brtools?
i want to add a data file to a table space their is no space at file system
level what to do?
How will u add a data file in the DB level?
What are the prerequisites for adding a data file to a Table space?
Can u give a size of data file more than 2 GB?
while refering about SAPDBA , i came know about , when we are facing
performance issue, we need to increase Table space and need to add data files
to table space . but i dint understand about data files and wht it
contains ... What is data files in Table spaces , what it contains actually ?
Are u familiar with moving data files using BRTOOLS
How u decrease the file size?
If lot of archive logs are getting generated in minutes, then what do we do?
What command u will use to check the archive log directory is full? What else
could be the problem
What is the purpose of archive and how do u do that?
System gets stuck
What to do when the archive directory fills up.
What OR where is the relevance of the Deletion Flag or Indicator used in the
archiving process?
What is the diff. b/w Set deletion flag and set deletion indicator?
X what type of objects u have archived?
What is db size?
What Is the largest db u supported
What is the one that most recent RDBMSs uses?
Do u have any standby db? What does a stand by db do?
What do u check in dbo2?
If I want to look at the statistics of the db growth?
What is your action, if any space critical objects are there?
How will u find the missing indexes
How to re-create missing indexes?
How are expensive SQL select statements recognized?
How to find Expensive SQL Statement(s)? How to solve? / if found, what should
be done?
How to increase max extent through sapgui and through sapdba?
How will u know how much memory is used and available free?
How will check the space directly?
What is a sap scheduler?
Which file is read by db13 when scheduling jobs?
What file is responsible for sap backup?

How do u check the backup log?

What to do if backup terminated in the middle or terminated manually?
during online back on oracle database, due to power failure sysetm restarts
all the tables are in begin backup mode ,data base is not coming up how to
solve?
What is the exact command for performing an online backup using BRTOOLS?
Error message during sap dev server backup I take the DEV server offline to
back up weekly. After the backup is completed, it shows this message: BR053I
BRBACKUP terminated successfully with warnings. BR083W compression rates out
of date run BRBACKUP with option -k only. Should I be concerned? If not,
how do I avoid getting this messages every week?
Could tell me high level on BRBACKUP?
What kind of backups are performed
Redo offline & online backup
db12 Interview Questions
What is the difference between database backups and
redo log backups
What is the difference between mount point backup and root backup?
Which type of Backup and Redo log backup is performed daily? And which type of
Backup and Redo log backup is performed Weekly in the organization
What are all the backup types and what is backup cycle?
wht r things happing in back ground during DB backup..?
Do u use any backup software to perform your backup?
X have u used any other backup solution?
What is the frequency of tapes which you use for backups?
Can we take backup on tapes using brtools.?
How to take a sap backup using BRTOOLS explain the procedure? When using
BRTOOLS, which backup device, you are used (Drive/tape)?
How will u connect the tape drive and explain?
What kind of tape drives are used for sap backups?
What is the advantage of taking backup to a disk and then to the tape?
How can I backup a DB?
How do u backup a control file?
Suggest a backup strategy for a client, which work 365 days a year.
What is your/the database backup strategy in your company?
An example Of a DB backup strategy our sap db backup strategy: 1.full online
backup on 00:00 from Tuesday to Saturday.
2. Redo log on 06:00 from
Monday to Saturday 3. And once a month full offline backup
is this good
enough or need improvement?
Is a tested backup and recovery process in place?
X how do u the restoration of db?
During online backup of system, backup got terminated. Now after analyzing the
problem and correcting the problem, youre again performing an online backup.
But backup again terminates and reports table spaces are already in backup
mode what will u do here to perform an online backup? Tell the exact steps
here?
Perform the backup of each client separately I have 2 clients in one server.
The DB is SQL. Would like to perform the backup for each client separately so
that I can restore per client. So far, I have only found information saying
that we have to do the entire backup for the DB and that individual client
backup is not good. How to perform individual client backup and hows the data
integrity.
How to take back up to local disk.& where i need to change the parameters to
take back up , give the list of parameters and appropriate values. steps to
take back up

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Backup and restore procedure? Have u ever restored? How do u the restoration
of db?
Could tell me high level on BRRESTORE?
Can query analyzer tell me if there is insufficient disk space to restore a
DB?
under which scenarios we shall go for db reorganization ?
Evaluating online re-organization tools we are evaluating online reorg tools
for an oracle sap database which is soon to be of 1 tera bite size. I would
like some guidance for online reorg.tools and experiences of using some of
them.
How to increase tables space, resizing, backups and when will you do and in
what situation are these done? Explain the method used to increase tables
size and to make backups, resize tables.
Can u explain a cluster environment?
Explain how u will go about doing sizing?
What is raid, logical volumes and volume sets?
SE11 Database clearing

What is a client?
How can a client be locked? How to lock a/the client? What is the procedure to
lock a client? How do u lock a client? How can I lock a client? How to lock
the client from logon
What is the difference between remote client copy and client transport/export
& import?
What is diff. b/w CC and Client export?
Diff. b/w RCC & client transport?
Diff. b/w LCC & RCC?
How do u estimate the client size?
How can I determine the size of a client?
What is the use of making test run before CC?
What are the client profiles?
What are various profiles available for client copy?
What are client settings?
How to protect client?
What are client roles?
How to do client copy fast?
How u copy the client?
How many types of client copies are there? & which method do you prefer?
Various client copy methods and how you will do them?
What are the prerequisites to take for client copy?
Can u change the SID & hostname during copy?
What is the disadvantage of running the CC in dialogue mode?
Can u explain L & R CC?
Tell the steps for a LCC
Explain the method of making client copy, how can we do it when the SAP user
is not there in the system?
Have u performed RCC? What are the prerequisites before performing a RCC?
We want to copy our client in production system to quality assurance client in
development server. What are all the steps involved in this process? What precautions are needed?
If CC fails, what do u check first?
How many CCs u perform regular basis?
To perform a CC which user profile is needed?
Error u might encounter at the end of CC:

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How much time it will take to copy a client of size 650Gb

How to delete a client? What is the procedure to delete a client?
Proper
way to delete a sap client
My client 800 is accidentally deleted. Now I want to recover all the data with
confign. Of client 800.how to recover it?
How u export the client?
How u import client?
What is client export and client import?
Tell something about client export
How can I hide a client from the users?
Can I copy ALL USERS and JUST DATA from client to another?
Does a client copy of UM and profile/roles delete the target UM and
profiles.roles before going copy or transport.
Copy users from dev to production
Your pm tells that u have to move a whole sap system from one machine to the
other how would u go about it?
What is the importance of early watch client?
Diff. b/w 000 and 001
Describe the significance of clients 000, 001 and 006. What is the importance
of the clients 000,001 and 006?
What is the diff. b/w customizing and application Data
What is diff. b/w customization and configuration?
What are the client dependent and client independent?
How many default clients are there in dev, testing & production systems?
Scenario: we are implementing sap r/3 4.6c w2000/sql2000. I created a new
client 200 from the system default client 000 on the dev system. Then logged
into 200 with sap*/pass and changed password. Unfortunately I got to assign a
profile (e.g.sap_all) to sap*. Thereafter whenever I log on as sap*, I cant
run any task; with the system reporting that I dont have authority to carry
out that task. I cant also delete the client while logged on into it. Is
there any other admin user master I could go in with to assign a profile to
maintain sap* or to create another user master that has administrative rights?
How can I rectify this?
Client mgt-all sap LCC, RCC, create CC profile, copy table entries to clients
All sap- sap suggest clients in instances
Using multiple work processes in a CC can I define multiple processes while
doing a LCC?
Transferring a no-networked client system from one server to another
we
recently configured a complete system for a client using our system. After the
testing is complete, we want to transfer to the entire configuration to our
clients production server. Can u recommend the best way to do this?
Please remember these systems are at different geographical locations and not
on any network.
I did like to know if we make CC today, will the data and overwrite it, or do
I have an option to copy only one weeks worth of data and update it?
Problems with multi-clients in one sap production instance
Ur working on
group of companies. They dont want to share any data between companies,
simply no integration required, therefore mgt wants to have one client for one
company that end up having multi-clients in prod instance. However, one of the
sap local guy told u not to continue with this landscape.
We wanted to copy the PRD system to the DEV system because in the past our
client had problems with the transport so all DEV was done in the PRD
system.Now, the problem has been fixed and PRD has everything that the DEV
system does not have, so they want to fix it the right way so we can have DEV
and PRD being in sync.
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X Is any h/w available for the upgrade? I.e. to copy the DEV and PRD systems
or just a copy of production?
How from Client 000, all clients exists in SAP system get effected?
X In which table these stored?

How can I make a differentiation b/w dependent and independent data?

X sap basis TMS t-code
what is logistics in SAP and purpose?
What is the default file for TMS?
What is the delivery route? What is DRs?
What do u mean by Consoldn. Routes? Explain the CR. What is CR
What do u mean by OR what is Transport domain? Whats ur TD?
What is a Domain Controller?
Could u describe the OR what is/are transport route(s) & what is a transport
layer?
What is target Transport Group?
What are the transport routes?
What is transport group, tp layer and tp dev class?
What is TMS, CTS, STMS and difference among them?
What is a correction, an original and a repair object?
What is a transport proposal? Have u worked on that?
Could u describe the OR what is Development Class? Why to Create the Dev.
Class?
What is/are the WBO & Customizing? Organizer in transport?
Could u describe the transport configuration
What is the difference between a Transport Domain and a Transport group.
What is difference between transport group and target group?
What are the differences b/w tcode se09 and se10?
what is the difference between se16 and sm30?
What is the diff. b/w Synchronous and asynchronous transports? Describe the
points of diff. b/w asyn. & syn.transports.
what is the difference b/w repository & data dictionary objects?
How many transport requests types of are there? Describe the various types of
transport request.
Transport request types and its syntax
If any errors coming during transport where it will be recorded and how will u
rectify?
Where will u find transport error logs?
Where do you see the transport logs?
in the stms screen where do you access transport logs specifically slog, alog,
and ulog?
List some transport errors in SAP. What are common transport errors u faced
while transporting? What are common transport errors and their codes?
What are the problems usually occurs during the transport and what is/are the
return codes?
Transport error codes and their description?
What is I get a tp return code of 8 & >8?
What will happen during the export and the import process?
What are the files get created during transport release?
What types of files are created during the export?
Where the transport data files will be placed?

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What If u cannot transport a request at sap level?

Can you import a transport request using STMS_QUEUES and STMS_IMPORT?
What is importance of Import Queue?
simple transport request is taking so much time to get impoted.what will you
do?
one of the transport is in import mode from last 20 hours , how to solve the
issue ?
I want to import my Transport request from DEV. to Test system (from STMS
buffer of DEV.(domain only) but I dont want Login/PWD screen while importing
from DEV to Test System. But I need login/pwd screen while importing TR from
Test to PRD system. Presently I have activated all systems as a non trusted
systems.
Do u need to import the request sequentially
Steps for importing at command level
What is most common RFC when importing s CR
Can I import transports b/w different R/3 releases?
Remove all the import all request (big truck) button from STMS.
BASISCHANGING PARAMETERS FOR THE TRANSPORT CONTROL PROGRAM
Sap basis starting the import of all requests in am import queue, a project.
Displaying the changing the import queue
I want to import objects into a system other than the one for which the
transport files are targeted.
How to import mass transport request using SCC1 in local client?
Find transports imported into system by search criteria
Imported a tp req. from dev to QA to PRD via STMS from our PRD sys. While
import into PRD was running I got disconnected. The import to PRD was
successful. Now the QA queue still shows truck and when I try to import a tp
from dev to QA I receive the message that the import is already running. The
import monitor displays the last successful tp (where I got disconnected) with
MAIN IMPORT for xxxxxxxx finished with return code 0. I cannot import any
transports into QA anymore. Is there a way to set the status of the tp queue
to finish the import?
can we get the list of transport requests imported to a specific client after
a data as a report?
How to do transports from OS level?
Transporting a request from OS
How do u check the version of the version of tp, r3trans, r3load what is the
exact command?
If I asked to put in an external transport can u guide me through the steps to
add to the buffer?
If u have to load an external transports how will u
load the same in the buffer
Which tp command option(s) u use to add the transport req. to the buffer for
the <SID> system.
Display the transportable CRs in the buffer of
<SID> system. Is used to import the transport CR to the <SID> system from its
buffer.
If there is a problem in R3trans after the kernel upgrade what would u do?
Which tp option would u use to test the connection to the <SID>DB
Which tp command prevents the users other than DDIC & SAP* from logging on to
the <SID> system.
Which tp command option(s) Sets the system change option of the specified
<SID> cannot be changed.
Sap message: tp cannot connect system
The tp command doesnt work. It always shows some error which I dont
understand.

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After using the override options, tp wont let me delete the request from the
buffer.
Meaning behind those unconditional tp command mode can anyone tell me what is
the meaning behind all those unconditional mode u1 or u126 or u148 or
anything?
Transport client specific user objects between r/3 system or between clients
At what stages we need to transport the requests
How to do transports between Production and Development?
How to transport objects from Production to Development?
How to transport users from one client to another? How can users be
transported between different clients?
How transport the request?
How to perform the transport?
How do you do the transports?
What method u use for transports?
I Have transported one object then how do u know that it has been applied, and
if it is not transported what will you do? How to create that Object is not
yet transferred?
I have three Servers and two application Servers to QAS if I Want to Transport
to one application server in QAS and to production system how will do that?
I have a created one ABAP program I want to transport. How will you do that?
Some transport requests are already in production import queue. But some
transports are not needed to import to production. How do u resolve this
situation?
U have 4 systems in a sap transport. Domain. 3 system are defined in the
transport. Route. But u need the transports in 4th system. How can u perform
this?
I have released a tp request, but I cannot see it in the tp queue. I can see
the others, but I cannot see this one. All the data files are there. What is
the possible reason? Or possible action?
How to trace the user who moved the transport request from DEV to QUA?
Using target groups to transport to multiple clients in 2 different instances
Transport request within the same server different clients
What is role transportation from DEV server to PRD server.
I have also
create new role, but how to bring out the role to PRD server. We have
installed IDES 4.7 server.
My change request if always local, but I want it to be transportable
Recover local transport request all sap TMS
Stop all transports TMS setup all r/3s
Restart a hanging transport- TMS setup r/3 4.x
Set transport/change request standard
SAP maintenance transport requests work flow
Automate the whole TMS process
Automatic CTS
What do u know about transport of copies?
Are any other tools other than sap used to manage transports? If so, please
provide details.
Is a change management procedure is place to manage and test transports?
How your transport approval procedure works in your company?
Take advantage of Saps QA functionality
Where to find deleted transport request logs is there any way to find out
deleted transport request logs?
How do I delete all the old change request/task clutter from my system.
What do I do with all these transport files?
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How can I view the transport requests created/released from one client after a
specific date?
Find your transport request number even if u forgot
The system says that I have to release all locked objects before I can perform
a certain task. How do I find out what objects are locked?
The system wont let me release a request because the target system is the
same as the source system.
After releasing my CR, I cannot find the transport files in the transport
directory.
How to configure transport domain?
How was the transport system configured
Advanced TMS configuration TMS- r/34.x+
Give me steps to configuration. of TMS
What are the steps to configure TMS? How to configure TMS?
Different ways of configuring the STMS
How do you configure transport profile?
Can I configure STMS on a single system on windows 2003 server if so what are
the prerequisite. why I am getting the error "tp distribution failed"
somebody deleted my TMS configuration unfortunatly how to restore the same.
Are u familiar with setting up transport routes
How are u familiar with setting of STMS?
Describe the transport steps procedure. Could u explain the transport steps
(step by step) procedure?
How to add backup domain controller?
How to create Transport Group/s?
What is the significance of Virtual system? What is the importance/need of
Virtual system?
How u bring virtual system into live in the predefined landscape?
Why do I need a virtual system?
X Have u heard about logical system conversion? What is that? When do u use
it?
What is reason for overwriting the originals?
Would overwrite the DEV to test in SE06
Can I change my DC to any existing environment? If yes, then how if no, then
why
How I redo the system landscape?
Work on t-code se16
I have created local objects in both the target system and the source system.
Now I want to organize development and create objects only in the dev system,
and allow no direct changes to the target system. What do I do about the
objects already created?
X What is a source system?
X Change the source system to the new source system

How do u define load balancing?

What is purpose of logon load balance?
Which Tcode is using Logon load Balance?
Where u will define logon balancing, how would define and what strategy will u
use?
Explain the process of Logon Load balancing. What do you mean by Logon load
balancing? And what is Logon load balancing
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I am having two application servers the logon load balance is there; if the
user wants to connect to application server which will connected first.
What is a logongroup?
What are Logon groups? Why u maintain logon groups?
How to define Logon groups?
How about load distribution and logon groups?
Do you know Logon Groups at which situation will be created Logon group?
How many no of users have been connected to that particular logon group?
How do you distribute the load.

What is a derived role, composite role?

How to find out all the roles of one composite role or a selection of
composite roles?
How to find out all the Derived Roles for one or more master (parent) roles?
Can u add a composite role to another composite role?
Have you maintained roles Naming Conventions?
Define authorization of roles and authorization of profiles?
What is the transaction code for creating Roles and how to users and what is
method you will follow?
Was the PFCG used to create and develop the profiles?
What are the different tabs in PFCG?
Personalization tab within PFCG. Please explain the Personalization tab within
a role.
What does the different color light mean in profile generator?
How come the users have authorization in pfcg, but user still complains with
no authorization?
What does user compare do?
How to compare the roles where created or defined in two different systems?
What is the use of role templates?
Is it possible to change role template? How?
How can I have a display all roles.
How can I check all the organization value of any role?
How do u create a role to give only the display access to IMG?
How can I find out all actvt in sap?
How will u add the t-code? Tcode
How can I add one role to many users?
Mass maintenance of users profiles
I would like to know is there anyway to transport roles from production to
development or sandbox.
What is user buffer?
What is difference between su24 and su22?
What is difference between USOBX_C AND USOBT_C?
Is there a t-code where u can change the profile?
How many profiles can be assigned to any UMR.
How to find out all roles with t-code su01?
I know that a particular transaction say SPRO is available in a particular
role and I want to remove that t-code from that role. But I am unable to find
that node through PFCG. If I am using the search for a t-code inside menu tab
after putting the edit mode it is not coming in PFCG, but through SUIM its
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What authorization are required to create and maintain UMRs?

How can we create a Z authorization object and what the procedure and the Tcode for the same?
Explain the procedure and T-code to make a Z aut. Object.
How to insert missing authorizations? Ways?
How to check missing authorization for user how to check the missing
authorization for the user not having the option /nsu53?
IF a user complaints that he could not execute some of the transaction codes
then what will you do?
I have granted authorization to a user in order to be able to access a file in
the server. However, when he runs the program that uses the file and needs to
access it, he gets an ABAP dump saying that he doesnt have authority. What
can I do?
How to determine the authorization a user-required for executing particular
transaction(s)?
How you will give new authorizations?
Saps tcode checks with the authorization tool what are the checks that the
sap authorization tool performs when a tcode is executed in order to ensure
authorization of that user?
Can we convert authorization field to org, field
Who is responsible for maintaining authorizations?
Creating new user with authorizations I want to create new user for sap
module. I am having user id as sap* (someone has said that this is super user
id); when I login with this id and go to IMG for configurations. A message is
displayed that I am not authorized to change the details with sap* user. what
is the procedure for creating new user which have all features define under
sap* user and which could allow me to make the configurations.
How to make security authorization reports?
What kind of activities are performed in security?
T-CODES related to sap security?
X security all sap check sap* and DDIC passwords
X Security-all sap- st01 return codes
Changing the default password for sap* user
How to reset sap* password from oracle DB?
Incorrect sap login logs
Someone has deleted users in our system, and I am eager to find out who. Is
there a table where this is logged?
How can I restrict access to files through AL11?
What is/are CUA and what is its uses? How CUA works?
how to work on it?
List of inactive users logs
List r/3 user types
How to create users?
I have t-code su01 in CRM and r3 in a financial organization. I can create sap
ids, unlock/ lock sap ids, assign t-code, roles & assignment to users. What
else can be done?
In user maintenance-su01 in the logon tab there are 5 different user
type
1. Dialog 2. System
3. Communication 4. Service 5. Reference kindly
mention the function and role of all the above mentioned user types
specifically and hows is one user type different from another.
We want to default the settings in su01. when we go to su01 first time the
decimal and date formats are set to diff. formats that what we need. We are
maintaining date as mm/dd/yyyy. But it is default shows dd.mm.yyyy and also
the decimal notation shows diff than thatn what we need. Is there any setting
it will default to our own settings first time of execution su01 for new
users?

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Which table holds UMR

Can I retrieve the time a user was logged on to sap on a certain date?
How to find out all the users who got su01?
To find out all the t-codes available to each user. How do I do this?
I would like to know which users have access to particular transactions. Is
this possible?

How to check the name of all users who has been authorized to use a particular
transaction? I am trying to find through SUIM, but failing to find the name or
total number of users of particular t-code say SPRO.
What is the advantage of assigning user to user group
What are user groups and how can we use them? Ur auditor asked u to implement
UGs in sap, but u have no idea what are UG.
How to remove duplicate roles with different start and end date from user
master?
How do I OR is it possible to perform a mass deletion of a particular
transaction from all users in the company? Ex., remove access to FSSP
transaction from all users in the company.
Different methods of lock or unlock sap users I want to lock all the users in
sap during mtp. I know using su10 we can do it. Any other alternative ways to
lock the users. Is there a way in sap to unlock a locked user for a limited
time, then automatically after x time set the user back to lock status?
Different methods of lock or unlock sap users can we schedule to lock all
users?
Is there a way to set a list of users that cannot be locked, even if we try to
lock them manually, and even if they fail connection (wrong password)?
How to lock specific users to certain transactions how can I lock a specific
transaction (e.g., su01) from a specific user (e.g., PLM-100)?
What are the best practices for locking expired users?

X R/3 basis system test topics: R/3 system administration

X USER ADMINISTRATION

X Be familiar with monitoring active users, r/3 user types and their
functions, the tasks and responsibilities of administrators for creating,
managing , and controlling access to the R/3 system and its data
X Administer the R/3 system users, OS users, and DB users necessary for R/3
operations
X Manage and create new users on the ITS
X Implement 3-tired authorization control within the R/3 system
X Use standard R/3 system transactions to trace user activity and
transactions, verify authorizations, and display authorizations
X Implement a CUA within a mysap.com conventions?
Can you tell me the path in service market place for download support packs
and kernel?
Why it`s required to keep all instances up during the updating hot package?
What is the procedure to/for applying Patches/packages?
Is there any sequence to apply hot packages? Means, BASIS ABAP HR FIN or
HR FIN ABAP BASIS vice versa
Can we apply higher level of HR or other Financial Patch with lower version of
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BASIS and ABAP patch level should be same. So first which patch level should
be updated ABAP or BASIS? If BASIS then why? If ABAP then why?
What are the precautions u take before applying sps?
What are the prerequisite for before applying support packs? Shall I apply sap
basis patch to all the system, like BW, ABAP, HR, etc.
When you will apply patches? Give short of examples the situation, where to
troubleshoot you have applied patches!
What is spam used for?
Why you update SPAM version before applying other patches? What is the logic
behind this?
Can we apply higher version Patch Level using lower version of SPAM?If not,
why?
For example, my sap system having patch number was 8.I want to apply patch 9
and 10.Mistakenly I will apply the patch directly 11 without applying 9 and
10.How sap system will recognize this problem?
You are updating patch level and kernel version of 4.6c to the latest patch
level of SAP that you found in service.sap.com. So, will it become 4.7ee to
4.6c version? If not what will be the changes? If not then what is upgrading?
Where u use spam and saint

What is saint update?

Why we login as DDIC user at the time of patch administration? If we logged as
different user, what will the problem?
What is the client that u would use to apply patches? Will u use DDIC, or
sap*? If not why?
While applying patches, which client u use? Do u use sap* or DDIC to apply
patches? If not why?
Why do we need to apply support package(s) in/thru client 000? Why can't we do
it thru some other client?
Why do u use DDIC user not sap* for support packs and spam?
Is it a bad idea to start importing support packs in the DEV server when users
are online?
Is it mandatory to make all the users log off while applying add-ons and snotes as it is in the case of support packs?
Can SAP Patches be installed when other users are online?
What SAP tools you use to install SAP patches? What SAP tools can be used for
installation of SAP Patches?
What JAVA tools to install JAVA Patches? Which java tools can be used for
installation of Java patches?
What is current support patch level? What are the current support patch level?
What sp level where on u?
How you will decompress the downloaded compressed patch files?
After decompression what are the two files generated. State the names of that
files & type of the files?
What are the two files present while importing patches from OS level to SAP
level?
What are the extensions for patch files and where would they be placed during
patch application.
In which table support pack store....?
How to apply hot patches?
What is your strategy for applying support pack?
Have u applied patches what is the transaction code?
On which system you have applied patches?
What are patches you applied?
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When youre applying hot packages, u have defined a queue and while applying u
have faced an error. How will u proceed then?
what r errors u faced while applying patches
While applying support packages, the error Table space overflow is occured?
What could be done?
Which table contains the details related to Q defined in spam? Is there a way
to revert back the Q defined? If yes, how?
Did you apply patches from OS level?
What is the latest patch for sap? Did u apply the latest patch? Why did u
apply that?
What are all the SP updates you have done?
How many Background Process required for SAP patch updation?
Which patch version and now in real time we need to apply?
Do u see sap notes before applying patches if so what are the 2 steps in sap
notes that we have to follow the before the applying patches?
What is sap hot package level for each instance?
Updating the patch level means Updating of SAP system or Upgrading SAP system?
Latest patches:
How u will apply OCS patches?
What is OCS and How to apply OCS Patches? Have u participated in OCS patches?
What is diff. b/w sap note and support pack?
What is GUI patches? What is the need to apply? What IS THE PROCEDURE TO
APPLY?
ABAP Service Pack level can be found in SPAM, but how to find the Java Stack
Level?
How to install add-ons?
How to check log running support package?
Tms-all sap resetting a spam/saint queue
All sap spam/saint hangs tp buffer loaded OK
All sap spam/patching to do before u spam!
WHAT ARE THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO APPLY JAVA PATCHES through JSPM ON SAP
R/3 SYSTEM?
WHAT ARE THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO APPLY PATCHES ON SAP R/3 SYSTEM?
while applying patches with jspm java engine restarts while the jspm is still
running.how?
list some common errors faced with jspm while updating java stcks.and
solutions.
how to apply java stacks?
What is Java stack? Briefly describe about Java Stack and its usage!

Did you use Java stack. My answer was "No". If somebody's answer is "Yes", please elobrate
what did you do, what is it and usage and etc. You might want to give some reference to read as
well
what is sapinit why to stop during mopatch ?

What are the current kernal patch level?

What do you know about current kernel patch level?
Kernel patches?
U have to load new kernel patches, how would u go about the same?
Install-r/3 4.7- kernel patch doesnt stick
How do u check the version of the kernel in the OS?
Which kernel version and now in real time we need to apply?

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What release of sap kernel for each instance?

Have you done any up gradations?
Explain the upgrade process.
Steps for upgrading kernel
Have you participated in Kernel upgrading?
Sap kernel where is the kernel located and how will u upgrade the same
If there is a problem in r3trans after kernel upgrade what would u do?
Have u ever upgrade sap?
Can u briefly explain the upgrade steps u performed
How will u backup the kernel
What is upgrade process? And how u will do that?
Patch Administration
Why its required to shutdown all SAP, Database
instances & services during kernel up-gradation.
What are the pre-requisites for java stack up gradation in bulk? And which EP
components you have to upgrade first?

What is the information derived from OSS notes?

Have you applied OSS Notes?
How to import the OSS notes?
How you will get help from OSS notes?
How do I set up a connection to OSS?
How do I get an OSS user id?
How secure is an OSS connection?
Do you know about OSS what do you do with OSS?
Do you have faced any problems while connecting to OSS some time is not
connected , some time it requires authentication
Where do u need to change the IP address on the OSS site.
How to apply SNOTE can anyone explain step-by-step?
how u will get help from SNOTES?
What happens if my problem gets no response from sap?
Can I reopen a problem note?
When I tried to report a problem to sap using http://service.sap.com/message
URL it provided 4 steps to follow: 1).choose system 2). Prepare solution
search 3).find solution 4). Enter message I could do the step 1 but dont know
what to do at steps 2, 3 and 4.
How do I logon to a SAPservx FTP server?

What are OR what do you mean by Homogenous system copy and Heterogeneous
system copy and how you will do that?
What is the procedure involved in doing a system-copy?
what is the difference between homogeneous and heterogeneous system copy?
Detail procedure of Homos System Copy & Heteros System copy stepwise.
HOW CAN I DO HOMOGENOUS SYSTEM COPY (ECC5.0)? TELL STEP BY STEP PROCESS?
What are the post restore steps in a system copy?
Explain about system refresh and system copy ?
how to do system refresh?not the client copy but the-standard-system-refresh.
What situation u need db copy? How frequent u perform db copy?
What is the diff. b/w system/db copy and sys./db refresh?
Are u familiar with system copies and refresh?

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differentiate system refresh,system copy,client refresh.and client copy.

What is the procedure for making system refresh? X What about database refresh
What are the differences between system refresh and client refresh?
Did u perform any client refresh? Why did u do that?
What are the precautions to be taken care during client refresh?
How frequent u perform client refresh?
explain system copy (dbrefresh) on java stack

If a background job runs more than the time it should be completed normally
then what are the actions to be performed/ actions will u take?
I tried to cancel a job with Cancel Active Job but I got the message Job is
not active I killed the process in SM50, but my SM37 is still showing ACTIVE.
What can I do to fix this?
When users wants BG scheduling but there are no BG work processes at that time
how u schedule the BG job?
If one BG process took long time to run other than the usual time, what are
the areas u will investigate other than sm37?
What will u normally do if a user calls and sends the job is running long
User calls and says there is a long running query, what will be your diagnosis
If u have long running job, how do you analyze?
If A user calls and reports to u that his BG job is taking long time, and which
normally does not take so much time. What will you do?
If you are exp a performance issue with a batch job, where would u look for a
job that has completed
If a BG job is aborted then what will u do? How to/will rectify that?
What happens if the BG work process needs to be switched and a job is running
in that work process?
How can I set a periodic job to be deleted after a maximum waiting time? For
example: a job is to run every 15 minutes after 08:00 hours. Automatic
deletion will be applicable for each of these jobs, if the job has to wait
more than 20 minutes for execution.
Can job definitions be transported into other clients or systems?
How can I set a periodic job to no longer run as of a certain date?
Can I influence the priority of the jobs, regardless of the job class?
Does the user receive a message if the job is cancelled?
Can I reserve BG work processes for individual applications or users?
Can I assign priorities (job classes) in the function modules JOB._OPEN,
JOB_SUBMIT and JOB_CLOSE?
I applied one BG job. I want to see the output of the BG job?
Can u kill a job? OR Can u kill an active job? What is the re percussion
(consequence) of the same?
Can u run BG processing with a lower priority than online activity?
Can I save job logs in the DB (analogously to the spool)?
What are the status of back ground job?
How to check the SAP standard jobs?
What components of the R/3 system initiates the start of BG jobs at the
specified time?
What is/are common House keeping background jobs that run in your system?
All the background jobs are in released state and there is a delay time and
the background work processes are in wait status. What could be the reason why
the jobs are not in ready or active state and the solution?
What are the phases of BG processing?

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What are values u provide while executing BG jobs?

What are the Background job you applied?
How many BG jobs are running in your production system?
What are jobs you assigned jobs?
How many BG process are reserved for class A BG process?
How to schedule background jobs at OS level? What can we schedule background
jobs at OS level?
What is the program file that would execute in the BG for the Email transfer
to happen?
Background job Configuration and Troubleshooting
Standard/non-standard jobs- all sap install
Hold all batch jobs- all r/3s job mgt.
What is the standard program to check the consistency of partner profiles?
Which program is used to check whether partner profiles are consistent?

What is an access method?

What is a device type, spool server, spool request?
What is the job of Spool work Process?
What does a spool work process do?
What is the diff. between spool request and print request?
Can I print a spool request more than once?
Can I configure more than one spool WP for each instance?
Can I switch other work processes to spool work processes without restarting
the instance?
How do u delete spool request from the system?
Name the r/3 transaction used for monitoring a spool reqs.
Where are the spool logs stored? How would u clean them? Why not delete them?
What will u do when spool process fails?
What are problems u faced in spool administration?
What are logical spool servers used for?
Can I transport printer settings?
How will u configure a printer in sap?
Describe how to set up a printer in sap
How many types of printer you have configured? How do you differentiate
between them?
Where printer port (LPT) is running on the system?
I got 50 printers to add to into sap landscape. What is the best way to
configure printers in all systems?
What do u understand by local printing and network printing?
Where can I create printers in the sap system?
How to create printer? How many access methods? Device types?
If the user complains that he is not able to print
where would look to research why a user/users cannot print?
How would/to troubleshoot: user cannot print
Troubleshooting print issue
Is there a workload distribution mechanism for the creation of print requests?
How can I use the default printer at my work center computer?
Have u worked on any 3rd party printing option with sap?
Temse Temporary Sequential Object
Printer configurations and troubleshooting

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X r/3 basis system test topics: r/3 system administration

X SPOOLING AND PRINTING

X Plan, setup , and manage LAN and WAN based r/3 system
printing and
environments
X Plan and implement practices and standards to meet critical printing and
secure printing requirements, in terms of high availability and mass printing
requirements
X Be familiar with practices and standards of customizing the printing
environment for application specific requirements, the limitations and tradeoffs involved in printing across a remote connection, sap provided tools and
techniques for printer administration
X Implement effective printer naming conventions
X Use authorizations to control printer usage
How to install the ECC?
Installation steps?
Installation types how u do it?
What are steps to install sap?
What is the folder it will ask to install oracle?
What is you allocate disks to different areas in SAP?
How much Swap memory should be in the system?
On which system you installed SAP?
What is distributed installation and how u do that?
Explain the process of installing multiple central instances on a machine? How
to install multiple Central Instances on the same physical machine?
Can I install multiple sap instances in a single host? If yes then how? If no,
then why?
Will u create additional instances of 2 different sap servers on a single
machine? (Windows NT/oracle)?
Explain how u will go about doing sizing?
I am trying to install a quality assurance instance of BW on the same machine
as the dev instance. I get the following error errors during server check;
reported error SYSADMN rights: execution failed!
I have to install an r/3 instance, the pm says u have NT, and u have to
convince him to go for UNIX, how would go about it and what facts would u
present to him?
I want to install SAPGUI into 50 machines. Can I do it from the server by
installing the sap installation server? If so, how?
Have u install new sap instance?
What is the larger installation that u have managed in terms of number of
users and concurrent users, DB size and number of application servers?
Can sap be installed on FAT or FAT32 partitions?
Post installation checks and procedure u will follow, after installing and
restore
Post installation task after successful r/3 4.6C
Dialong installation I installed an sap r/3 system. Now I want to install
another application on another system. Can u tell me what the prerequisites
for that are? I have already installed java. Do I need to install oracle also?
Sys Id= old (dev on other system)
Sys id no. =
01(new) is this ok?
What is MCOD?
when i try to installed SAP CRM 2005 on single sap system. It stop on phase :
"system landscape directory" for long time min 8 hrs. what actual problem?

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while installation of sap bi7.0 sr2 ides . it asking to check DDIC password in
client 001 but i try by using master standard password but it show error
popup"unable open RFC connection". is there any solution for RFC connection
and password for ddic in client 001?
I want to install SAP, I have a system with following configration... >
Processor - Intel Dual core 2.5 GHz > Mother board - Zotak (Nvida 512 MB
Graphic card inbuild) > RAM - 2 GB > Hards disk - 320 GB is the above
mentioned configration is fine for SAP installation ?
What is the difference between installing SAP R/3 and installing a SAP CRM
system? OR, what are the installation steps for i) Installing an SAP R/3 and
ii) Installing SAP CRM /SAP PLM/SAP business suite?
I am trying to install SAP 4.6C on a Windows 2003 server Enterprise edition.
well at the time of the installation of Oracle 9.0, am I also suppose to
create a database. well, If I do, then it gives me an error at the time of the
installation of Database Instance at a stage where the SAP database creation
takes place, If I don't then SAP database creation succeeds, all the
tablespaces are created successfully, however the post oracle configuration
stage gives an error, stating that an SQL statement exec failed... what should
I do
After Installation of the SAP software, its giving posting period 2004. I am
not able to make it to 2009 financial year.. how we make it.. what are the
activities we have to do ?
how to install sap help in sap 4.7
WHEN I M TRYING FOR CREATING ROLE OF ECC6.0 IDES SO IT SHWOING DUMP ERROR:
THERE IS NO MORE SPACE MEMORY BUT I HAVE INSTALLED ON 500GB HDD. PLS GIVE ME
SOLUTION PLS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT & URGENT FOR ME.
Explain ECC 6 Installation steps in brief?
I also wanna work with Webdynpros? What are the requirements? I mean SAP 4.7
ee or ECC 5 or 6? Netweaver developer Studio? Also with win 2003 i have the
activation problem every month. SO do i get a cd that doesnt ask for the
activation? i have win 2000 but can it be installed on HP pavilion laptops
that are coming preinstalled with Vista OS?
how can i integrate ecc6.0sr3 with bi7 or netweaver 7 into single sap system.?
pls give me some step. i know installation.
Why is java Required while installing SAP
Explain Post Installation Activities??
Can we run CIC Webclient without installing Web Application Server? If Yes,
then what are the basic settings which we have to do to run webclient. If No,
then is it possible to install Web AS on the same server where our SAP CRM is
installed?
Basic configuration/ settings after installation of SAP Web AS in standalone
SAP-CRM system for web client.

If there is performance problem how will you analyze the problem?

What will u do when there is a performance issue?
A customer experiences right now a dramatic decline in performance, what will
you do?
Which transaction code can I used to analyze the performance of ABAP program?
How to take care of performance in ABAP Development?
If we have to monitor a performance issue or in the systems
Performance monitoring of R/3 systems,?
X what other performance t-codes or tools that u would use the monitor the
performance
What t-codes are used to monitor the performance?

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How about performance tuning?

Have you used performance tuning? What major steps will you use for these?
What are different sap memories- satyam
How about memory mgmt., is there a program to be used at O/S
What will you observe in ST06?
X What about st06?
ST03 For Load Analysis
What is ST03? What will observe in ST03?
Whats the advantage of st03g over st03n?
What is the difference between ST06 and ST03
What will observe in st02
What t-code will u use to check the swap
What is memory management?
Explain Parameters for SAP Memory Management?
Describe how sap handles memory management?
In what sequence does a dialog work process allocate the different memory
areas (according to SAP recommendations)?
What will u observe with respect to buffers?
Buffer monitoring?
How extended memory is allocated?
If u see red in st02 what will u do to analyze the RED?
In st02 -> extended memory shows as 99.68%. What could be the reason? Is there
any memory bottleneck? Where should we look to see the details and how to
resolve?
If the buffer hit ratio <90% and lot of swaps are occurring the system, then
which area u have to look for that and what action u will take on this?
If the program buffer Hit Ration is <98%, then what should be done by the
Basis consultant?
If the data buffer quality, log buffer Quality <95%, then what should be done
by the Basis consultant?
After analyzing st02, how can we calculate the value of the parameter profile
to be increased (in rz10)?
Is there any standard in tuning sto2 to hold up the increasing value of
swapped objects?
Why do the swapped objects always increase after a few days of tuning (rz10)
and system restart?
What does mean by SWAP? Where should we monitor this? What is the threshold
value for swaps/day? If it is more what will u do?
How to solve if more swaps are occurred?
In an SAP system, while using the Transaction DB02 there are Swaps figures
that are RED, How can one solve this problem.
When you use DB02 Transaction, You see something called as Swaps, What are
they, and how the increase in swaps does affect your SAP system Performance
Do we have to increase every profile parameter value which is displayed in red
alert in transaction st02?
Explain SAP Buffers, Types, and Parameters?
What is table buffer and single record buffer?
What is the difference between user buffer and table buffer?
What are the different types of table/TABL buffering? Is it "roll in, rollout
".
What is roll in and roll out?
Read buffer writer buffer
Will u be able to let me know how many buffer validations happened for a
buffered table
Describe where would look at the buffer statistics, & what steps would use to
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How to synchronize all the sap buffers.

What is buffer synchronization?
How do u solve if there is high GUI time in server?
What are st04, db02, db16 and st06 used for? What are things that u check in
each t-code
What are st01, st02, st03, (st04 and st06) how do u monitor?
X Sap transaction code to pre-compile all system program if I have to run SGEN
and have to recycle the server as well for clearing out memory, does it make
sense to run SGEN first and recycle afterwards, because SGEN will sort of
litter the memory or it is inconsequential what runs first.
Why data was not showing in st03? Problem: last one month I face this problem
when I am taking full system o/s backup of production server stopping all the
oracle automatic service with SAPOSCOL & SAPPRD_00, STOP SAPMMC. When backup
was completed, I started all the service. However, after sometime data was not
showing in st03. when I stop and start this sap services SAPOSCOL & SAPPRD_00,
then data will start showing for sometime but after 2 day same problem comes
again. All sap pjobs are running well. What could be the problem of SAP.
Details of server: O/S: windows 2003 SAP: 4.7EE Oracle: 9i
What tcode can I used to find out how much memory is allocated to r/3 in
total?
I know for oracle I can get the SGA memory. I am using sap
4.7/oracle 9i on Unix AIX.
If the CPU utilization is maintaining a > 95% utilization. On server for last
few hours, then how do u start your investigation?
If CPU is 100% busy, what action should be taken to keep CPU idle?
Sap system performance issues: my server becomes slow when more users login.
What could be the reason? Is it because of less hardware resources? Server
configuration is 104GB, 2GB ram. OS: win 2003 server. Database: oracle.
to find the frequently used programs or transactions in 4.6x:CPU utilizations and memory utilization
CPU utilization at OS level
How to check cpu utilization from o/s level, what is the command.
File systems and monitoring the space?
statistical logs for all the r/3 system:
X Does sap provides any alerting method?
X How do set the alert monitors? RZ20.
X If u use CCMS can u let me know what thresholds were set?
R/3 basis test topics:

Alert monitoring

Use the r/3 system alert monitors to recognize critical situations during r/3
system runtime in OS, DB, and n/w environments
Monitor the mysap.com workplace environments (ITS, web server) to recognize
critical situations during r/3 system runtime and in OS, DB, and n/w
environments.
Interpret the color scheme used with the alert monitors
Recognize system performance bottlenecks and system disruption as displayed by
the alert monitors
Maintain alert monitor threshold values and adjust them to meet customer
specific requirements
How many types of profiles are there?
What are the types of system profiles?
What profile versions?
Where will you change the parameters in three Profiles?

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Given a LAN with an r/3 CI with DB (node: host 1, r/3 dialog instance (node:
host2), and several r/3 front-end pcs what is the name of the profile where
the SAPDBHOSY parameter is defined?
Are all system parameters listed in the profiles?
How can system parameters be displayed?
Where are the profile files located? I.e. profiles- start, instance, and
default. What are they & what is the order of precedence.
What t-code to change PP
Where are system parameters defined?
How to set parameter values in sap? Where do u set parameter values?
X What are the profile files used by sap? List them
What are the profiles that are maintained in the r/3 system?
Maintaining user Profiles
Tell some profile parameter that u have maintained?
I have 5 application servers. I want to set a default client for the system.
Which parameter I will set and where?
How do u change the default sap GUI client number when u initially click on
the environment to log in? One of the experts said u need to change an
instance profile parameter on the r/3 system. The parameter is:
login/system_client the default value is 000. You need to make the change,
save the instance profile and activate it. Then, stop and start the r/3
instance for the change to take effect. How and where can I do that?
How can u automatically logged out users after a certain period of time?
Automatically logged off the front-end of SAPGUI
Maximum no. of session per user
Disable sap users to logon multiple times
What is the profile parameter that decides the location of the temse DB?
Which system parameter defines total extended memory size?
What is the use of profile ztta/roll_area
How is it dependent on other ztta profiles like ztta/short_area ztta/cua_area
ztta/roll_first
Diff between Start and Instance Profile?
X Common prompt adm.What is the program that u would use from SID ADM to check the parameters?
Can you change the profile parameter in the OS Level? Which one is advisable
why?
A colleague of yours changed a parameter in one of the application server, and
it is behaving differently what would u do?
If you see the same parameter value in all instance profiles what will you do?
Should the profiles for each instance be defined individually, or is it better
to have a common profile of them?
How u change the parameters of application server for specified issues?
Starting procedure- profilesX when sap system starts which profile it reads first?
Do u know about op modes? How do you/to define op modes and instances?
SM63 , RZ04
Operation modes configurations on assigning time table
Have/how you configured operation modes
Shall we have to restart sap system after configuration of operation modes?
Can we make the work processes changes in operation mode effective immediately
by force? One of our consultants said that is it possible through a
transaction.
how can we activated profile parameter for disable multiple logon? i have
already tried parameter: login/disable_multiple_login_gui=1. but its not
affect to sap system. pls give me some step.

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Why is it that Only in SAP-BI / SAP-BW Systems do you have the Profile
parameter rdisp/max_wprun_time to be set to a value greater than 600 secs.

What is the transaction to access the language utility?

Are any additional languages user? List if yes.

Suppress sap multi login message
Thai language pack for sap we are going to install sap for the users in
Bangkok. Therefore, we need cater for the THAI language. Give some
instructions on how to install the THAI language pack into sap.
What is supplementation language? Explain the SL.

How to connect to your sap system via sap router?

Sap router (SR) and its configuration
How do u setup the sap router and snc
how can you configure the sap router?
How and where u would configured SR? Why not in CI or DI?
Do u think SR is a cost effective tool? Justify ur ans.?
What is SR used for( ift user saproutetab)<-confign. File
What SPRO stands for?
What is full form of SPRO and IMG? How are they
different from each other?
How is SAP implemented?
Brief description about sap basis implementation: please give a brief
description about implementation Process carried out.

If using single sign-on, do the passwords in sap and windows have to match?
What is single sign on?
How do u setup the single sign on
What is the use of trusted system. I know that there is no need of UID and PWD
to communicate with partner system. In what situation it is good to go for
trusted system?
I know that u can use sm30 (hide_start_image=yes) or S000 extras settings to
turn off the default SAPGUI picture. Is there a way to replace the picture
with my own bit map?
What is the fastest way to logoff in SAPGUI?
How does one check the patch level of SAPGUI using a logon script, command
prompt or even a kix or vb script? I suppose the real question is where in a
windows 2000/xp registry is the key that displays the patch level number?
Responsibility and tools used for SAPGUI rollout? How many users?
Do I always have to use the new visual design in SAPGUI (enjoy SAP)?
Which add-ons are employed (faxing, printing, ITS, bar coding, taxation,
scheduling, etc.)?
How many user exits were used and complexity? (Application infrastructure)

How many modifications were made & complexity?

What do you understand by SAPs? What is SAPS?
For an ABAP only system, do we have to SSL?

X R/3 basis system test topics: R/3 system administration

X USER CONNECTIONS

Be familiar with the processes and options available to administrators for

connecting to the r/3 system
Administer the distribution of application server resources

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Implement R/3 system high availability conventions and practices, security

conventions and practices in terms of OS and n/w issues

Integrate non-sap h/w and n/w practices in the r/3 environment, mysap.com
components into an existing r/3 environment

H.R. Round question.

1). what role r u expecting
4). did u ever work in stress situation how did you over come.

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