Q – what is PAM in sap ?

A – The product availability matrix is a option which provided by sap service market place, it is used
to planning of technical and release information of SAP product versions.

PAM offers to users information about platform availability including database and operating
system. PAM also used in upgrade any product.

Go to www.sapservice.com then access my Launchpad and go to support release, upgrade and

maintenance.

Q – what is pre-steps of sap installation.

A – These are the pre-steps of sap installation

1. Download installation guide from sap service market place.

2. Check the compatibility of operating system and hardware.
3. Download the sap software from sap service market place. All files-
Export file
Database software
Database client
Sl controller
Kernel
Installation tool (IM and SWPM)
Java component (if required, actually in the case of IM)
4. Install the operating system related patches.
5. Put the DUMP into your server where you want install the sap.
6. Set the ip address and hostname of server.
7. Set the virtual memory (default 21 gb)
8. Put entry ip and hostname in host file.
9. Firewall off.
10. Verify the software using LABLE.ASC of export file.
11. Execute the installation tool. With sapinst./and select your product information.
12. Select instance custom and typical.
13. Provide SID and installation directory.
14. Provide Master password.
15. Provide database SID and host. then
16. Export path. (LABLE.ASC)
17. Kernel path. (LABLE.ASC)
18. Oracle client.
19. Parameter key.
20. Solman key
21. Installation processing (summary)
 Q – what is log in sap installation.

A - During the SAP installation some temporary and permanent file are generated in the form
of log that called logs. The logs has information of installation steps and errors, it shows what
happening with your all sap system during the installation according to time.

Installation Logs generate according to operating system =

In unix = temp/sapinst_instdir/ BS2005\ERP60SR3\AS-ABAP\ORA\CENTRAL.

In windows = C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\BS2005\ERP60SR3\AS-ABAP\ORA\CENTRAL.

Q – what kind of sap system users at operating system levels

A – There are more types of users at operating system level in SAP.

In windows =

1. <SID>ADM = it used to SAP administrator.

2. ORA<SID> = it used to oracle database administaror. (starting, stopping with password)
3. SAPService<SID> = it used to sap serices.
4. SYS = oracle administrator. It has all authorizations for oracle database.
5. SYSTEM = it is also used for oracle account.
6. WEBADM = it is used for internet connectivity.

Q – what is parameter in sap?

A – parameter the group of values and is a type of key. It is used to manage configuration of the sap
system using profile and parameter’s values. In sap two types here change the parameters (1) static
and (2) dynamically.

Q – what is the work of R3load?

A –R3load is the program that is used to export the database contain into a file and import those file
in new system. Or

R3load is the program that helps us to extract all files in (.STR) format and put in the
database.R3load is used when change on OS and DB is required for Unicode migration.

Q – keydb?
A –During the installation this file reads the all file which help to install the sap. Path of keydb file

keydb.xml
C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\BS2011\ERP606\AS-ABAP\ORA\CENTRAL/

Q – Difference between saploc and sapmnt ?

A – saploc is a local path and sapmnt is a logical path which has global information about sap
directory. Only SIDADM and SAPServiceADM authorized to access this sharing folder (sapmnt).

Saploc for sap local host.

Sapmnt for sap global host.

Q –what is schema id in sap ?

A – schema is collection of database object, the schema id is a machenism that is used to verify your
access in the database. In oracle 11g the both schema user id’s (OPS$ and SSFS), in oracle 12c only
existing (SSFS).

Q – why we use only SIDADM in sap during any work on sap system?

A – we know every sap user has several authorizations such as ;

1. <SID>ADM = this user created during sap installation, in this user sap got set enviourment
variable of instance.
2. SAPADM = this user has all control of sap host, host permission, monitoring sap host,
memory monitoring, daa. It also used to all sap and database services.
3. Administrator = this user works only for host, operating system services

Q – difference between jave and abap stack ?

A –1)the first thing is abap stack is run on abap program which means abap program used gui phase
in sap, and the other java stack is that runs on java program which means the sap system which is
built on java stack that program used to browser to run.

2) abap stack only provides the runtime enviourment for abap program, and java stack only provides
the runtime enviourment for java program.

3) in SAP abap system consist abap work process and the java system consist jre engine, server
process and multi threads.

4) abap = service provisioning(business logic

And java = service consumption(UI partly