Andrew We have had the same problem - we operate 24/7 and have long debated this with SAP and IBM - the downtime period is far greater than we can cope with. ...
Hi Alan We have a 1.5 Tb database - we did some work last year on Customer based upgrade with the guys at Walldorf (they took a copy our database)and I think ...
Hi Andrew, The thing that you wish for, to have work processes back off from a table because of a request for an exclusive lock, already exists with V5R2 and...
Hi Andrew, Alan is absolutely right. But there's a known problem with dbmonitor which prevents the releasing of locks from the work processes. For V5R2 PTF...
Hi: We are runnig SAP R/3 46C in an AS/400 V5R1 with no problems. We are trying to install our first W2K app server and doesnt work, this ... trc file:...
G'Day Andrew, it is very likely, SAP will support Linux very soon. But, you should not forget, that you need to do an OS/DB-Migration as you change the OS to...
Hi, yes, and "fast migration" is really a point as well. I think, it will take at least a weekend downtime with the full export and re-import. One option might...
Gerhard, Have looked to IBM PTF Cover letters. I can not find anything on the below mentioned PTF (SI15025) is it still under controlled release? Also on...
Hi Udo, I had the same problem, during patching the systems. If you change the as4/dbmon/enable you have to restart the systems. As I know there is a...
Gerhard, Have looked to IBM PTF Cover letters. I can not find anything on the below mentioned PTF (SI15025) is it still under controlled release? Also on...
Hi Udo, Sorry, I forgot to mention that both PTFs still has test status. In order to get the PTFs you have to open a PMR at IBM. As Thomas wrote already you...
... Look through the .R3S file you are using with SAPinst for the string COraInputChecker It looks like the .R3S file in question is still calling an Oracle...
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, SAPinst no longer creates nice, neat little .R3s files anymore. Just one bug .XML file. I know how to maintain the .R3S...
Guys.. The situation involves BW transports which tries to rebuild an infocube ( from something like a transfer rule change, etc) during the infocube rebuild,...
Hi Vic, yesterday, Gerhard Hoffmann from SAP wrote: Alan is absolutely right. But there's a known problem with dbmonitor which prevents the releasing of locks...
Hello Vic, I understand this situation. The work processes each keep open a number of open data paths (ODPs). This is to improve performance as full opens of...
Hello Alan , Cannot agree with you more that there is no "fast" solution to unload/convert/dump a huge database... For DB migration, can unload and reload run...
Hello Victor, For both the CPC and the OS/DB migration, the reload can be started on the target system prior to the unload being finished on the source. The...
Alan If you are doing a OS\DB migration wouldn't a CPC be a step that can be omitted. I've heard of people gong from an EBCDIC AS400 to a SQL Server without...
Hi all, I am seeing a a very strange situation on my TEST system that I never saw before. We went into SAP to regenerate a custom table. The system didn't do...
Last week I put DB FIX pack 15 on V5R2. Srikant Singh <srikantsingh68@...> wrote:Hi all, I am seeing a a very strange situation on my TEST system that I...
Srikant, We had the same problem last week and as a workaround we had to maintain this parameter in our system profile and had to restart the system. This...
hello, i had the same problems a few days ago and the problem was the dbmon. It is fixed now through a ptf by ibm, or by disableing dbmon. Jürgen Srikant...
Can you please let me know the PTF number from IBM. I am scared to turn off dbmon as I don't know what the repurcusions may be. Thanks for the help. Regards ...
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Hello every one I also had all sorts of weird lock problems in different areas of the system throughout the whole week. Last night I disabled the dbmon in the...