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1) MMC console screen shot – DB in Blue, 1 AI and CI in Green and One AI in Yellow.
System <SID> also in Yellow ? What is happening ?
a)
b)
c)
d)
DB is down
System is coming up ?
System going down ?
One process in System <SID> is not running – Answer
2) How will you check expensive SQL statement by looking at no.of buffer gets /
execution. A screen shot will be given and you will be asked – Is statement expensive
Answer . 5 % rule
3) What can you do during the mount state of Database
Ans a ) Recovery
b) Change Archvie log mode
c) move Datafile , if given.
4) How and which DB user connect to ABAP and Database schema ?
Ans ) SAP<SCHEMAID> - ABAP
SAP<SCHEMAID>DB – JAVA
5) When will the redo information be written to rego log file ? * Difficult for me, check
pls
a) When data is been written to datafile ( my answer )
b) After data has been written to datafile
c) Before data has been written to datafile
d) Before and after data has been written to datafile
6) When the sap (dialog work process ) will ask for a lock –what will happen with
dispatcher, enque work process ? This is case when lock is asked from an Server not
having an Enque work process
a) Dialog work process will write an entry in the Enque table ?
b) Enque lock has to be taken back only then that element will be free ? – T
c) The other processes waiting for the lock are queued in a definite sequence ? –
T/F
d) Install always Enque work process in a Database Instance – T/F (F)
( READ 10_1 Asynchronous update process carefully )
7) How will you know status of listner
a) Answer is easy - > lsnrctl status
8) Which one will have a command prompt interface
a) Visual Administrator
b) Config Tool
c) NWA
d) Telnet console – Answer
9) If SAP Work processes are running How can one shut down the Database
a) Immediate - T
b) Abort - T
c) Shutdown normal
10) What can you see in alert log file ?
a) Redo log switch – True
b) Shutting / Start of BRTOOLS – False.
c) Online backup start – T
d) Commit – T
e) Shutting down of Application Instance – False
11 ) Whats important parameter for an Web Dispatcher to communicate to message server is ?
The text from book below is badly written. It means only rdisp/mshost is important. But later
in book they have repeated ms/http_port again and again. Answer is only rdisp/mshost is
important.
a) rdisp/mshost – True
b) ms/http_port ( not so sure )
c) other parameters which were definitely not true
12) What will verify DB (DBVERIFY) do ?
a) Check space and each and every tablespace – T
b) Check if previous backups have been completed or not –F
c) Check the parameter of the database –T
d) Check alert log file for errors – T
13) The command >stopsap J2EE DVBMG00 will stop the java instance of DVBMG00 ?
I don’t know the answer – I wrote its correct.
14 ) How to change JVM properties and does it needs restart of java instance ?
Ans ) Config Tool YES
15) From the NWA console we can set the severity of the Log Configurator services
a) We can set only for one node - F
b) We can set for the whole admin tree – T
c) We cannot set – F
16) What will one consistent online backup have ?
Ans – Online backup with offline redo logs during the backup
17) In DB13 the colors will have different meaning for the planned jobs.
a) The color will show that the job terminated because of less memory –F
b) The color will show that the job terminated because of authorization – F
c) The color will show that job terminated –T
d) The job is running – T , the job finished successfully / with warning –T
18) Question on SYSAUX Tablespace ( Read carefully )
a) Is a temporary help tables space which helps the SYSTEM tablespace ( I am not sure if
SYSAUX is temporary or not , but it definitely helps
b) During installation SYSAUX Table space will create load etc to make the load on
SYSTEM table space lesser ?
Q) What is a fragmented index? – Read chapter Index Fragmentation & understand the main
causes of Fragmentation.
a) Lot of available size but little used size – T
b) A measure of quality of storage – ( I dint mark this, the reason is fragmented index is
measure of <poor quality> rather that <quality>. I know this is stupid and means the same,
but SAP questions are actually really stupid.
c) One leaf spread across lot of blocks – T
Q) In CCMS alert monitor what is < templates>
Q) What is advantage / disadvantage of native sql – Read about Native SQL / Open SQL
nicely
a) Database dependence – T Native sql is database dependent only
b) Native SQL is not cached in the local buffer – ( I did not know this )
Q) How does the developer ( Java ) identifies the trace. How can he start the trace ?
a) Log tracing service – Visual Administrator – T
b) ST01 - I am not clear on this.
c) Tracing through Net Weaver D administrator – True
Q) What all are the products offered ?
Remember name of all of the four
Q) What is the stratergy given by sap :
Ans ) 5 - 1 - 2 year strategty
Q) When you install SAP web dispatcher what are the scenarios available ?
a) Java alone
b) Abap alone
c) ABAP + Java both
d) Not available
( Here answer is a,b,c)
Q) Important parameters for the ICM and SAP Web dispatcher ( Ans rdisp/mshost )
Q) In java system, who will do the load balancing ? dispatcher and load balancer ? Java
message server ?
Q) What types of RFC are there there and what is the uses of it ( qast)
Q) Can we have standalone Enque server ? Can we have standalone message server ?
Q) If the operation mode switch happened, and there is no background process after the
switch. Will the background job fail ? –
ANS) No the switch will wait for the job to complete.
Q) What is the access method used by Printer when your printer is in Windows ? Please know
well about access method F and G. i.e PDF1 and F goes together and G goes with something
like ____ ( Printer configuration chapter ). Learn method F and G.
What will you use for sap gui for html in windows ?
Q) Who will create spool request, who will create output request ? spool work process or
operating spooler ?
Q) When you do installation using default ( typical & not custom) option what will you NOT
be asked for ?
A) SID
B) Host name
C) Gateways port number
D) RAM – I think this is the correct answer, in BOOK 2 it takes the RAM automatically.
Q) Confusing question on the relationship between ABAP Roles and J2EE groups /
authorizations.
They will ask a ABAB user is J2EE USER ?
ABAP Role is J2EE Group ?
ABAP Authoriztaion is J2EE Authorization ?
Q) Java work process does not exist – T because they are server process.
Q) What will trigger the external command / external program from SAP to the Operating
system ? – sapxpg ? sapevt ?sapstartsrv ?
ANS ) sapxpg ( Some thing like that )
Please read difference between external program and external command.
Q) Problem analysis of the start process . What logs will you see if the system is not coming
up / system came up but still you wan to analyze the errors.
Q) How are profile files read in what sequence when instance is started ?
Environmental variable ->Kernel->start->default->instance.
What kind of profile will have what kind of data.
Q) What is start up and control framework and who will stimulate the startup and control
frame work when Java instance is started. ANS ) ABAP Dispatcher
Q) When will the profile get written to the File system when you do changes through
RZ10 ?
ANS) When you activate it ? When you save it ? When you import it ? – Correct is when
you activate it. Please read what all happens when you save/import/activate.
Q) What are steps to set operation mode ?
ANS) RZ04 -> Assign servers -> SM63 ? They will give different combinations, so this is
the answer.
Q) Please make fundamentals on JVM parameter where to set , where you can only see
them? UME properties where to set , Where can you see them? Monitoring configuration
for Logs ( Critical , Error , All etc ) thresholds where to set ?
Q) What are different moniroring tools for AS JAVA
I was little confused. Is CCMS monitor ( RZ20) can be a monitoring tool . Also the
confusion was can System information page “monitors” JAVA AS. Read the book and find
the answer ?
Q) Where can you create server process ?
Very important diagram
Q) In CUA from child to the parent system can we transfer complete roles definition ?
Can we transfer complete authorization profile ?
Please make your concept clear what you can transfer & what you CANNOT.
A question came and I was confused . Also in reality I ding understand.jv
Q)
Q) What an all you can do in the Workbech Organizer – This was a tough question as a
peculiar ( see something was there )
Q) In sicf a service is in blue color – what does it mean ? ANS ) Implicitly deactivated.
Please be clear about blue black and gray color and implicit and explicit activation.
Q) rdisp/start_icman and itsp/enable = 1 . What does it mean ?
Q) Difference between J2EE security role and UME Roles ? Where can they be
administered ? Config tool ? Visual Admin ? UME Config Engine ?
Q) Permission-> Action -> Role ? What is this structure and how it works.
Q) Where can you change the password of
a) <administrator> ( UME + Secure storage service for SDM )
b) j2ee_admin ( UME only is ok , R3 only is ok, anywhere no need to change twice )
This is with respect to the SDM and secure storage service.
Q) Correlate BAPI, BO and BAPI ?
Q) Very important , how will a Solman system will be connecting to SLD. Important
points
a) What will you do in RZ70 ? Similarly what is done in Visual Administrator and in
which service ? Very important point to learn here is that these transaction are carried out
in the ABAP system or in the system where SLD is running?
ANS. To configure SLD in ‘our’ system we use RZ70 for ABAP and Visual Admin <SLD
Data supplier service> in ‘our’ system.
Next question was to confuse me with Connection of ‘our’ system to SLD and connection
of SOLMAN SYSTEM to SLD. The reason is these two connection are given in same
chapter and different configuration steps are used.
Q) One question on external communication
a) Can SAP system auto forward email to other domains ( like hotmail.com) – I don’t
know this.
b) MTA have limited power when they work with SAP mail infrastructure – I think this is
true.
Please read the thing above with respect to MTA
Here the question was :
a) In the “SOLMAN” system you will maintain the SLD data in RZ70
b) What will you do in Jco RFC provider service and in which system it will be
done ? SLD system - Yes? In the Solman abab system – No ?
Ans ) In the SLD system Visual admin -> Jco RFC provider service , the SLD
listner will be configured.
c) Where will landscape fetch job will run ? In SLD system – YES In solman
system – no. Where will you configure this ? Ans – In SLDAPICUST
transaction in SLD system.
< Note : This chapter was really important – two major question came from SLD and Solman
configuration >
Q) What and how a Moniroring tree element , Moniroting object and monitoring attribute
related ? Make sure you know that one tree elevement can / cant be in Mon Object, and one
monitoring attribute can/cant be in in Element etc.
Q) can you create your own monitoring set ( or property variant ) - yes? can you use two
monitoring set ( or property variant ) at the same time – no , only one property variant is
allowed at at time. can you assign different moniroring set to different operation mode – yes
using rz04.
\
Q) Give steps to register the SAPCCMSR agent ? – three steps what and where you do that ?
Q) Where can you configure info path debug all etc alerts with respect to log configuration ?
ANS log configurator service, SAP NWA
Q) GRMG Response and message are of what format ? HTTP ? XML ?
Q) How many places can you activate SAT trace and SQL trace ?
Q) Learn important logs generated when SAP system starts and when sapinst starts eg)
sapinst.log and sapinst_dev.log
Q) How many days temporary license for new system is valid ? Where you install java license
and where you install abap license.
Q) What is identification of Transport group ? ans : common transport directory ?
Can there be lot of groups in one domain ? can one group be assigned to two domains ?
Q) Minimum number of batch and dialog processes you should keep ?
Q) What can be installed separately. The question was on the three components installed
separately in java add in.
Q) A question on your own sapdoc.ini file . They asked that one can configure the file so that
the user can use help as he likes. What and all combination are provided by sapdocini file - ?
a) Release – True
b) Language - ?
c) Client you log in to ?
b) User – I put this as false.
Read the part which is here
Q) What is rdisp/btctime ?
Q) How many type of status a background job has ? Released ..reade..active etc.
Q) the usual question about change settings about repository objects in scc4 and se09. Local
settings override global settings ? – No because if change in local is allowed and in global the
change is not allowd – Then you cannot change the repository object. Changes in both in
Local and in Global should be allowed.
Q) What will happen when you will first time configure STMS , using which user and in
which client ? Which users will be created ? Which RFC ?
ANS) Transaction STMS in client 000 will:
. Assign the SAP system as the transport domain controller
. Create transport domain name DOMAIN_<SID>
. Create transport group GROUP_<SID>
. Create system user TMSADM in client 000
. Create RFC destinations
. Set up file DOMAIN.CFG in directory bin of the transport directory
Q) What can you do in SPRO_ADMIN ?
Q) What are the possibilities to import the non ABAP transport object ?
A) STMS_QUES
B)Web Ui ui.
Q) Read the chapter with system upgrade, no need to remember step by step upgrade and
particular thing. Read the tools used and a general overview.
Q) What can be values for Field Distribution Parameters ( global local proposal….)
Read and understand the stuff below
Q) How CUA is removed temporarily.
Q) What all you can do in transaction LDAP.
Q) In LDAP mapping is done through functional module.
Q) What will LDAPSCHEMATEXT do ?
System <SID> also in Yellow ? What is happening ?
a)
b)
c)
d)
DB is down
System is coming up ?
System going down ?
One process in System <SID> is not running – Answer
2) How will you check expensive SQL statement by looking at no.of buffer gets /
execution. A screen shot will be given and you will be asked – Is statement expensive
Answer . 5 % rule
3) What can you do during the mount state of Database
Ans a ) Recovery
b) Change Archvie log mode
c) move Datafile , if given.
4) How and which DB user connect to ABAP and Database schema ?
Ans ) SAP<SCHEMAID> - ABAP
SAP<SCHEMAID>DB – JAVA
5) When will the redo information be written to rego log file ? * Difficult for me, check
pls
a) When data is been written to datafile ( my answer )
b) After data has been written to datafile
c) Before data has been written to datafile
d) Before and after data has been written to datafile
6) When the sap (dialog work process ) will ask for a lock –what will happen with
dispatcher, enque work process ? This is case when lock is asked from an Server not
having an Enque work process
a) Dialog work process will write an entry in the Enque table ?
b) Enque lock has to be taken back only then that element will be free ? – T
c) The other processes waiting for the lock are queued in a definite sequence ? –
T/F
d) Install always Enque work process in a Database Instance – T/F (F)
( READ 10_1 Asynchronous update process carefully )
7) How will you know status of listner
a) Answer is easy - > lsnrctl status
8) Which one will have a command prompt interface
a) Visual Administrator
b) Config Tool
c) NWA
d) Telnet console – Answer
9) If SAP Work processes are running How can one shut down the Database
a) Immediate - T
b) Abort - T
c) Shutdown normal
10) What can you see in alert log file ?
a) Redo log switch – True
b) Shutting / Start of BRTOOLS – False.
c) Online backup start – T
d) Commit – T
e) Shutting down of Application Instance – False
11 ) Whats important parameter for an Web Dispatcher to communicate to message server is ?
The text from book below is badly written. It means only rdisp/mshost is important. But later
in book they have repeated ms/http_port again and again. Answer is only rdisp/mshost is
important.
a) rdisp/mshost – True
b) ms/http_port ( not so sure )
c) other parameters which were definitely not true
12) What will verify DB (DBVERIFY) do ?
a) Check space and each and every tablespace – T
b) Check if previous backups have been completed or not –F
c) Check the parameter of the database –T
d) Check alert log file for errors – T
13) The command >stopsap J2EE DVBMG00 will stop the java instance of DVBMG00 ?
I don’t know the answer – I wrote its correct.
14 ) How to change JVM properties and does it needs restart of java instance ?
Ans ) Config Tool YES
15) From the NWA console we can set the severity of the Log Configurator services
a) We can set only for one node - F
b) We can set for the whole admin tree – T
c) We cannot set – F
16) What will one consistent online backup have ?
Ans – Online backup with offline redo logs during the backup
17) In DB13 the colors will have different meaning for the planned jobs.
a) The color will show that the job terminated because of less memory –F
b) The color will show that the job terminated because of authorization – F
c) The color will show that job terminated –T
d) The job is running – T , the job finished successfully / with warning –T
18) Question on SYSAUX Tablespace ( Read carefully )
a) Is a temporary help tables space which helps the SYSTEM tablespace ( I am not sure if
SYSAUX is temporary or not , but it definitely helps
b) During installation SYSAUX Table space will create load etc to make the load on
SYSTEM table space lesser ?
Q) What is a fragmented index? – Read chapter Index Fragmentation & understand the main
causes of Fragmentation.
a) Lot of available size but little used size – T
b) A measure of quality of storage – ( I dint mark this, the reason is fragmented index is
measure of <poor quality> rather that <quality>. I know this is stupid and means the same,
but SAP questions are actually really stupid.
c) One leaf spread across lot of blocks – T
Q) In CCMS alert monitor what is < templates>
Q) What is advantage / disadvantage of native sql – Read about Native SQL / Open SQL
nicely
a) Database dependence – T Native sql is database dependent only
b) Native SQL is not cached in the local buffer – ( I did not know this )
Q) How does the developer ( Java ) identifies the trace. How can he start the trace ?
a) Log tracing service – Visual Administrator – T
b) ST01 - I am not clear on this.
c) Tracing through Net Weaver D administrator – True
Q) What all are the products offered ?
Remember name of all of the four
Q) What is the stratergy given by sap :
Ans ) 5 - 1 - 2 year strategty
Q) When you install SAP web dispatcher what are the scenarios available ?
a) Java alone
b) Abap alone
c) ABAP + Java both
d) Not available
( Here answer is a,b,c)
Q) Important parameters for the ICM and SAP Web dispatcher ( Ans rdisp/mshost )
Q) In java system, who will do the load balancing ? dispatcher and load balancer ? Java
message server ?
Q) What types of RFC are there there and what is the uses of it ( qast)
Q) Can we have standalone Enque server ? Can we have standalone message server ?
Q) If the operation mode switch happened, and there is no background process after the
switch. Will the background job fail ? –
ANS) No the switch will wait for the job to complete.
Q) What is the access method used by Printer when your printer is in Windows ? Please know
well about access method F and G. i.e PDF1 and F goes together and G goes with something
like ____ ( Printer configuration chapter ). Learn method F and G.
What will you use for sap gui for html in windows ?
Q) Who will create spool request, who will create output request ? spool work process or
operating spooler ?
Q) When you do installation using default ( typical & not custom) option what will you NOT
be asked for ?
A) SID
B) Host name
C) Gateways port number
D) RAM – I think this is the correct answer, in BOOK 2 it takes the RAM automatically.
Q) Confusing question on the relationship between ABAP Roles and J2EE groups /
authorizations.
They will ask a ABAB user is J2EE USER ?
ABAP Role is J2EE Group ?
ABAP Authoriztaion is J2EE Authorization ?
Q) Java work process does not exist – T because they are server process.
Q) What will trigger the external command / external program from SAP to the Operating
system ? – sapxpg ? sapevt ?sapstartsrv ?
ANS ) sapxpg ( Some thing like that )
Please read difference between external program and external command.
Q) Problem analysis of the start process . What logs will you see if the system is not coming
up / system came up but still you wan to analyze the errors.
Q) How are profile files read in what sequence when instance is started ?
Environmental variable ->Kernel->start->default->instance.
What kind of profile will have what kind of data.
Q) What is start up and control framework and who will stimulate the startup and control
frame work when Java instance is started. ANS ) ABAP Dispatcher
Q) When will the profile get written to the File system when you do changes through
RZ10 ?
ANS) When you activate it ? When you save it ? When you import it ? – Correct is when
you activate it. Please read what all happens when you save/import/activate.
Q) What are steps to set operation mode ?
ANS) RZ04 -> Assign servers -> SM63 ? They will give different combinations, so this is
the answer.
Q) Please make fundamentals on JVM parameter where to set , where you can only see
them? UME properties where to set , Where can you see them? Monitoring configuration
for Logs ( Critical , Error , All etc ) thresholds where to set ?
Q) What are different moniroring tools for AS JAVA
I was little confused. Is CCMS monitor ( RZ20) can be a monitoring tool . Also the
confusion was can System information page “monitors” JAVA AS. Read the book and find
the answer ?
Q) Where can you create server process ?
Very important diagram
Q) In CUA from child to the parent system can we transfer complete roles definition ?
Can we transfer complete authorization profile ?
Please make your concept clear what you can transfer & what you CANNOT.
A question came and I was confused . Also in reality I ding understand.jv
Q)
Q) What an all you can do in the Workbech Organizer – This was a tough question as a
peculiar ( see something was there )
Q) In sicf a service is in blue color – what does it mean ? ANS ) Implicitly deactivated.
Please be clear about blue black and gray color and implicit and explicit activation.
Q) rdisp/start_icman and itsp/enable = 1 . What does it mean ?
Q) Difference between J2EE security role and UME Roles ? Where can they be
administered ? Config tool ? Visual Admin ? UME Config Engine ?
Q) Permission-> Action -> Role ? What is this structure and how it works.
Q) Where can you change the password of
a) <administrator> ( UME + Secure storage service for SDM )
b) j2ee_admin ( UME only is ok , R3 only is ok, anywhere no need to change twice )
This is with respect to the SDM and secure storage service.
Q) Correlate BAPI, BO and BAPI ?
Q) Very important , how will a Solman system will be connecting to SLD. Important
points
a) What will you do in RZ70 ? Similarly what is done in Visual Administrator and in
which service ? Very important point to learn here is that these transaction are carried out
in the ABAP system or in the system where SLD is running?
ANS. To configure SLD in ‘our’ system we use RZ70 for ABAP and Visual Admin <SLD
Data supplier service> in ‘our’ system.
Next question was to confuse me with Connection of ‘our’ system to SLD and connection
of SOLMAN SYSTEM to SLD. The reason is these two connection are given in same
chapter and different configuration steps are used.
Q) One question on external communication
a) Can SAP system auto forward email to other domains ( like hotmail.com) – I don’t
know this.
b) MTA have limited power when they work with SAP mail infrastructure – I think this is
true.
Please read the thing above with respect to MTA
Here the question was :
a) In the “SOLMAN” system you will maintain the SLD data in RZ70
b) What will you do in Jco RFC provider service and in which system it will be
done ? SLD system - Yes? In the Solman abab system – No ?
Ans ) In the SLD system Visual admin -> Jco RFC provider service , the SLD
listner will be configured.
c) Where will landscape fetch job will run ? In SLD system – YES In solman
system – no. Where will you configure this ? Ans – In SLDAPICUST
transaction in SLD system.
< Note : This chapter was really important – two major question came from SLD and Solman
configuration >
Q) What and how a Moniroring tree element , Moniroting object and monitoring attribute
related ? Make sure you know that one tree elevement can / cant be in Mon Object, and one
monitoring attribute can/cant be in in Element etc.
Q) can you create your own monitoring set ( or property variant ) - yes? can you use two
monitoring set ( or property variant ) at the same time – no , only one property variant is
allowed at at time. can you assign different moniroring set to different operation mode – yes
using rz04.
\
Q) Give steps to register the SAPCCMSR agent ? – three steps what and where you do that ?
Q) Where can you configure info path debug all etc alerts with respect to log configuration ?
ANS log configurator service, SAP NWA
Q) GRMG Response and message are of what format ? HTTP ? XML ?
Q) How many places can you activate SAT trace and SQL trace ?
Q) Learn important logs generated when SAP system starts and when sapinst starts eg)
sapinst.log and sapinst_dev.log
Q) How many days temporary license for new system is valid ? Where you install java license
and where you install abap license.
Q) What is identification of Transport group ? ans : common transport directory ?
Can there be lot of groups in one domain ? can one group be assigned to two domains ?
Q) Minimum number of batch and dialog processes you should keep ?
Q) What can be installed separately. The question was on the three components installed
separately in java add in.
Q) A question on your own sapdoc.ini file . They asked that one can configure the file so that
the user can use help as he likes. What and all combination are provided by sapdocini file - ?
a) Release – True
b) Language - ?
c) Client you log in to ?
b) User – I put this as false.
Read the part which is here
Q) What is rdisp/btctime ?
Q) How many type of status a background job has ? Released ..reade..active etc.
Q) the usual question about change settings about repository objects in scc4 and se09. Local
settings override global settings ? – No because if change in local is allowed and in global the
change is not allowd – Then you cannot change the repository object. Changes in both in
Local and in Global should be allowed.
Q) What will happen when you will first time configure STMS , using which user and in
which client ? Which users will be created ? Which RFC ?
ANS) Transaction STMS in client 000 will:
. Assign the SAP system as the transport domain controller
. Create transport domain name DOMAIN_<SID>
. Create transport group GROUP_<SID>
. Create system user TMSADM in client 000
. Create RFC destinations
. Set up file DOMAIN.CFG in directory bin of the transport directory
Q) What can you do in SPRO_ADMIN ?
Q) What are the possibilities to import the non ABAP transport object ?
A) STMS_QUES
B)Web Ui ui.
Q) Read the chapter with system upgrade, no need to remember step by step upgrade and
particular thing. Read the tools used and a general overview.
Q) What can be values for Field Distribution Parameters ( global local proposal….)
Read and understand the stuff below
Q) How CUA is removed temporarily.
Q) What all you can do in transaction LDAP.
Q) In LDAP mapping is done through functional module.
Q) What will LDAPSCHEMATEXT do ?
