System Monitoring & Troubleshooting

What is AUTOABAP, how often does it run, and what does it do about certificates?

What does ST06 monitor, and what views and functions does it offer?

What do the work process On Hold reasons CPIC, PRIV, SLEEP, and VB each mean?

What does SM50 show, and what do the Waiting and Running statuses mean?

What three identifiers does each SM50 work process have, and what is the internal number used for?

What does SMMS monitor, and what can it change without a restart?

What three OS programs monitor the message server, and what does each do?

How can a browser query the message server?

Which OS command monitors the gateway comparably to Transaction SMGW?

How many trace files does each work process keep, and what happens on restart?

What's the difference between ST01 and STAUTHTRACE, and when should you use each?

What does SM02 do, and how often is the message shown to each user?

Where is each application server's local system log, and what happens when it fills up?

When is an ABAP short dump generated, what does it capture, and where is it stored?

Which transaction reads short dumps, and how do many dumps vs one-user dumps differ in meaning?

How do you stop table SNAP growing forever, and how do you protect specific dumps from deletion?

How can you run OS commands from SAP GUI when you have no OS access, and what's the risk?

What's the difference between Transactions CG3Y and CG3Z?

What does SM51 show, and what status should servers normally have?

Why should you never manually cancel an update work process, and what happens to a canceled process?

What sets a trace file's default logging level, and what do levels 0 to 3 mean?

What does SM04 show, and how do you see users across all instances?

What does a user trace (SM04) log, and why isn't it suitable as an audit trail?

What are kernel snapshots, when are they created, and what do they capture?

Where are all events, errors, and messages stored, and what do the SM21 color codes mean?

How do you put an application server into maintenance so it stops taking new requests?

SM50 covers only one instance — how do you see work processes across all instances?

When you can no longer log on to an application server (e.g. all work processes occupied), what OS tool helps?

What does SMGW administer, and what does it show?

What do dev_disp, dev_icm, dev_ms, dev_rd, and dev_tp trace, and where are they read?

How is OS and hardware data made available inside SAP?