Basis Interview Questions and Answers

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Q. What is the difference between a support package and a kernel replacement?

A. A support package contains fixes to the ABAP code within a SAP instance. It must be applied using the SPAM transaction in the SAP instance. A kernel replacement is the replacement of the SAP executables on the OS level

Q. A user rings you up and says they have made a huge error and need the database restored to the previous afternoon. How do you go about the restore?

A. You do not restore the database. You liaise with the user to correct the error or refer to management to make a decision on the effect on the business.

Question : When creating a logon group for logon load balancing.
which of the following cannot be specified?

Maximum Allowable response time.
Max number of users who may be logged on to the instance.
Name of the instance defined for the logon group.
Max number of session per user. ( Correct )
Name of logon group.

Question : Which of the following is authorized to maintain R/3 user id
Parameters?

Only R/3 system administrator
All R/3 users having an account in same client.
Only the user himself
only the R/3 system admin and User. (Correct)

Q. What would you do with a heavy program which blocks the system resources?
A. Run it in background

Q. What is a background processing batch scheduler?
A. It is a process which runs as defined by the parameter rdisp/btctime to check the scheduled background jobs and to execute them.
The parameter defines the delay between two runs which means that a job start can delay at the most for that much time.

Q. What would you do to test the background processing consistencies and options in the server?
A. Run Tcode SM65 - Analysis Tool and select the relevant options.

Q.What are the two files that are created (at os level)when you create a Request

Data and cofile

Q.your network Admin did a mistake a assigned the database instance and
central instance the same IP Address ,so what will happen when you start
SAP instance .



Q.what are the two memory areas in Live Cache

Global (I/O buffer cache)and local memory ( live cache Heap memory)

Q.how do you restart a live cache server

LC10

Q.what happens if you restart a live cache server through a Database manager GUI

You will get a Dump when you login in to SAP APO live cache (not sure about the answer)

Q.how to determine the max number of UKT(user kernell threads) in APO

Number of dialog work process * 2

Q.how do you automate the STMS

Schedule the abap program TMS_BCI_START_SERVICE in required interval

Q. you go to su01 and you do not see create user option what does it mean

the system you logged on is child system

Q.All the users in J2EE are locked what will you do

unlock user sap* through config tool and then login in to visual admin and unlock the users .

Q.How do you create a reporting Authorization object in BW

t-code RSSM

Q.difference between license_Admin and usmm

usmm has to be done in each and every system in you landscape ,where as license_admin can be done from one central system ,consolidate the users and then send to sap

Q.how do you open up remote conenctions

http://service.sap.com



Q.what is a object and class in Live cache?

the easiet answer to understand is object is a record and class is a table
Not sure if this is the answer recenlty started working on APO

Q.How do you restart J2EE engine From SAP

SMICM-->ADMINISTRATION-->j2ee server

15)A user complains saying that all the BGD work process are hung

never restart the system , go to sm50 and restart the work process


Q. Why locking used at DB and SAP application server level?

Q. How do you backout a support package?

Q. How do you access SAP's quick sizer?

Q. What's quick sizer used for?

Q.What kind of sizing execises are possible in SAP?

Q. What are the steps for kernal upgrade? and name of Kernal file?

Q. What are phases of ASAP? Methodology


Q. Why locking used at DB and SAP application server level?

this way, SAP can lock the way it wants without any problems with the differents ways that DB software may react.

Q. How do you backout a support package?

Restore from last backup

Q. How do you access SAP's quick sizer?

http://service.sap.com/sizing

Q.What's quick sizer used for?

to make sure that hardware will be powerful enough to run SAP


Q.What are the steps for kernal upgrade? and name of Kernal file?

stop SAP, copy exe/run, extract SAR files, check file permissions, start SAP
disp+work.exe