SAP Basis Tech Supports

Symptom
This note provides information regarding SAP application support for Linux on Power Architecture technology.
Other terms
iSeries, pSeries, PowerPC, PPC, POWER, ppc64, POWER4, POWER5, POWER4+, JS20, Blade, BladeCenter, BladeServer, System i, System p, POWER6
IBM System p, IBM System i, iSeries, pSeries, pLinux, Power Systems
Solution
Supported Processors:
For the operation of SAP applications on Linux on Power Systems family [...]

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You require information about maintaining a master data management (MDM) system in the operating system.
Other terms
i5OS, system i, AS/400, OS400, iSeries
Reason and Prerequisites
Information requirements
Solution
1. Required IBM PTFs
Before you can start operating an MDM server, the following PTFs must be active on your IBM i server:
–> For Version IBM i6.1:
SI33372, SI33241, SI32914, SI34028, SI33157, SI34105, SI33949, [...]

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SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Installation on Windows: IBM DB2 for i5/OS
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Other terms
install, SAPinst, AS/400, OS/400, iSeries, System i, NT,AMD64
Reason and Prerequisites
This SAP Note contains some important installation information which is also given in the guide “SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SR3 on Windows: IBM DB2 for i5/OS. It also contains additional information that came [...]

Symptom
When you use APYSIDKRN to import a package, possible SAPCAR messages are not displayed in the log; if an SAR package is incorrect, the reason for this is not displayed in the log.
Other terms
AS/400, OS400, system i, i5/OS, iSeries
Reason and Prerequisites
The SAPCAR log is generated in a separate job; as a result, its spool [...]

Symptom
You want to determine the SAP patch level of an ILE program from your ILE kernel or library.
Other terms
AS/400, OS400, system i, iSeries, i5OS, IBM i
Reason and Prerequisites
A note specifies that a certain problem is solved as of patch level of an ILE program. You want to know whether or not you already [...]

Symptom
DB4: You wish to influence the performance of SQL statements but you do not want to modify ABAP coding.
Other terms
AS/400 AS400 DB2/400 iSeries System i
Solution
The DB4 LIB_DBSL 6.40 and newer contains a conditional hint mechanism.
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Symptom
This note describes the option to access data from the ABAP stack of an SAP system on i5/OS even if this data is not stored on the SAP database server, but is stored in a remote IBM DB2 for i5/OS database.
Other terms
CONNECT, DBCON, iSeries, AS400, DB4, DB2/400, DB400, system i, AS/400, OS/400
Solution
Terms
Release: In [...]

Symptom
None
Other terms
iSeries, AS/400, OS400, system i, I5OS, watchdog
Reason and Prerequisites
Benchmarks in older OS400 releases showed that OS semaphores consume a lot of time on AS/400 hardware. For this reason, semaphore calls for the SAP kernel were redirected by the software to MUTEX calls of addresses in a shared memory segment. These were [...]

Symptom
As part of the installation of an MDM server on IBM i, some manual checks are required. This note describes these checks.
Other terms
i5OS, system i, AS/400, OS400, iSeries
Reason and Prerequisites
Check for correct installation
Solution
1. Required IBM PTFs
Before you can start operating an MDM server, the following PTFs must be active on your IBM i computer:
SI33372, SI33241, [...]

Symptom
This note provides information about problems in the installation documentation or in the installation procedure, preparations for the installation and additional information about the installation.
Other terms
Installation, installation program, i5/OS, iSeries, AS400, OS400, System i, IBM i, EHPI
Solution
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This note describes only notes and problems in relation to IBM DB2 for i.
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CAUTION:
This note is [...]