Sap Basis Interview Question and Answer - Basic

 1) What is SAP Basis?

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SAP basis acts as an operating system or a platform for SAP applications to run.  It supports the entire range of SAP applications. It is their job to guarantee smooth operation and system availability. They also recover the SAP system if disaster strikes. But when a critical system must work 24/7, it needs 24/7 coverage.

2) What is SAP Note?

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SAP Note: An error in a single transaction or program is removed by implementing a SAP note.

3) What is SAP Package?

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SAP Note: An error in a single transaction or program is removed by implementing a SAP note.

4) Is it possible to install SAP patches when other users are online?

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When other users are online we can’t install SAP patches, as support manager will not be able to update and it will terminate it. So it is always feasible to better apply support packs when there is no users login into the system.

5) What is the different type of users in SAP?

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Different types of users in SAP are

• Dialog Users
• System Users
• Communication Users
• Service Users
• Reference Users

6) At OS level how you can change the number of work process? How you can analyze the status of work process at OS level?

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To change the number of work process at the OS level, you can increase the no. of work processes by modifying the parameter rdisp/wp_no_=

Status of a WP at OS level can be checked by executing dpmon

7) At O.S level where to check for system logs of SAP application?

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To check the system logs of SAP application at OS level, SAPMMC -> SAP systems -> SID -> SysLog

8) Explain what is heterogenous system copy and homogenous system copy ?

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• Homogenous system copy= Same OS + Same Database
• Heterogeneous system copy= Different OS + Different database or same database

9) Is SAP a database ?

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NO . SAP is not a database but it uses databases from other vendors like Oracle. Although SAP has recently released its own database HANA

10) What is SAP single stack system?

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A single stack system is defined by SAP system either with JAVA as runtime engine or SAP Netweaver as ABAP.

Eg: Single Stack System (Java) is SAP Enterprise Portal System (Ep)

Single Stack System (ABAP) is SAP ERP (ECC)