August 4, 2009 at 2:22 am
Symptom
After R3INLPGM has been replaced, for example, by importing a new stack kernel, a Windows application server can no longer connect to the database. The developer trace of the work processes contains the following error message:
M calling db_connect …
C Library qxdaedrs.dll path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Qxdaedrs.dll
C Library qxdaedrs.dll version: 9.0.0.8
C
C Sun Jul 26 [...]
August 1, 2009 at 11:43 am
Symptom
SAPOSCOL ends due to a termination, and MCH3601 is displayed in the function AiUpCall in the job log.
Other terms
AS/400, OS400, system i, i5/OS, iSeries
Reason and Prerequisites
When determining the communication data, an internal memory is created that is too small. If this internal memory is filled gradually during the runtime of SAPOSCOL, the system [...]
July 30, 2009 at 11:45 am
Symptom
Changing a table for which there is an Encoded Vector Index (EVI) fails, for example, when you include a dimension in an InfoCube. Apart from the following information in the developer trace, there is practically no error message:
M *** ERROR => AS400_API (APICODE 42) failed with SY-SUBRC = 4 [abas4api.c [...]
July 27, 2009 at 6:16 am
Symptom
Terminating an SAP system takes longer than usual. Sometimes only the job SAPSTART is active in the subsystem without being terminated.
Other terms
AS/400, OS400, system i, i5/OS, iSeries
Reason and Prerequisites
When the instance is stopped, SAPSTART sends a stop command to all jobs you started and it then checks if they are still active. SAPSTART [...]
July 27, 2009 at 6:15 am
Symptom
If you want to stop a remote instance from the central instance host, the command STOPSAP has no effect.
Other terms
AS/400, OS400, system i, i5/OS, iSeries
Reason and Prerequisites
This problem is caused by a programming error.
Solution
The following patches with at least the specified patch level correct the problem (the specification nn will soon be defined):
SAP Release 640: [...]
July 24, 2009 at 9:35 am
Symptom
You use the CCMS agent SAPCCMSR to transfer data about the system status from a server to a central monitoring system. This note describes how you can install the CCMS agent for the operating system IBM i if there is no full SAP kernel on the server or in the partition.
Other terms
AS/400, OS/400, [...]
July 23, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Symptom
You execute an upgrade or an installation for a Java stack. Various SAP commands (for example, STARTSAP, STOPSAP) require the host name of your IBM i as a parameter.
Other terms
AS400, AS/400, OS400, OS/400, iSeries, SAP Enhancement Package installer, SAPehpi, SAPinst, upgrade
Reason and Prerequisites
This problem usually occurs during upgrades or installations if there is [...]
July 22, 2009 at 9:35 am
Symptom
Installation fails in step createInstanceOS4 due to problem with command CRTR3INST when using a hostname containing special characters.
Other terms
OS/400, AS/400, install, SAPinst, AS/400, iSeries, SCS, i5, CRTR3INST
Reason and Prerequisites
Installation tools need to use single quotes around CRTR3INST command input parameter INSTHOST. Not using quotes causes a failure when the hostname of the [...]