SAP Patch Manager (SPAM)

The SAP Patch Manager (SPAM) is the customer side of the Online Correction Support (OCS). Transaction SPAM lets you efficiently and easily imports SAP-provided support packages into your system.

Depending on the system used or the configuration of your system, you must apply different types of support packages. You can get the support packages in the SAPNet R/3 FrontEnd, the SAPNet Web FrontEnd, or on Collection CDs.

SPAM runs at the SAP transaction level, so that knowledge of the operating system is not required for handling the tool.

SAP now uses the term support package instead of patch.
Note that you can only use this transaction with SAP GUI for Java and SAP GUI for Windows.

The SAP Patch Manager offers you the following functions:

1.	Loading Support Packages
	You can load the Support Packages you need from the SAPNet Web FrontEnd, the SAPNet R/3 FrontEnd, or from Collection CDs into your system.
2.	Importing Support Packages
	a. Restart capability
	When you import a support package into your system, SPAM follows a predefined sequence of steps.
	If the support package process terminates, it can be resumed at a later point in time. Processing restarts at the step that failed.
	b. Displaying the import status in your system

You can find the import status in your system at any time using transaction SPAM. Transaction SPAM is integrated into the SAP upgrade procedure.

The SAP Patch Manager informs you of the status of the step currently being executed in the status bar. If you want to know which steps are executed for which scenario, run the program RSSPAM10.

The following list explains the steps executed by SPAM in the order in which they are performed.
PROLOGUE
In this step, the system checks if you are authorized to import support packages.
CHECK_REQUIREMENTS
In this step, various requirements are checked for importing a support package, for example, the transport control program tp logging on to your system.
DISASSEMBLE
In this step, files from the corresponding EPS parcels are disassembled, or unpacked, and stored in the directory.
ADDTOBUFFER
In this step, the queue is put into the transport buffer of your system.
TEST_IMPORT
In this step, the system checks if there are still objects in tasks that have not yet been released and are overwritten when the support package is imported.
IMPORT_OBJECT_LIST
In this step, the object lists for the support packages in the queue are imported into the system.
OBJECTS_LOCKED_?
In this step, the system checks if there are still objects in tasks that have not yet been released and are overwritten when the support package is imported.
SCHEDULE_RDDIMPDP
In this step, the transport daemon (program RDDIMPDP) is scheduled.
ADDON_CONFLICTS_?
In this step, the system checks if there are conflicts between objects in the queue and installed addons.
SPDD_SPAU_CHECK
In this step, the system checks if a modification adjustment is necessary (transactions SPDD/SPAU).
DDIC_IMPORT
In this step, all the ABAP Dictionary objects of the queue are imported.
AUTO_MOD_SPDD
In this step, the system checks if modifications to the ABAP Dictionary objects can be adjusted automatically.
RUN_SPDD_?
In this step, you are asked to adjust your modifications to the ABAP Dictionary objects by calling transaction SPDD.
IMPORT_PROPER
In this step, all the Repository objects and table entries are imported. Then actions such as distribution, conversion, activation and generation occur.
AUTO_MOD_SPAU
In this step, the system checks if modifications can be adjusted automatically.
RUN_SPAU_?
In this step, you are asked to adjust your modifications to the repository objects by calling transaction SPAU.
EPILOGUE
In this step, the import of the support package is ended. The system checks if the queue has been completely processed.

For SALE: SONY Handycam DCR-HC38E (bought on May 2007)

Price: Rp 2.000.000,- (negotiable)
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Brochure link: http://www.sony.co.id/product/resources/en_ID/images/Brochure/Camcorder/MiniDV_Handycam_Brochure.pdf

Features:

• 40x (Optical) 80/2000x (Digital) Zoom
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens
• 1/6″ (3mm) CCD with Advanced HAD Technology
• 2.5″ Touch Panel LCD Screen
• InfoLITHIUM™ Battery System
• Battery Info Display
• Easy Handycam® Button
• Display Guide
• Start/Stop/Zoom Button on LCD Frame
• Spot Focus and Spot Metering
• NightShot Plus Infrared System
• Super SteadyShot Stabilization System
• i.LINK DV Interface
• USB Streaming
• Picture Motion Browser Software

Specifications:

• Recording Format = DV
• Video Codec = DV
• Media Storage Type = MiniDV
• Image Sensor Type = 1/6″ 800K (PAL) / 680K (NTSC) Advanced HAD CCD
• Audio Format = Dolby Digital Stereo (2ch.)
• Carl Zeiss Lens / Filter Diameter = Vario-Tessar / 30mm
• Optical / Digital Zoom = 40x / 2000x
• Image Stabiliser = Super SteadyShot (Electronic)
• LCD Screen Size & Type = 2.5″ Wide (4:3) LCD Screen with Touch Panel
• Record Start / Stop & Zoom Buttons on LCD Frame = Yes
• NightShot Mode = NightShot Plus
• USB Terminal = Yes
• i.LINK = Yes
• Multi AV Out = Yes
• Dimensions (W x H x D) = 63 x 85 x 114mm
• Mass (w/o Tape, Battery, etc.) = Approx. 390g

Bonus:

• Handycam Bag
• MiniDV cassette 2 pieces
• USB cable

Laras Asri, Resort & Spa

The Laras Asri Resort & Spa is an oasis boutique resort ideally situated minutes from downtown Salatiga in Central Java’s emerging “Golden Circle”.
Salatiga is in fact one of the oldest and most beautiful small towns in Central Java;
it was once called, “de schoonste stad van midden Java” during the Dutch colonial period.
It also enjoys easy access to and from Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Solo’s airports and railway stations.

The Graha Sekar Wangi Spa provides separate facilities for men and women, including splendid saunas, steam baths, spacious outdoor whirlpools and an area for conversation and relaxation.
Awide range of sensory treatments are available to rejuvenate the weary after every activity; from the ancient heritage massage -an experience too desirable to be missed- to a casual Spa Bar.

The ultimate in private bungalows - Laras Asri Suite has a green and unique tropical garden which can be used as a mini golf area.
Next to the tropical garden are four adjacent private bungalows, The Deluxe Papan Asri.
All bungalows have easy access to the swimming pools.

The Executive Taman Asri has 15 private bungalows, divided into three groups.
The first group surrounds the Tropical Garden, the second the Jungle Pool and the others the Aviary.

The Superior Telaga Asri has 46 rooms, located in a two-storey building close to the lobby lounge, business center, and bar counter.
Guests can enjoy an enchanting and breezy lotus fountain pond behind the rooms.
Other rooms have views overlooking the Tropical Garden in the centre of the resort.

Graha Sari Rasa restaurant has 90 seats and full bar facilities. It is open daily from 6 AM ’til 11 PM. The restaurant provides selections of Asian and International, as well as Indonesian fine cuisine.
Shokudo Japanese Restaurant, open daily from 10 AM ’til 2 PM, and 6 PM ’til 10 PM.

-Cool front view of the resort-

SAP Memory Management

In SAP, memory usage is divided into several areas. such as:
1. SAP Buffer
2. SAP Roll Memory
3. SAP Extended Memory
4. SAP Heap Memory
5. SAP Paging Memory

How to allocate the parameter value of them? How do they work?
What will happen if the parameter is set incorrectly?
Review this Overview SAP Memory Management

SAP Directory

This is the overal directory structure in SAP system.
Unix based: use /
Windows based: use <drive>:\

Shared directory:
/sapmnt/<SID>/profile è SAP instance profile
/sapmnt/<SID>/global è SAP central system log
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe è SAP executable application directory

Main directory:
/usr/sap è physical parent directory
/usr/sap/trans è transport directory
/usr/sap/<SID> è SAP system parent directory
/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS è contain common & global SAP system files (i.e. profile, global, and exe directory)
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name> è contain SAP instance specific directories (i.e. data, log, and work)
/sapmnt è directory structure for sharing common files to all system belonging into the same group
/sapmnt/<SID> è link or share folder of directory /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS
/oracle è directory of the whole database system
/oracle/stage è directory that used for database installation and upgrades
/oracle/<SID> è directory of the whole database application and data files

Final directory:
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe è contain all SAP runtime program
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe/opt è contain optimized program
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe/dbg è program can run under symbolic debuggers
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe/run è actual runtime program (SAP kernel)
/sapmnt/<SID>/global è contain global & common data shared by all instance (i.e. central system logs & batch job logs)
/sapmnt/<SID>/profile è contain instance profile (startup, default, instance-spesific)

Temporary directory (normally refreshed when SAP instance is restarted):
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name>/data è contain virtual storage data (i.e. user context & roll area)
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name>/log è log entries generated by instance
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name>/work è holds all error message & trace information for the instance process

Transport directory:
/usr/sap/trans è main transport directory
/usr/sap/trans/bin è contain TPPARAM file (global transport parameter)
/usr/sap/trans/data è contain transport data file
/usr/sap/trans/log è transport logs, trace and statistic file
/usr/sap/trans/buffer è special buffer with the SID of every system in the transport group (including control information)
/usr/sap/trans/cofiles è control file directory
/usr/sap/trans/sapnames è contain information of SAP User that performs export and keep tracks of each transport status
/usr/sap/trans/tmp è temporary directory
/usr/sap/trans/actlog è action log files (managed by SAP system)
/usr/sap/trans/olddata è archived transport files
/usr/sap/trans/backup è directory of logical backup with R3trans program
/usr/sap/trans/serial è contain serialization of tp

Tips&Trick: Copy hundreds of rows of Excel formulas in three steps

Taken from: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=348

Excel provides a number of ways to copy formulas. You can use Excel’s Autofill feature or, as an alternative, select the cells you wish to copy to, enter the formula in the active cell, and then press [Ctrl][Enter]. These methods are fine for copying formulas down a column of cells — unless the column extends down hundreds of rows.

For example, say Column A in your worksheet lists 100 products and Column B lists the wholesale price of each. You would like to enter a formula that calculates the retail price for each product and displays the results in Column C. Selecting 100 cells is a time-consuming and error-prone process, but you can copy the formula down Column C without having to select the cells. Follow these steps for foolproof cell copying:

1. Click in C2 and enter =B2*300%.
2. Press [Ctrl][Enter].
3. Double-click the fill handle (the small black square in the lower right-hand corner of the cell).

Excel will stop copying the formula when it reaches a row with a blank cell in Column B. To ensure that you copied the formula correctly, click in C1 and then press [Ctrl][Shift][End].

Speed Up Boot and Shutdown Times

Shorten the time it takes for your desktop to appear when you turn on your PC, and make XP shut down faster as well.
Taken from http://www.techrepublic.com

No matter how fast your PC boots, it’s not fast enough. Here are several hacks to get you right to your desktop as quickly as possible after startup.

Perform a Boot Defragment
There’s a simple way to speed up XP startup: make your system do a boot defragment, which will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster.
On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it might not be on yours, or it might have been changed inadvertently. To make sure that boot defragment is enabled on your system, run the Registry Editor [Hack #83] and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
Edit the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y. Exit the Registry and reboot. The next time you reboot, you’ll do a boot defragment.
I’ve found many web sites recommending a way of speeding up boot times that might in fact slow down the amount of time it takes to boot up and will probably slow down launching applications as well.
The tip recommends going to your C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directory and emptying it every week. Windows uses this directory to speed up launching applications. It analyzes the files you use during startup and the applications you launch, and it creates an index to where those files and applications are located on your hard disk.
By using this index, XP can launch files and applications faster. So, by emptying the directory, you are most likely slowing down launching applications. In my tests, I’ve also found that after emptying the directory, it takes my PC a few seconds longer to get to my desktop after bootup.

Hack Your BIOS for Faster Startups
When you turn on your PC, it goes through a set of startup procedures in its
BIOS before it gets to starting XP. So, if you speed up those initial startup
procedures, you’ll make your system start faster.
You can speed up your startup procedures by changing the BIOS with the
built-in setup utility. How you run this utility varies from PC to PC, but you
typically get to it by pressing the Delete, F1, or F10 keys during startup.
You’ll come to a menu with a variety of choices. Here are the choices to
make for faster system startups:
Quick Power On Self Test (POST)
When you choose this option, your system runs an abbreviated POST
rather than the normal, lengthy one.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Disable this option. When it’s enabled, your system spends a few extra
seconds looking for your floppy drive—a relatively pointless procedure,
especially considering how infrequently you use your floppy drive.
Boot Delay
Some systems let you delay booting after you turn on your PC so that
your hard drive gets a chance to start spinning before bootup. Most
likely, you don’t need to have this boot delay, so turn it off. If you run
into problems, however, you can turn it back on.

Fine-Tune Your Registry for Faster Startups
Over time, your Registry can become bloated with unused entries, slowing down your system startup because your system loads them every time you start up your PC.
Get a Registry clean-up tool to delete unneeded Registry entries and speed up startup times. Registry First Aid, shown in Figure, is an excellent Registry clean-up tool. It combs your Registry for outdated and useless entries and then lets you choose which entries to delete and which to keep. It also creates a full Registry backup so that you can restore the Registry if you run into a problem.

Registry First Aid is shareware and free to try, but it costs $21 if you decide to keep using it. Download it from http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/Reg1Aid/index.html.
After you clean out your Registry, you might want to try compacting it to get rid of unused space. The Registry Compactor, available from http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/RegistryCompactor/index.html, will do the trick. Compacting your Registry reduces its size and decreases loading time. It’s shareware and free to try, but it costs $19.95 if you decide to keep it.

Speed Up Shutdown Times
It’s not only startup times that you’d like to speed up; you can also make sure that your system shuts down faster. If shutting down XP takes what seems to be an inordinate amount of time, here are a couple of steps you can take to speed up the shutdown process:
Don’t have XP clear your paging file at shutdown
For security reasons, you can have XP clear your paging file (pagefile.sys) of its contents whenever you shut down. Your paging file is used to store temporary files and data, but when your system shuts down, information stays in the file.
Some people prefer to have the paging file cleared at shutdown because sensitive information, such as unencrypted passwords, sometimes ends up in the file. However, clearing the paging file can slow
shutdown times significantly, so if extreme security isn’t a high priority, you might not want to clear it.
To shut down XP without clearing your paging file, run the Registry Editor and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
Change the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0. Close the Registry and restart your computer. Whenever you turn off XP from now on, the paging file won’t be cleared, and you should be able to shut down more quickly.
Turn off unnecessary services
Services take time to shut down, so the fewer you run, the faster you can shut down.

Standard Task of a SAP Administrator

Daily task:
1. DB13 - Database planning calendar
   a. check the DB check job
   b. check the whole online database backup
   c. check the redolog backup
   c. check the statistics optimizer job
2. DB02 - Database Performance
   –> check database size, free space, space critical, missing index, etc
3. DB12 - Backup Logs
   –> check database backup and redolog backup
4. DB16 and DB24 - Log of database operation
   –> check/monitor all database related job or activity
5. SM50 - Process overview
   –> check the runtime of program
6. ST06 - Operating system monitor
   –> check the CPU, disk, memory and filesystem utilization
7. ST22 - ABAP runtime errors
   –> check the generated errors and dumps
8. ST03N - Workload overviwe
   –> check/monitor the application performance and load
9. SM04 - User List
   –> check the connected user, idle user
10.ST02 - Tune summary
   –> check the application buffer usage, also roll memory,extended memory,heap memory

Weekly task:
1. SP11 & SP12 - TemSe administration
   –> check the outdated TemSe object
2. DB13 - Database planning calendar
   –> do the next extent of database
   –> do the database verification to check the physical structure
3. ST06 - Operating system monitor
   –> check the free space available

Monthly task:
1. SU01 - User maintenance
   –> change the admin password
2. ST06 - Operating system monitor
   –> check the free space available
3. DB02 - Database Performance
   –> see database statistics to estimate the database growth
4. DB13 - Database planning calendar
   –> do the clean-up log job
5. STMS - Transport management system
   –> clean-up the old transport request buffer

Update SAP Kernel in UNIX based

1. Login as root

2. Make new backup directory
cd /
mkdir SIDkernel_10102007

3. Create latest kernel backup
cp -pr /sapmnt/SID/exe/* /SIDkernel_10102007

4. Compare the original kernel and the backup
du -sk /sapmnt/SID/exe/ à 840413 /sapmnt/SID/exe
du -sk /SIDkernel_10102007 à 841992 /SIDkernel_10102007

5. Make new shadow kernel directory
cd /
mkdir newkernel_175

6. Copy the new downloaded kernel files into /newkernel_175

7. Unpack the new downloaded kernel in folder /newkernel_175
SAPCAR -xvf SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR
SAPCAR -xvf SAPEXEDB_175-20000223.SAR

8. Login as sidadm

9. Stop the SAP System
stopsap

10. Stop saposcol
saposcol -k

11. Login as root

12. Go to the current kernel directory
cd /sapmnt/SID/exe

13. Copy all extracted support packages into this folder
cp -pr /newkernel_175/* /sapmnt/SID/exe

14. Copy back the original file saproot.sh into this folder.
cp -p /SIDkernel_10102007/saproot.sh /sapmnt/SID/exe

15. Go to the current kernel directory
cd /sapmnt/SID/exe
Then run:
./saproot.sh SID

16. Login as sidadm

17. Start the saposcol service
saposcol

18. Start the SAP system
startsap

How ASIMO works

Taken from: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Want a robot to cook your dinner, do your homework, clean your house, or get your groceries? Robots already do a lot of the jobs that we humans don’t want to do, can’t do, or simply can’t do as well as our robotic counterparts. In factories around the world, disembodied robot arms assemble cars, delicately place candies into their boxes, and do all sorts of tedious jobs. There are even a handful of robots on the market whose sole job is to vacuum the floor or mow your lawn.

   The ASIMO Robot

Many of us grew up watching robots on TV and in the movies: There was Rosie, the Jetsons’ robot housekeeper; Data, the android crewmember on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”; and of course, C3PO from “Star Wars.” The robots being created today aren’t quite in the realm of Data or C3PO, but there have been some amazing advances in their technology. Honda engineers have been busy creating the ASIMO robot for more than 20 years. In this article, we’ll find out what makes ASIMO the most advanced humanoid robot to date.

The Honda Motor Company developed ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, and is the most advanced humanoid robot in the world. According to the ASIMO Web site, ASIMO is the first humanoid robot in the world that can walk independently and climb stairs.

In addition to ASIMO’s ability to walk like we do, it can also understand preprogrammed gestures and spoken commands, recognize voices and faces and interface with IC Communication cards. ASIMO has arms and hands so it can do things like turn on light switches, open doors, carry objects, and push carts.

Rather than building a robot that would be another toy, Honda wanted to create a robot that would be a helper for people — a robot to help around the house, help the elderly, or help someone confined to a wheelchair or bed. ASIMO is 4 feet 3 inches (1.3 meters) high, which is just the right height to look eye to eye with someone seated in a chair. This allows ASIMO to do the jobs it was created to do without being too big and menacing. Often referred to as looking like a “kid wearing a spacesuit,” ASIMO’s friendly appearance and nonthreatening size work well for the purposes Honda had in mind when creating it.

  ASIMO is just 4 feet 3 inches tall

ASIMO could also do jobs that are too dangerous for humans to do, like going into hazardous areas, disarming bombs, or fighting fires.