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How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:18:35 GMT

Hi,

How can I check work process status from Operating System in Unix. For example : In Windows, I can see the work process status from SAP MMC in WP Table.

How can I view from Unix?

Appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:26:00 GMT

Hi,

You use DPMON utility.

Go to profile directory and use the following command. Try to fire this command using the < SID>ADM user.

dpmon pf=<YOur instance profile>

After this command you will be in DPMON screen than press m for menu and than press p for process table and you are done.

With Regards,

Saurabh

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:29:43 GMT

Hi,

Have a look at http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-basis/unix-process-monitor-command-875416?cv=expanded

http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-basis/dpmon-doubt-476014?cv=expanded

narsi

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:30:06 GMT

Yes Saurabh is correct you can go with dpmon.

eg:

goto the profile directory

dpmon pf=instance profile name.

thanks

Rishi Abrol

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:35:43 GMT

Thanks Saurabh.

Can we terminate the work process from here- Operating system? If from SAP, we can terminate a work process (DIA) from SM51.

My system DIA work process is fully utilised at the moment. Nobody can access. SAP and database is running fine.

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:41:46 GMT

Hi,

You can terminate. Please look into the menu given by DPMON carefully. You can kill the process using the k option.

Otherwise you can also kill the process kill -9 <PID of the process>.

Please do not terminate update and ENQ work process. This may lead to data loss. If the condition can not be control by killing some processes and again all the WPs are occupied. I recommend SAP system restart.

Restart will ensure that all necessary roll backs happen and no data loss.

With Regards,

Saurabh

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:46:00 GMT

For this make an rfc from one system to anothere and you can remote login to that system and then clear the Dialog process.

Thanks

Rishi Abrol

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

JPReyes — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:59:01 GMT

can we terminate the work process from here- Operating system? If from SAP, we can terminate a work process (DIA) from SM51.

Yes, you can terminate a process the same way as in SM51 via DPMON... check DPMON menu options

Regards

Juan

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:27:38 GMT

There is online video on dpmon. Check it out.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvkgPPMBVkc]

Hope this helps.

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:41:02 GMT

Thanks All..

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:05:03 GMT

To view work process status in Unix can be accomplished y DPMON or TOP for linux based installations.

- as sidadm run dpmon nr=<system number> or dpmon pf=<path of instance profile > and from the menu there are you can select the globalview (sm66) or the equivalent of SM50

- from te shell call top and then type in u (for user)

- type in sidadm

- only processes belonging t SIDADM user are displayed

-Damien

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:05:12 GMT

To view work process status in Unix can be accomplished y DPMON or TOP for linux based installations.

- as sidadm run dpmon nr=<system number> or dpmon pf=<path of instance profile > and from the menu there are you can select the globalview (sm66) or the equivalent of SM50

- from te shell call top and then type in u (for user)

- type in sidadm

- only processes belonging t SIDADM user are displayed

-Damien

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:07:10 GMT

To view work process status in Unix can be accomplished y DPMON or TOP for linux based installations.

- as sidadm run dpmon nr=<system number> or dpmon pf=<path of instance profile > and from the menu there are you can select the globalview (sm66) or the equivalent of SM50

- from te shell call top and then type in u (for user)

- type in sidadm

- only processes belonging t SIDADM user are displayed

-Damien

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:38:36 GMT

Hi,

you can use dpmon tool to view the same.

Please check below link

SAP Basis Tutorials: What is Dpmon tool ? How to use it ?

Thanks

Re: How to view Work process status from Operating System level???

Former Member — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 02:36:19 GMT

It's been a while since the original post. However, I feel the need to correct an assumption made in the question for the benefit of anyone who finds this post. SAP MMC will with Unix systems as well. You just have to install the MMC add-in on a Windows PC and register the Unix system as fixed (host instance). The only requirement is the ability to access the web services provided by sapstartsrv (usually with the <sid>adm user/password).