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A snapshot is a compressed archive that contains the system state at the time the snapshot was taken. A snapshot contains the same information as a live system and will be displayed in the same manner, but in its own domain.

Snapshots can be used for post-mortem analysis or to track down a problem. With the SAP NetWeaver Management Console it is possible to load, create, and work with snapshots.

Prerequisites

  • You have opened the SAP NetWeaver Management Console perspective in the Developer Studio.

  • If you want to create a snapshot you have to be connected to the system.

Procedure

Load a Snapshot (from the file system)

  1. In the navigation view, right-click SAP Systems to get the context menu.

  2. Select Load System Snapshot.

  3. Select a snapshot that has been previously saved in the file system.

  4. Choose OK. The new snapshot appears in the navigation tree view.

Create a snapshot (onto the file system)

  1. In the navigation pane of the SAP MC, right click the SAP instance to call the context menu.

  2. From the context menu, choose Create snapshot. The snapshot wizard dialog opens.

  3. Choose the options for automatic log file analysis on the first page. The instance control process will scan all log and trace files matching the given timely constraints. The result will contain errors and warnings from all processes in the instance/system. The line number restricts the collection of the entries in the result set.

  4. Select additional log files on the second page. Do not change the settings until you are sure about what you need. The snapshot will contain the most important log files. If you are interested in particular results, select one of the offered log types. There are three main kinds of log files.

    • Developer traces are a result from the output of native processes.

    • Java log files include logs and traces created by Java applications and services.

    • Syslogs include logs written by the AS ABAP.

  5. Select the snapshot path and choose Finish.