Checking, Saving and Activating
Profiles
Use
Once you have finished maintaining a profile, you can check it for errors or inconsistencies, save it in the database, and then activate it.
The profile maintenance tool stores the profiles as operating system files, and also stores a copy in the database. The database copy is used to create the profiles at database level. This process is called activating a profile.
The profile maintenance tool ensures that changes to profiles are activated when the corresponding SAP instance is restarted. You cannot make changes to an SAP instance during active operation.
Procedure
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1. Call profile maintenance by choosing CCMS → Configuration → Profile Maintenance. Alternatively, call transaction RZ10.
2. To call the individual functions in the table, execute the relevant commands specified:
Function |
Command |
Save profile |
Enter a profile name in the Profile field and choose Profile → Save. |
Check individual profiles |
Specify the name and version of the profile. Then choose Profile → Check. |
Check all profiles of the active server |
Choose Utilities → Check all profiles → Of active servers. |
Check all profiles used in operation modes |
Select Utilities → Check all profiles → In operation modes. |
Activate profiles |
Enter a profile name in the Profile field and choose Profile → Activate.
Stop the instance(s) in which the profile changes are to take effect, and restart them. |
Background Information About Profile Checks
If a profile has been changed, you can perform extensive checks for it. You can check the semantics, syntax, and the parameter names of the profile. The system displays the result of the profile checks as a log that contains either warnings or error messages.
The parameters in a profile are divided into classes. For each class, there is a separate check rule. The table below shows these rules and includes an example for each:
Parameter Class |
Check Rules |
Example |
Integer value |
Value smaller than default value → Error Value larger than Default by a factor of 10 → Warning |
rdisp/TRACE |
Time value |
Value smaller than 0 → Error Permissible characters: 0-9 |
rdisp/btctime |
Boolean value |
Valid values: 0, 1;
ON, OFF Other values → Error |
gw/keep_process |
File directory |
Directory does not exist → Warning No write authorization → Warning |
rdisp/workdir |
File name |
File does not exist → Error |
abap/rsyn |
TCP host name |
Host is not known to TCP → Error |
rdisp/mshost |
TCP service name |
Service name is not known to TCP → Error |
rdisp/msserv |
SAP server name |
Server name is not known to SAP system → Error |
rdisp/vbname |
File mask |
Check is not possible |
enque/log_file |
Strings |
Check is not possible |
abap/locale_ctype |
Cannot be changed by customer |
If particular parameters are changed by the customer → Error |
transport/systemtype |
Special parameters |
If value does not contain a particular character string → Error |
rdisp/bufrefmode |
Start parameters |
If at least one program is not started → Error |
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