Failed to extract file SIGNATURE_..SMF in path /usr/sap/trans/tmp/…SAR. See the application log

Recently I have come across one issue while implementing a SAP Note. I was getting error as below “Failed to extract file SIGNATURE_..SMF in path /usr/sap/trans/tmp/…SAR. See the application log “ I wasn’t getting this error for all the notes in the system. We were getting this for few specific notes. Resolution: 3191948 – Failed … Read more

How to find transport number of any Fiori Catalog in SAP

Step1: Find the GUID of the Fiori Catalog. Go to table /UI2/PB_C_PAGEM from tcode SE11 in the field “ID” enter the catalog name for example *SAP_PS_BCG_PROJ_LOG_CONTRL* if it is custom it will start with “Z” search for *Z_PS_BCG_PROJ_LOG_CONTRL* In the field WD_CONFIG_ID you will get GUID of the catalog which are looking for. Step 2: … Read more

Configuration for HANA BACKUP

There are lot of parameters with which you can configure for the Backup. Navigate to BACKUP tile from HANA Cockpit. And click on Backup Configuration Parameter Details: `File based backups are written to the above path in HANA DB. Default location is $(DIR_INSTANCE)/backup/data $DIR_INSTANCE can be checked at OS level in environment variable echo $DIR_INSTANCE … Read more

HANA DB Backup Catalog

HANA Backup catalog is the store which keeps the information of all the Backups triggered in the database. It enables the system do to: To view the content of HANA Catalog you can query the table System Table M_BACKUP_CATALOG you can use the content of table M_BACKUP_CATALOG to check the status of your last backup, … Read more

Recover HANA Database from HANA Cockpit

To recover HANA Database Backup you should have all the Data Backups and Log Backups with Log Volume to perform the full recovery and 0% data loss. You can recover HANA DB from below tools Considering the above scenario we have one Full Backup and multiple Incremental, Differential, log backups. Always remember Differential backup contains … Read more