Changing instance profile parameter to increase/decrease the number of UPD/DIA/BTC workprocess

Changing instance profile parameter to increase/decrease the number of UPD/DIA/BTC workprocess.
Here we are reducing the UPD wp and increasing DIA wp.
 
Login as <sid>adm and go to profile path by cdpro command.
There we will find a file with naming convention *DVEBMGS*<instance_number>
 
Edit the values of this file by vi editor command.
 

 
Initially update (vp) value was 3 and 2 respectively. It has been reduced to 2 and 1 resp.

 

 
DIA has been increased from 12 to 14.
 

 

 
Initial (before restart)
 

 
Restart: stopsap all and startsap all
 
After restart (DIA wp increased)
 


We can see that number of dialogue(DIA) wp has increased.

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Using OS Level Commands in SAP GUI

Here we are going to find out that how to use OS Level Commands from SAP GUI itself or if we don’t have OS access.
Go to SA38
 

 
In SA38, it will prompt for entering Program name.
Enter RSBDCOS0 and click “Execute”
 

 
After that you will find the below screen Enter OS level command in that screen
 

 
I tried with R3trans -d to check and the result is posted in below screen
 

 
Similarly we can execute all other commands.

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SAP BASIS OS Level (UNIX) Commands

Here I have listed few UNIX Commands which are used most often by BASIS Consultants and it's purpose.

Commands	Description
dpmon d	Dispatcher queue monitor
Sapdba (up to SAP R/3 -4.7)/ brtools	database administration
PS	Running work process
ps -eaf|grep dw	process overview
ps -eaf|grep ora	check oracle service is running
Ps –eaf | grep dw kill -9	Kill work process
msmon pf=profile path name=sid	to check the message server status
gwmon pf=profile path nr=num	to check the gateway status
Ps –eaf | grep lsnrctl	Listener status
Rslgview pf =-r –ft | pg	System logs
Disp + work –v	to check the version of r3 kernel
R3trans –d ,tnsping	Checking the connection with database
Df –k	File system monitor
Du –k	Display all directories and size of current directory
Sqlplus “/as sysdba” (new versions)	SQL prompt and database connection
Saplicence  -get	to get hardware key
saplicense -install	to install license
sappfpar all pf=profile path	display all profile parameters
sappfpar check path=profile path	checks the required space for memory
memlimits	to check the available space for heap and swap memory
telnet	Remote system login
telnet <ipaddress><dispatcherportnum>	to check the remote sap system is up and running
ftp	file transfer protocol
rcp	remote copy of files
Start/stop sap	Start / stop Sap instance
ping	check destination host reachable
niping	check connection between server and a client by transferring packets
systeminfo	check the configuration of system
Ps -aef	Processes status
lsps -a	Swap space
topas	Memory

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