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Jan 18, 2012 at 11:05 AM

Impact of reducing/reconfiguring workprocesses on SAP Application server

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Hi All,

We have a requirement where we need to reduce number of workprocesses on one of the AS of our SAP production system.

Our current configuration is CI + 9 application servers.

Now one of the application servers (AS01) is on the same box as CI.Remianign 8 on seperate boxes. We need to reduce workprocesses on this particular AS only!

Currently on AS01 we have Dialog process :85, UPD:14, UPD2: 6, BGD: 75

And after change we figured out it to be DIA: 40, UPD: 14, UPD2: 4, BCG: 60 .

also note that wehave almost 95GB of RAM on our CI+AS01 box.

Basically need now is to have AS01 primarily act as an Batch application server!

Could you suggest if this could have an adverse impact on the whole running of system?

We already have Four logon groups where 5 application servers work as per load balancing for user logon

and batch processing.Remianing 4 AS are specifically dedicated for an external RFC aplication.

As per my understanding that reducing the workprocesses would improve the system functionig as this

would release the memory held up by unsued workprocesses currently confiugured when if we reduce their

total number.

I reffered to SAP note "Note 39412 - How many work processes should be configured?" however it mentions

to have atleast same number of Dialog workprocesses as there are Non-dialog ones.

But we need to have AS01 more like a Batch application server in which case we need to have less dialog

workprocesses.

Could you suggest if this change reduction in workprocesses could have an adverse impact on the whole

running of system? Also is this new worprocess distribution ok for AS01?

Regards,

Ashish Robinson