SAP Directories

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SAP Directories

This is the overal directory structure in SAP system.


Unix based: use /
Windows based: use <drive>:\
Shared directory:
/sapmnt/<SID>/profile SAP instance profile
/sapmnt/<SID>/global SAP central system log
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe SAP executable application directory
Main directory:
/usr/sap physical parent directory
/usr/sap/trans transport directory
/usr/sap/<SID> SAP system parent directory
/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS contain common & global SAP system
files (i.e. profile, global, and exe directory)
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name> contain SAP instance
specific directories (i.e. data, log, and work)
/sapmnt directory structure for sharing common files to all
system belonging into the same group
/sapmnt/<SID> link or share folder of directory
/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS
/oracle directory of the whole database system
/oracle/stage directory that used for database installation
and upgrades
/oracle/<SID> directory of the whole database application
and data files
Final directory:
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe contain all SAP runtime program
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe/opt contain optimized program
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe/dbg program can run under symbolic
debuggers
/sapmnt/<SID>/exe/run actual runtime program (SAP kernel)
/sapmnt/<SID>/global contain global & common data shared
by all instance (i.e. central system logs & batch job logs)
/sapmnt/<SID>/profile contain instance profile (startup,
default, instance-spesific)
Temporary directory (normally refreshed when SAP instance
is restarted):

/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name>/data contain virtual


storage data (i.e. user context & roll area)
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name>/log log entries generated
by instance
/usr/sap/<SID>/<instance_name>/work holds all error
message & trace information for the instance process
Transport directory:
/usr/sap/trans main transport directory
/usr/sap/trans/bin contain TPPARAM file (global transport
parameter)
/usr/sap/trans/data contain transport data file
/usr/sap/trans/log transport logs, trace and statistic file
/usr/sap/trans/buffer special buffer with the SID of every
system in the transport group (including control information)
/usr/sap/trans/cofiles control file directory
/usr/sap/trans/sapnames contain information of SAP User that
performs export and keep tracks of each transport status
/usr/sap/trans/tmp temporary directory
/usr/sap/trans/actlog action log files (managed by SAP
system)
/usr/sap/trans/olddata archived transport files
/usr/sap/trans/backup directory of logical backup with
R3trans program
/usr/sap/trans/serial contain serialization of tp

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