How to Access to HANA DB trace files via sapstartsrv

 

Now it's possible to see all trace files of your SAP HANA DB instance via the SAP Start Service (sapstartsrv) to an additional operating system user.

 The following steps are required to grant the new sidtrc user access to the trace files of your SAP HANA DB instance.

(1) Enable authentication for additional users in the SAP Start Service. Execute as user root the following commands:
chmod u+s,o-rwx /usr/sap//HDB/exe/sapuxuserchk 
sudo chown root /usr/sap//HDB/exe/sapuxuserchk
 
In addition, you should check if the following file system is mounted with "nosuid": /usr/sap

 (2) Add user sidtrc to the SAP Start Service profile as an admin user.
Edit file /usr/sap//SYS/profile/_HDB_ and add the
 following line:

service/admin_users = sidtrc 

(3) Restart the SAP Start Service.

Execute as sidadm: sapcontrol -nr -function RestartService The new user is now set up to access the trace files via the SAP Start Service. Be aware that the user has the administrative rights, for example :  the user will also be able to start and stop your instance.