SAP IPS Logs

Product: SAP Information Platform Server (IPS, CMS), SAP BusinessObject Data Services (BODS)

Version: 4.2.x - 4.3.x

OS: Windows, Linux

There is no documentation about the log files created by SAP CMS software that bundled with SAP BODS software.  This post is mainly covering the log files

Following are the log files created by SAP CMS software, and they mix together with CMS' Tomcat application server:

aps_ORDSUPWDS01.AdaptiveProcessingServer_gc.log

aps_ORDSUPWDS01.AdaptiveProcessingServer_ncs.trc

aps_ORDSUPWDS01.AdaptiveProcessingServer_trace.000001.glf

aps_ORDSUPWDS01.EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer_gc.log

aps_ORDSUPWDS01.EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer_ncs.trc

aps_ORDSUPWDS01.EIMAdaptiveProcessingServer_trace.000001.glf

cms_ORDSUPWDS01.CentralManagementServer_ncs.trc

cms_ORDSUPWDS01.CentralManagementServer_trace.000001.glf

DS.AdminService_2025079_7444820959_0.log

DS.AdminService_2025079_7444820959_0.log.lck

DS.JobLauncherService_2025079_7444817762_0.log

DS.JobLauncherService_2025079_7444817762_0.log.lck

DS.RFCService_2025079_7444811058_0.log

DS.RFCService_2025079_7444811058_0.log.lck

fileserver_ORDSUPWDS01.InputFileRepository_ncs.trc

fileserver_ORDSUPWDS01.OutputFileRepository_ncs.trc

ICC.MetadataService_ord-sup-wds01_2025079_74448304_60_0.log

ICC.MetadataService_ord-sup-wds01_2025079_74448304_60_0.log.lck

ICC.ViewdataService_ord-sup-wds01_2025079_74448177_63_0.log

ICC.ViewdataService_ord-sup-wds01_2025079_74448177_63_0.log.lck

jobserver_ORDSUPWDS01.AdaptiveJobServer_ncs.trc

jobserver_ORDSUPWDS01.AdaptiveJobServer_trace.000001.glf

ORDSUPWDS01_gc.log

SIA_ORDSUPWDS01_trace.000001.glf

Purpose

1. File extension ".lck" is lock file or a flag file which to imply the CMS daemon is running.  CMS has following daemons, and each has their own .lck lock file
1. DS.AdminService_2025079_7444820959_0.log.lck
2. DS.JobLauncherService_2025079_7444817762_0.log.lck
3. DS.RFCService_2025079_7444811058_0.log.lck
4. ICC.MetadataService_ord-sup-wds01_2025079_74448304_60_0.log.lck
5. ICC.ViewdataService_ord-sup-wds01_2025079_74448177_63_0.log.lck
2. File suffix "_gc" and extention ".log" (...._gc.log) is Java garbage collection log.  CMS daemon has no reason to has high Java memory usage, so these log files can be ignore
3. The rest of the log files are useful for troubleshoot SAP CMS daemons, and needs to read everyone of them