Must to do before restart after HANA Crash

Full System Information Dump refers to a practice in which, when a critical system is down, instead of immediately restarting it, you first gather and save essential log and trace files. This precaution is taken because restarting a system can overwrite crucial low-level logs or traces, making it harder to analyze the root cause of the issue later on.

SAP HANA supports this process by offering a feature called a full system information dump. With this dump, you can select and save specific logs, allowing you to preserve important information for later troubleshooting. By doing this, you ensure that you have the necessary data to investigate and address the problem effectively after restarting the SAP HANA database.

Additionally, in the Database Directory, you have the option to specify the credentials of the database user needed to access detailed information about an individual database. This step is essential unless a single sign-on mechanism is in place for that particular database.

Steps to do for collecting Full System information dump

Start by locating the Alerts and Diagnostics card.
Click on the "Manage full system information dumps" link.
Select "Collect Diagnostics" and pick either

Collect from Existing Files:

Purpose: This option is chosen when you want to gather diagnostic information for specific file types over a defined time period, typically the last seven days by default.

Include System Views: If you wish to include information from system views, you can select the option. However, note that if connected to the system database of a multiple-container system, only information from the system views of the system database is collected. Information from the system views of tenant databases is not collected.

Performance Impact: Collecting information from system views involves executing SQL statements, which might impact system performance. This option is not available in diagnosis mode, and the database must be online for its utilization.

Create from Runtime Environment:

Purpose: This option is selected when you want to limit the information collection to runtime environment (RTE) dump files.

Additional Configuration: You can configure the collection of dump files by specifying the number of sets to be collected, the interval at which RTE dump files are collected, the host(s), service(s), and section(s) from each selected service.

Processing Time: The system collects the relevant information and saves it to a ZIP file. This process may take some time, and it can be allowed to run in the background.

Multiple-Container System: If connected to the system database of a multiple-container system, information from all tenant databases is collected and saved to separate ZIP files.

In the pop-up window, choose the specific information items you wish to collect. Then, at the bottom-right corner, click on "Start Collecting."
Once all the data is gathered, you'll see the "fullsysteminfodump_<SID><DBNAME><HOST>_<timestamp>.zip" file in the collections table.

The other way to collect diagnostic information from command line

fullSystemInfoDump.py is present in the python support file , We need to add these details when we are asking for support from SAP . The script is part of the SAP HANA server installation and can be executed directly from the command line.

Command : python fullSystemInfoDump.py –tenant <SID>

Other options to check :

→ - - nosql : Excludes collection of system view

→ - - days=DAYS : Collect trace files from these number of past days

→ - - help

If the SQL-accessible option is available (with no --nosql specified), the script initiates the gathering of diagnostic information. In cases where SQL access is not possible, the script proceeds to collect support information without exporting data from system views.

Unless the --rtedump option is specified, the script collects all the mentioned file types; otherwise, it exclusively generates and gathers runtime environment (RTE) dump files.

Collecting Diagnostic file : https://me.sap.com/notes/1732157

Information that is collected in fullSystemInfoDump.py :

Information is saved here : $DIR_GLOBAL/sapcontrol/snapshots. $DIR_GLOBAL typically points to /usr/sap/ /SYS/global.

Log file	All information about what has been collected is shown as console output, and is written to a file named log.txt, which is stored in the ZIP file.
Trace file	Trace file for each host in the landscape $DIR_INSTANCE/<SAPLOCALHOST>/trace/ compileserver_alert_<SAPLOCALHOST>.trc compileserver_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc daemon_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc indexserver_alert_<SAPLOCALHOST>.trc indexserver_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc nameserver_alert_<SAPLOCALHOST>.trc nameserver_history.trc nameserver_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc preprocessor_alert_<SAPLOCALHOST>.trc preprocessor_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc statisticsserver_alert_<SAPLOCALHOST>.trc statisticsserver_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc xsengine_alert_<SAPLOCALHOST>.trc xsengine_<SAPLOCALHOST>.<...>.trc
Database System Log File	$DIR_INSTANCE/<SAPLOCALHOST>/trace/backup.log $DIR_INSTANCE/<SAPLOCALHOST>/trace/backint.log
Database Configuration File	$DIR_INSTANCE/<SAPLOCALHOST>/exe/config/ compileserver.ini daemon.ini executor.ini extensions.ini filter.ini global.ini indexserver.ini inifiles.ini localclient.ini mimetypemapping.ini nameserver.ini preprocessor.ini scriptserver.ini statisticsserver.ini validmimetypes.ini xsengine.ini
crashdump file , record performance trace file	Crashdump files for services are collected unabridged. Performance trace files with the suffix *.tpt are collected unabridged.
Runtime dump for each index server	For each index server, an RTE dump file containing information about threads, stack contexts, and so on is created and stored in the file indexserver_<SAPLOCALHOST>_<PORT>_runtimedump.trc.
Performance Trace Files	Performance trace files with the suffix *.tpt are collected unabridged
Kerberos Files	/etc/krb5.conf /etc/krb5.keytab
System Views	Only the first 2,000 rows are exported. SYS.M_CE_CALCSCENARIOS WHERE SCENARIO_NAME LIKE '%_SYS_PLE%' SYS.M_CONNECTIONS with CONNECTION_ID > 0 SYS.M_DATABASE_HISTORY SYS.M_DEV_ALL_LICENSES SYS.M_DEV_PLE_SESSIONS_ SYS.M_DEV_PLE_RUNTIME_OBJECTS_ SYS.M_EPM_SESSIONS SYS.M_INIFILE_CONTENTS SYS.M_LANDSCAPE_HOST_CONFIGURATION SYS.M_RECORD_LOCKS SYS.M_SERVICE_STATISTICS SYS.M_SERVICE_THREADS SYS.M_SYSTEM_OVERVIEW SYS.M_TABLE_LOCATIONS SYS.M_TABLE_LOCKS SYS.M_TABLE_TRANSACTIONS _SYS_EPM.VERSIONS _SYS_EPM.TEMPORARY_CONTAINERS _SYS_EPM.SAVED_CONTAINERS _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_ALERT_INFORMATION _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_ALERT_LAST_CHECK_INFORMATION _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_ALERTS _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_INTERVAL_INFORMATION _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_LASTVALUES _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_STATE _SYS_STATISTICS.STATISTICS_VERSION
topology.txt	All available topology information is exported to a file named topology.txt. It contains information about the host topology in a tree-like structure. Contains following information : nameserver role , Available database , Host , HANA build time and version , Number of CPUs and CPU type , Used Crypto library , Hardware Manufacturer , Amount of memory and swap , Network information , Important Linux parameter , OS provider , SAP HANA SID and instance number , Timezone

When connected to the system database of a multiple-container system, the script exclusively collects information from the system views of the system database. Irrespective of the option setting, no information from the system views of tenant databases is gathered.

After collecting the dumps then only restart the Hana Database

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