KB 167 (ABAP): Application logs cannot be deleted

Description

BALHDR and BALDAT tables are growing. Number of records with BALHDR-OBJECT=/BNWVS/ is growing and SLG2 does not remove these records.

The problem is related to SP 7.01.

Cause

Due to the bug, BALHDR-DEL_BEFORE flag is set, which prevents SLG2 from deletion such entries.

Resolution

Please set Application Log Level to ‘No log’ and contact PowerConnect support to get a hotfix transport.

Reduce Application log level (temporary step until hotfix transport is imported or upgrade performed):

1. Open /bnwvs/main

2. Open Application log settings using Administrator->App Log Level

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3. Set log level to 'No Log' and confirm the selection

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Once this done, no PowerConnect logs will not be recorded in BALHDR/BALDAT tables.

Hotfix import and logs cleanup:

1. Stop PowerConnect jobs.

2. Import the transport N71K905234 into the system.

3. Use SE38 to run program /BNWVS/BC_SBAL_DELETE (delivered in the transport above) in the client where PowerConnect is running.
   The recommendation is to run it in background mode as a job.
   
   

    

4. Wait for job completion

5. Increase Log Level to 'Error' level

6. Start PowerConnect jobs again

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