SAPStartSrv-helper(8)

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✨ SAPStartSrv-helper(8) ✨

okay so bestie, this is the SAPStartSrv helper page — like, the little one that does the actual running around for the alert timeout thing. come sit with me, it's gonna be fun and also extremely documented 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

SAPStartSrv-helper — a helper for SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So SAPStartSrv-helper literally gets called by SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout. yes, it has a whole entourage situation going on. also go read manual page SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout(8) — that's where the lore is. 📖✨

💖 SYNTAX 💖

SAPStartSrv-helper CMD INSTANCENAME [ SID [ INO ]]

here's the cast of characters, one by one, no skipping (i would never):

🔥 the args 🔥

  • CMD — one of [ all | log | log+stack | log+stacktree | none | stack | stacktree ]. this is the internal command to call, iykyk. here's the tea on each one:
    • all — run all implemented commands. the overachiever. 👑
    • log — write OS status into logs, see manual pages lsoflog(8), meminfolog(8), psauxlog(8), netstatlog(8), vmstatlog(8), dstatelog(8) 🍓
    • log+stack — write OS status plus sapstartsrv stack trace
    • log+stacktree — write OS status plus sapstartsrv, and its child processes, stack trace (yes, the whole family tree 😭)
    • none — run no implemented command. the "i'm choosing peace" option 🙈
    • stack — write sapstartsrv stack trace, see sapstack -help
    • stacktree — write sapstartsrv, and its child processes, stack trace

Required, default "log".

  • INSTANCENAME — Full qualified name of the instance, see manual page ocf_heartbeat_SAPInstance(7). Required, no default, example "P22_SCS11_p22scs". this one's main character energy, she has NO backup plan 💀
  • SID — System Identifier, ignored. it's giving "invited but not really participating" 🫶
  • INO — Instance number, ignored. same energy, bestie. lowkey just here for the vibes ⭐

🧚 RETURN CODES 🧚

  • 0 — Successful program execution. slay. ✨
  • >0 — Usage, syntax or execution errors. 😭
  • >126 — Called command timed out.

In addition log entries are written, which can be scanned by using a pattern like "SAPStartSrv-helper". so like, you can stalk it in the logs, that's allowed 🕵️‍♀️

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

showing alert agent helper messages 💬

# grep SAPStartSrv-helper /var/log/messages

example for sudo permissions in /etc/sudoers.d/SAPStartSrv 🔐

see also manual pages sudoers(5) and SAPStartSrv-alert-agent(8).

# SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout needs
hacluster ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/SAPStartSrv-helper *

configure supportconfig plugins for collecting alert logs 📦

see also manual page supportconfig_plugins(5).

# vi /etc/ClusterTools2/supportconfig_plugins
 ...
cat_psauxlog
cat_meminfolog
cat_vmstatlog
cat_lsoflog
cat_netstatlog
cat_cpustatelog
cat_dstatelog
cat_sapstacklog
:wq

testing the alert agent helper 🧪

command is "log", instance name is "P22_ERS11_p22ers".

# SAPStartSrv-helper log P22_ERS11_p22ers
# grep /usr/sap/.*/ERS11/ /var/log/lsof.log

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /usr/bin/SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout — the alert agent
  • /usr/bin/SAPStartSrv-helper — the default agent helper
  • /etc/sudoers.d/ — directory for sudoers config files
  • /etc/ClusterTools2/supportconfig_plugins — the supportconfig plugin configuration file
  • /sapmnt/$SID/exe/uc/linux$HOSTTYPE/sapstack — default path to sapstack
  • /var/log/ — directory for OS statuts logfiles psaux.log, meminfo.log, lsof.log, cpustate.log, dstate.log, vmstat.log, netstat.log
  • /var/log/sapstack.log — sapstartsrv stack trace

💜 REQUIREMENTS 💜

see the REQUIREMENTS section of SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout(8). yeah. it's a whole cross-reference moment. go look 👀

💀 BUGS 💀

In case of any problem, please use your favourite SAP support process to open a request for the component BC-OP-LNX-SUSE. no cap, that's the move — don't suffer in silence bestie 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

(and yes, that last one came with a lil trailing comma in the original, we don't gatekeep punctuation 💅)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

F.Herschel, L.Pinne. icons, honestly. 🌟

(c) 2026 SUSE LLC

SAPStartSrv-helper comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

For details see the GNU General Public License at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

ok that's the whole page, you ate it up, nothing was skipped, every flag and file and link is right there 💖

and finally, the little sign-off: this was SAPStartSrv-helper(8) from the SAPStartSrv manual, dated 16 Aug 2026 — mwah, go touch some grass, or better yet go grep a log 🎀✨🦋

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