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Archive quar terly backup 3 Send qua rter-endbackup tap e to long-term offsite storage.

Review all scheduled jobs SM37 16 Review allsched uled jobs todeterm ine if they arestill app ropriate.

Test da tabase recovery pr ocess 2 & 3 Restore da tabase toa test server.

Test the restoreddatabase.

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Archive quar terly backup 3 Send qua rter-endbackup tap e to long-term offsite storage.

Archive old transp ort files. Transportd irectories; log,data, cofiles

15 Archive the oldtransp ort files.

Cleanu p SAPDBA logs (Oracle) SAPDBA cleanup Mainta ininit.dba

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Check maintenan ce contacts Check for expirationdate.

Check for usagechanges.

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Problem Action Resolution

In chap ters 4-8, we hav e included a list of tran sactions like the ones below. This list conta insbasic information abou t the tr ansactions in th e checklist. For add itional information on thesetransactions, see the chapter referenced in each checklist.

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There are security p aram eters for the users password (for example, the minimu m p asswordlength, the time interval that the user m ust change their passw ord, and so on).

The following is a list of the most imp ortant p assword par ameters:< Minimu m p assword length: login/min_password_lng

A longer pa ssword is more difficult to break or guess.The stand ard for man y comp anies is five (5) characters.

< Password expiration time: login/password_expiration_time This is the length of time before the u ser mu st change their passwor d.

The length of time th at au ditors recommend is thirty (30) days.The maximum that shou ld be u sed is ninety (90) days.

< Password lockout: login/fails_to_user_lock This par ameter locks out u sers after attemp ting to log in with an invalid p assword for adefined nu mber of times.

The standa rd is to lock a user after thr ee (3) failed attemp ts.

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Properly assigned p aram eters will make it more d ifficult to break into the system.

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Background jobs are batch jobs sched uled to run at specific times du ring the d ay.

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If you are ru nning critical jobs, you need to know if the job failed because there m ay beother p rocesses, activities, or tasks that are d epend ent on these jobs.

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The lock/ un lock function is part of the logon check, which allows or p revents the u ser fromlogging onto the R/ 3 System. For terminated users, the users ID shou ld be locked an d th euser assigned to the user grou p term .

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< Locking a userIf an emp loyee leaves the comp any, is assigned to a d ifferent group , or is on leave, theirR/ 3 access should be removed . With the lock function, the users ID and secur ity profileremain on the system but th e user cannot log on. This function is ideal for temporar ypersonn el or consultants w here, unless the access is required , the user ID rem ainslocked.

< Unlocking a userIf users incorrectly log on m ore that th e allowed nu mber of times, they are au tomaticallylocked ou t of the system. (An incorrect logon is usu ally the result of a forgottenpassw ord.) The ad ministrator mu st unlock the user ID and more than likely reset theusers password.

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