SAP OS DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

• UNIX based: use /

• Windows based: use <drive>:\

Main Directory:

/usr/sap - physical parent directory

/usr/sap/trans - transport directory
/usr/sap/SID - SAP system parent directory
/usr/sap/SID/SYS - contain common & global SAP system files(i.e. profile, global, and
exe directory)
/usr/sap/SID/<instance_name> - contain SAP instance specific directories(i.e. data,
log, and work)
/sapmnt - directory structure for sharing common files to all system belonging into
the same group
/sapmnt/SID - link or share folder of directory /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS
/oracle - directory of the whole database system
/oracle/stage - directory that used for database installation and upgrades
/oracle/SID - directory of the whole database application and data files

Shared Directory:

/sapmnt/SID/profile - SAP instance profile

/sapmnt/SID/global - SAP central system log
/sapmnt/SID/exe - SAP executable application directory
Final Directory:-
/sapmnt/SID/exe - contain all SAP runtime program
/sapmnt/SID/exe/opt - contain optimized program
/sapmnt/SID/exe/dbg - program can run under symbolic debuggers
/sapmnt/SID/exe/run - actual runtime program (SAP kernel)
/sapmnt/SID/global - contain global & common data shared by all instance (i.e.
central system logs & batch job logs)
/sapmnt/SID/profile - contain instance profile (startup, default, instance-specific)
Temporary Directory:-
usr/sap/SID/INSTANCE-NAME/data - contain virtual storage data (i.e. user context &
roll area)
/usr/sap/SID/INSTANCE-NAME/log - log entries generated by instance
/usr/sap/SID/INSTANCE-NAME/work - holds all error message & trace information for
the instance process
Transport Directory:

/usr/sap/trans - main transport directory

/usr/sap/trans/bin - contain TPPARAM file (global transport parameter)
/usr/sap/trans/data - contain transport data file
/usr/sap/trans/log - transport logs, trace and statistic file
/usr/sap/trans/buffer - special buffer with the SID of every system in the transport
group (including control information)
/usr/sap/trans/cofiles - control file directory
/usr/sap/trans/sapnames - contain information of SAP User that performs export and
keep tracks of each transport status
/usr/sap/trans/tmp - temporary directory
/usr/sap/trans/actlog - action log files (managed by SAP system)
/usr/sap/trans/olddata - archived transport files
/usr/sap/trans/backup - directory of logical backup with R3trans program
/usr/sap/trans/serial - contain serialization of tp