SAP Security Audit Parameter Changes not Reflected after Reboot

Symptom

You have made changes to the security audit log parameter via transaction code RZ10. A SAP system restart has been performed but the audit log parameter still showing the old value.

Solution

1. Run function module, RSAU_GET_AUDIT_CONFIG to get the audit specific shared memory value.

2. Shutdown your SAP system and execute following commands to clear the shared memory.

# cleanipc <instance-number> remove
# ipcrm -s <sephamore#>
# ipcrm -m <sephamore#>

3. Start your SAP system back and check the changes is reflected or not.

Reference

• SAP Note 173743