Memory management issues with Security Audit Log (SM19/SM20): TSV_TNEW_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED

Hey Community,

In the past days I released a SAP Knowledge Base Article addressing the most common memory issue within the Security Audit Log. I have noticed that some consultants are used to load lots of SAL files at once in SM20 (e.g. all SAL files generated in the past 6 months), and the system ends up without available memory to handle such file load.

Sometimes while loading the Security Audit Log files through RSAU_SELECT_EVENTS program or SM20 transaction we end up facing the following short dump:

TSV_TNEW_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED

There are two most common scenarios where this short dump happens:

• When reading the logs using SM20 transaction:

1. Access SM20 transaction;
2. Provide the Time Period of the files that you want to load;
3. Press F8 to run the selection.

• When reading the logs using RSAU_SELECT_EVENTS program:

1. Access SE38 transaction;
2. Run the RSAU_SELECT_EVENTS program;
3. Provide the Time Period of the files that you want to load;
4. Execute the report (press F8).

Please access the SAP KBA 2329762 for the complete analysis of this issue from the Security perspective.

Cheers,

Filipe Santos