How To Fix RT025 - The OS collector (saposcol) is running

RT025 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RT - Monitoring infrastructure MSG and alert texts

• Message number: 025

• Message text: The OS collector (saposcol) is running

What causes this issue?

SAPOSCOL should be run on each host system, on which either an SAP
application server or a database system is running. The program
collects system data from the host system which is reported to the
monitoring architecture and represented in the Alert Monitor.

How to fix this error?

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RT025 - The OS collector (saposcol) is running ?

  The SAP error message RT025 indicates that the OS collector (saposcol) is currently running. This message typically arises when you attempt to perform an operation that requires the OS collector to be stopped, but it is still active. The OS collector is a tool used by SAP to gather operating system performance data, which can be useful for monitoring and analysis.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of the RT025 error is that the saposcol process is running when you try to execute a command that requires it to be stopped. This can happen during system maintenance, upgrades, or when you are trying to configure certain settings that require the OS collector to be inactive.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the RT025 error, you need to stop the saposcol process. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Check the Status of saposcol:
  You can check if saposcol is running by executing the following command in the command line:
  ps -ef |