How To Fix SDBALM093 - Age of the oldest OMS version in hours

SDBALM093 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SDBALM - SAP DB and liveCache Alert Monitoring

• Message number: 093

• Message text: Age of the oldest OMS version in hours

Alerts
<ZH>Green:</>
No OMS versions exist, or
The oldest OMS version is less than 8 hours old, or
The instance is not ONLINE
<ZH>Yellow:</>
The oldest OMS version is at least 8 but less than 12 hours old, or
The system could not determine the oldest OMS version
<ZH>Red:</>
The oldest OMS version is at least 12 hours old
Data Collector
<ZH>Collector B</>
(RZ20 -> SAP CCMS Technical Experts Monitors -> All Monitoring Contexts
,,-> <Name of the database connection> -> Collectors and Internals
-> Collectors -> Collector B)

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Preset runtime interval of Collector B: 15 minutes

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message SDBALM093 - Age of the oldest OMS version in hours ?

  The SAP error message SDBALM093 indicates that the age of the oldest Online Monitoring System (OMS) version is exceeding a certain threshold, which can lead to performance issues or data inconsistencies in the database. This message is typically related to the SAP database management system and is part of the database administration tasks.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when the oldest OMS version in the database has not been updated or purged for a long time. This can happen due to various reasons, such as:
  
  Lack of regular database maintenance.
  Configuration issues that prevent the automatic cleanup of old OMS versions.
  High transaction volume leading to a backlog of OMS versions.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the SDBALM093 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check OMS Configuration: Ensure that the OMS is configured correctly for automatic cleanup. Review the settings related to the retention period of OMS versions.
  
  
  Perform Database Maintenance:
  
  Execute the necessary database maintenance tasks to clean up old OMS