MEMORY_NO_MORE_PAGING

critical

SAP Paging Area Completely Exhausted

Module: BASIS / Memory

What this means

MEMORY_NO_MORE_PAGING fires when the SAP paging area — a disk-based overflow area used when the extended memory (EM) is full — has itself been completely exhausted. This is a system-wide condition, not just a single user or program. When this dump occurs, multiple users are likely experiencing failures simultaneously. Root causes: an abnormal spike in concurrent memory-intensive programs; memory parameters that have not been scaled with growing data volumes or user count; a runaway program that has consumed all EM and is now depleting the paging area; or a memory leak in a long-running background job.

Recommended Fix

Check SM50 immediately to identify which work processes are consuming the most memory. Check AL08 for the number of concurrent active sessions. Review RZ11 for em/initial_size_in_MB and the paging area configuration (rdisp/PG_MAXFS, rdisp/PG_SHM). Kill runaway work processes if identified. Increase the paging area size as an emergency measure, then investigate the root cause program. This is a Basis emergency — consider a system restart if the paging area cannot be freed.

Quick Info

ModuleBASIS / Memory
Severitycritical
Diagnose in
ST22SM50RZ11AL08