SAP Note 22971 - Eventlog: description of event ... not found

Symptom:

Messages appear in the Windows NT event log with the text:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( SAPBIN_53 ) could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s):

The actual message follows.

Reason and Prerequisites

During the upgrade from previous SAP R/3 versions, the event source was not recorded in the registry, or the registry entry does not exist for other reasons.

Solution

Record the event source with the registry editor:
start regedt32
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-->SYSTEM-->CurrentControlSet--> SERVICES--> EventLog-->Application

Create the following keys:

• Name_of_SAP_Services_as_in_CONTROL_PANEL-->SERVICES (e.g. SAPP11_00)

• SAP (SAP+Service Name which starts the SAP OS Collector: taken from Control Panel-->SERVICES, eg. SAPSAP-OS-Collector)

Enter the following values under the keys created (type in () ):

ValueName:
EventMessageFile (REG_SZ)

ValueValue:
if sapevents.dll present:

\\host\sapmnt\\sys\exe\run\sapevents.dll

if sapevents.dll not present:

\\host\sapmnt\\sys\exe\run\sapntstartb.exe

ValueName:
TypesSupported (REG_DWORD)

ValueValue:
7

Please make sure that both values are entered identically for both keys.
To activate the changes the computer must be rebooted.