New transaction DBACOCKPIT

Another new Basis transaction that came with release 7.00 SP12 is DBACOCKPIT for monitoring the database, see note 1072066
SAP Note 1027512 contains 2 attachments with documentation about the topic.

SQL Server 2005 and transaction log backups

As of SQL Server 2005 you can run transaction log backup while the online backup is running. During the database backup the transaction log backup won't truncate the logs, that will only be done after the online backup is finished, see the following MS article : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345414.aspx

New transaction ST06N in Basis 7.00

AS of Basis release 7.00 there is a newer version of transaction ST06 (O/S monitor) called ST06N. Have a look, it's quite neat.

Running OS commands within SAPGUI

I know this not new but an easy way to run simple O/S commands (any platform) is to execute report RSBDCOS0 from sE38 and then execute the O/S command in there.

After runing report RSBDCOS0 you can type most commands in the yellow line and hit for results.

JSPM SP12 new functionality

With the latest JSPM support pack 12 you can now install additional usage types and you can also patch the JSPM seperately. See Note 104699 on this.