Integrating SAP Monitors

Note: SAP XAL support has been deprecated.

With Redwood Server, multiple monitors from different SAP Systems can be watched from one central location. Any monitor or monitor set available in transaction RZ20 can be imported with the Process Definition SAP_ImportCcmsMonitors. The XAL tab of the SAP System needs connection credentials of an RFC user with sufficient privileges to use the XAL interface of the given SAP System. The required privileges are outlined in Reference SAP RFC User Privileges.

When you submit the Process Definition SAP_ImportCcmsMonitors, choose a value for the SAP instance parameter and the available Monitor sets and Monitors are available in the respective parameter fields. These fields auto-complete, a character sequence of the name can be entered to reduce the list.

Note: This functionality is only available when the XAL tab of the SAP System repository object has been filled.

The following Process Definitions are available for handling monitors:

The SAP monitoring data can be seen in "Monitoring > Monitors", alongside Redwood Server monitoring data.

You may set a maximum setting for the number of RFC connections, please see the tuning for more information.

Note: XBP 3.0 requires a logical system for the client, see Setting Up Logical Systems for more information on creating logical systems for clients.

Prerequisites

  • The JCo libraries must be available, see the Installing the JCO Libraries topic for more information.
  • Client / username and password of the RFC user.
  • The SAP System must have a default client configured, please refer to the SAP documentation.

Procedure

To set up the interface to import and delete SAP Monitors:

  1. Choose "Environment > SAP" in the Navigation bar.
  2. Choose New SAP System from the context menu.
  3. On the SAP System tab, fill the Name, Connect String and the Time zone fields.
  4. On the XBP tab, fill in Client Number, Username, Password, and check Default Client, if no default client has been previously specified.
  5. On the XAL tab, fill in Client Number, Username, Password.
  6. Click Save & Close to save the changes and close the edit window.
  7. Choose "Environment > Process Servers" in the Navigation bar.
  8. Choose Start from the context menu of the Process Server belonging to the relevant SAP System.

To import a CCMS Monitor

  1. Navigate to Definitions > Processes.
  2. Choose Submit from the context menu of the Process Definition named SAP_ImportCcmsMonitors.
  3. In the Submit Wizard, fill in the details for Monitor set and Monitor.
  4. Choose Next and choose the Queue of the SAP System.
  5. Choose Submit to submit the process.
  6. Navigate to "Monitoring > Monitors" to check the status of the database.

Values

Information about the required configuration data that needs to be specified for integrating SAP monitoring data can be found in the Configuration Details for Integrating SAP Monitors section of the documentation.

Example

You need to be able to monitor the Oracle database of your production NetWeaver AS ABAP+JAVA system.

The following information is known to you:

  • The Client is 200, username is example and password is example.
  • The SAP R/3 connect string is: ASHOST=169.254.10.12 SYSNR=52 TRACE=0
  • XBP version supported is XBP 2.0 (INITXBP2 has run).
  • The default client of the SAP System is client 200.
  • The monitor set and monitor that you use to monitor the Oracle database in RZ20.

First you need to set up or modify the connection to the SAP System; it requires XAL settings.

Tab Field Value
SAP System Name sapbw_prd
SAP System Connect String ASHOST=169.254.10.12 SYSNR=52 TRACE=0
SAP System Job Handling Disabled
SAP System Time zone Europe/Berlin
SAP System Application SAPBW
SAP System description Production SAP BW system in Berlin
XAL Client Number 200
XAL Username example
XAL Password ******* (example in this example)
XAL Audit Level 0 - Change actions
XAL SAP Language EN
XAL Description

XAL Max RFC Connections

XAL Interface Version automatic

Once the SAP System has been set up, you need to import the SAP Monitors into Redwood Server, you do this with the Process Definition SAP_ImportCcmsMonitors.

  1. Navigate to Definitions > Processes.
  2. Choose Submit from the context menu of the Process Definition named SAP_ImportCcmsMonitors.
  3. In the Submit Wizard, fill in the details for Monitor set and Monitor.
  4. Choose Next and choose the Queue of the SAP System.
  5. Choose Submit to submit the process.
  6. Navigate to "Monitoring > Monitors" to check the status of the database.

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