Installation and Configuration of SAPOSCOL

Purpose

The program SAPOSCOL is part of the standard delivery for all SAP systems is always installed with the system. It is possible, however, that you will have to install SAPOSCOL yourself. Possible reasons for this are:

• You want to monitor operating system data for hosts on which no SAP instance is running or that are not part of an SAP system, but which are important for the environment of your SAP system. In this case, ensure that a
CCMS agent is running on the host.
• You want to correct an incorrect installation.
• You want to install a newer version of SAPOSCOL.

Always use the current version of SAPOSCOL. You can find the program as described under Downloading SAPOSCOL.

Process Flow

SAPOSCOL is dependent on the operating system - the installation therefore varies depending on the operating system of the host to be monitored. Follow the appropriate procedure:

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Install SAPOSCOL on a Microsoft Windows NT Host
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Install SAPOSCOL on a UNIX Host

For more information about the installation of SAPOSCOL, see SAP Note 19227.

• By default, SAPOSCOL automatically has a valid working directory after the installation. For information about changing this directory, see
SAPOSCOL: Working Directory and Profile Parameters.
• If you want to monitor particular processes with SAPOSCOL, see
Monitoring Selected Processes with SAPOSCOL.