Configuring Availability Monitoring(CCMS)

Use

You can customize the availability monitoring with CCMSPING for ABAP and Java systems in a number of ways. The following functions are available:

· You can activate and deactivate availability monitoring for particular systems

· You can define the type of availability monitoring for application servers and logon groups of an SAP system. When doing so, you can both create and change monitoring rules, in accordance with which the servers and groups of the system are monitored, and change the monitoring settings of servers and groups individually.

Logon groups exist only for ABAP application servers.

· You can activate and deactivate availability monitoring for systems groups. You can also decide whether these settings should also automatically apply for systems that are later added to the relevant system group (see Monitoring System Groups with CCMSPING).

· If you have installed multiple CCMSPING agents, you can decide which CCMSPING is responsible for the monitoring of a system. This is, for example, useful for the monitoring of distributed system landscapes (see Using Multiple CCMSPING Agents).

· You can select time periods in which the availability of selected systems is not checked (see Creating and Changing a Monitoring Pause)

· You can add new systems to the list of systems that can be checked using availability monitoring.

Prerequisites

You have performed the Installation of the Availability Agent CCMSPING.

Process Flow

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1. Choose CCMS ® Configuration ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ21.

2. The Monitoring: Properties and Methods screen appears. Choose Technical Infrastructure ® Availability Monitoring ® Configure CCMSPING Monitoring.

3. The Configure Availability and Performance Overview screen appears. The screen shows monitored and unmonitored systems in two lists, where you can display for the monitoring of the monitoring systems by expanding the subtree for the corresponding system:

The configuration of the availability and performance overview is also set as the analysis method for the nodes of the Availability and Performance Overview Monitor. This means that you can display this screen by double-clicking a node in this monitor.

Displaying the Monitoring and System Data

There are various views available on the Configure Availability and Performance Overview screen, with which you can display information about the monitored systems and their application servers and logon groups. To activate a view, choose the Views button, and then one of the following buttons:

Views	Meaning	Additional Information
System Info View	The valid monitoring rules and the responsible CCMSPING are displayed for the monitored systems	Using Multiple CCMSPING Agents
Group/Instance View	The settings for the monitoring options for application servers and logon groups for the monitored systems are displayed	Creating and Changing Monitoring Rules
Administration View	Time and users of the last monitoring change are displayed
Connection View	Message server port, message server host, and router string are displayed	Availability Monitoring with CCMSPING

Activities

Changing the Monitoring of Systems

To change the monitoring of systems, select the desired systems on the Configure Availability and Performance Overview screen by selecting the folder icon of the relevant systems. The following functions are then available to you:

Function	Command	Additional Information
Activating the Monitoring of Systems	In the Unmonitored Systems subscreen, choose Monitoring ® Activate System Monitoring.	Creating and Changing Monitoring Rules If you want to monitor systems using the Java message server, you must first enter the connection data. Proceed as described in Adding Systems to Availability Monitoring Manually.
Activating the Uniform Monitoring of Systems	In the Unmonitored Systems subscreen, choose Monitoring ® Define Uniform Monitoring.
Changing the Monitoring Rules for Systems	In the Monitored Systems subscreen, choose Monitoring ® Change Connection/Options.
Changing the Uniform Monitoring of Systems	In the Monitored Systems subscreen, choose Monitoring ® Use Uniform System Options.
Creating and Changing the Monitoring Pause for Systems	Choose Breaks ® Create Monitoring Pause or Create Uniform Monitoring Pause.	Creating and Changing a Monitoring Pause
Deactivating the Monitoring of Systems	In the Monitored Systems subscreen, choose Monitoring ® Deactivate System Monitoring.
Delete Systems from the System List	Choose the button Monitoring ® Delete System(s).

You can also activate and deactivate system monitoring by moving selected systems to the desired list by Drag&Drop.

Monitoring System Groups

You can combine systems into system groups (see System Groups in the Alert Monitor), where one system can belong to multiple system groups. In this way, you can, for example, organize systems into system groups by their function (development, quality assurance, production), their release status, or their geographic location.

In large IT environments, it can greatly simplify the configuration of availability monitoring, if you can, for example, monitor all systems in a system group with one command. You can also set up the monitoring so that changes to the systems that belong to a system group automatically cause a change in the availability monitoring of the relevant systems.

For more information about monitoring system groups, see Monitoring System Groups with CCMSPING.

Changing the Monitoring of Application Servers and Logon Groups

You can change the monitoring settings for servers and groups on the Configure Availability and Performance Overview by selecting the relevant indicator in the ALV Tree Control.

Add New Systems to the List of ABAP Systems that Can Be Monitored

On the Configure Availability and Performance Overview screen, choose Load System List (). If the desired ABAP system does not appear on the list, add the system to it manually (see Add Systems to the Availability Monitoring Manually).

The SAPMSG.INI file, which is also used for functions of SAPLOGON, is uploaded from the front end for the system list. It does not contain any standalone Java systems.

Changing Technical Settings of the Availability Agent CCMSPING

You can also change technical settings of the registered CCMSPING availability agents, such as the frequency of the monitoring, or the timeouts that define how long CCMSPING waits for a response from the message servers and the application servers (see Changing the Monitoring Frequency and Timeouts of CCMSPING).

Result

You have customized the availability monitoring to your requirements. Use the Availability and Performance Overview Monitor from the SAP CCMS Monitor Templates monitor set to perform availability monitoring.

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