CCMS Alert Monitor in TMS

The CCMS Alert Monitor is integrated with the Transport Management System (TMS) to enable the system administrator to monitor the system. It is activated automatically when the TMS is configured.

For basic information about alert monitors, see the section on the Computing Center Management System under Alert Monitor.

The CCMS Alert Monitor offers the following functions:

• Displays any error alerts occurring in the TMS or when exporting requests; it organizes the alerts by topic in a tree structure.
• Analysis method for each alert
• Option of setting alerts to completed
• Alerts are visible as long as they have not been completed (completed alerts are visible in the history).

The CCMS Alert Monitor includes all systems in the current system landscape.

Any new systems that you include in the system landscape appear immediately in the monitor. Similarly, any systems you delete from the landscape disappear from the monitor straight away. Remember that if you do this, you may also delete open (uncompleted) alerts.

The monitor registers any problems that occur locally in the system, either internal system problems, or problems that it has contacting other systems.

These alerts are sent to the TMS controller at the same time. When you are logged on to the controller you can view and process all alerts that have occurred in the domain.

Remember that any errors that occur when the CCMS alerts are registered are sent to the TMS Alert Viewer. Do not forget to check the entries in the TMS Alert Viewer regularly.

Accessing the CCMS Alert Monitor

To access the CCMS Alert Monitor, go to the initial TMS screen and choose or Monitor ® TMS alerts ® CCMS Alert Monitor.

To access the CCMS Alert Monitor from other TMS functions, choose Goto or Environment and then the appropriate option.

TMS Alert Viewer

The TMS Alert Viewer records and displays all the actions which you perform with the Transport Management System. You can display this information using the Alert Viewer.

To do this, call Transaction STMS and choose Monitor ® TMS Alerts ® TMS Alert Viewer.

The following information is displayed:

• Date and time

• User name
• TMS function
• TMS message

• SAP System in which the TMS function was triggered
• System name
• Client

The following functions are provided in the Alert Viewer:

	Success messages are also displayed beside TMS error messages and warnings
	Limits the display to errors and warnings or just errors
	Includes any non-displayed actions in the list
	Displays detailed information about a user if the user is known in the SAP System where the Alert Viewer was started
	Displays the TMS Alerts of another SAP System in the transport domain

If you click a message, the TMS Alert Viewer: Error Message dialog box appears with additional information on the message. You can navigate through the messages in this dialog box using . Choose to display the relevant online documentation.

The following functions are available in the dialog box TMS Alert Viewer: :

	Displays the original message
	Displays the long text, if it is available
	For tp errors, the information written by tp to StdOut is displayed

Alerts in the Transport Management System

Alerts

Various situations can lead to errors when you are working with the Change and Transport System (CTS). The system administrator must react to these errors to ensure the stability and consistency of the SAP System.

To support the administrator, the Transport Management System (TMS) records CTS errors and provides tools that can be used to display and process these situations, known as alerts.

Among others, the Transport Management System records the following alerts:

• Errors that occurred when transport requests were exported
• Errors that occurred when transport requests were imported
• Errors in communication between SAP Systems
• Errors in the CTS configuration

You can display the alerts in both the CCMS Alert Monitor and the TMS Alert Viewer. On the initial TMS screen you can specify the default alert display by choosing Extras ® Settings ® Standard Alert Display.

Tools

CCMS Alert Monitor

The CCMS Alert Monitor is activated automatically when the TMS is configured. It replaces the TMS Alert Viewer, which is now only needed in special cases (for example, for special analyses). The CCMS monitor organizes alerts by system and topic. You can use this tool to display and process alerts.

Alerts are recorded in the system where they occur and then sent to the transport domain controller. This lets the system administrator monitor all systems in the transport domain centrally from the domain controller.

You do not need to make any additional changes to the configuration of the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) (such as maintaining central system groups) to be able to monitor TMS alerts in multiple systems. The TMS communication interface is used to send alerts to the CCMS in the domain controller system.

TMS Alert Viewer

Unlike the CCMS Alert Monitor, the TMS Alert Viewer is organized chronologically, and displays all actions for the selected system, not just errors. However, the Alert Viewer does not let you process these actions.

The TMS Alert Viewer only retains a certain number of actions in the display. If you want to display older actions, choose Edit ® History +/- to include more entries.

It can take some time to include older actions in the TMS Alert Viewer.

Resetting User TMSADM

Use

If you want to reset user TMSADM to the default, or if the configuration of this user was damaged, then:

Procedure

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1. Log on to the SAP system where you want to reset the TMSADM user.

2. Call transaction STMS.

3. Choose Overview ® Systems. The system overview appears.

4. Choose Extras ® Reset User TMSADM.

Result

The system user TMSADM is regenerated with the default authorizations.

Choosing Job Lists

Use

You have displayed the screen TMS Jobs for System and you want to:

• Display TMS jobs from another system
• Create a job list with your own selection criteria
• Display all the job schedules for a regularly scheduled job
• Display the schedules of a regularly scheduled job for the current day

Procedure

Display Job List from Another System

1. To display the TMS jobs from another system, choose in the TMS Jobs for System screen.
2. A dialog box appears where you can choose the system you want. The job list for this system is displayed.

Display a Job List with Your Own Selection Criteria

1. To display a job list with your own selection criteria, choose in the TMS Jobs for System screen Job list ® Selection criteria. The dialog box Job Selection appears.
2. Enter the requested data in the dialog box (system, job number, function, user, when the job starts).

Display All the Job Schedules for a Regularly Scheduled Job

To display all the jobs schedules for a regularly scheduled job, choose in the TMS Jobs for System screen.

Display the Schedules of Regularly Scheduled Jobs for the Current Day

To display the most recent jobs schedules for one or several regularly scheduled jobs for the current day, choose in the TMS Jobs for System screen.

Displaying Schedules and Logs for TMS Jobs

Use

You have displayed a job list and want to see:

• The scheduling data for TMS jobs
• The logs for TMS jobs

Procedure

Displaying Scheduling Data

Position the cursor on a job in the list with the scheduling data you want to see and choose . The dialog box Job Information from System appears with the relevant data under the tab Schedule.

Displaying the Logs

Position the cursor on a job in the list with the log you want to see, and choose . The dialog box Job Log from TMS from System appears. You can navigate through the entire job list using the icons.

If you want to display the logs of jobs in other systems, you need the administration authorization for background processing.

To display job logs in other systems, you must first log on to the relevant system. The logon screen of the system is displayed automatically.

Administrating TMS Jobs

Use

You have displayed a job list and want to:

• Reset the scheduling of TMS jobs

• Release TMS jobs
• Cancel TMS jobs
• Delete TMS jobs
• Check the status of TMS jobs

Procedure

To perform the relevant action, proceed as follows:

Resetting the Scheduling of TMS jobs

In the job list, mark the job(s) whose scheduling you want to reset, and choose .

Releasing TMS Jobs

In the job list, mark the job(s) that you want to release, and choose .

Canceling TMS Jobs

In the job list, mark the job(s) that you want to cancel, and choose .

Deleting TMS Jobs

In the job list, mark the job(s) that you want to delete, and choose .

Checking the Status of TMS Jobs

In the job list, mark the job whose status you want to check, and choose . In the status bar, you can see the result of the check.

SAP Transport Management System Concepts

SAP's Transport management system represents the centralized change and transport system CTS for all R/3 systems. SAP introduced transport management systems TMS from version 4.0 onwards. One of the main
benefits of the new transport management system is that it enables the SAP administrator to manage all SAP R/3 change requests from one single SAP client. Centralization of change request results in streamlined change management.

Earlier the transport of objects was done through transaction code SE06. With the introduction of transport management system, the movement of objects is now controlled through transaction code STMS. SAP TMS allows SAP administrators to define transport routes before hand. This minimizes human intervention in handling transport requests. As a segregation of duties best practice, access to transport management system transactions should only be restricted to the Basis team. Below, I have listed some of the important SAP transactions related to transport management.

Important Transport Management TCodes

SCC1, SCC4 - These are Client Administration transactions which enable user to create a new client SCC1 and copy data from an existing client to a target client.

SE10 - SE10 represents the transport organizer. It is used to manage and verify transport requests.

SE11 - SE11 is the ABAP
dictionary and is used to manage and release transport requests.

STMS - The transaction for transport management system, controls the movement of objects between various SAP systems.