Empowering Solution

Title

EWA Configuration

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1.0

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Kapil Bhati

Date

13.01.2014

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Symptoms ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................ 3

Solutions ...................................................................................................................................... 3

References .................................................................................................................................. 15

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Table of Contents

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Symptoms:
Solution Manager Early Watch Alert Setup for ABAP Systems

Early Watch Alert generation is a service provided by the SAP Solution Manager that provides
technical insight in the operation of SAP systems. It uses general recommendations and KPI from
SAP to determine the health of the SAP system. Focus is mostly on measuring the capacity of the
system and showing possible issues that might jeopardize operation in the future.
Early Watch Alert generation has to be configured before related functionality such as Service
Level Reporting can be used. This document describes the configuration of Early Watch Alerts for
ABAP systems only.

Prerequisites:

To perform the steps as indicated in this document, the following pre-requisites have to be
fulfilled.
Solution Manager 4 basic configuration has been performed (see reference IMG)
The system for which the Early Watch Alert are to be generated it connected to the Solution
Manager
On the system for which Early Watch Alert generation is to be configured, the latest ST-PI and
ST- A/PI have to be installed

Solutions:

Choose the Call Service Data Control Center button. This logs on to the remote system and
launches transaction SDCCN there

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Service connection from the system for which Early Watch Alert is to be created to SAP has to be
configured (i.e. transaction OSS1 has to be configured).

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Choose Yes.

Choose Yes.

The default values are fine. Choose Save.

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The settings for the preparation tool are shown

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Note: all items should be green. Note 69455 might be red, but that is easily fixed. Choose the
button
Addons & Upgr

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Choose Procedure after addon implementation

Now the After impl is green too. Choose OK to continue.

Now, all items should be green. If it does, leave the screen and choose Yes on the following popup
Schedule regular retrieval of sessions
The system for which Early Watch Alert reports should be created, will have to check at the
Solution Manager for new reports to generate daily. For this, a task will be scheduled. From the
menu choose Task --> Create.
From the menu choose Task --> Create

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Run Task Periodically button. This will make the task run daily. If no RFC destination to the
Solution Manager is shown, proceed as shown in the appendix in sections 3.3. Note: you can choose
any start time.
In principle, the configuration of Early Watch Alert reports is now done. However, it is wise to try
and generate a report manually at this time.

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Choose the RFC connection to the Solution Manager as the Target RFC Destination. Also, click
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Double-click Refresh sessions.

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Manually create an Early Watch Alert report

Log on to the Solution Manager and call transaction SOLUTION_MANAGER. Choose the
landscape containing the system for which EWA needs to be Early
Watch__MCE_ITEM____MCE_ITEM__ Solution Monitoring__MCE_ITEM____MCE_ITEM__created.
Go to Operations Alert.

Choose the system the system for which the EWA needs to be created. Choose Create.

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Create__MCE_ITEM____MCE_ITEM__ Choose Task

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Choose Create Service.

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Choose to schedule Now. Also, choose the RFC connection to the Solution Manager system as the

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Double-click Refresh sessions

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Target RFC destination. Choose Continue

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Thats nice. Now, choose Continue.

The task is scheduled to start. Choose Refresh to update the status. Once it is done, automatically EWA
entries are created.

Start EWA data collection manually

Refresh sessions

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Choose the Call Service Data Control Center button. This logs on to the remote system and launches
transaction SDCCN there

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The new EWA is added to the task list. Click the SAP Early Watch Alert link.

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Start EWA data collection manually

These services will run periodically. However, to check the creation of EWA, creation of an EWA
will be triggered immediately. Choose the first row Start now__MCE_ITEM____MCE_ITEM__with
an Early Watch Alert task. Then choose Edit

Appendix: add the Solution Manager RFC to the SDCCN

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Click on the table button in the RFC Destinations section.

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From transaction SDCCN, choose Goto --> Settings --> Task-Specific

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No RFC destinations are shown. Go to change mode and click the Add RFC destination button.

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Give the RFC destination a name and choose the RFC connection to the Solution Manager.

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The RFC destination is now shown in the list. Now, set it as the master system, so it will be default for all manually created

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Choose the RFC connection to Solution Manager as the Destination.

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sessions. Click the Set Master SAP Solution Manager system button.

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The Solution Manager can now be accessed from SDCCN. Click OK to continue.

Optional: Automatic sending of reports by e- mail

Prerequisite:
The task has started execution. Note it might run for 30-60 minutes!
When it is done, it will be removed from the To do tab. Choose Back to leave the satellite
system. Choose Back again to see the list of EWA services in the Solution Manager
Start processing of received data manually

will be triggered manually. Choose Start service processing.

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The processing of the received data will also start automatically at some point in time. But for testing purposes, the processing

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In the overview of EWA tasks, a new entry is created. This entry means that data has been received
from the system and is ready to be processed. Click this entry

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Choose OK to continue.
The processing will run for some time. When it is done, the icon before the Early Watch Alert will change to
a value indicating its status. The yellow icon means that issues were found in the EWA. Choose the Word
icon to view the EWA.

http://scn.sap.com/community/it-management/alm/solutionmanager/blog/2012/12/19/earlywatch-alert-setup-for-abap-systems

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