SAP Housekeeping - The Computer

Center Management System (CCMS)

Objectives
Introduction to CCMS
Basic concepts behind CCMS

Profiles
Operation Modes
The R/3 Control Panel
Monitoring Architecture
Performance Monitoring
Alert Monitoring

CCMS Agent Technology

E-mail notification in case of errors

CCMS

The Computer Center Management System (CCMS) is a

collection of tools and utilities which allows you to monitor,
manage, and configure the R/3 system.

The CCMS toolset supports most of the system management

functions.

The CCMS provides a series of graphical monitors and

management utilities.

The CCMS manages a very large amount of highly technical

information, which can only be understood with a deep
knowledge of the operating system, underlying database
architecture, network, and the R/3 internals.

Various Functions
The various functions are:

Starting and stopping SAP instances

Monitoring and analyzing the workload of the

underlying operating systems, the network, the
database engine, and the SAP system itself

Automatic problem detection with the use and

configuration of alert thresholds

Definition of operation modes with 24 hours unattended

work process automatic reconfiguration

Instance profile checking and maintenance

Centralized management of usual activities of the

printing system, database, and background system

Data archiving functions

Main Concepts
The main concepts with which to get familiar when operating the
CCMS:
R / 3 instances
Defines resources needed by a SAP Application Server, such as
memory configuration, number and type of services provided
(work processes), and so on.
Syntax <hostname>_<SID>_<system number>
Instances profiles

Include the group of parameters which sets the values for the
resources needed by the R/3 instances.
Initially generated when installing the SAP system.
Operation modes
Main use is to automatically switch work process types to better
distribute the available resources.

Main Concepts
Control panel
Central monitor - an overview of the whole SAP system status
Performing management functions like changing operation modes, starting and
stopping instances

Monitors
Displays the alerts defined in the system
List-oriented and Graphical monitoring

Alerts
Predefined system events which are constantly monitored
Includes alerts for the database, the Operating system, the network and R/3
components
Can be Simple warnings or Critical Errors

Performance and workload statistics collectors

Collector programs and Background jobs

Administrator Duties with the CCMS

Configure the CCMS:
Configure the instances and operation modes
Configure the alert thresholds
Configure and submit the performance collectors
Use the CCMS for:
Online alert monitoring
Performance problems analysis
Importing and maintaining the SAP system profiles
Needed authorization S_RZL_ADM

Maintaining Profile
SAP System Profiles:
Default profile
Instance profile
Startup profile
OS Path: /usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/profile

Importing the Profiles:

Firsttime Maintenance

Editing the profile

Profile Reference Server &

Versions

Profile Maintenance
Options
Editing Profiles
Administration data
Name and location of the OS file, date and time of modification and generation
user name who changed it, and the reference server for parameter checking

Basic maintenance
Displays the default profile values

Extended maintenance
Displays the active profile parameters

Note: Only in those cases where the system cannot be started because of
profile value problems should these files be edited at the operating system
level.

Profile Maintenance Options

Checking Profiles

Profile Maintenance
Options
Deleting Profiles

Two options to delete profiles from the database

Delete Individual profile
Delete All versions of a profile
Reports RSPARAM and RSPFPAR
To look at the current active parameter of an instance
Does not show global parameters
Advantage:
System checks the consistency of all the parameter values
and displays any problems or errors it detects.

Working with Operation

Modes

Define how many work process types will be available and

can automatically switch to other types at certain hours
No need to restart the instances
Operation modes are defined at the instance level.
An instance is assigned to one or several operation modes.
The operation mode definition includes
The number and type of work processes for an instance
The total number of work processes cannot be modified
The time and schedule when the services will be available

Working with Operation

Modes

Two operation modes for every instance

Normal working hours
Night time
Configuring Operation Modes
There are four required steps for the configuration:
1. Define an operation mode.
2. Define the instance.
3. Assign the instances and the work process
aadistribution to the operation mode.
4. Maintain the operation mode timetable.

Working with Operation

Modes
-Defining Operation Modes

Working with Operation Modes

-Define/Configure CCMS
Instances

Working with Operation Modes

-Assigning Operation Modes to Instances

Working with Operation Modes

-Dialog box for work process
distribution

Working with Operation Modes

- Configuring the Timetable for Operation Mode
Switches

Working with Operation Modes

- Configuring the Timetable for Operation Mode
Switches

The R/3 Control Panel

Start

or stop instances
Maintain operation modes and instances
Log on to a host system or instance
Display the R/3 system log and process
traces
Stop the R/3 system
Display and maintain the alert
thresholds of the system

Monitoring Architecture

Monitors
The monitoring utilities
System monitors. In charge of displaying an overview of the
SAP instances status and alerts

Alert monitors. Online monitors capable of automatic problem

detection and display.

Performance monitors. Specialized monitors which analyze and

help to tune the different components of the SAP system such as
the database, the operating system, the buffers, or the network

Monitors

Performance Monitors

Statistical information is collected using the RSCOLL00 program

Information is archived in the database table MONI and also in the PAHI
This job is usually called SAP_COLLECTOR_FOR_PERFMONITOR or
SAP_COLLECTOR
The RSCOLL00 program uses the special table TCOLL

Workload Monitor

Workload monitor uses the information that has been collected by the data
collector
The statistical information is the key for analyzing whether the current

system configuration
Transaction Code: ST03

Database Performance
Monitor for the Oracle
Database
Administrators should use this performance monitor
for the following tasks:

Checking the current database component sizes

and the space critical objects
Looking for lost indexes either in the ABAP
dictionary or the database
Analyzing performance problems in the database
Getting data for tuning programs with database
access

Alert Monitors

The global alert monitor

The SAP system monitor

The database monitor
The network monitor

The local alert monitors

Operating system monitor

File system monitor
Current workload

Monitoring Tree

Monitoring Trees (mts)

The alert monitor displays information
about monitoring objects using
hierarchical trees Known as Monitoring
trees
Each node of the tree corresponds to a
monitoring tree element (MTE)

Monitoring Tree

Navigating Across Monitors

(Monitoring Tree)

Each monitor or MT has two possible views

Current status. Shows an overview of current alert values.

Open alerts. Displays the non processed alerts in the
system.

There are color codes for the MTE nodes that have the
following meanings:

Green. The component works correctly.

Yellow. A warning alert has occurred.
Red. A problem has occurred in the system.
White. There is no information about this node that has
been provided by any data supplier.

CCMS Agent Technology

The runtime information for the
monitoring objects is stored in monitoring
segments
CCMS Agents are
SAPCCMSR, SAPCCM4X, SAPCM3X

SAPCCMSR

SAPCCM4X

Monitoring remote systems

Monitored System with J2EE

and ABAP Instances

Monitored System with Java

and ABAP Instances, and a
CEN

Steps for setting up central

monitoring

Special monitors for my SAP

components

Monitoring on Computers without SAP

Software
Monitoring Software Components
Without SAP Basis

SAP liveCache (as of APO 3.1, APO 3.0)

SAP Internet Transaction Server (as of ITS 4.6D)
SAP Business Connector (SAP BC)
Internet Pricer & Configurator (IPC) (mySAP CRM Internet
Sales)
Index Management Server (IMS) (mySAP CRM Internet Sales)
SAP Java Application Server

E-mail notification in case

of errors

Create SYSADMINCIS SAP user if it does not exist in client

000
Setup SMTP Node for sending alert Emails
Schedule Background job for sending Internet Email
Create Distribution List
Create Variant for MTE Configuration
Create Auto-Reaction Method, Copy from standard Method
Copy MTE Class General properties, Attributes and Method
Assignment to Variant ZCCMS_CONFIG_VARIANT
Create Monitor Set and Monitor

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