Configuring DB System Checks in CCMS (Informix) 

Use

You can use this procedure to configure database system checks (shortened to "DB system checks") for your Informix database. This procedure is started from the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) in the R/3 System.

Prerequisites

For more information about what you need to do before using the Computer Center Management System (CCMS) for DBA tasks, see Getting Started in CCMS with Informix DBA.

Procedure

  1. Choose Tools ® CCMS ® DB Administration ® Check ® Configuration.

    2. The system displays a dialog showing the different kinds of check that you can configure.

  2. Select the Filter you want.

    3. The filter determines what type of check the system displays for you to configure. If you want to filter for a particular class of check, select origin class and enter a valid class in the field checks. To filter for the checks that are automatically scheduled (that is, the checks that can lead to alerts being raised in the alert monitor), select Alert schedule class and enter Daily or Hourly.

  3. Choose Show checks to display the checks in more detail.

    4. The system displays a summary list showing all single checks for the filter you have selected. The filter is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

    If there is an entry in the column Schedule (for example, daily or hourly), then this parameter is used to set an alert if necessary. For more information, see Monitoring the Database with the Release 4 Alert Monitor: Informix and The Alert Browser: Working with Alerts.

  4. To modify a single check, select a row and then choose Modify row.

You cannot modify all single checks. For example, the check Chunksize cannot be modified.

There are sometimes multiple rows for a single parameter. This is due to different system combinations. Make sure you change the correct row for your system combination – if in doubt, change all rows for the parameter.

The system displays the parameters of the single check you have selected.

  1. To find more information about the single check, choose Information.

    2. A help window is displayed showing detailed information about the single check that you are modifying.

  2. Enter your requirements for the single check in the box Customizable, according to the table below:

    3. Customizable Parameters for a Single Check

    Type of Check

    How you can Customize the Check

    Dynamic

    Activate or de-activate check by selecting Activated?

    Alter severity of check, affecting how the check appears on the report

    Enter a comment to identify your change in Modif. comment

    Static

    As for dynamic checks plus the following:

    Enter an operator in the field Checkop.

    Enter a value in the field Checkvalue.

    Enter a unit in the field Byteunit to determine how Checkvalue is to be interpreted, if bytes are used for the check.

    Extra information about the check is displayed in the boxes Class, Last modification and Platform combination.

  3. If you have modified parameters for the single check and want to reset them to the values before you started, choose Screen entry. If you want to reset the parameters to the default values set by SAP, choose SAP original.
  4. When the parameters for the single check are as required, save the check.

Result

You have configured the DB system check to meet your requirements.

 

See also:

Running DB System Checks in CCMS (Informix)

Viewing DB System Checks in CCMS (Informix)