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Procedure documentation Changing the Configuration of the MMC Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can change the configuration of the SAP Systems Manager snap-in on the MMC to meet your requirements. In particular, you can extend the list of systems and instances displayed so that you can monitor all systems and instances from a single console.

Procedure

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To extend the list of instances displayed in the MMC, do the following:

       1.      Choose Start  ® Run and enter MMC.

       2.      In the MMC window, select Console root and choose Console  ® Add/Remove Snap-In.

       3.      In the Add/Remove Snap-In dialog box, choose Add and then select the SAP Systems Manager snap-in.

       4.      Confirm your selection with Add.

       5.      In the General Settings dialog box, select the options you require:

Option

Description

Options

Select Use fix SAP instance list.

Auto Refreshment

Enter the periods in which you want system information to be updated automatically.

Options

Select Expert user mode if you want to access more detailed system information later when you start working with the SAP snap-in.

Select Always show local SAP instances, if you want to display the instances installed.

Select Enable Single Sign-On, if you want to use Single Sign-on to log on to SAP instances that support SNC. Single Sign-on is only supported if the snap-in is configured to use a LDAP directory.

 

       6.      Choose Next to close the General Settingsdialog box.

       7.      In the Security dialog box, choose a security level for communication between the snap-in and remote SAP instances. If you need to manage SAP instances prior to release SAP NetWeaver 2004s, you need to enable DCOM communication. With SAP NetWeaver 2004s and higher, Web service communication based on http or https is available. It is strongly recommended to use https, since some actions like starting or stopping require user authentication via basic authentication. Therefore the SSL encryption should be used. However you first need to setup SSL correctly for the monitored SAP instances. For more information, see also the documentation Structure linkConfiguring SAP Web AS for Supporting SSL.

       8.      Choose  Next  to close the Security dialog box.

       9.      In the Fixed Server List dialog box, create a list of the instances you want to monitor from the SAP snap-in:

                            a.      In the System field, enter or select the name of the SAP system that the instance belongs to.

                            b.      In the Instance field, enter or select the name of the host on which the instance is running, and the instance number, for example, p18357 53

                            c.      Choose Add to include the instance in the Fixed Instances List.

Example

An entry in the instance list looks like this:

BIN p18357 53

                            d.      When you have entered all the instances you want to monitor, choose Finish.

Result

You have now changed the configuration of the SAP snap-in for the MMC. You can save the configuration in a file when you exit the MMC. Whenever you need the newly created configuration, you can start it simply by double-clicking on the saved file.

See also:

Starting the MMC

Layout of SAP Systems Manager Snap-In

Context Menu of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In

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