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Proactive, automated monitoring is the basis for ensuring reliable operations for your SAP system environment. SAP provides you with the infrastructure and recommendations needed to set up your alert monitoring to recognize critical situations as quickly as possible.

Furthermore, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search and the SAP NetWeaver components that it contains (SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) ABAP, AS Java, and Search and Classification (TREX)) provide a range of further means for checking and monitoring.

Features

You can use the following monitoring and administration tools to monitor the functioning of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search:

Tool

Use

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Worker Administration

Monitoring the blade system at the technical level

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You can find the tool on the operating system administration UI for the master (http://<externer Host-Name>:5801).

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You can stop and restart the blades, display a list of currently running processes, and go to a Nagios-based monitoring tool.

SAP Management Console (MC)

Monitoring the SAP system at the technical level

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To start the SAP MC, open a browser in the operating system administration UI for the master and navigate to the following address:

http://<local host>:50113

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You can stop and start the SAP system, monitor its processes and accesses, configure alerts, and much more.

For more information, see the online help for the SAP MC.

TREX Admin Tool

Monitoring the TREX component and TREX indexes

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You can find the TREX admin tool in the SAP system (transaction TREXADMIN) in the administration cockpit atRelated Links.

The Python-based stand-alone TREX admin tool can be started from the command line. Due to the use of virtual host names, you must use the following extended command:

trexenv.sh <sid>trex00 TREX admin

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TREX Admin Tool in the SAP System (TREXADMIN)

TREX Admin Tool (Standalone)

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search Administration Cockpit

Monitoring search object connectors and accessing the trace and log files for SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search

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Check the status of the search object connectors regularly, preferably daily.

You can find the different trace and log files in the administration cockpit at Related Links.

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Using the Connector Administration Cockpit

Trace and Log Files

Smoke Test

Check the installation and basic configuration of the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search system.

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The test is performed automatically during the installation process. You can repeat it later manually if necessary.

You can find the test in the administration cockpit at Related Links.

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Smoke Test

More Information

For a detailed description of SAP system monitoring and alert management, see https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/monitoring

For more information about the standard SAP NetWeaver tools and procedures for testing and monitoring, see the technical operations manual for SAP NetWeaver.