SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Creating Custom Hooks

You create custom hooks so that you can invoke a provider definition implicitly for instances, hosts, or virtual hosts.

Prerequisites

  • You have provided the provider definitions for your custom hooks.

    For more information, see Provider Definitions.

  • You have the required permissions to perform custom operations.

    For more information, see Standard Permissions.

  • You know the custom hook types that you want to use.

    For more information, see Custom Hook Types.

  • You know the operations available for custom hooks.

    For more information, see Operations for Custom Hooks.

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation pathAutomation Studio Next navigation step Custom HooksEnd of the navigation path.
  2. Choose Create.
  3. Enter the name for the custom hook.
  4. Choose the name of the corresponding provider definition.
  5. Choose the entity type on which this custom hook can be executed.
  6. Choose the operation, the hook applies to.
  7. Choose the type of hook.
  8. Optional: To start the custom hook in parallel with other subsequent process steps, select the Background Step checkbox. No subsequent process step depends on this hook.
    This checkbox is only available for post and error hooks.
  9. Optional: To retrieve secure parameters, select the Retrieve Secure Parameters checkbox.
    All required credentials for the current combination of database and operating system such as schema, <SID>adm, and DB superadministrator are secure parameters. The operations Software Provisioning Manager, User management, or custom operations for example, contain secure parameters.
  10. Optional: Enter a dynamic caption that you want to display on the Activities and Logs tab.
  11. Choose Create Custom Hook.

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