SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Registering and Starting an Instance Agent

You register and start an instance agent in a single or in a mass operation.

Prerequisites

  • The general prerequisites for instance operations have been met.

    For more information, see General Prerequisites for Instance Operations.

  • The instance status is Partially prepared Partially prepared, Unknown, or Host Unreachable.

    If the instance managed by the instance agent is running, you must not use this operation because you would cause the instance to be restarted.

  • The instance managed by the instance agent must not represent a database.

Context

Instance agents are automatically installed and started during the installation of any SAP NetWeaver component. An instance agent runs for each instance monitored. You use this operation for example to troubleshoot problems with the instance agent.

Procedure

  1. Choose Operations.
  2. Choose Systems from the tabs.
  3. From the Operations dropdown for the instance, choose Start of the navigation pathForced Next navigation step Forced Register and Start Instance AgentEnd of the navigation path.

    To execute this operation as mass operation, choose Start of the navigation pathMass Operations Next navigation step Forced Next navigation step Forced Register and Start Instance AgentEnd of the navigation path and ensure that the entities on which you want to execute the operation are displayed and selected.

  4. Optional: SAP Landscape Management checks if the host assigned to the instance meets the requirements of the instance. These requirements include RAM, SAPs, and so on. To ignore this host check, select the Ignore Host Check checkbox.
  5. Optional: SAP Landscape Management checks if intersystem dependencies are defined, and either performs the necessary action or prompts you to decide whether to proceed with the operation. To ignore any intersystem dependencies, select the Ignore Intersystem Dependencies checkbox.
  6. Optional: Select the Set Note checkbox and enter a note to be displayed in the Description column of the instance.
  7. Choose Execute.

Results

  • For Unix-like systems:

    1. Registers the instance agent in file /usr/sap/sapservices.
    2. Starts the instance agent.
  • For Windows systems:

    If the instance managed by the instance agent is not running:
    1. Registers the instance agent.
    2. Stops the instance agent.
    3. Starts the instance agent.
    4. Sets the instance agent status to Running Running.

Next Steps

To verify if the instance agent is running, choose Start of the navigation pathRefresh Next navigation step Instance AgentEnd of the navigation path.