Installing Log Viewer as a Service 

Use

You can install Log Viewer server as a service on Microsoft Windows and as a daemon on UNIX. You can then connect locally to the Log Viewer service by two ways:

●      starting the Log Viewer client using P4 port of the J2EE Engine

●      remotely, by using RMI port to the Log Viewer server.

However, by default, the NI protocol is used.

Prerequisites

●      On Microsoft Windows, the service.ini and the service.exe files exist in the same directory; by default, this is the <Drive>:\usr\sap\<SID>\JC<Instance number>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone directory.

●      On Microsoft Windows, the service.inifile has been configured. For more information, see the <Drive>:\usr\sap\<SID>\JC<Instance number>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone\Service_Readme.txt file.

●      On Microsoft Windows, JDK version 1.4.2 or higher has been installed.

●      On UNIX, the /usr/sap/<SID>/JC<Instance number>/j2ee/admin/logviewer-standalone/daemon/LV_daemon.sh file has been configured.

Procedure

Installing Log Viewer as a Service on Microsoft Windows

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       1.      In the file system, go to the <Drive>:\usr\sap\<SID>\JC<Instance number>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone directory.

       2.      To install Log Viewer as a service, in the command line, execute the service.exe –install command.

The Log Viewer server is installed as the following service on Microsoft Windows: SAP J2EE Engine Logviewer.

       3.      To start SAP J2EE Engine Logviewer service, choose Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services, select the service and then choose Start.

By default, SAP J2EE Engine Logviewer service runs on port 1099. If you want to change the port, in the <Drive>:\usr\sap\<SID>\JC<Instance number>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone\server\LogViewerServer.properties file, change the value of the following property: Logviewer_java.naming.provider.url = rmi://localhost:1099.

If you want to uninstall the J2EE Engine, you have to stop SAP J2EE Engine Logviewer service. Otherwise, you will receive an error message that the <Drive>:\usr\sap\<SID>\JC<Instance number>\j2ee\admin\logviewer_standalone directory cannot be removed.

Installing the Log Viewer as a Daemon on UNIX

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       1.      In the file system, go to the /usr/sap/<SID>/JC<Instance number>/j2ee/admin/logviewer-standalone/daemon directory.

       2.      To install the Log Viewer as a daemon, in the command line, execute the LV_daemon.sh script.

The LV_daemon.sh script invokes the server_nohup.sh script. The Log Viewer server is installed as the following daemon on UNIX: SAP J2EE Engine Logviewer.

       3.      To start and stop the SAP J2EE Engine Logviewer daemon, execute the LV_daemon.sh start and LV_daemon.sh stop commands respectively.

 

Additional Information

Follow this procedure only if you receive the following error when trying to start the service:

“Error 1053: The service could not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.”

Removing Error 1053

This error occurs only if using Microsoft Windows.

To install the service, proceed as follows:

       1.      Remove the service with the following command:

   <SAP_install_dir>\<system_name>\<instance_name>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone\service.exe –remove

       2.      In the <SAP_install_dir>\<system_name>\<instance_name>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone\service.ini file, change the lines as shown in the example below and save it:

Service_0_JavaPath = C:/j2sdk1.4.2_09/

Service_0_RootDir = <SAP_install_dir>\<system_name>\<instance_name>\/j2ee/admin/logviewer-standalone

Use the symbol "/" instead of "\".

       3.      In the <SAP_install_dir>\<system_name>\<instance_name>\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone\server\LogViewerServer.properties file, change the lines as shown in the example below and save it:

Logviewer_MonitorablePath = c:\\usr\\sap

Logviewer_CCMSTemplateGenerationDirectory = c:\\usr\\sap\\tmp

Logviewer_LogDirectoryReadFromFile = c:\\usr\\sap\\tmp\\ServerLogDirectory.xml

       4.      Execute the command:

<SAP_install_dir>\<system_name>\<instance_name>\\j2ee\admin\logviewer-standalone\service.exe –install

       5.      Go to Control Panel  →  Administrative Tools  →  Services and start the service ‘SAP J2EE Engine LogViewer’.

Result

You will no longer receive this error message.