Changing the Configuration of the SAP MMC

You can change the configuration of the SAP Systems Manager snap-in on the SAP 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.

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

1. Open the SAP MMC by choosing  Start  Run  and entering MMC.

2. In the SAP MMC window, select Console Root and choose  File  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 for 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 on local machines.
   Select Always show all SAP instances of SAP systems, if you want to manage all instances of a selected SAP system automatically.
   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 an LDAP directory.

6. Choose Next to close the General Settings dialog 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 7.0, you have to enable DCOM communication. As of SAP NetWeaver 7.0, 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, it is best to use the SSL encryption. However, you first need to setup SSL correctly for the monitored SAP instances. For more information, see the documentation Configuring SAP Web AS for Supporting SSL.

8. Choose Next to close the Security dialog box.

9. In the Proxy dialog box, specify a proxy server to connect to the SAP instances if you cannot use a direct network connection.

10. Choose Next to close the Proxy dialog box.

11. In the Fixed Server List dialog box, create a list of the instances you want to monitor from the SAP snap-in. If you have enabled Always show all SAP instances of SAP systems in General, it is sufficient to specify a single instance of a SAP system; the remaining instances of the system will be added automatically:

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

    2. 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

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

       Example

       An entry in the instance list looks like this:

       BIN p18357 53

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

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

Starting the SAP MMC

Layout of SAP Systems Manager Snap-In

Context Menu of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In