Monitoring Multiple R/3 Systems 

Use

By default, the alert monitor watches over the R/3 System in which you start it.

However, you can monitor multiple R/3 Systems from a single alert monitor. For example, you can make one R/3 System your central system for monitoring. You then simply add your other R/3 Systems to the alert monitor in this central monitoring system.

You can monitor as many R/3 Systems from a single system as you require. Technical factors, such as the speed of and the amount of traffic on your network limit the number of systems that can be monitored. Experience suggests that such practical limits become meaningful only when monitoring multiple tens of R/3 Systems.

Prerequisites

You can only monitor a remote RFC system once you have defined an RFC destination for each R/3 System that you wish to monitor remotely. A remote R/3 System is any R/3 System other than the one in which you are logged on.

Define an RFC destination for a remote R/3 System by calling Transaction SM59. The procedure for defining an RFC destination is described below.

Procedures

Monitoring an Additional R/3 System

  1. Choose CCMS ® Configuration ® Alert monitor. Alternatively, call Transaction RZ21.
  2. Choose Technical infrastructure ® Create entry for remote monitoring.
  3. Fill out the definition screen as follows:

    4. Target system: Enter the name of the R/3 System that is to be monitored. Examples: C11, R3P.

    Target system RFC destination: Enter the name of the RFC connection to the remote R/3 System. Choose Goto ® RFC connections to display a list of the connections that have been defined. To define a new connection, see the procedure below.

    What should be monitored?: Select The whole R/3 System.

  4. Choose Save. When you save, the R/3 System automatically tests the connection to the remote system. The system will display an error message if the RFC connection does not work. If there is an error, call Transaction SM59 to test and correct the connection.
  5. Display the alert monitor by choosing Control /Monitoring ® Alert monitor or by calling Transaction RZ20.
  6. Add the new R/3 System to one or more of your monitors. To do this, load a monitor from a monitor set. Activate the maintenance functions and choose Change monitor. The newly added remote R/3 System will appear in the list of selectable MTEs. You can then open the remote system, complete the logon if necessary, and add monitoring elements from the remote system to your monitor. Alternatively, you can create your own monitor.

If you have already set up your own rule-based monitors, then the new system will be automatically added to your monitors.

Defining an RFC Connection to a Remote R/3 System

Before you can monitor a remote R/3 System, you must define an RFC connection to the remote system as follows:

  1. Choose CCMS ® Configuration ® Alert monitor. Alternatively, call Transaction RZ21.
  2. Choose Technical infrastructure ® Create entry for remote monitoring.
  3. Choose Goto ® RFC connections, or alternatively call Transaction SM59.
  4. In the RFC destinations tree, expand the R/3 Connections tree.
  5. If you do not see an appropriate RFC connection for the system that you want to monitor, choose Create.
  6. Fill out the definition screen as follows:

    7. RFC destination: A freely selectable name for the RFC connection that you are defining.

    Connection type: Enter 3, for R/3 System.

    Description: Identifying text.

    In the Logon group box, either mark Current user, or enter the user specifications for a user in the destination R/3 System. The RFC connection logs on with this user to the remote system. Whether you use the current user or a specific user, this user must have authorization for the alert monitor and for system administration in the target system.

  7. Save the definition. The system displays some additional fields in the Technical settings group box. Select Yes for Load distrib. and then save the definition again.
  8. Complete the definition by filling out the remaining fields in the Technical settings group box:

    9. Target system ID: Enter the R/3 System ID (C11, for example).

    Target host: Enter the host name of the message server. If you are not sure of it, then log onto the target system and call Transaction RZ03. The message server is the R/3 instance with the M in the Services column. The host name is the first part of the R/3 instance name: host1_C11_01.

    Group: Enter the logon group to use on the target system. If you are not sure, enter Transaction SMLG on the target system to display the available groups.

    Save as: Select IP address. The message server host name or IP address is automatically entered in the adjacent field.

  9. Save the completed definition.
  10. Test the RFC connection by choosing Test connection and Remote logon.

Here is a sample definition screen:

For more information, see: Maintaining Remote Destinations.

Result

You can monitor multiple R/3 Systems in the alert monitor on a single R/3 System.