SAP Service Manager (SAP Library - Computing Center Management System (BC-CCM))

SAP Service Manager

The SAP Service Manager has been replaced by the Microsoft Management Console. Although the Service Manager is still available, SAP recommends the use of the MMC as it provides many new functions and simplifies system management. For more information, see Microsoft Management Console: Windows NT.

The SAP Service Manager (program sservmgr ) allows you to monitor the R/3 System directly or remotely in a simple manner. If the SAP Service Manager is to be used remotely, you need to copy the program sservmgr to the workstation (operating system required: Windows NT or Windows 95) from where administration of the R/3 System is to be carried out.

You can perform the following functions with the SAP Service Manager:

Start and stop R/3 instances

See also:

Starting an R/3 System: Windows NT

Stopping an R/3 System: Windows NT

Monitor all processes started for the R/3 System

The SAP Service Manager uses the following color scheme to display the status of the SAP standard processes (dispatcher, message server):

Yellow: A process started synchronously is running (for example, sapcpe ) or the dispatcher started asynchronously is running, however the R/3 System is not yet ready for logon.

Green: A process started asynchronously is running. The dispatcher is an exception. It is not displayed in green until the system is ready for logon.

Gray: The process has ended.

Red: An error has occurred and the process could not be started.

Detailed information on a/synchronous processes can be found in Windows NT Start Profile.

Display the Windows NT start profile of the instance

Display the log file generated when the system was started and stopped

For routine management of your R/3 System, SAP recommends using the R/3 CCMS tool (Tools ® Administration ® Computing Center ® Management System).

To start the SAP Service Manager:

The SAP Service Manager can be started in the following ways:

Select Programs ® Administrative Tools (Common) ® SAP ® SAP Service Manager for <SAPSID>_<Instance number> for the R/3 instance concerned.

Execute program sservmgr .

sservmgr <Parameter1> [<Parameter2> ]

Parameter1 : <SAPSID>_<Instance number> (e.g. C11_00 )

Parameter2 : <Computer name on which the R/3 service runs > (optional, however Parameter2 must be specified if the SAP Service Manager is to run remotely).