The saposcol and rfcoscol programs are normally installed with the R/3 System. If you are using a dedicated database server, you may need to install the programs separately.

1. To install the saposcol and rfcoscol programs in the operating system, copy the programs saposcol and rfcoscol into the directory /usr/sap/bin on the host that you want to monitor remotely. Ensure that you have the correct versions for the operating system to be monitored.

2. As user root , change the executable files‘ authorizations as follows:

chmod 4755 saposcol

chown root saposcol

chmod 4755 rfcoscol

chown root rfcoscol

3. Enter saposcol to start the program.

saposcol creates a shared memory segment and periodically writes the performance data to it. You should also start saposcol every time you start the operating system so that the performance data is always available. This can be done automatically by entering it into the appropriate shell scripts in the rc directory or file. Make sure that the time zone is set correctly and that the performance data is summarized hourly. The installation is now complete.

4. Install the program rfcoscol on the remote host.

Setting Up RFC Communication to RFCOSCOL

Documentation for the "Gateway" and "RFC for External Programs" that you are using.