Activating the Push Technology of the CCMS Agents (SAP Library

Activating the Push Technology of the CCMS Agents

Use

With the Push Technology, CCMS agents automatically report alerts. This helps to ensure a good performance, as the central monitoring system then no longer needs to periodically query the agents for alerts. The central monitoring system can then execute auto-reaction methods (see also Starting Methods).

Prerequisites

The central monitoring system must have a release status of at least SAP Web Application Server 6.10. As of this release, activation of the push technology is mandatory.

Features

To activate the push technology, add a CEN_CSMREG_USER section to the File for Dialog-Free Installation. For an installation in dialog, the system requests the relevant data during the installation.

Section	Parameter	Description
CEN_CSMREG_USER	CEN_CSMREG_R3NAME	System ID of the central monitoring system
	CEN_CSMREG_MSHOST	Host name of the message server in the central monitoring system
	CEN_CSMREG_LANG	Language (such as de = German, en = English)
	CEN_CSMREG_TRACE	Is a trace set? [1,0]
	CEN_CSMREG_LOADBALANCING	Group logon [Y,N]
	CEN_CSMREG_GROUP	Name of the logon group (only if Group Logon = Y)
	CEN_CSMREG_ASHOST	Host name of an application server of the central monitoring system (only if Group Logon = N)
	CEN_CSMREG_SYSNR	Instance number of the above application server (only if Group Logon = N)
	CEN_CSMREG_CLIENT	Valid client in the central monitoring system
	CEN_CSMREG_USERID	Valid user in the central monitoring system
	CEN_CSMREG_PASSWORD	Associated password

Note

Enter the lines in the format <Parameter_name>=<Parameter_value>.

You must end the section with a period (.). This period must be the only character in the line.

The CCMS agent automatically functions as an RFC client during runtime and therefore requires an automatically valid logon to the central monitoring system. The user used for this purpose can be purely an RFC user and need not possess any rights at all, as it only calls a precisely defined function module that does not perform any additional authorization checks itself. We recommend that you use the user CSMREG for this purpose. Depending on the security configuration of the monitoring system, it may be necessary for the user to be explicitly permitted to tcall the following functions groups using RFC (see also Creating the CSMREG User):

SALC
SALF
SALH
SALS
SAL_CACHE_RECEIVE
SYST
SCSM*

The password for the CSMREG user is stored in the secure store in an encrypted file called passwd.

If you install the agent interactively, the system requests the required information during the installation. This means that the value for CEN_CSMREG_PASSWORD is not then stored in plain text in any file.

Example

Comment lines begin with the number sign (#).

# note, CSMREG user should use logon load balancing
CEN_CSMREG_USER
    CEN_CSMREG_R3NAME=CEN
    CEN_CSMREG_MSHOST=cenhostx
    CEN_CSMREG_LANG=en
    CEN_CSMREG_TRACE=0
    CEN_CSMREG_LOADBALANCING=y
    CEN_CSMREG_GROUP=PUBLIC
    CEN_CSMREG_CLIENT=000
    CEN_CSMREG_USERID=csmreg
    CEN_CSMREG_PASSWORD=passwd
.

See also:

Installation of the CCMS Agents