Monitoring Contexts in the Topology Display (SAP Library

Monitoring Contexts in the Topology Display

Use

Use this function to obtain an overview of the monitoring contexts of the local or of a remote SAP system. A monitoring context is the highest node of a monitoring tree and contains all monitoring objects and monitoring attributes belonging to the tree. A context is unique in a segment and at system level. A segment can contain various contexts. Monitoring contexts can be defined system-wide or in an application server.

For more information about how to start the topology display, see Calling the Display of the Technical Topology.

Features

By default, the system displays the following columns in the Local Contexts (<SID>) or Contexts (<SID>) tab page:

Column	Meaning
Context Name	Self-explanatory
Context Type	The following entries are possible: 3x Appl. Serv. system-wide instance-specific
Segment Name	Segment to which the context belongs; the name of the monitoring segment has the structure SAP_CCMS_<Name of the SAP instance>, or SAP_CCMS_<Host name> for CCMS agents.

Note

You can determine the context for every node of the monitor tree using transaction RZ20. Choose the desired node and Properties. The entry in the Properties of field has the following structure:

<System ID>\<Context Name>\... [\<Monitoring_object>][\<Monitoring_attribute>]

You can also show the following columns by choosing the Change Layout button for the ALV Grid Control.

Column	Meaning
Changed by	Unlike the tab page Monitored remote SAP systems, an automatic user (usually SAPMSSY8) can also be entered here as the changer, as the application server automatically registers with the monitoring architecture when starting up.
MTE Class	Class of the monitoring tree elements (MTEs) to which the uppermost node of the context belongs
Client	Client to which the context data refers
Context Owner	Owner specified by an API call during the initialization of a context
Monitored System	Usually identical to System. System and Monitored System can only differ if you are monitoring systems without monitoring segments in shared memory, such as SAP R/3 3.x systems. In these cases, the CCMS agent responsible for the monitoring technically belongs to the central monitoring system.
System Change Date Change Time	These columns have identical meanings as those with the same names when Displaying Monitored Systems in the Topology Display.

Activities

In addition to the display functions, you can also delete the entry for a local context in change mode. First choose the Display « Change () pushbutton to start change mode, and then choose Delete Entry (). This is useful, for example, for correcting inconsistencies.

Note

The deletion of contexts has no consequences for the functioning of the monitoring architecture - the system automatically renews entries for active monitoring contexts.