Monitoring CCMS Agents in the Topology Display
Use
Use this function to obtain an overview of the
CCMS Agents that are registered for your local system. CCMS agents are independent processes with an interface through RFC to a central monitoring system and an interface to the shared memory. They provide a connection method, in addition to a defined ABAP interface, between the monitored and monitoring systems.
The advantages of CCMS agents lie in their universal usability, as agents allow the inclusion of both SAP components without ABAP interfaces and non-SAP components. The method of access for monitoring is also independent of any error status of the monitored system, and is better from a performance point of view due to the use of
Push Technology.
For more information about how you can start the topology display, see
Calling the Display of the Technical Topology.Features
By default, the system displays the following columns in the tab pages for the CCMS agents:
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Column |
Description |
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System |
System ID of the monitored system (this column is only displayed for agents for remote SAP systems) |
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Segment Name |
Name of the monitoring segment with which the agent connects; it has the name structure SAP_CCMS_<Name of the SAP Instance> or SAP_CCMS_<Host Name> for agents for the local system. |
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Destination |
RFC destination of the monitoring segment |
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Comm.Status or Segment Status |
Status of the monitoring segment or communication status from the point of view of the local system. The possibilities for status are:
If an RFC call fails (for example, in the case of the Test Connection command), the system displays COMM.FAIL. After a successful RFC call, the system sets the status to ONLINE again. |
You can also show the following columns by choosing the Change Layout... button for the
ALV Grid Control:
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Column |
Description |
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Responsible Server |
As the CCMS agents originally acted purely as RFC servers, a Responsible Server, that the agent controls, must exist. |
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Comm.Prio |
This columns have identical meanings as those with the same names when Displaying Monitored Systems in the Topology Display. |
Activities
In addition to the purely display functions, the following commands are also available to you as pushbuttons in the ALV Grid Control. These commands are only available for the local system.
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Command |
Explanation |
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This command performs an RFC call to the selected agent and displays the result. |
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You can delete the entry for the selected agent for the SAPCCMSR and SAPCM3X agents. This is mainly useful if you have deregistered the corresponding agent.
This command is only available in change mode, which you start by choosing the Display «
Change pushbutton ( |
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You can display all files in the working directory of the agent. To do this, select the desired agent and then choose this pushbutton. The system displays an ALV Grid Control with the files from the directory. To display the contents of a file, choose the file by double clicking it. |
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Change Communication Status/ (only in change mode) |
If you no longer want to display the data from the agent in the monitoring architecture, choose OFFLINE. It remains in this status until you set it to ONLINE again. Do not set COMM.FAIL or SHUTDOWN manually. |
Test Connection
Delete Entry
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Working Directory of the Agent