Operating the SAP Web Dispatcher 

Use

The following information describes how you start and stop the SAP Web dispatcher, and the prerequisites that your system must meet to enable you to use the SAP Web dispatcher.

SAP Web Dispatcher describes how you use the SAP Web dispatcher.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for operating the SAP Web dispatcher are:

●      A profile file for the SAP Web dispatcher (see Example: Profile File of a SAP Web Dispatcher and Profile Parameters of the SAP Web Dispatcher)

●      The HTTP port for the SAP message server is configured in the profile parameter of the SAP Web dispatcher (profile parameter ms/http_port).

In the ABAP-only and the integrated version (ABAP with Java add-in) of the SAP Web AS this is the ABAP message server. In the Java-only installation this is the Java message server of the central services.

●      The SAP Web dispatcher must be able to contact the HTTP port of the SAP message server.

●      The following services must be activated in the HTTP service tree (Transaction SICF):

/sap/public/icman

/sap/public/icf_info/*

(See also Creating an ICF Service and Activating and Deactivating an ICF Service)

The prerequisites for the SAP kernel and ICF service refer to the SAP System which is running behind the firewall Only the SAP Web dispatcher (executable sapwebdisp) and the associated profile file have to be installed on the computer in the DMZ (compare with section Architecture and Functions of the SAP Web Dispatcher).

Procedure

Startup

Follow the steps below to set up the SAP Web dispatcher

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Import the required files: SAP Web Dispatcher einspielen

Check the standard configuration: Perform Configuration Check

Start the SAP Web dispatcher: Starting the SAP Web Dispatcher

Set up the Web administration interface for administration and monitoring: Setting Up the Administration Interface

Stop

●      The SAP Web dispatcher can be stopped in the following ways:

●      If you are using the Web administration interface, you can download the Web dispatcher in the Detail Area.

●      You can stop the SAP Web dispatcher from the console by finding out the PID and entering the following command: kill -2 <pid> (UNIX) or sapntkill -INT <pid> (Windows). If the SAP Web dispatcher is running as a service in Windows, stop it by choosing Computer Management MMC ® Services  ® Stop sapwebdisp.

You can take the PID of the SAP Web dispatcher from the trace file dev_webdisp in the work directory.