Mobile Infrastructure (MI) 

This section contains information on the administration tasks required to run a system with the usage type Mobile Infrastructure (MI) from SAP NetWeaver. It provides an overview of the tools required to perform MI-specific tasks, with references to the relevant, detailed documentation.

Since the MI usage type requires the usage types AS ABAP and AS Java, it is also important to refer to the information in the sections AS ABAP (Application Server for ABAP) and AS Java (Application Server for Java).

For more information on the MI usage type, see Mobile Infrastructure (MI).

Technical System Landscape

The Technical System Landscape shows the main technical components of the MI usage type as well as the communication between these components.

Tools

You use the following tools to administrate and monitor Mobile Infrastructure:

Tool	Task
SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator	You use the Mobile Administrator to manage mobile devices. You can find the relevant functions in SAP NetWeaver Administrator in the Administration area under Mobile Infrastructure. You also have access to SAP MI in the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) in the Monitoring area of SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
Administration Tools	The administration toolkit provides the following functions for the administration of Smart Synchronization: Profile Dialog: Maintenance of Smart Synchronization configuration data Monitoring Tool: Display of synchronization messages with different views Log Tool: Display of processing logs Purge Tool: Deletion of obsolete runtime history data from the system Migration Tool: Transport of SyncBO definitions from one SAP Web AS to another

Tasks

The tasks required for the administration of the MI environment can be grouped as follows:

·        Monitoring

In this section you can find more information on central monitoring of your system landscape.

·        Administration

In this section you can find more information on editing tasks that are performed on either a regular or an ad hoc basis.

·        Software Logistics

In this section you can find more information on Support Package Stacks and SAP Note implementation, as well as transport and change management.

·        Troubleshooting

Scenarios with MI

The usage type MI is a prerequisite for the IT scenario Mobilizing Business Processes. The following variants of this scenario exist:

·        Enabling Mobile Applications for Occasional Connection

·        Running Mobile Applications with an Online Connection

No additional administration tasks for the usage types AS ABAP, AS Java or MI apply to either of these variants.