Installation and Configuration of SAPOSCOL 

Purpose

The program SAPOSCOL is part of the standard delivery for all SAP systems and is always installed with the system. This means that you only need to install SAPOSCOL manually if you want to monitor operating system data for hosts on which no SAP instance is running or that are not part of an SAP system, but which are important for the environment of your SAP system. In this case, download the SAPHOSTAGENT package from the SAP Service Marketplace and install it. SAPOSCOL is part of this package.

Process Flow

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       1.      Proceed as described in Downloading an Installing the SAPHOSTAGENT Package. SAPOSCOL is installed and started during the installation of the package.

For more information about the installation of SAPOSCOL, see SAP Note 19227.

       2.      By default, SAPOSCOL automatically has a valid working directory after the installation. For information about changing this directory, see SAPOSCOL: Working Directory and Profile Parameters.

       3.      If you want to monitor particular processes with SAPOSCOL, see Monitoring Selected Processes with SAPOSCOL.

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