Wizard-Based Configuration of the ACC 
You use this procedure to:
Configure the Adaptive Computing Controller (ACC) components of the SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
Change any configuration settings that were made, while configuring the Adaptive Computing infrastructure using the Configure NWA configuration wizard.
You have ensured that you executed the Configure NWA wizard with the Adaptive Computing Controller option selected to configure the SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
If you execute the Configure NWA wizard with the Adaptive Computing Controller option selected, the configuration step starts from the point number 5 in the below procedure.
More information: Wizard-Based Configuration of the NWA
Log on to the central SAP NetWeaver Administrator using the link http://<host>:5<instance #>00/nwa.
Choose .
In the Show dropdown, select All Configuration Tasks.
Select the wizard Initial Setup for Adaptive Computing Controller and choose Start.
Decide whether you want to select the Typical or Custom configuration mode and choose Next.
The Typical mode represents a configuration with default settings.
Enter the default credentials for the SAP Host Agent.
If the custom mode of configuration was selected, enable or change the functional features according to the requirement.
Input Field |
Description |
Multiple Instances on One Host |
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Allow Multiple Application Servers on One Host |
Select this indicator to allow the start of multiple application servers on one host. Once you select this indicator, you have to enter the required licence key as explained below |
Allow Multiple Services on One Host |
Enter the license key to allow the start of multiple services of any type on a host. If you do not have the license key, raise a request through SAP Note 919135 to obtain the license key. After obtaining the license key, you have to re-execute the Initial setup for adaptive computing controller wizard and enter the licence key in this field to enable this option.
We recommend that only experienced administrators use this function. End of the recommendation. |
Security Settings |
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Allow Configuration of Credentials Individually for each Host Agent |
Select this indicator to set the password in the resource configuration screen of ACC application. |
Authentication Required for Instance Agents |
Select this indicator to define whether authentication is required for communication with instance agents. |
User Exit |
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Execute User Exit Scripts |
Select this indicator to allow the execution of user exit scripts. For more information, see the online help for the ACC. |
Allow Individual User Exits |
Select this indicator to allow configuration of user exits at the service/system level. |
Automatic Mount Points |
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Automatic Mount Point Creation |
Select this indicator for automatic creation of a new local directory structure that is used for creating mount points. Hence manual user intervention is not required for mounting the file systems. |
Automatic Mount Point Deletion |
Select this indicator to allow automatic mount point deletion. |
UI Settings |
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Note Required for Each Operation |
Select this option to make it mandatory for the user to write note for each operation. |
Display Individual Operations Prepare/Start/Stop) as Default |
Select this option to display the "Prepare", "Start", or "Stop" operations as default in the services screen. |
Operation Confirmation Trigger (System Count) |
Enter the number of systems, based on which ACC displays a confirmation pop up. When the number of systems selected for an operation is equal to or greater than the entered value the pop up appears. This pop up has details of the selected systems. For example, If you enter the value as 2 (the default) the confirmation popup appears when two or more systems are selected for an operation. If you enter the value as 1 the confirmation popup appears on selection of any number of systems. If you enter the value as 0 the popup does not appear. |
UI Refresh Rate (in Seconds) |
Set the period (in seconds) after which the interface of the ACC is refreshed. |
UI Table Default Size |
Enter the number of table rows to be displayed as a default in the overview tables of the ACC application. |
Timer Settings |
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Wake-Up Interval (in Seconds) for Activity Manager |
Set the period (in seconds) after which the activity manager checks for or processes the pending queued activities.
This value should be greater than 5. End of the note. |
Refresh Interval (in Seconds) for Host Agent Data Provider |
Performance data for hosts (such as CPU utilization or memory space usage) is stored in a cache. Set the period (in seconds) after which the cache is refreshed.
This value should be greater than and an integer multiple of the Monitoring Wake-Up Interval. End of the note. |
Refresh Interval (in Seconds) for SLD Data Provider |
Set the period (in seconds) after which the SLD Data Provider transfers current data for the system to the SLD.. |
Refresh Interval (in Seconds) for Service State Data Provider |
Set the period (in seconds) after which the status of the services is refreshed.
This value should be greater than and an integer multiple of the Monitoring Wake-Up Interval. End of the note. |
Refresh Interval (in Seconds) for Registry Refresh |
Set the period (in seconds) after which the register is refreshed. |
Monitoring Connection Timeout (in seconds) |
Set the period (in seconds) during which the network calls are made for receiving the monitoring status. |
Monitoring Socket Timeout (in Seconds) |
Set the period (in seconds) during which the connection to the monitoring socket is kept activated for receiving the monitoring status. |
Monitoring Connection Retries before Error Reported |
Displays the number of attempts made to retrieve the monitoring status before reporting it as an error. |
Monitoring Wake-Up Interval (in Seconds) |
Set the period (in seconds) after which the monitoring operation is triggered automatically.
This value should not be less than 10. End of the note. |
Time to Keep Activity Information in Database (in Hours) |
Set the period (in hours) after which the old entries related to the process information gets deleted in the database. |
Last Update Time Stamp |
Displays the time during which the ACC application was last configured. |
Choose Next.
In the Custom Links for Resources page, enter the required name and the respective URL.
For example, Name: SAP and URL: http://sap.com.
The names entered in this page are displayed in the Resources screen of the ACC application. To view the respective URL launched in a new web browser, choose the required option from the Custom Links drop down list in the Resources screen.
If you want to add more custom links, choose Add more Custom Links option. You can add up to 25 custom links.
Choose Next.
In the Custom Links for Services page, enter the required name and the respective URL.
The names entered in this page are displayed in the Services screen of the ACC application. To view the respective URL launched in a new web browser, choose the required option from the Custom Links drop down list in the Services screen.
If you want to add more custom links, choose Add more Custom Links option. You can add up to 25 custom links.
Choose Next.
If you want to create users select the Create User checkbox.
Choose Next.
Enter the user name and the password in the respective fields.
From the Groups drop down list select the required group name (ACC_SUPERADMIN, ACC_ADMIN, and ACC_READONLY), to associate it with the created user.
More information: ACC User Management
If you want to create more number of users, select the Create More Users field.
On selecting this field, a new screen with the provision of creating new users is displayed. You can create up to 10 users by selecting this field each time in the create users screen.
Choose Next and wait till the configuration of ACC is complete.