Configuring the Adaptive Controlling
Infrastructure
The Adaptive Computing Controller (ACC) also uses the Configuration Wizard for its initial configuration. The configuration is performed as an optional part of the task Configure NWA (see Configuring the NWA).
This procedure is part of the process Wizard-Based Configuration of the NWA. Note the prerequisites specified there.
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1. You have started the Configuration Wizard in the NWA of the CEN, and have chosen Configure NWA as the scenario.
2. In this task, you have selected the Adaptive Controlling Infrastructure indicator, and are at the step in which you enter the data to configure the ACC.
3. If you have chosen the Typical mode to perform the task, enter only the following data:
Input Field |
Meaning |
Engine ID |
Unique ID of the central system for the Adaptive Computing Infrastructure (ACI); you should not normally change the default setting |
Default Credentials for Host Agent |
User data used for authentication for all host agents (SAPHostControl) of the ACI for which an individual authentication has not been configured |
4. If you have chosen the Custom mode (Expert Mode) to perform the task, enter the following data too:
Input Field |
Description |
Allow multiple application servers on one host |
Select this indicator to allow the start of multiple application servers on one host. |
Allow multiple services on one host |
Select this indicator to allow the start of multiple services of any type on a host by selecting the desired host manually.
We recommend that only experienced administrators use this function. Contact SAP to obtain a license key for the function. |
Allow configuration of credentials individually per Host Agent |
If you need to use different authentication for host agents on different hosts, select this indicator. You can then store different user/password combinations in the configuration interface of the ACC. |
Authentication required for Instance Agents |
Select this indicator to define whether authentication is required for communication with instance agents. |
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 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. |
Note required for each operation |
Select this option to make it mandatory for the user to write note for each operation.
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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.
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Operation confirmation trigger (system count)
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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 view in the ACC application. |
Wakeup 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. |
Refresh interval (in minutes) 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 minutes) after which this cache is refreshed here.
This value should be greater than and an integer multiple of the Monitoring Wake up Interval. |
Refresh interval (in minutes) for SLD Data Provider |
Set the period (in minutes) after which the SLD Data Provider transfers current data for the system to the SLD. |
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. |
Time to keep activity information in DB (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. |
5. Choose Next.
6. 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.
7. Choose Next.
8. In the Custom Links for Services 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 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.
9. Choose Next.
10. If you want to create users select the Create User check box.
11. Choose Next.
12. Enter the user name and the password in the respective fields.
13. 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
14. 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.
15. Choose Next and continue to perform the task in accordance with the description in Configuring the NWA.