Technical Operations 
This part of SAP Library gives you an overview of the changes and new features in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP08 since SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP05.
This information is provided as release notes, which are structured by Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes. The following table gives you an overview of new, enhanced and deleted functions in the Technical Operations process.
Technical Monitoring and Alerting
Function |
Type of Change |
Description |
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Interface Channel Monitoring |
New |
Interface Channel Monitoring (ICMon) allows you to monitor the interfaces between business-critical systems, in real-time. You can monitor the performance of connections between systems as well as define interfaces on the level of functions called in a system. |
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Setting Up EarlyWatch Alert |
Enhanced |
To enable SAP to identify potential problems, you can enable SAP Solution Manager to send business process data to SAP, not only technical data. |
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Operating System Command Adapter |
New |
The OS Command Adapter enables you to use third-party incident management tools to create or close tickets, based on alerts created by the SAP Solution Manager alerting infrastructure. To pass alert information to and create alerts in the third-party tool, you can create and execute OS commands on your SAP Solution Manager system. |
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Remote Operating System Script Collector |
New |
The Remote Operating System Script Collector (ROSSC) allows you to integrate custom monitoring scripts (OS commands) in the SAP Solution Manager Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (MAI). This is useful if you have, for example, created scripts to monitor the availability of databases or network connections. You can process end user alerts generated by your custom scripts in the MAI, with no need for third-party tools. |
Data Volume Management
Function |
Type of Change |
Description |
More Information |
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Data Volume Management Dashboard apps in the Technical Operations Dashboard |
New |
The Data Volume Management Index app shows the Data Volume Management index value for selected systems and a selected time period. The Data Volume Management Achievements app gives an overview of what you have already achieved by implementing data reduction measures. |