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Function documentationSystem Monitoring

 

System Monitoring monitors the status of the systems, hosts, and databases in the SAP Solution Manager system landscape.

Prerequisites

  • You have configured System & Application Monitoring using the transaction SOLMAN_SETUP.

  • The Calculation Engine is working.

  • All the required roles are assigned to your user.

Features

  • There are three sections on the Overview tab page, as follows:

    • System Overview, Host Overview, or Database Overview: In this section, you can view the total number of systems, hosts, or databases in the landscape. You can also view the status of the systems, hosts, or databases, based on their rating. Note that based on the entity selected in POWL, the respective tab is visible. For example, if you have selected the hosts in the POWL, Host Overview tab page appears in the application.

      In case of systems, apart from selecting the technical systems from POWL, you can use the Scope Selection option in the monitoring application to select the required technical systems.

      The various statuses are as follows:

      • Critical

      • Warning

      • Okay

      • Unknown

    • System List: You can view the details of the systems in a table, as follows:

      Column Name

      Purpose

      Overall Status

      Overall status of the managed objects is displayed in this column. Status is Critical, Warning, Okay, Unknown, or Planned Downtime.

      Availability

      Availability category rating and icon are displayed this column. Rating is Critical, Warning, Okay, or Unknown.

      Performance

      Performance category rating and icon are displayed. Rating is Critical, Warning, Okay, or Unknown.

      Configuration (for systems and database)

      Configuration category rating and icon are displayed. Rating is Critical, Warning, Okay, or Unknown.

      Exception

      Exception category rating and icon are displayed. Rating is Critical, Warning, Okay, or Unknown.

      Self-Monitoring (for systems)

      Self-Monitoring category rating and icon are displayed. Rating is Critical, Warning, Okay, or Unknown.

      Work Mode

      The current work mode of the system is displayed.

      Sold-to Party (for systems)

      The e-mail address and name of the business partner associated with this function are displayed.

      Note Note

      The data in this column will only be available if the BP associated with the Sold-To Party is in LMDB for the corresponding system

      End of the note.

    • Alert Ticker: You can view the number of alerts for the systems, host, or database. Click on the alert to view its details. Note that the top five recently occurred alerts are shown in the Alert Ticker which has red or yellow rating.

  • On the System, Host, or Database tab, you can do the following:

    • Filter the systems, hosts, or database according to search criteria, and view their details.

    • View the template names assigned to the managed systems, hosts, or databases.

    • View the IT Calendar of the managed systems, hosts, or databases.

    • View details of the managed objects, by going to the Landscape Browser.

    • View the hierarchal structure of the systems, hosts or databases.

    • Filter the metrics in the tree view, based on the rating, and view the metrics report, by clicking the report icon or expanding the tree node of the metric.

  • Personalization: You can personalize the view of System Monitoring by adding tabs. You can drag and drop the required view on the screen and a new tab gets added. You can rename, hide, copy, or delete the newly added tab.

Activities

To view the health of the landscape, do the following: