Monitoring (SAP Library - Technical Operations for SAP NetWeaver)

Monitoring

Tasks

GP Monitor in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator

The GP Monitor is a Guided Procedures plug-in for the SAP NetWeaver Administrator. You start the GP monitor with http://<host>:<port>/nwa → Monitoring → Guided Procedures.

You can use the GP Monitor to carry out the following tasks:

Task Overview for the GP Monitor

Task	Description	Recommended Frequency
Check the status of applications and libraries of CAF-GP	The functions of the GP framework are implemented as follows: · In a service of the J2EE Engine · In a number of J2EE Engine libraries · In various applications based on Web Dynpro and the J2EE Engine	After each system update You can also perform each task whenever the need occurs.
Check requests for export and import of GP content	You view the various transport requests created or received as an export or import in the transport system of Guided Procedures.	After transport requests have been created
Find activated GP objects	You search the GP design time for all types of active and deprecated GP objects.	Weekly
Find process instances	You search the GP runtime for all process instances and display their details.	Weekly
View the queues of interactive forms	You search the queues of interactive forms received by e-mail and retrieve detail information.	Daily

For more information on the GP monitor and the tasks above, see GP Monitor in the CAF-GP Administration Guide.

Visual Administrator and CCMS

You can use various tools provided by the Visual Administrator of the J2EE Engine to monitor the availability and performance of Guided Procedures.

Start the Visual Administrator as follows:

· Under Windows:

\usr\sap\<server_name>\JC<instance_ID>\j2ee\admin\go.bat

· Under UNIX:

/usr/sap/<server_name>/JC<instance_ID>/j2ee/admin/go.sh

There choose Cluster → <J2EE-Engine ID> → Server<ID> → Services.

You can use the Visual Administrator to carry out the following tasks:

Task Overview for the Visual Administrator

Task	Description
Monitor critical GP functions	Choose Monitoring → Runtime → Monitor Tree → Root → Services → Guided Procedures. For more information, see State Monitoring in the Visual Administrator.
Check the availability of Guided Procedures	Choose Monitoring → Runtime → GRMG Customizing. For more information, see Availability Monitoring of J2EE Engine and Java-Based Applications.
Monitor the performance of Guided Procedures	Choose Performance Tracing → Runtime → JARM. For more information, see Java Application Response Time Measurement.