Installing an Agent on an ABAP Instance 

Use

To monitor an ABAP instance of an SAP system, use the CCMS agent SAPCCM4X. This agent creates an alternative connection route between the monitored instance and the central monitoring system (CEN). Since this alternative connection method no longer requires a free work process, the access route is independent of error states of the ABAP instance and is therefore more robust.

You can also use the advanced functions of the CCMS agents, for example to monitor specific processes or log files on the host of the monitored instance.

If the monitored system is connected to CEN through WAN or telephony, performance problems can occur due to increased network traffic. In this case, we do not recommend that you connect the monitored system with SAPCCM4X.

Prerequisites

●      There is a communication user CSMREG in CEN.

●      You have created the CSMCONF start file for CCMS agents in CEN.

●      You have the executable SAPCCM4X.

We recommend that you always use a version of the SAPCCM4X CCMS agent that is as up-to-date as possible. You can check the version using the command sapccms4x –v. Read SAP Notes 809007, 914721, and 1013331 about changes in the agents, and download a new agent if these changes are relevant for you, and your agent does not yet have these new features (see also Downloading CCMS Agents).

The way in which you can fulfill the prerequisites is described in Installing CCMS Agents for SAP NetWeaver Components.

Procedure

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       1.      Log on to the host of the ABAP instance as <SID>adm to ensure that the agent can access the shared memory.

       2.      Copy the CSMCONF start file to the working directory of SAPCCM4X. This is in the following location:

Microsoft Windows:    [drive]:\usr\sap\<SysID>\<instance directory>\log\sapccm4x

UNIX:                /usr/sap/<SysID>/<instance directory>/log/sapccm4x

If the directory does not exist, create it.

       3.      Copy the executable SAPCCM4X to the following directory:

Microsoft Windows:    [drive]:\usr\sap\<SysID>\SYS\exe\run

UNIX:                /usr/sap/<SysID>/SYS/exe/run

If there is already an executable SAPCCM4X in this directory, use the command sapccm4x -v to check which of the executables has the more current status, and use that one.

       4.      In the directory of the executable, enter the command sapccm4x –R pf=<profile path>.

<Profile path> specifies the instance profile of the monitored instance. By default, this is:

Microsoft Windows:      [drive]:\usr\sap\<SysID>\SYS\profile\
<SysID>_<Name of the instance directory>_<Host>

UNIX:                 /usr/sap/<SysID>/SYS/profile/
<SysID>_<Name of the instance directory>_<Host>

       5.      During the registration, the system displays specifications from the CSMCONF file to you again for confirmation. Confirm the specification by pressing the ENTER key in each case. You only need to enter two parameters yourself:

○       The password for the administration user in CEN, under which you created the CSMCONF file

○       The password for the CSMREG user

       6.      Under UNIX, you must ensure yourself that SAPCCM4X is automatically started again when the host is restarted. To do this, enter the following commands in the inittab (/etc/inittab):

/usr/sap/<SysID>/SYS/exe/run/sapccm4x -DCCMS pf=<profile path>

Result

You have set up an additional connection route between the monitored ABAP instance and CEN using the CCMS agent SAPCCM4X.

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