Monitoring and Administration Tools for Application Server ABAP

Consistency Checking ( SICK)

You run the consistency check directly after the installation. This ascertains possible inconsistences before the system is placed into productive operation.

Overview of SAP Application Servers ( SM51)

You can see all the application server instances of the SAP system and monitor and change their states.

Monitoring and Administration of the SAP Message Server ( SMMS)

The message server is the central location where information about the application servers is kept and where messages are exchanged between servers.

Displaying and Controlling Work Processes ( SM50).

You can see the activity of work processes belonging to an instance, assess the utilization of work process, and manage the work processes.

Displaying and Managing User Sessions ( SM04)

You can see which users are logged on the instance and which resources are being used.

You can manage user sessions here.

Managing Lock Entries ( SM12)

You can see which locks are active in the system and who is holding them.

Using the ICM Monitor ( SMICM)

The Internet Communication Manager (ICM) processes Internet requests (client and server, HTTP(S), SMTP, etc.)

You can monitor and administrate the ICM.

Using the SAP Gateway Monitor in the SAP System ( SMGW)

With the gateway monitor, you can monitor and manage existing RFC connections.

Configuration of System Resources for aRFC, tRFC, qRFC ( SARFC)

Here you can check the utilization of work processes by parallel RFCs, and change the configuration if there is a resource bottleneck.

Monitoring in the CCMS

The Computing Center Management System (CCMS) provides a range of monitors for monitoring the SAP environments and its components.

Process Monitoring with PMI (Process Monitoring Infrastructure)

The monitoring of IT landscapes involves ascertaining the status of IT components and processes running across multiple components and displaying these statuses in a central system. If any errors arise, alerts should be issued.

Statistics

This section contains information about statistics and an overview of system performance.

The following tools are described:

• Workload Monitor

• Global Workload Monitor

• Analyzing Individual ABAP Statistics Records

• Functional Trace

HTTP Logging

If your system processes HTTP requests using the ICM (for example, Web Dynpro ABAP applications), you can record these requests.

Configuration in the CCMS

This section contains information about configuring AS ABAP using the Computing Center Management System (CCMS).

Area Menu Maintenance

You can edit area menus using a maintenance interface.

Administration of the Number Range Buffer ( SM56)

You can get status information about this buffer and can configure it in line with your requirements.

Process SAP System Messages ( SM02)

You can send all users that are logged on to the SAP system important notifications in the form of short messages.

Trace Functions ( ST01)

To track errors, you can configure and evaluate traces at various levels.

ABAP Dump Analysis (in the ABAP documentation)

You can display summaries of short dumps created when an ABAP program terminates abnormally.

System Log ( SM21)

All warnings and errors that occur in the system are recorded in the system log.