A Guide to Monitoring

SAP Web AS Java for

Administrators

Lee Johnson
Basis Expert

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In This Session ...

This session will describe the monitoring tools needed to manage
Web AS (WAS) Java
It will also provide examples of administrating, monitoring, and
troubleshooting Web AS Java

What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

Java Monitoring Architecture

Source: SAP

Java Monitoring Tools

JMX (Java Management Extended)
JARM (Java Application Response Time Measurement)
SAT (Single Activity Trace)
DSR (Distributed Statistics Records)
Performance Trace
SQL Trace
Log Viewer

WAS Java Common Applications

Enterprise Portal
Internet Sales
Internet Customer Self Service
NetWeaver Development Infrastructure
Process Integration
Netweaver BI Java
Adobe Document Services

Web AS Java Monitoring Release Differences

Web AS 6.20
No NetWeaver Administrator (NWA)
Visual Administrator and CCMS are primary tools

Web AS 6.40
Introduction of NWA in SP 12 Integrated Monitor Service

Web AS 7.0
New functionality some reconfiguration

Examples in the subsequent slides

Web AS Java Index Page (7.0)

System information

What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

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Visual Administrator
A graphical user interface (GUI) that enables administration of the
SAP J2EE engine
It provides remote monitoring and management of managers,
services, libraries, and interfaces working on each element in a
single GUI
Includes functions for:
Obtaining general information about a service, manager, interface, or
library
Logging on to the SAP J2EE Engine via the Visual Administrator tool
Administrating and changing the properties either specific or common
for each service or manager
Runtime administration and control

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Visual Administrator (cont.)

Includes functions for: (cont.)
Deployment of applications on all cluster elements
Viewing logs
Viewing current performance and limited performance history
Viewing current sessions

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Monitoring Service

Applications

Kernel

Performance

Services

System

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What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

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SAP NetWeaver Administrator

SAP NetWeaver Administrator (NWA) is the new central
administration and monitoring tool for the 6.40 and above Java
systems of your SAP NetWeaver system landscape
SAP NetWeaver Administrator is a Java application that ships with
SAP NetWeaver 6.40 SP 12 and SAP NetWeaver 7.0

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NWA 7.0 - Monitoring Overview

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NWA Java System Reports

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NWA Java System Reports - Variables

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NWA Java System Reports Variables (cont.)

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NWA Java System Reports Select Report

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NWA Java System Reports Slowest Requests

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NWA Java System Reports Go to Detailed Chart

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NWA Java System Reports Detailed Chart

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NWA Log Viewing

Select view

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NWA Log Viewing (cont.)

NWA Log Viewing (cont.)

Filtered log

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NWA Log Viewing (cont.)

Record details

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NWA Log Viewing (cont.)

Full record information

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NWA Log Viewer

Look for key words and phrases
Example from log
Unable to parse template
'<System.scheme>://<System.servername>:<System.serverport><BWLaunc
herComponent[PORTAL_URL]>;jsessionid=<Request.JSessionID>?sap-bwiViewID=<FPN.PCDHomeLocation[URL_ENCODE]>&sap-extsid=<ESID[URL_ENCODE]>&sap-pp-producerid=<producerID>&sap-ppconsumerBaseURL=<Request.BaseURL[URL_ENCODE]>&theme=<LAF.Th
eme[URL_ENCODE]>&saplafversions=<LAF.AllVersions[URL_ENCODE]>&<BusinessParameters>';
the problem occured at position 138. Cannot process expression <FPN.d>

The above log led to Notes 1121154, then 1128730, and finally
1140854, which resolved the problem

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NWA Activity Trace (6.40)

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NWA End to End Trace (7.0)

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NWA End to End Trace (7.0) (cont.)

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NWA End to End Trace (7.0) (cont.)

Trace overview

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NWA End to End Trace (7.0) (cont.)

Request overview

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NWA End to End Trace (7.0) (cont.)

SQL calls

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NWA End to End Trace (7.0) (cont.)

Threads

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NWA and Solution Manager

Different roles

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NWA and Solution Manager (cont.)

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NWA and Solution Manager Diagnostics

WAS 7.0 ABAP + JAVA

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Solution Manager End to End(E2E) Diagnostics

Structured analysis
Cross component diagnostics
Open diagnostics hub
End to end workload analysis
End to end trace
Additional tools

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What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

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Central Monitoring
Web AS Java

SAP Web AS Java

SAP System for
Central Monitoring

SAPCCMSRMonitoring

Segment

CEN

Central Monitoring permits monitoring a number of

systems from one central system. The system used for
Central Monitoring is referred to as CEN.
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Steps to Set Up CEN System - Java

Activate background and Central System Dispatching
Create the CSMREG user
Create the CSMCONF Start File for CCMS agents
Register the CCMS Agent SAPCCMSR in Visual Administrator
Check Java instance in RZ21 Topology
Enter Java instance in ST03G

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CEN Setup Activate Central System Dispatching

RZ21

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CEN Setup Create CSMREG User

RZ21

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CEN Setup Create CSMREG User (cont.)

RZ21 (cont.)

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CEN Setup Create CSMREG User (cont.)

RZ21 (cont.)

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CEN Setup Create Agent Configuration File

RZ21

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CEN Setup Create Agent Configuration File (cont.)

RZ21 (cont.)

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CEN Setup Register Java Instance

Visual Administrator

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CEN Setup Check Java System in Topology

RZ21

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CEN Setup Entering Java Systems in ST03G

Start the Global Workload Monitor in CEN by calling transaction
ST03G
In the navigation bar, expand the Settings & Log subtree, and
double-click the System Selection entry
Add an additional row to the desired list of monitored components by
choosing the (Append Row) button

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CEN Setup Entering Java Systems in ST03G (cont.)

Check activated and enter the following data in this row:
Component Name under which the monitored system is displayed; use
the following naming convention:
J2EE Engine:<Engine-Host>_<SysID>_<Engine-ID>
Java Database Interface: <Engine-Host>_<Engine-SysID>_<EngineID>_JDBI

Comp. Type SAPJ2ENode or SAPJDBI

Mon. Sys. System ID of the primary system with which the agent is
registered
Mon. Sys. Dest. RFC destination of the system ID of the primary agent
system; if a suitable destination does not yet exist, create this using
transaction SM59

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CEN Setup Entering Java Systems in ST03G (cont.)

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CEN Monitoring in CCMS

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CEN Monitoring in ST03G

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CEN Monitoring in STATTRACE

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CEN Monitoring in STATTRACE

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NWA Central Configuration

Perform the following steps:
Configure and activate the System Landscape Directory (SLD)
Activate the Object Server
Load the CIM model
Start the Data Supplier Bridge

Adjust the Central Monitoring System (CEN)

For every instance of a J2EE Engine:
Register a CCMS Agent SAPCCMSR

For every ABAP instance:

Register a CCMS Agent SAPCCM4X

Register CCMSPING and assign the monitored systems

Setup NWA connections

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Connecting CEN to NWA Template Installer

These templates are designed to connect NWA
to an SLD on the same instance
For monitoring your CEN, SLD and NWA should be on the same
instance
If they are not, you need to do some steps manually

It makes sense for these tools to reside on the Solution Manager

instance
Some systems (NWDI, PI) should have Production Type SLD
Solution Manager is not always considered a Production Machine
Spend time creating an architecture for your monitoring systems

GOTCHA!

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Connecting CEN to NWA - Configuration

Wizard

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NWA Central Monitoring - Central Reports

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NWA Central Monitoring - Central Reports

(cont.)

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What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

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WebDynpro Monitoring
WebDynpro Content Administrator

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WebDynpro Monitoring
WebDynpro Console

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NWA Open SQL Monitors

Where
to
FIND it

http://hostname.domainname.com:5XX00/OpenSQLMonitors
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Application Monitors
Enterprise Portal

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Application Monitors (cont.)

E-Commerce Administration

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Command Line Tools

JCMON
A tool for monitoring Java processes
Similar to DPMON and GWMON
Called from profile directory
jcmon pf=xxxxxxx

Shell Administrator
Used to administer Java through telnet
Shell Administrator - telnet to port 5NN08

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What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

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Whats New in Java Monitoring

Java Information in Microsoft Management Console(MMC)
Expanded NetWeaver Administrator
NWA to replace Visual Administrator

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SAP Management Console in NetWeaver 7.1

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NWA in NetWeaver 7.1

SAP Management Console in NetWeaver 7.1

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NWA in Netweaver 7.1

All important administrative functionality of Visual Administrator will
be covered in NWA
Visual Administrator will become obsolete
SAP NetWeaver Administrator starts focusing on Java
In the future, additional ABAP monitoring and administration
functionality will be included

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What Well Cover

Web AS Java
Visual Administrator
SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Central Monitoring
Other monitors
What's new?
Wrap-up

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Resources
Steps to set up Central Monitoring
Monitoring Setup Guide for SAP NetWeaver 7.0
http://service.sap.com/operationsnw70*
Choose Monitoring

NW70 SP14 Help link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/2e/30e93adccb444b871f
3d4e7f905b84/frameset.htm

System monitoring
http://service.sap.com/monitoring*

Java Monitoring:
http://sdn.sap.com
Choose SAP NetWeaver Capabilities > Lifecycle Management > Operations
> Monitoring

* Requires login credentials to the SAP Service Marketplace

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7 Key Points to Take Home

Your monitoring should be consistent and repetitive
Make notes on errors that occur normally in your Java engine with
no apparent ill effects
Configure Central Monitoring at least for plug-ins
Create a monitoring architecture
Carefully plan your SLD architecture
NWA will eventually replace Visual Administrator
Investigate the application monitors in your Java applications

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