Process Automation for SAP Solution Manager
Release 3.0

Table Of Contents

Understanding the Automation Pack Content

Accessing Automation Pack Properties

Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies

Viewing Automation Pack Content

SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Processes

SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Target Properties

SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Target Groups

Viewing Automation Pack Dependencies


Understanding the Automation Pack Content


The SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack includes the content used to automate best practices for identifying and analyzing performance problems within your SAP Solution Manager environment, and initiating corrective actions to resolve Solution Manager alerts.

This chapter provides information about the content included in the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack. It contains the following sections:

Accessing Automation Pack Properties

Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies


Note See Appendix A, "Understanding the Core Automation for SAP Content" for information on the content included in the Core Automation for SAP automation pack.


Accessing Automation Pack Properties

Users can access the automation pack properties from the Administration—Automation Packs view in the console. The automation pack properties dialog box displays general information about the automation pack, version number, publish date, list of content (objects), the dependencies of the automation pack, and the history of changes made to the automation pack.


Step 1 On the Administration workspace, click Automation Packs in the navigation pane to display the installed automation packs in the Automation Packs pane.

Information about the automation packs display in the following columns:

Column
Description

Company Name

Name of the company that released the automation pack.

Publish Date

Date the automation pack was created or exported to a file.

Version

Version number of the automation pack.

Display Name

Name of the automation pack.

ID

Identification number of the automation pack.

Import Date

Date the automation pack was imported into the product.

Licensed

Indicates whether the automation is a licensed product in Process Orchestrator.

Description

Text description of the automation pack.


Step 2 Select the automation pack in the Automation Packs pane, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 3 On the Properties dialog box, click the appropriate tab to view the automation pack properties:

Tab
Description

General

Displays general information about the automation pack.

Objects

Display a list of the content included in the automation pack.

Dependencies

Display a list of automation packs and adapters referenced by the objects in the automation pack.

History

Displays when the automation pack was created or modified, and audit log entries that are relevant to the automation pack.


Step 4 When you have completed viewing the automation pack properties, click Close to close the dialog box.


Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies

Use the automation pack Properties dialog box to view the content (objects) included in the automation packs and the dependencies associated with the automation pack.

Viewing Automation Pack Content

Use the Objects tab to view a list of the content provided by the automation pack.


Step 1 On the Administration—Automation Packs view, select SAP Solution Manager E2E Response, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 2 On the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Properties dialog box, click the Objects tab.

Step 3 On the Objects tab, review the information about the content included in the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack.

Columns
Description

Display Name

Name of the object (processes, global variables, knowledge base).

Type

Object type.

Action Required

Action required to successfully import or export the objects.

Customization Setting

Displays the customization setting for the automation pack:

No—Indicates the author of the object prefers the object to remain unchanged whenever a new automation pack is imported.

Limited—Indicates the author has granted editing permission to some properties of the object and any changes made will be preserved whenever a new automation pack is imported.

Workflow—Indicates the author has granted editing permission to the process properties and the objects within the process workflow.

Description

Text description of the object.

Version

Object version.



SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Processes

The following table contains the processes that are imported by the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack.

Process Name
Description

Background Work Process Analysis

Returns a table with the number of background work processes per application server and number of used background work processes per application server.

Dialog Work Process Analysis

Returns a table with the number of dialog work processes per application server and number of used dialog work processes per application server.

Not Enough Update Resources

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Not Enough Update Resources alert is created.

SM - ABAP Instance Not Available

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager ABAP Instance not available alert is created.

SM - Bad Dialog Response Time

Detects and analyzes the cause of slow dialog response time.

SM - Errors in ABAP System Log

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Errors in ABAP System Log alert is created

SM - Errors in Java Logs Detected

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Errors in Java Logs Detected alert is created.

SM - Get Server Name

Parses the server name from a Solution Manager alert.

SM - High CPU Utilization

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager High CPU Utilization alert is created.

SM - High Number of ABAP Short Dumps

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager High Number of ABAP Short Dumps alert is created.

SM - High number of ABAP System Log Messages

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager High Number of ABAP System Log Messages alert is created.

SM - High Update Response Time

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager High Update Response Time alert is created.

SM - High User Load on ABAP System

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager High User Load on ABAP System alert is created.

SM - Locked Users

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Locked Users alert is created.

SM - Metrics Collection

Retrieves metrics information from Solution Manager alerts.

SM - Not Enough Batch Resources

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Not Enough Batch Resources alert is created.

SM - Not Enough Dialog Resources

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Not Enough Dialog Resources alert is created.

SM - Not Enough Spool Resources

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Not Enough Spool Resources alert is created.

SM - Oracle Tablespace Free Space

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager Oracle Tablespace Free Space alert is created.

SM - qRFC Errors

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager qRFC Errors alert is created.

SM - Resolve Locked Users

Triggered by an Resolve Locked Users incident. It attempts to resolve the incident by unlocking the account.

SM - Resolve Not Enough Batch Resources

Triggered by a Not Enough Batch Resources incident. It attempts to resolve the incident by changing the operations mode based on user selection.

SM - Resolve Server Unavailable

Triggered by a SAP server unavailable incident. It attempts to resolve the incident by starting the application server.

SM - tRFC Entries in Status CPICERR

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager - tRFC Entries in Status CPICERR alert is created.

SM - tRFC Entries in Status SYSFAIL

Raises an incident when a Solution Manager - tRFC Entries in Status SYSFAIL alert is created.

Spool Work Process Analysis

Returns a table with the number of spool work processes per application server and number of used spool work processes per application server.

Update Work Process Analysis

Returns a table with the number of update work processes per application server and number of used update work processes per application server.


SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Target Properties

The following table contains the target properties that are imported by the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack. The target properties that do not have a value defined must be configured by the user prior to using them in processes.

Target Properties
Description
Value Defined?

Solution Manager: Monitored System Log Message Numbers

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes



Note For information on configuring target properties, see Managing Target Properties, page 3-24.


SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Target Groups

The following target group is imported by the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack.

Target Group Name
Description

All SAP Solution Managers

Includes all SAP Solution Manager targets.


Viewing Automation Pack Dependencies

Use the Dependencies tab to view the automation packs and adapters referenced by the objects in the automation pack. These object must be installed prior to importing the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack.


Step 1 On the Administration—Automation Packs view, select SAP Solution Manager E2E Response, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 2 On the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response Properties dialog box, click the Dependencies tab.

Step 3 Review the list of automation packs and adapters referenced by the SAP Solution Manager E2E Response automation pack:

Object Type
Dependency

Automation Packs

Core Automation for SAP

Incident Response for SAP

Adapters

Core Functions Adapter

IBM DB2 Database Adapter

Microsoft SQL Server Database Adapter

Microsoft Windows Adapter

Oracle Database Adapter

SAP ABAP Adapter

SAP Solution Manager Adapter

Terminal Adapter


Step 4 Click Close to close the dialog box.