Process Automation Guide for Incident Response Release 3.0
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

Incident Response for SAP Processes

Incident Response for SAP Target Properties

Incident Response for SAP Target Groups

Incident Response for SAP Knowledge Base Articles

Viewing Automation Pack Dependencies

Incident Response for SAP Reports


Understanding the Automation Pack Content


The Incident Response for SAP automation pack includes the content used to automate best practices for identifying and analyzing availability and performance problems within your SAP environment. Cisco Process Orchestrator provides event correlation and root cause analysis capabilities, and intelligently manages the flood of incoming incidents by analyzing them in the context of the other incidents, events and metrics. When critical problems are detected, you are notified with a thorough description of the problem and recommendations for resolving it using language appropriate for both administrators and operators.

This chapter provides information about the content included in the Incident Response for SAP automation pack. It contains the following sections:

Accessing Automation Pack Properties

Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies

Incident Response for SAP Reports


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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 Incident Response for SAP, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 2 On the Incident Response for SAP Properties dialog box, click the Objects tab.

Step 3 On the Objects tab, review the information about the content included in the Incident Response for SAP 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.

Description

Text description of the object.

Version

Object version.



Incident Response for SAP Processes

The following table contains the processes that are imported by the Incident Response for SAP automation pack.

Process Name
Description

ABAP ShortDumps Last 1 hour - DB2

Detects the number of shortdumps occuring in the last one hour.

ABAP ShortDumps Last 1 hour - DB2 Mainframe

Detects the number of shortdumps occuring in the last one hour.

ABAP ShortDumps Last 1 hour - Oracle

Detects the number of shortdumps occuring in the last one hour.

ABAP ShortDumps Last 1 hour - SQL Server

Detects the number of shortdumps occuring in the last one hour.

ABAP Terminations (ShortDumps)

Detects when an ABAP program terminates abnormally.

Active Work Processes

Collects number of active work processes.

Aging Exclusive Transaction Lock (Oracle)

Detects and analyzes the cause of exclusive database locks. This process examines the system work processes to identify the process holding the lock.

Applications System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to applications.

Background Processing Errors

Scans the job log for defined error messages to determine why a job aborted. The process will only analyze jobs defined in the global variable "Background Jobs Aborted - List of Jobs". The process is triggered by a CCMS alert when a job aborts.

Background Processing Server Metrics

Collects background processing performance metrics of each application server.

Background Processing System Metrics

Collects performance metrics of the system-wide background processing system.

Background System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to background processing.

Bad DB Indexes

Detects LiveCache defective database indexes.

BasisSystem System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the basis subsystem.

BatchInput System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the batch input (BDC) subsystem.

Blocked Queues

Detects and analyzes qRFC blocked CCMS alerts. This process creates an incident only if another CCMS queue blocked incident did not happen in the last 15 minutes.

Blocked Integration Server qRFC Queues

Analyzes the status of the XI integration server qRFC queues.

Buffer Hit Rate: "CUA"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for user interface elements. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "FieldDescription"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for field descriptions. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "GenericKey"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for buffered database tables. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "InitialRecords"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for initial record layouts. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "Program"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for compiled ABAP programs (PXA). This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "Screen"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for ABAP screen pages. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "ShortNameTAB"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for shortname tables. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "SingleRecord"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for cached database table records. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Hit Rate: "TableDefinition"

Examines the status of SAP application server buffers for SAP database table definitions. This process analyzes the buffer hit rate percentage to accurately identify buffer utilization.

Buffer Pool Hit Ratio (DB2)

Detects low chace hit ratio, library cache hit rate.

Buffers Metrics

Collects buffers metrics.

CA Wily Alert Notifications

Monitors Computer Associates Wily alerts that are sent to a mailbox.

Canceled Update Record

Detects when the system has too many cancelled updates.

CCMS Availability Monitoring: Instances

Utilizes Availability Monitoring via the CCMSPING agent to detect whether remote instances are available for work from the Alert Monitor of your Central Monitoring System (CEN).

CCMS Availability Monitoring: Systems

Utilizes Availability Monitoring via the CCMSPING agent to detect whether remote systems are available for work from the Alert Monitor of your Central Monitoring System (CEN).

CCMS System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the CCMS subsystem.

Commit Charge (Windows)

Analyzes the cause of low available virtual memory on Windows operating systems. This process examines the commit charge, page in rate, running work processes, other environmental conditions analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of the high commit charge utilization.

Commit Charge Metrics

Collects performance metrics from the Windows memory management.

Communication System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the communications subsystem.

Concurrent Users Metrics

Collects statistics for number of users logged on to the system.

CPU Load Average

Measures and analyzes general efficiency of the SAP work processes. This process examines work processes, CPU utilization, and other performance conditions analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of high number of processes waiting to be processed by the CPU.

CPU Utilization

Measures and analyzes CPU utilization averaged across all CPUs. This process examines work processes, user load, paging and other performance samples analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of consistently high CPU utilization.

CPU Utilization Performance Metrics

Collects CPU utilization metrics.

Customer Syslog Messages

Detects messages in the SAP system log (custom) that match parameter Syslog - Customer.

Daily Average Workload: Background

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: BufferSync

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: Dialog

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: RFC

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: Spool

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: Total

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: Update

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Daily Average Workload: Update2

Collects previous day number of steps, response time, CPU time, wait time, load time and database request time.

Database Backup (MSSQL)

Detects when the backup has not executed successfully for more than the specified number of days.

Database Backup (DB2 MF)

Detects when the backup has not executed successfully.

Database Backup (DB2)

Detects when the backup has not executed successfully for more than the specified number of days.

Database Backup (Oracle)

Detects when the backup has not executed successfully for more than the specified number of days.

Database Buffer Metrics - Oracle

Collects database buffer metrics.

Database Buffer Metrics - MSSQL

Collects database buffer metrics.

Database Consistency (DB2)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database.

Database Consistency (Informix)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database.

Database Consistency (MSSQL)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database.

Database Consistency (Oracle)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database.

Database Consistency (SAP DB)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database.

Database Consistency: Missing Items (DB2)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database. This process examines detects items in the SAP data dictionary that are missing from the database.

Database Consistency: Missing items (Oracle)

Detects and analyzes differences between the SAP data dictionary and the physical database. This process examines detects items in the SAP data dictionary that are missing from the database.

Database CPU Metrics - MSSQL

Collects database CPU metrics.

Database Deadlock Detected (DB2 MF)

Detects deadlocks reported by the database.

Database Disk Free Space (MSSQL)

Detects when the disk drive used by database files or TempDB are running out of space.

Database Disk Metrics - MSSQL

Collects database disk metrics.

Database Disk Metrics - Oracle

Collects database disk metrics.

Database File Systems Monitor (DB2)

Detects when disk space of storage paths or disk space of the file system where the log directory is located are nearing their capacity and must be extended in order to prevent service disruption.

Database Request Time

Detects and analyzes the cause of long database request time. This process examines current database workload, database CPU utilization, and other database metrics analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of performance degradation.

Database Size Metrics - MSSQL

Collects database size metrics.

Database System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to applications.

Dialog Performance Metrics

Collects performance information related to online user response time.

Dialog Response Time

Detects and analyzes the cause of slow dialog response time.

Dialog WorkProcesses Utilization

Detects when the number of server dialog processes is reaching a threshold defined on parameter "Dialog WorkProcesses Utilization".

Enqueue Frequency

Detects and analyzes the frequency enqueue operations (logical data locks) per minute that are coming from another instance to the central instance. This process examines the enqueue to identify the source of enqueue overload.

Enqueue Queue Length

Detects when the number of enqueue requests is approaching the capacity of the enqueue server. This process examines the percentage length of the wait queue for the enqueue service to accurately identify enqueue capacity problems.

Error Message (Oracle)

Examines the Oracle alert log and detects Oracle error messages.

File System

Monitors file system resources such as percentage used and free space.

Free Active Alert Slots in Shared Memory

Detects CCMS alerts for the number of free active alert slots in shared memory.

Gateway Reader

Examines the gateway process and detects when the maximum possible number of clients for the gateway nears capacity.

Gateway Reader Metrics

Collects Gateway Reader metrics.

Generic SAP Telnet Command

Used to execute SAP telnet commands on J2EE servers.

GRMG - Availability Monitoring

Used to execute SAP telnet commands on J2EE servers.

GRMG - Availability Scenario Monitoring

Detects URL availability alerts generated by GRMG (Generic Request Message Generator).

Monitoring

Detects URL availability alerts generated by GRMG (Generic Request Message Generator).

ICM Queue

Examines the internet communication manager wait queue and detects when the number of requests waiting for ICM worker threads nears capacity.

IDoc Inbound Error Backlog (ALE)

Detects inbound IDoc application posting failure backlogs. This process inspects the inbound IDoc queue for backlogs of inbound IDocs in error state.

IDoc Inbound Processing (ALE)

Examines the inbound IDoc queue and detects when the number of inbound IDocs in a each processing status exceeds threshold.

IDoc Outbound Error Backlog (ALE)

Detects outbound IDoc error backlogs. This process inspects the outbound IDoc queue for backlogs of outbound IDocs in error state.

IDoc Outbound Processing (ALE)

Examines the outbound IDoc queue and detects when the number of outbound IDocs in a each processing status exceeds threshold.

Installed Components (report)

Lists the installed components, releases and patch levels. The process will create an alert per components and it is used in reports.

J2EE Application and System Threads Manager Metrics - 7.10 and Higher

Collects Application Thread Pool performance metrics.

J2EE Application and System Threads Manager Metrics - Pre 7.1x

Collects Application Thread Pool performance metrics.

J2EE Cluster Management Metrics

Collects Cluster Management performance metrics.

J2EE Connections Manipulator Metrics

Collects Connections Manipulator performance metrics.

J2EE Memory Service Metrics - 7.10 and Higher

Collects Memory Service performance metrics.

J2EE Memory Service Metrics - Pre 7.1x

Collects Memory Service performance metrics.

J2EE System Threads Manager Metrics - 7.10 and Higher

Collects System Thread Pool performance metrics.

J2EE System Threads Manager Metrics - Pre 7.1x

Collects System Thread Pool performance metrics.

Lan Collisions Metrics

Collects network performance metrics - Collisions.

Lan Packets In Metrics

Collects network performance metrics - Inbound Packets.

Lan Packets Out Metrics

Collects network performance metrics - Outbound Packets.

LCA - Data Cache Hit Rate Metrics

Collects "Live Cache - Data Cache Hit Rate" metrics.

LCA - Data Cache Usage Metrics

Collects "LiveCache - Data Cache Used" metrics.

LCA - Heap Usage Metrics

Collects "LiveCache - Heap Usage" metrics.

LCA - Used Data Space Metrics

Collects "LiveCache - Used Data Space" metrics.

LCA - Used Log Space Metrics

Collects "LiveCache - Used Log Space" metrics.

LCA Data Space

Detects LCA data area storage shortages that could potentially cause LiveCache to hang.

LCA Log Space

Detects LCA log space storage shortages that could potentially cause LiveCache to hang.

LiveCache Error

Examines the livecache alert monitor and detects LiveCache errors.

LiveCache State

Detects operational state changes in LiveCache that put production operation at risk.

Memory Metrics

Collects memory management metrics.

Memory Service - Used Memory

Examines memory used by the J2EE engine and detects when the current allocation for the virtual machine is nearing total utilization.

Miscellaneous System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts not classified to subsystem category.

Monitor Cluster Status

Monitors the status of the J2EE cluster nodes.

Monitor Generic J2EE File

Monitors the status of the J2EE cluster nodes.

Monitor J2EE Dispatcher Logs

Monitors patterns on J2EE dispatcher logs specified on Process Orchestrator global variables.

Monitor J2EE Server Logs

Monitors patterns on J2EE server logs specified on Process Orchestrator global variables.

Number of work Processes

Samples the number of work processes of each type on each server.

Object Roll and Paging Metrics

Collects object roll and paging area metrics.

OMS Data Cache HitRate

Detects and analyzes the data cache rate object management store. This process examines the data cache hit rate and data cache usage to identify the reason for the low cache hit rate.

OMS Heap Usage

Detects when object managment system heap memory utilization is nearing allocated memory capacity.

Open Change Pointers (ALE)

Detects and identifies backlogs in change pointer processing. This process inspects the change pointer tables (BDCP and BDCPS) for open change pointers and counts the number of unprocessed change pointers per message type. Open change pointers indicate master data documents needing to be analyzed and converted into IDocs to be sent to other systems.

Operational Instance Status

Detects instance status availability. This process examines the system log entries to identify the cause of the availability problems.

OS Collector Status

Examines the status of the SAP operating system collector.

Out of Memory Exception

Monitors and detects memory exceptions thrown when the object management system heap size reaches memory capacity.

Package and Catalog Cache HitRatio (DB2)

Detects low chace hit ratio, library cache hit rate.

Page In

Detects and analyzes excessive operating system paging. This process examines the average number of page-ins per second, memory utilization, work processes, and other environmental conditions analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of the high paging rate.

Page Out

Detects and analyzes excessive operating system paging. This process examines the average number of page-outs per second, memory utilization, work processes, and other environmental conditions analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of the high paging rate.

Paging Metrics

Collects OS paging statistics.

PI Business Process Engine Status

Monitors the overall status of the PI business process engine component.

PI Server Component Availability

Pings internal exchange infrastructure server components for availability and detects if any core server components are unavailable.

Runstats (DB2 MF)

Detects when runstats is need.

SAP License Check

Checks for an expiring installed license.

Security Audit Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to security audit exceptions. This process is disabled by default because it can generate a large volume of incidents. It depends on system configuration (SM20).

Note There is no rule in the monitoring framework to collect events generated by this process.

Security System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the security subsystem.

Server Availability

Raises an incident when a server is unavailable.

Server Availability (for report)

Monitors SAP application servers availability. It monitors ABAP stack availability.

Slow SQL Statements (MSSQL)

Analyzes SQL execution and fetch times to detect poorly executing SQL statements.

Spool Device Message

Detects and analyzes the cause of spool device errors.

Spool Device Metrics

Collects spool devices metrics.

Spool File Number

Detects when the spool file number range interval is near range limits.

Spool High Volume Group Pages Metrics

Collects Spool High Volume Group Pages metrics.

Spool High Volume Group Requests Metrics

Collects Spool High Volume Group Requests metrics.

Spool Service Metrics

Collects system wide spool service metrics.

Spool Service Status

Detects and analyzes the cause of the spool status. This process examines the spool wait time, system log, and other error conditions analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of the spool service error.

Spool Service Wait Time

Detects and analyzes high spool wait time.

Spool System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the spool subsystem.

Spool Wait Time Metrics

Collects average wait time of the spool service metrics.

SQL Error Message (MSSQL)

Examines the SQL Server logs and detects level 17 or higher errors.

Swap Space (Unix)

Detects and analyzes low available swap space on Unix operating systems. This process examines the swap free space and memory paging rates to accurately identify the cause of low swap space.

Swap Space (Unix) Metrics

Collects swap space metrics.

System Log Message Frequency

Detects an increase in the rate of messages written to the system log.

System Wide Background Processing

Detects and analyzes the cause of backlogs or bottlenecks in system-wide background processing. This process examines the background processing queue, work processes configuration, and other system resources analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of the backlogs or bottlenecks.

Table or Index Reorganization (DB2 MF)

Detects when table space on index reorganization is needed.

Tablespace Monitor - 46C (Oracle)

Detects when the Oracle tablespace size is approaching its capacity and must be increased to prevent service disruption.

Tablespace Monitor (Oracle)

Detects when the Oracle tablespace size is approaching its capacity and must be increased to prevent service disruption.

TransportSystem System Log Messages

Detects all messages in the SAP system log that generate alerts relevant to the change and transport subsystem.

tRFC Errors (Communication)

Detects and analyzes the cause of transactional RFC connection failures. This process examines the RFC error log and tests RFC destination connectivity to identify the cause of the RFC connection error.

tRFC Errors (Execution)

Detects and analyzes the cause of transactional RFC program failures. This process examines the RFC error log to identify the cause of the RFC connection error.

tRFC Queue (Remote Calls Waiting)

Examines the tRFC queue size and reports when a backlog of tRFC calls waiting to be sent occurs.

Update Performance Metrics

Collects update process metrics.

Update Process Errors

Detects and analyzes the cause of errors in the update work processes. This process examines the update process for work process, database, program, and other error conditions analyzed by Process Orchestrator to accurately identify the cause of the update error.

Update Process Performance

Monitors the performance characteristics of the update processes. This process examines the update work processes and update queue length to detect and identify the cause of update backlogs.

Update Service Status

Detects the shutdown of the update service. This process examines the update queue, system log, and update work processes to accurately identify the cause of the service shutdown.

VM Container Status

Monitors the status of VM containers.


Incident Response for SAP Target Properties

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


Note For information on configuring target properties, see


Target Properties
Description
Value Defined?

Average Dialog Response Time

Threshold for the average dialog response time per server. This variable is used by processes that are started by dialog response time CCMS alerts. If the variable value is less than the CCMS threshold, an incident will be created.

Enter the threshold value (milliseconds).

Yes

Background Jobs Aborted - List of Jobs

Specify background jobs to monitor. Incidents will be raised only when aborted jobs are in the list.

Wildcards are accepted (for example, if you want to match all jobs that begin with JOB01, enter JOB01*).

Note Job name is case sensitive.

Yes

CPU Queue Length

Threshold for SAP application server CPU queue length.

Enter the threshold value.

Yes

Dialog WorkProcesses Utilization

Maximum percentage of dialog work processes utilization per server.

Yes

Dialog WorkProcesses Utilization - Servers to Ignore

List of servers to ignore when monitoring dialog work process utilization. Enter the full server name (for example, sapr3e02_R3E_00).

No

File System to Ignore

File System to ignore when CCMS raises an alert for File System Utilization that has exceeded the threshold.

Wildcards are accepted (for example, if you want to match all file systems starting with "e:" enter e:*).

No

J2EE Memory Used

Threshold for percentage of used memory in the server.

Yes

J2EE Telnet Dispatcher Log Monitoring

J2EE dispatcher logs to be monitored via SAP telnet.

Enter the list of logs to monitor (log), the pattern to match via grep command (pattern), the number of logs of each type that are created in the application server and a comma delimited list of wildcards to filter out matches (exclude).

Process Orchestrator monitors logs at usr/.../cluster/<dispatcher>/log/system.

Yes

J2EE Telnet File Monitoring

J2EE files to be monitored via SAP telnet.

Enter the full path for the files to be monitored (file), the pattern to match via grep command (pattern) and a list of widcards to filter out matches (exclude).

No

J2EE Telnet Server Log Monitoring

J2EE server logs to be monitored via SAP telnet.

Enter the list of logs to monitor (log), the pattern to match via grep command (pattern), the number of logs of each type that are created in the application server and a comma delimited list of wildcards to filter out matches (exclude).

Process Orchestrator monitors logs at usr/.../cluster/<server>/log/system.

Yes

Number of ABAP Shortdumps

Threshold for the number of ABAP short dumps per hour.

Yes

Page-In per sec

Threshold for the "Page-In per sec" alert. This variable is used by processes that are started by Page-In CCMS alerts. If the variable value is less than the CCMS threshold, an incident will be generated.

Enter the threshold value.

Yes

Page-Out per sec

Threshold for the "Page-Out per sec" alert. This variable is used by processes that are started by Page-Out CCMS alerts. If the variable value is less than the CCMS threshold, an incident will be generated.

Enter the threshold value.

Yes

System Log - Application

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

No

System Log - Background Input

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

No

System Log - Background Processing

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes

System Log - Basis

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes

System Log - CCMS

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

No

System Log - Communication

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes

System Log - Customer

Monitors custom message IDs created in the SAP system log (customer). When there is a match, it creates an incident that is appended to the description in the Alert field.

No

System Log - Database

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes

System Log - Miscellaneous

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

No

System Log - Security

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes

System Log - Spool

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

Yes

System Log - Transport

Enter the system log number and the incident name.

No

Update Queue Time

Threshold for the update queue time per server. This variable is used by processes that are started by dialog response time CCMS alert. If the variable value is less than the CCMS threshold, an incident will be generated.

Enter the threshold value.

Yes


Incident Response for SAP Target Groups

The following target group is imported by the Incident Response for SAP automation pack.

Target Group Name
Description

CA Wily Email Accounts

Includes the email targets that will be monitored by CA Wily alerts.


Incident Response for SAP Knowledge Base Articles

The knowledge base articles provide information to help understand the results of an activity or process, including a summary of what has occurred, the possible cause of the results, and suggested actions to take to resolve issues. The Incident Response for SAP automation pack contains the Knowledge Base articles that are included in the SAP activities.

To view the knowledge base articles for Incident Response for SAP, use the Administration—Knowledge Base Articles view. See the Process Orchestrator User Guide for additional information on knowledge base articles.

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 Incident Response for SAP automation pack.


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

Step 2 On the Incident Response for SAP Properties dialog box, click the Dependencies tab.

Step 3 Review the list of automation packs and adapters referenced by the Incident Response for SAP automation pack:

Object Type
Dependency

Automation Packs

Core Automation for SAP

Core

Adapters

Core Functions Adapter

SAP ABAP Adapter

SAP Java Adapter

Oracle Database Adapter

IBM DB2 Database Adapter

Microsoft SQL Server Database Adapter

Microsoft Windows Adapter

Web Service Adapter


Step 4 Click Close to close the dialog box.


Incident Response for SAP Reports

This section provides information on the reports that ship with the Incident Response for SAP automation pack. You can access the reports in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services or SAP BusinessObjects.


Note See the Process Orchestrator User Guide for information about importing the reports.


Report Name
Description

ABAP Shortdumps per User

Displays the number of ABAP short dumps by User during a specified time period.

ABAP Shortdumps per Reason

Displays the number of ABAP short dumps by Error Code during a specified time period.

Administrator Checklist

Displays the Administrator Checklist incidents on a specified SAP system.

Application Server Availability

Displays the percentage of availability for all monitored SAP application servers. Click the link to view details about the server down time.

Availability Incidents

Displays the server unavailable incidents on a specified SAP system.

Background Analysis

Displays background utilization information for the specified SAP system.

CPU Utilization

Displays CPU utilization, CPU idle, and CPU queue on a specified SAP system.

Dialog Analysis

Displays dialog response time and resource utilization.

Dialog Response Time

Displays average response time of dialog service, front-end wait time, average dispatcher wait time per dialog step, average load and generation time for GUI objects, average time for processing logical database requests, and average time in network (excluding roundtrips).

Dialog Response Time Incidents

Displays dialog response time incidents on a specified SAP system.

Dialog WP Utilization

Displays the dialog work processes utilization on a specified system.

Installed Components

Displays the installed components on a specified SAP system.

Jobs Aborted (All)

Displays a list of aborted jobs on a specified SAP system.

Performance Analysis

Displays a history of any performance counter that has been collected by Cisco Process Orchestrator.

Portal Response Time

Displays the iView response time on a specified SAP system.

Portal Response Time Incidents

Displays iView response time incidents on a specified SAP system.

SAP Background Jobs Aborted (All)

Displays a list of all aborted jobs on a specified SAP system.

SAP Background Jobs Aborted Incidents

Displays a list of aborted jobs on a specified SAP system that raised Process Orchestrator incidents.

SAP Incidents

Displays a history of all Process Orchestrator incidents that have occurred within a specified time period on a specified system for the specified incident level. You can click the link in the Time column to display detailed information about an incident.

SAP System Log Incidents

Displays events logged in the SAP system log that raised Process Orchestrator incidents.

SAP System Log Incidents and Events

Displays all events logged in the SAP system log.

SAP System Overview

Displays a real-time portal for the specified SAP system where you can view the incidents that have occurred within a specified date. Click the link in the Time column to view detailed information about the incident.

Shortdumps per Reason

Displays the number of ABAP short dumps by Error Code during a specified time period.

Shortdumps per User

Displays the number of ABAP short dumps by User during a specified time period.

System Properties

Displays the system properties on a specified SAP system.

Users Logins

Displays the number of users logged in per SAP system and per server.

Workload Analysis

Displays overview of workload per system based on task.