IBM Performance Management

Configuring the SAP agent

To monitor a SAP system, the Monitoring Agent for SAP Applications must connect to an application server in the system to be monitored so that the agent can access the Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) code that is provided with the product.

About this task

The SAP agent is a multiple instance agent; you must create the first instance and start the agent manually.

After you install the SAP agent, you can import the Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) transport on the SAP system to support data collection in the SAP system. For more information, see Importing the ABAP transport on the SAP system.

After you configure the SAP agent, you must verify the agent configuration. For more information, see Verifying agent configuration.

After you configure the SAP agent, you can add Database Communication Port number that is required for OSLC (Open Source Lifecycle Collaboration) compliance. For more information, see Adding Database Communication Port number.

To delete the ABAP transport from the SAP system, you must import delete transport to the SAP system. For more information, see Deleting the ABAP transport from the SAP system.

  • Configuring the agent on Windows systems
    You can configure the SAP agent on Windows systems by using the IBM Performance Management window so that the agent can collect data of the SAP Applications Server that is being monitored.
  • Configuring the agent on Linux or AIX systems
    You can configure the SAP agent on Linux or AIX systems so that the agent can collect data of the SAP Applications Server that is being monitored.
  • Configuring the agent by using the silent response file
    You can configure the SAP agent on Windows, Linux, or AIX systems by using the silent response file.
  • Configuration parameters of the agent
    When you configure the SAP agent, you can change the default value of the parameters, such as the SAP hostname and the SAP system number.
  • Importing the ABAP transport on the SAP system
    You can install one SAP agent for each SAP system where you import the Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) transport request to support data collection in the SAP system.
  • Deleting the ABAP transport from the SAP system
    If you choose to remove the SAP agent from your system, you must import delete transport to the SAP system. Delete transport deletes the SAP agent dictionary objects and function modules.
  • Verifying agent configuration
    After you install the SAP agent, you must verify the agent configuration by downloading, copying, and verifying the NetWeaver RFC SDK V7.20 library. You must also verify the configuration of Solution Manager V7.1 with MAI_Monitoring, verify MAI Alerts, and verify the configuration setting specific to third-party component.
  • Adding Database Communication Port number
    A Database Communication Port number is essential to uniquely identify the database entity in the integrated scenarios. To achieve inter-component collaboration, the components of SCM AI included OSLC (Open Source Lifecycle Collaboration). In OSLC compliance, it is essential to identify the collaborating components uniquely. Therefore, the Database Communication Port number is important.