Overview of SOLMAN for SAP Monitoring

Overview of Solution Manager

The SAP Solution Manager is a centralized robust application management and administration solution used to implement, support, operate and monitor our SAP enterprise solutions.

It is a platform providing integrated content, tools, methodologies and access to SAP systems.

It Supports the different phases of the application Management Life cycle.

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Features and Functionalities

The following are the features and functionalities available in Solution Manager with supports the different phases of the Application Management Life Cycle

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Benefits of Solution Manager

SAP Solution Manager is delivered at no additional cost. It is included in the annual maintenance cost.

SAP Solution Manager can pro- actively controls Solutions and avoids error in Implementation and Operations thus increasing the reliability of IT Solutions.

The tools and Contents delivered with Solution Manager improves the efficiency of Upgrade, Support, Implementation, Rollout and Change Management Projects.

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Activating Early Watch Alert in the Solman System Step1: RTCCTOOL: Service Preparation Check

Program RTCCTOOL is delivered via addon ST-A/PI.It is a service tool that eastablishes a connection to SAP and accesses an up to date list of required actions and SAP Notes which are necessary for our System.

Step 2: Setup of the Service Data Control Center

The Service Data Control Center (TCODE SDCCN) is a service tool that provides us with an overview of SAP EarlyWatch Alert sessions and controls the data transfer between the Satellite System and the Central SAP Solution Manager system .

Step 3: Generating "Back RFC Connection" in SMSY

Step 4: Central activation of SDCCN via Transaction SMSY

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Activating Early Watch Alert in the Solman System

Step 5: Defining our Solution Landscape and allocate the Systems accordingly

To be able to monitor a satellite system via SAP EarlyWatch Alert,the system must be integrated into a logical System and which must be integrated into a Solution.The below steps must be executed in Solman System:

Create a new Solution

Create a logical component

Add the Logical component to the solution

Mark systems in logical component which are to be monitored in this solution

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Purpose of EarlyWatch Alert

The Early Watch Alert for solutions enables its users to gain an overview of the current status of the entire Solution landscape within one Report.

Early Watch Alert for solutions is particularly useful for the monitoring of systems which participate in the monitoring of our documented Business Processes.

Early Watch Alert for solutions also requires the following minimum prerequisites in SAP Solution Manager System.

Patch--ST-SER 700_2008_1

Patch--ST Release 400, Support Package SP15

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Details of the Early Watch Alert for the Solutions

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