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Default Parameters for SapWasAliasesTest

This test auto-discovers the patterns of the aliases and for each pattern, reports the total number of aliases available and the total number of aliases that were inactive. In addition, this test reports the rate at which aliases of each pattern are retrieved upon user request.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the SapWasAliasesTest.

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

  • This test uses the SAPControl web service to pull metrics on application and service status. To enable the test to communicate with the web service, you need to configure the test with the port number of the web service. Therefore, specify the port number of the SAPControl web service against WSDL PORT. To determine the exact port number of the SAPControl web service, you can look up the etc/services file on the SAP WAS being monitored. If the port number is not declared in the etc/services file, you can specify the default port number of the web service against WSDL Port. If the web service is not SSL-enabled, then the default port number of the web service will be: 5<NR>13. Similarly, if the web service is SSL-enabled, then the default port number of the web service will be: 5<NR>14. <NR> in the port number refers to the system number of the SAP server being monitored. The system number is an indicator of the TCP/IP port at which the SAP server listens. For example, for a server that listens at port 3200, the system number will be ‘00’. Similarly, if the SAP server port is 3201, the system number will have to be specified as ‘01’. Accordingly, the default port number of an SSL-enabled SAPControl web service will be 50014 , if the system number is 00, or 50114, if the system number is 01.

  • To enable the test to access the SAPControl web service and determine component state, you need to configure the OS USERNAME and OS PASSWORD parameters of the test with the credentials (i.e., name and password) of an OS user, who fulfills one of the following conditions:

    • The name of the OS user should be declared using the service\admin_users profile parameter; (OR)

    • The name of the user group to which the OS user belongs should be declared using the service\admin_groups profile parameter; (OR)

    • The OS user should have the permission to execute the sapstartsrv executable

  • Confirm the OS PASSWORD by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • In the Exclude Alias text box, specify a comma-separated list of alias patterns that need to be included in the scope of monitoring.

  • In the Include Alias text box, specify a comma-separated list of alias patterns that need to be excluded from the scope of monitoring.

  • Set SSL flag to Yes, if the SAPControl web service is SSL-enabled. Set this flag to No, if the SAPControl web service is not SSL-enabled.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.