Configuration of BobiCMSStTest

This test continuously monitors the availability and processing ability of the CMS and proactively alerts administrators of the probable slowdown/outage of the CMS. In the process, the test enables administrators to swiftly initiate preventive action, so that the potential performance anomalies are kept at bay.

The default parameters associated with this test are:

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

• Specify the the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured in the HOST text box.

• Specify the port at which the specified HOST listens to in the PORT text box. This should be the port at which the web application server hosting SAP BOBI listens.

• In large SAP environments, SAP BOBI installations can have several BI platform server hosts working together in a cluster. A node is a collection of BI platform servers running on the same host and managed by the same Server Intelligence Agent (SIA). One or more nodes can be on a single host. An Adapative Processing Server hosts a lot of BI services and processes non-Object/post processing requests. Multiple APSes may be defined on multiple nodes within a deployment. A single APS acts a primary server to process requests pertaining to the services hosted by the APS from the target SAP BOBI. In some environments, eG Enterprise failed to collect metrics from the target BOBI continuously. This was because, when the APSes failed over, the APS that was acting as a primary server corresponded to a different BOBI node and the eG agent failed to establish connection with the APS that was currently processing the service requests. To ensure that the metrics are collected seamlessly from the target BOBI, the eG agent should be equipped with the IP addresses of the target BOBI node as well as the IP addresses of all the Adaptive Processing Servers associated with the target BOBI node. For this purpose, specify a comma-separated list of IP addresses corresponding to the APSes in the MONITORING HOSTS text box.

• Specify the RMI port number of the BOBI monitoring application in the JMX REMOTE PORT text box. To know the RMI port number of the monitoring application, refer to Monitoring SAP Business Objects document.

• Specify the lookup name for connecting to the JMX connector of the BOBI monitoring application in the JNDI NAME text box. To know the JNDI name, refer to Monitoring SAP Business Objects document.

• Enter the credentials of an enterprise authenticated BOBI user belonging to the default monitoring users group in the JMX USER and JMX PASSWORD text boxes.

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

• Specify the name of the BOBI node being monitored in the NODE NAME text box. Note that the NODE NAME parameter is case-sensitive.

• PROVIDER parameter appears only if the Mode is set to JMX. This test uses a JMX Provider to access the MBean attributes of the target Java application and collect metrics. Specify the package name of this JMX Provider in the PROVIDER textbox. By default, this parameter is set to default indicating that this test automatically discovers the JMX provider and report metrics.

• Specify the maximum duration (in seconds) for which the test will wait for a response from the server in the TIMEOUT textbox. The default TIMEOUT period is 30 seconds.

• To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise suite embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the DETAILED DIAGNOSIS capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

  The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

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

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.