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Default Parameters for AsSysDBBkUpTest

Using this test, administrators can figure out the days that had elapsed since the last backup of the SAP database.

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

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

  • For the eG agent to connect to the target SAP ABAP System and collect metrics, this test should be configured with the IP address of any of the SAP ABAP Instances associated with the target SAP ABAP System. Specify such IP address in the APPLICATION SERVER text box.

  • Specify the ID of the client system as what the eG agent will be connecting to the SAP ABAP instance in the CLIENT NAME text box. To know how to determine the client ID to use, Click Here.

  • Typically, to connect to a SAP ABAP instance and run tests, the eG agent requires the permissions of a SAP user who has been assigned the following authorization objects: S_BGRFC, S_RFC, S_RFC_ADM, S_RFCACL, S_TCODE, S_ADMI_FCD, S_TABU_DIS, S_TABU_NAM, S_USER_GRP, S_XMI_PROD, S_TOOLS_EX, S_APPL_LOG, S_RZL_ADM. Ideally, you will have to create a new user role on the SAP ABAP instance for this purpose, associate the above-mentioned authorization objects with that role, and assign the new role to an existing SAP user. To know how to create the SAP user, Click Here. Once the new role is assigned to a SAP user, specify the name of this user in the SAP USER text box.

  • Specify the Password of the specific SAP User in the PASSWORD text box.

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

  • An indicator of the TCP/IP port at which the SAP server listens. For example, for a server that listens at port 3200, the SysNo will be ‘00’. Similarly, if the SAP server port is 3201, the SysNo will have to be specified as ‘01’. Therefore, specify the system number of the SAP server with which the specified client communicates in the SYSNO text box . To know the system number for the ABAP server being monitored, Click Here.

  • If the SAP client with the specified ClientName exists in a network external to the SAP server, then a router will be used to enable the server-client communication. In such a case, specify the router string of the router in the ROUTER text box. If both the client and the server exist in the same network, then specify none against the Router text box. To know what is the SAP Router string for the ABAP server being monitored, Click Here.

  • The parameter INSTANCE NAME is set to none by default. This implies that the eG agent automatically discovers the instance name at run time.

  • Specify the duration (in seconds) for which this test should wait for a response from the SAP ABAP instance in the TIME OUT list box. By default, this paremeter is set to 120 seconds.

  • The eG agent uses the SAP JCO library to connect to the SAP ABAP system and pull out metrics. To enable the eG agent to make this connection and query the metrics, you need to specify the version of the SAP JCO library that the agent needs to use in the JCO VERSION list box. For instance, to instruct the eG agent to use JCO v2.1.19, it would suffice if you specify the ‘major version number’ alone against JCO Version – in the case of this example, this will be 2.x. Note that if you have downloaded the SAP JCO CONNECTOR files for SAP JCO version 3 from the SAP market place (as instructed by Downloading the SAP JCO Connector files Required for Monitoring), then the JCO Version configuration should be 3.x.

  • Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to 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.