Self-Monitoring

The Self-Monitoring scenario facilitates the proactive administration of the SAP Focused Run infrastructure itself, encompassing both - central components inside SAP Focused Run and the infrastructure components deployed on managed systems.

 
Scope
  • Monitor the status of central SAP Focused Run components like
    • Agent Management Application
    • CSA Collector Framework
    • Early Watch Alert Infrastructure
    • Introscope Interprise Manager
    • Landscape Management Database
    • Monitoring Alerting Infrastructure
    • Expert Scheduling Management
    • Health Monitoring
  • Monitor the status of infrastructure components (Simple DA, Introscope EM)
  • Monitor the communication from/to Managed Systems
  • Monitor the MAI data quality

 

Release Notes

SAP Focused Run 4.0 FP03

  • Scope Selection enhancement - adding 'Hosts' tab
    • this selection is only applicable to the Simple DA page
  • Improvements of MAI Data Quality page
    • the relevant metrics are shown context sensitive based on selected scope
    • possibility to display all active relevant metrics with the current status
    • columns renaming on the overview page 
    • adjusting the rating names in the filter settings on the Metric Details view 
  • Central Components page - new Self-Monitoring metrics 
    • Expert Scheduling Management*
      • Task Status
      • Banned Tasks
      • Records Processed By The Tasks
    • Health Monitoring*
      • Event Calculation Job Status
      • Housekeeping Job Status
      • Managed Systems page
    • SDA metrics have been added to the Introscope EM Self-Monitoring Templates
  • Adding jump-in links to the Side Navigation
    • Related Links - Template Maintenance, Advanced Configuration
    • New Notification
    • Alert Inbox

(* further configuration steps required. Please refer to Usage - Central Components section)

SAP Focused Run 4.0 FP02

  • Reporting Simple Diagnostics Agents performance warnings
    • “Simple DA Performance warnings” metric reports problems in the execution of data collections that arise due to performance, where either too many parallel data collection processes are running or cannot be completed quickly enough.
  • Supporting alert correlation of Self-Monitoring alerts
  • Introducing authorization checks for Self-Monitoring
  • Self-Monitoring Dashboard Central Components view - Hostname and RMI port information are added to the list of Introscope EMs
  • Self-Monitoring Dashboard Central Components view - Link to LMDB is added for the Introscope EMs

Prerequisites

General

  • System Monitoring is available as of SAP Focused Run 1.0 SP00
  • Perform the relevant tasks described in the Master Guide
  • Assign the required roles mentioned in the Security Guide


Monitored Managed Systems

  • Execute the necessary steps described under the Infrastructure Preparation Guides, e.g. Preparing Databases, Preparing Managed Systems and Preparing CA Introscope


Monitoring Content

  • Standard monitoring content is initially shipped with a particular Support Package/Feature Pack of SAP Focused Run release.
  • It contains monitoring templates (pre-defined set of metrics & alerts and corresponding data collectors.
  • Initial content can be updated via Rapid Content Delivery. An update can include:
    • New metrics/alerts
    • Changes to the definition of existing metrics/alerts (typically correction)
    • Introduction of a new supported product or product version

Setup and Configuration

The Self-Monitoring scenario is based on the same Template Concept as the System Monitoring. For details please refer to the System Monitoring page. The standard Self-Monitoring templates are automatically assigned and activated during Simple System Integration (SSI) of a technical system. There is no additional setup procedure necessary. 

However, before the production usage it is highly recommended to review the standard settings and adjust them if required by creating the custom templates.

Till SAP Focused Run 4.0 FP02 the Self-Monitoring Template Maintenance can be only accessed via transaction MAI_TOOLS --> section Configuration --> Template Maintenance for Self-Monitoring. As of SAP Focused Ru 4.0 FP03 in the Self-Monitoring Dashboard a link to the Template Maintenance UI will be added under Related Links.

Usage

The Self-Monitoring application in SAP Focused Run offer checks on the status of the internal functionalities in SAP Focused Run itself and the integration status of the managed systems. This ensures that both, data-reception and data-processing, function smoothly.

There are two applications to check the current status. Self-Monitoring Dashboard located in the Infrastructure Administration Fiori Launchpad group, is the main application to check the infrastructures health state. In addition to that, the system-specific status of the Self-Monitoring metrics is displayed as a separate category in the System Monitoring hierarchy in the "Technical System" section.

 

Self-Monitoring Dashboard

The Self-Monitoring Dashboard comes with the predefined set of pages/dashboards described below.


Overview/MAI Engine Runtime

The Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (MAI) is the central application for a range of SAP Focused Run applications (System Monitoring, System Analysis). All measured data from the Simple Diagnostics Agents are stored in table MAI_UDM_STORE. Events and alerts are then calculated using the predefined threshold values. These calculation runs should not take longer than 60 seconds.

This page is divided into two parts. The MAI Job Runtime shows the MAI Engine statistics on a bar chart.
The Monitoring summary provides the statistics of KPIs like:

  • Number of incoming metrics per minute
  • Total number of metrics/events/alerts
  • CPU Utilization
  • etc

 

Simple Diagnostics Agent

The availability and the versions of SAP Host Agent and Simple Diagnostics Agent can be displayed on this page based on the scope selection.

The Simple DA Availability dashboard shows the agents status:

  • Ok
  • Host Not Available
  • Host Agent Offline
  • Simple DA Offline
  • Host not in LMDB

It can be switched between the Overview and Network View.


MAI Data Quality

Ensuring a dependable system monitoring process necessitates a consistent data flow. Breaks in data collection may lead to critical states in a monitored system going unnoticed by the System Monitoring, resulting in a lack of alerting. The MAI Data Quality page provides an overview of the current data quality, highlighting any grey values or errors in data collection for pertinent metrics. Clicking on a product type from the overview page navigates to the Metric Details, displaying individual metrics with a rating, last collection timestamp, and, if available, a value text. Collector Errors denote black-rated metrics with specific errors and descriptions, while grey-rated metrics typically signal issues with the infrastructure, such as timeouts or agents that are unreachable. It's important to note that only metrics within the defined scope are listed, and this scope is customizable.


CA APM/Introscope

Some data for BOBJ, SAP Netweaver Java or .net are determined via APM/Introscope. The status of the corresponding Enterprise Manager can be checked here.


Managed Systems

This dashboard offers a summary of the present status of components required for data collection on a managed system, organized by the respective managed system.

  • SSI Status
  • LMDB
  • SDA Status
  • SDA Errors
  • CA APM/Introscope EM
  • CSA
  • ST03
  • EWA Status

Clicking an a technical system from the overview page navigates to the Managed System Details, displaying the status of individual metrics grouped by component. The context-sensitive navigation to the individual components is possible via the status icons. Each component has its own subtree, which can be expanded and collapsed by using the corresponding buttons (Expand All and Collapse All). 


Central Components

Provides a summary in hierarchical form of the status of important internal data collectors and data processors. This overview is independent of the selected scope and relates to the SAP Focused Run system as such.

  • Agent Management Application
  • CSA Collector Framework
  • Early Watch Alert Infrastructure
  • Introscope Enterprise Manager 
  • Landscape Management Database
  • Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure
  • Expert Scheduling Management (new)1,2
  • Health Monitoring (new)1

Remark:

1 - Introduced as of SAP Focused Run 4.0 FP03. To be able to see the metrics, a template reconfiguration is required. 
Therefore, go to System Monitoring Advanced Configuration. On the Manual Template Assignment in the filter bar select the Self-Monitoring as Monitoring Use Case and Technical Component as Managed Object Type. Click on 'Reconfigure'.
2 - The Expert Scheduling Management template comes with metrics that are initially inactive. To utilize these metrics, create a custom template and ensure to activate the necessary metrics.