SAP BASIS TRAINING GUIDENCE: SAP NetWeaver Basics

SAP NetWeaver Basics and Components

SAP NetWeaver is an application builder from SAP. SAP NetWeaver helps in integrating business processes, business applications and databases from a number of sources using web based services. SAP NetWeaver is thus a technical framework which consists of all components of mySAP ERP, mySAP Business Suite, and the SAP composite applications, referred to as xAPPs. What makes SAP NetWeaver unique is that it is the first fully interoperable web based cross application platform that can be used to develop not only SAP applications but others as well. So with netweaver, a developer can integrate information and processes from various platforms or technologies. such as Java technologies, IBM Websphere, and Microsoft’s .NET etc.

SAP NetWeaver consists of three integration layers and an application platform. The integration layers include, people integration, information integration and process integration.

People Integration – This layer ensures that users have information at hand and are able to process it quickly. This layer mainly consists of SAP Enterprise Portal and SAP Mobile Infrastructure.

Information Integration – Information Integration provides access to all structured and unstructured information in an enterprise. Information integration consists of SAP Business Information Warehouse, knowledge management, a component of the SAP Enterprise Portal, and Master Data Management.

Process Integration – Process Integration is used to streamline business processes across the company using the systems available. Process integration used XML data packages and workflow scenarios. However, the mian component used in process integration is SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI).

Application platform – This is the SAP Web Application Server, which supports both the J2EE and ABAP runtime environments. Web applications and web services can be developed easily with the help of the application platform.

SAP Java monitoring Check list

This article answers the following queries :

Ø How to perform daily monitoring of Java stack in SAP ?

Ø What are the daily checks for Java applications of SAP ?

Ø How to access management console in SAP ?

Ø How to perform session monitoring in JAVA stack of SAP ?

Ø How to view various java reports in JAVA stack of SAP?

Ø What are the various java reports available in Java stack of SAP and what is their significance?

Ø How to view log and traces in java stack of SAP?

Ø Where to view default trace in java stack of SAP?

Ø What is the use of management console in SAP ?

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JAVA Monitoring

Contents :

1. Checking the java stack/portal accessibility

2. Actioning, in case portal not accessible

3. User load analysis

4. Java Reports – Navigation and usability

5. Memory consumption and Threads report

6. Session Monitoring

7. Logs and Traces (Default trace, Server0 log etc)

8. Accessing Management Console

9. Checking System availability using Management Console(SDM, Msg server, Enqueue server, Java nodes etc)

10. Check various logs(work directory logs, jcontrol, default trace, application log etc)

Java Monitoring :

Place the link of the respective java application in the browser and check whether the java application is opening:

For example:

http://baakaprd.company.com:50000/irj/portal

If java is up and running, a screen similar to below will open.

If the page did not open,

i) Check whether there are network issues

ii) Check tablespaces occupancy levels at Oslevel and make sure sufficient
space is there and if any tablespace is 100% full, action the same

iii) Check the default trace for any critical errors

iv) Check application log to determine any memory related issues

v) Check server node status at oslevel or through management console and
action and bring up the java again.

To estimate the user load and to check the number of users logged onto the java portal :

Navigate to User Administration -> Activity Reports

i) Check “Number of users in the last 3 hours” report

ii) To figure out most active users, check the 10Most active users report

Java Reports :

Java Memory Consumption Report and Threads Reports :

These reports includes a chart of the memory usage of a cluster node and a chart related to the system and application thread pool.

To check this report login to nwa of the respective java stack :

Then navigate to Monitoring -> Java System Reports :

Here following reports can be taken by selecting the respective report from the drop down provided:

ü Capacity Planning : This report includes a chart representing the requests sent to J2EE Engine, a chart for the number of http and security sessions, and a chart of the communication between J2EE nodes

ü Resource Consumption : This report includes a chart of the memory usage of a cluster node, and a chart related to the system and application thread pool

ü Error Statistics: This report includes a chart representing a collection of counters useful for investigating problems. There are also charts that give an overview of timeouts and the size of log files

ü Application Activities : This report includes a chart that represents the history of the activities of deployed applications

Slowest requests in detail

Slowest requests

Slowest components

User activities

Current activities

Monitor Browser

However from monitoring perspective, resource consumption report is most important to analyse the memory consumption.

Select resource consumption from the dropdown to view the memory statistics as below:

Click on Go to Detailed Chart link of the respective report to view detailed chart as below

Click Hint on charts link to analyse the report better.

Select the respective Instance, Cluster node and Time period from the provided dropdown boxes to view the reports belonging to the same

Table view for Threads report:

There are 2 types of views: Chart view and Table view. You can change the view by selecting the respective radio button.

Please find below table view for Memory Consumption report

Session Monitoring:

To monitor sessions, navigate to Monitoring -> Session Monitoring

SAP Java Monitoring Check list 2

SAP Java monitoring check list

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To check “Logs and Traces”, navigate to System Management -> Monitoring -> Logs and Traces

From the drop down box, different logs can be checked

Process list – List of processes that are currently running can be viewed here and any long running process can be identified and actioned accordingly.

Using Management Console for monitoring Java System :

To open management console for SAP systems based on Unix operating system, add 13 for the port of the portal as mentioned below

http://faqsa6.comapn.com:50013

A screen similar to below screen will appear :

You can drill down further on SID of the system to view database,Central and SCS instance details as below :

Please note that Management Console can be accessed even when java is down for a sap system.

You can check database status as below :

You can check the javanode status as below:

Status should be running here if java is up

Process list – List of processes that are currently running can be viewed here and any long running process can be identified and actioned accordingly.