Solution Manager Technical Monitoring - BOBJ (Part 2 of 3 - Auto-Configure)

Solution Manager
Technical Monitoring
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0
Monitoring Setup
Part 2 of 3
Auto configure using AC tool
By OZSoft Consulting for ITConductor.com
Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 1

• Latest up to date information for SAP BOE 4.0 is available in SAP
Note 1653689 - SolMan 7.1: Managed Sys Setup - BI Platform
4.0
• Latest up to date information for SAP BOE 4.1 is available in SAP
Note 1975394 - SolMan 7.1: Managed Sys Setup - BI Platform
4.1
• Please go through SAP Note 1653689, and follow the steps in
this note to download AC tool
• To download AutoConfigure tool. please refer to AC-Tool central
note 2137275.
Download AC Tool

Download AC Tool
• Unzip download file
to BO server
• Download file from SAP.

Run AutoConfigure.exe
• Run
AutoConfigure.exe
on Windows
• You need to install Java on
the server, or to check the
environment variables

Run AutoConfigure.exe
• Set System environment
variables JAVA_HOME
• Run from console
or

Started AutoConfigure.exe
• Select
the first nine
steps and click
on "Execute
Selected“.
• Select BI
Platform 4.x and
“Confirm”

Enable SLD support for BO cluster
• Enter sld server
info (hostname,
port, user,
password)
• Select Tomcat Service as BOE WAS
• Click on "No" for the HTTPS usage (In
my case, my SLD uses HTTP).

Enable SLD support for BO cluster
• Click on "Yes" when you are asked to
trigger SLD transfer.
• Check the status
of the task
"Enable SLD
Support".

Enable Introscope for Java components
• Select the task "Enable Introscope for Java
components" and click on "Execute Selected".
• Key in the hostname for
the Central Management Server
(CMS) host follow by the port
number. Enter the username and
password for the Central
Management Console (CMC). Click
"OK" to continue.

• Key in "True" for the
"IntroscopeAgentEnableIns
trumentation"
• Key in Wily Introscope
Workstation hostname and
port number for
"IntroscopeAgentEnterpriseM
anagerHost" and
IntroscopeAgentEnterpriseMa
nagerPort", and key in the
Wily Introscope Workstation
protocol type for
"IntroscopeAgentEnterpriseM
anagerTransport".

• A message box should show up telling you the BOE Node
has been detected and asking to restart the BOE SIA Node
manually. DO NOT RESTART THE NODE NOW.
• Check that the "Enable Introscope for Java components"
task executed successfully.

Enable Introscope for C++ components
• Select the task "Enable Introscope for C++
components" and click on "Execute Selected".
• Key in the NCS Parameter. Enter
10 for
NCSInstrumentLevelThreshold,
"localhost" for SMDAgentHost,
and 6404 for SMDAgentPort.

Enable Introscope for C++ components
• Check that the "Enable Introscope for C++
components" task executed successfully..

Enable Saposcol process monitoring
• Select the task "Enable Saposcol process monitoring"
and click on "Execute Selected".
• Check that the "Enable Saposcol process monitoring"

Configure step of BOE 4.0(SP level lower than SP3)
• Select the task "Configure step of BOE 4.0(SP level
lower than SP3)" and click on "Execute Selected".
• Check that the "Configure
step of BOE 4.0(SP level
lower than SP3)" task
executed successfully.

Replace cms.lst for BOE4
• Select the task "Replace cms.lst for BOE4" and click on
"Execute Selected".
• Check that the "Replace cms.lst for BOE4" task

Required Software on Business Intelligence 4.X system
• Select the task "Required Software on Business Intelligance
4.X system" and click on "Execute Selected".
• If your Solution Manager is higher
than 7.1 sp6, choose "Other"
• Check that the "Required Software on Business
Intelligance 4.X system" task executed successfully.

Enable CSJNI
• Select the task “Enable CSJNI – Update configurations
of cs.cfg" and click on "Execute Selected".
• Step 8 finished
with error, Run in
console for
determine
errors….

Enable CSJNI
• Under <BOE installation
path>dataAccessconnectionServer
Check the cs.cfg file the content exists like the screen
shot show.

Enable CSJNI
• The file cs.cfg has been copied from another server.
After that, steps 8 and 9 were completed without
error.

Enable TDA Service
• Select the task “Enable TDA service” and click on
"Execute Selected".
• Enter the jvmmond port and
password.

Enable TDA Service
• Then a pop-up dialog will come out to state some
message.
• After the above stepss, the configuration for BOE on
host side is done.
• Restart BOE to make the changes take effect.

Enable TDA Service
• Check that the "Enable TDA service" task executed
successfully.

Tomcat – pre-check the agent dll file version
• Select the task “Tomcat – pre-check the agent dll file
version” and click on "Execute Selected".
• This step was used to judge whether the dll file under the
wily agent install path is the right version for tomcat to
avoid the workload performance, more details refer to the
Note: 1273028

Tomcat – pre-check the agent dll file version
• Enter the wily agent install path where exists the dll file: for
example C:usrccmswilyext for different wily agent's version.
(By the way, this step should be run while have java agent
installed on, if not, run the step after 12th step, if yes and in
boe.properties file for the option "wily.javaagent.install" the
value is set to false which means not to install a new java agent,
then this step should be run at first.)

Tomcat – Install Introscope Agent
• Download the latest Intorscope Agent installation files.
Download the latest CA Introscope Agent for Java
manual installation package from the SAP Service
Marketplace. Please refer to the SAP note 797147 for
more information.

• Extract Introscope Agent files
• To install the CA Introscope Agent please extract the
installation .SAR package on the Tomcat host.
cd /usr/sap/ccms
SAPCAR –xvf ISAGENT.9.1.5*.SAR

• SAP recommends the installation into the
directory /usr/sap/ccms/wily.
• Check that the Agent’s files are properly extracted.
Make sure that the /wily sub-directory exists in
thespecified folder.

• Add following Java VM parameters to run Introscope
Java Agent with Tomcat JVM:

• Restart Tomcat. The Introscope Agent will shortly start
sending performance data to the configured Enterprise
Manager
• Look for the agent log files in the <AGENT_HOME>/logs
folder. Check that a log file for the Introscope Agent exists.

• Check that the "Tomcat – Install Introscope Agent"

Configure JVM GC log
• Select the task "Configure JVM GC log" and click on
"Execute Selected".
• Click on "No" when you are asked to restart Tomcat now.
• Check that the "Configure JVM GC log" task executed
successfully.

Check Tomcat logging
• Select the task "Check Tomcat logging" and click on
"Execute Selected".
• Click "Yes" to restart Tomcat now.
• Check that the "Check Tomcat logging" task executed
successfully.

Install and run SLD Data Supplier
• Select the task "Install and run SLD Data Supplier" and click
on "Execute Selected".
• On the "Found SLD War File" message window, click on
"Keep it" to continue.

Install and run SLD Data Supplier
• Check that the "Install and run SLD Data Supplier" task

Enable TDA for Tomcat
• Select the task “Enable TDA for Tomcat" and click on
"Execute Selected".
• Select a tomcat service
• Enter the jvmmond port
and password should be
the same with step
"Enable TDA for BOE"

Enable TDA for Tomcat
• Two message dialogs come out to state the final
status. Click OK.
• After the above steps for tomcat, restart the tomcat
server.

Start Jvmmond.exe as OS service
• Select the task “Start Jvmmond.exe as OS service" and
click on "Execute Selected".
• Select a folder with JRE installed. Be sure this folder have
JRE installed. e.g. usrsapDAASMD98exesapjvm_6bin

• Enter the jvmmond port and
password should be the same with
step "Enable TDA for BOE"

• Then an install frame come out, do the install process
then a service named " JvmmondByACTool" will show
in the services list of windows. For security, this
service is not started, and it's Startup Type is Manual.
Start it and change the Startup Type into Automatic if
needed.

Final status for ACTool
• Final status for ACTool configuration process like the
following screen shot

Next – Managed System Setup of BOE
4.0 system in Solman 7.1
• Now that we have performed configuration on SAP
BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0
for connection to Solution Manager, next we will
configure Solution Manager to monitor the
scenario

Solution Manager Technical Monitoring - BOBJ (Part 2 of 3 - Auto-Configure)

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