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SAP Event Tests

The Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 provides SAP event tests and node event tests. Most of these event tests can be customized with user-defined thresholds and monitoring intervals. The user can establish an event-metric threshold and an occurrence threshold. Event-metric thresholds can be set at a warning level and at an alert level. When the thresholds are met or exceeded, the user is notified. The user can specify how often the Event System should check for the existence of an exceeded event-metric threshold.

For information on using the Event System, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide.

Summary of SAP Event Tests

The following table lists the SAP event tests. The full descriptions of the individual event tests follow the tables. The event tests are in alphabetical order.

Table 10-1 SAP Event Tests  

Event Test	Description
Bad Buffer Quality	This event test checks for the buffer quality of SAP buffers. Performance of an SAP application instance will deteriorate when buffer hit ratio decreases. If the percentage of the buffer hit ratio is lower than the value specified in the threshold arguments, a warning or an alert is generated.
Bad Response Time	This event test checks for the response times of dialog work processes. The response time of dialog work processes gives a good overview of the system performance. If the response time exceeds the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated. When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.
Extended Memory Too Small	This event test checks for the size of the used extended memory. If the percentage of used in-memory extended memory increases the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated. When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.
In-Memory Roll Area Too Small	This event test checks for the size of the used roll area. If the percentage of used in-memory roll area exceeds the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated. When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.
In-Memory Page Area Too Small	This event test checks for the size of the used page area. If the percentage of used in-memory page area exceeds the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated. When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.

Descriptions of SAP Event Tests

This section describes the SAP event tests that are provided with the Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3. The SAP event tests can only be registered on SAP R/3 services. To register an SAP event test on an SAP R/3 service, the 8.1.7 Intelligent Agent must be running on the NT proxy machine that refers to the SAP R/3 system in its sap.conf file. See the Getting Started with the Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 for more information about configuring the NT proxy machine and the sap.conf file.

Note that in the Oracle Enterprise Manager console you must specify preferred credentials for any service on which you want to register events. See the Getting Started with the Oracle Management Pack for SAP R/3 for more information on specifying preferred credentials.

Bad Buffer Quality

This event test checks for the buffer quality of SAP buffers. Performance of an SAP application instance will deteriorate when buffer hit ratio decreases. If the percentage of the buffer hit ratio is lower than the value specified in the threshold arguments, a warning or an alert is generated.

Parameters

1. SAP buffer name: Enter the name of the buffer to be monitored. The valid buffer names are:
   • CALE
   • MDH
   • CUA
   • SNTAB
   • PRES
   • FTAB
   • IRBD
   • TABL
   • TABLP
   • PXA
   • EIBUF
   • TTAB
2. Alert threshold: Threshold value for alert (%). Default is 90%.
3. Warning threshold: Threshold value for warning (%). Default is 95%.

Output

• The name of the buffer
• Current buffer quality (%)

Default Frequency

60 seconds

User Action

Check the configuration of the application server and increase (if possible) the buffer that caused the trouble.

Bad Response Time

This event test checks for the response times of dialog work processes. The response time of dialog work processes gives a good overview of the system performance. If the response time exceeds the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated.

When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.

Parameters

1. Response Time Data: Enter the name of the SAP R/3 instance that you selected on the General page of the Create Event dialog box in the following format:

   smpsmn3_AT3_00

   In this format, smpsmn3 is the node name of the SAP R/3 message server, AT3 is the SAP R/3 system ID, and 00 is the system number of the SAP R/3 instance.

2. Alert threshold: Threshold value for alert (sec). Default is 4 sec.
3. Warning threshold: Threshold value for warning (sec). Default is 2 sec.

Output

• Application instance name
• Current response time

Default Frequency

60 seconds

User Action

Check the configuration of the application server.

Extended Memory Too Small

This event test checks for the size of the used extended memory. If the percentage of used in-memory extended memory increases the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated.

When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.

Parameters

1. SAP R/3 Memory Data: Enter the name of the SAP R/3 instance that you selected on the General page of the Create Event dialog box in the following format:

   smpsmn3_AT3_00

   In this format, smpsmn3 is the node name of the SAP R/3 message server, AT3 is the SAP R/3 system ID, and 00 is the system number of the SAP R/3 instance.

2. Alert threshold: Threshold value for alert (%). Default is 100%.
3. Warning threshold: Threshold value for warning (%). Default is 90%.

Output

• Application instance name
• Current used space in percentage

Default Frequency

60 seconds.

User Action

Check the configuration of the application server and increase the size of the extended memory.

In-Memory Roll Area Too Small

This event test checks for the size of the used roll area. If the percentage of used in-memory roll area exceeds the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated.

When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.

Parameters

1. SAP R/3 Memory Data: Enter the name of the SAP R/3 instance that you selected on the General page of the Create Event dialog box in the following format:

   smpsmn3_AT3_00

   In this format, smpsmn3 is the node name of the SAP R/3 message server, AT3 is the SAP R/3 system ID, and 00 is the system number of the SAP R/3 instance.

2. Alert threshold: Threshold value for alert (%). Default is 100%.
3. Warning threshold: Threshold value for warning (%). Default is 90%.

Output

• Application instance name
• Current used space in percentage

Default Frequency

60 seconds.

User Action

Check the configuration of the application server and increase the size of the roll area.

In-Memory Page Area Too Small

This event test checks for the size of the used page area. If the percentage of used in-memory page area exceeds the values specified in the threshold arguments, then a warning or alert is generated.

When you create this event test, on the General page of the Create Event dialog box, choose only one SAP R/3 instance with which to populate the Monitored Destinations list.

Parameters

1. SAP R/3 Memory Data: Enter the name of the SAP R/3 instance that you selected on the General page of the Create Event dialog box in the following format:

   smpsmn3_AT3_00

   In this format, smpsmn3 is the node name of the SAP R/3 message server, AT3 is the SAP R/3 system ID, and 00 is the system number of the SAP R/3 instance.

2. Alert threshold: Threshold value for alert (%). Default is 100%.
3. Warning threshold: Threshold value for warning (%). Default is 90%.

Output

• Application instance name
• Current used space in percentage

Default Frequency

60 seconds.

User Action

Check the configuration of the application server and increase the size of the page area.