Context Menu of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In
Context Menu of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In
Use
The SAP Systems Manager Snap-In includes context menus that offer a number of useful functions. In particular, it enables you to start and stop individual instances or the entire system simply by choosing the appropriate option. The context menu that is available differs, depending on the item that is selected in the scope pane.
Features
You can access the context menu of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In by selecting an item in the MMC scope pane and pressing the right mouse button. The context menu offers the following options:
| Menu Option | Explanation | Scope Pane Node |
| Start | Starts the SAP instance(s) related to the selected item. | SAP instance, system or management domain |
| Stop | Stops the SAP instance(s) related to the selected item. | SAP instance, system or management domain |
| Shutdown | Sends shutdown request to the SAP instance(s) related to the selected item. The instances will reject new request and stop when all open requests are finished. | SAP instance, system or management domain |
| Version Info | Display version information of the most important executables. | SAP instance, system or management domain |
| Restart | Restart the SAP instance that is selected. | SAP instance |
| Logon | Logs on to the selected SAP instance | SAP instance (ABAP only) |
| All Tasks ® View Start Profile | Displays the start profile | SAP instance |
| All Tasks ® View Instance Parameter | Displays all instance parameter. Only supported by recent SAP instances. | SAP instance |
| All Tasks ® View Trace File | Displays the start service trace files | SAP instance |
| All Tasks ® View Developer Traces | Displays developer trace files (for example, dev_disp) provided that the user has the authorization. The option is only available in Expert User Mode. | SAP instance |
| All Tasks ® View Environment | Displays the SAP environment. This is subdivided into the system environment when the system is booted, the SAP Registry environment and the resulting total environment. The option is only available in Expert User Mode. | SAP instance |
| All Tasks ® Restart Service | Restarts the start service of a selected SAP instance without stopping the instance. This is useful, for example, to activate changes that have been made to profiles. The option is only available in Expert User Mode. | SAP instance |
| All Tasks ® Telnet | Starts Telnet if it has been installed. | SAP instance or ITS instance |
| All Tasks ® Terminal Server | Starts the Terminal Server client if it has been installed. | SAP instance or ITS instance |
| All Tasks ® Terminal Server Console | Starts the Terminal Server client to connect to console session if it has been installed. Windows Server 2003 is the first operating system supporting Terminal Server console sessions. | SAP instance or ITS instance |
| All Tasks ® pcANYWHERE | Starts pcANYWHERE if it has been installed. | SAP instance or ITS instance |
| All Tasks ® Manage | Starts the Computer Management Snap-In for Windows 2000 or higher. | SAP instance or ITS instance |
| All Tasks ® Wgate Configuration | View and change wgate configuration file | ITS instance |
| All Tasks ® WebServer Administration | Starts WebServer specific administration tool (for example, IIS Snap-In) | ITS instance |
| Analyse | Starts the analysis tool in SAP systems. | Some subnodes of Open Alerts or Current Status |
| All Alerts | Displays all open alerts of a selected node and its subnodes in a separate popup. The popup allows the acknowledgement of alerts. | Open Alerts or Current Status |
| All Tasks ® Edit Filter | Specifies a filter to limit the view of Open Alerts and Current Status to certain subnodes. The filter also effects the result of All Alerts. Only child nodes of the nodes listed in the Display filter list are shown. For example, the default filter "/" will display all nodes. The filter is valid for all SAP systems shown in the snapin. | Open Alerts or Current Status |
| Properties | Displays technical data on the selected item and allows to change start/stop permissions for the selected SAP instance. | SAP system, SAP instance, ITS instance, Syslog entry |
| J2EE Telnet | Starts J2EE Telnet session if the port is configured. | J2EE Process Table entry |
| Enable Process | Enables J2EE Process | J2EE Process Table entry |
| Disable Process | Disables J2EE Process | J2EE Process Table entry |
| Restart Process | Restarts J2EE Process | J2EE Process Table entry |
| Dump Stack Trace | Dumps Java stack trace to stderr | J2EE Process Table entry |
| All Tasks ® Enable debugging | Enable Java virtual machine debugging | J2EE Process Table or J2EE Threads entry |
| All Tasks ® Disable debugging | Disable Java virtual machine debugging | J2EE Process Table or J2EE Threads entry |
| Developer Trace | Displays developer trace files of selected process. | Process List, ABAP WP Table or J2EE Process List entry |
| All Tasks ® Decrease trace level | Inecrease developer trace trace level of selected process. | Process List, ABAP WP Table or J2EE Process List entry |
| All Tasks ® Increase trace level | Increase developer trace trace level of selected process. | Process List, ABAP WP Table or J2EE Process List entry |
| All Tasks ® Kill | Kill selected process (signal KILL).. | Process List, ABAP WP Table or J2EE Process List entry |
| All Tasks ® Shutdown | Shutdown select process (signal INT). | Process List, ABAP WP Table or J2EE Process List entry |
| ITS Administration | Starts ITS administration tool | ITS instance |
| ITS Webgui | Starts ITS webgui service | ITS instance |
Take care when you select an instance that you want to start or stop. If the dialog instance and central instance are running on the same host, you can only distinguish between the two on the basis of their instance number. For example, the names of the displayed central instance and dialog instance could be: BIN p18357 53 and BIN p18357 54.
A useful feature of the MMC allows you to create subdirectories in the scope pane using the context menu of the Console Root. By choosing the option New ® Folder you can create subdirectories under Console Root or under other directories already created. The root node of the SAP Snap-In can also be moved simply by using drag and drop. This enables you to create any complex structure you wish.
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