Changing the Configuration of the MMC 

Use

You can change the configuration of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In on the MMC to meet your requirements. In particular, you can extend the list of systems and instances displayed so that you can monitor all systems and instances from a single console.

Procedure

To extend the list of instances displayed in the MMC, do the following:

  1. Open the MMC. 
  2. Choose Start ® Run and enter MMC.
    3.
  3. In the MMC window, select Console root and choose Console ® Add/Remove Snap-In.
  4. In the Add/Remove Snap-In dialog box, choose Add and then select the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In. 
  5. Confirm your selection with Add.

  6. In the General Settings dialog box, select the options you require:

    Options Select Use fix SAP instance list

    Auto Refreshment

    Enter the periods in which you want system information to be updated automatically

    Options

    Select Expert user mode if you want to access more detailed system information later when you start working with the SAP snap in.

    Select Always show local SAP instances, if you want the instances installed on your local machine to be displayed.

    Select Enable Single Sign-On, if you want to use single sign-on for logon to SAP instances that support SNC. Single sign-on is only supported if the Snap-In is configured to use a LDAP directory.

  1. Choose Next to close the General Settings dialog box.

  2. In the Security dialog box, choose a security level for communication between the Snap-In and remote SAP instances. If you need to manage SAP instances prior to Release 7.00 you need to enable DCOM communication. Starting with Release 7.00 Webservice communication based on http / https is available. It is strongly recommended to use https, since some actions like starting or stopping require user authentication via basic authentication. Therefore SSL encryption should be used. However you first need to setup SSL correctly for the monitored SAP instances (See also Configuring the SAP Web AS for Supporting SSL).

  3. Choose Next to close the Security dialog box.

  4. In the Fixed Server List dialog box, create a list of the instances you want to monitor from the SAP Snap-In:
    1. In the System field, enter or select the name of the SAP system that the instance belongs to.
    2. In the Instance field, enter or select the name of the host on which the instance is running, and the instance number, for example, p18357 53
    3. Choose Add to include the instance in the Fixed Instances List.

      4. An entry in the instance list looks like this:

      BIN p18357 53
    4. When you have entered all the instances you want to monitor, choose Finish.

You have now changed the configuration of the SAP Snap-In for the MMC. You can save the configuration in a file when you exit the MMC. Whenever you need the newly created configuration, you can start it simply by double-clicking on the saved file.

See also:

Starting the MMC

Layout of SAP Systems Manager Snap-In

Context Menu of the SAP Systems Manager Snap-In