hints and tips for monitoring sap
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Learn how to eliminate the overhead and expense of manual monitoring, configuration and deployment. This interactive webcast covered best practices for monitoring SAP and demonstrate Nimsoft Monitor, which provides: A comprehensive view into the status and operation of SAP ECC, ABAP and JAVA NetWeaver components as well as the networks, physical and virtual servers, databases and storage SAP runs on. Easy, template-driven configuration to automate deployment across multiple landscapes. A knowledge base of best-practices performance indicators to monitor as well as recommended thresholds to accelerate setup. Visit www.nimsoft.com for more information.TRANSCRIPT
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Hints & Tips for Monitoring SAP
How to achieve peak performance with your SAP Implementation
Accelerate SAP,Accelerate your business
Gilles VincentTechnical Sales Nimsoft
Manoj PatelMarketing EMEA Nimsoft
15th November 2011
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Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Hints & Tips for SAP Monitoring
3. Introducing Nimsoft Monitor for SAP
4. Q&A
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About us
Nimsoft delivers the industry’s only unified IT management solution, combining a broad set of network monitoring and service desk management capabilities, plus the flexibility of deploying the solution on premise and in the cloud. This is enabling 20,000+ corporate enterprises to optimize use of their resources through IT Management as a Service, to drive business agility and performance.
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Introducing AGENTIL
› Founded in 2006
› Based in Geneva, CH, 40 employees
› SAP Service Partner
› Nimsoft UnifiedManagement Alliance Member since 2009
“Years of hands-on experience taught us how to implement and maintain high performance SAP systems. We’ve embedded this knowledge into Nimsoft Monitor for SAP so any customer can increase their operational efficiencies and overall SAP performance.”
- Jean-Francois Lauri, CEO, AGENTIL
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Businesses depend on SAP
“Why can’t we ship?”
“Why can’t we close books on time?”
“Where is my ‘cash position’ report?”
$199,000per hour in lost
workforce productivity (avg)
Source: SAP
…and slow SAP performance is the#1 customer complaint
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SAP, asap: Hints & Tips for Monitoring SAP
› What will you learn today:
» A comprehensive view into the status and operation of SAP
ECC, ABAP and JAVA NetWeaver components as well as the
networks, physical and virtual servers, databases and
storage SAP runs on.
» Easy, template-driven configuration to automate deployment
across multiple landscapes.
» A knowledge base of best-practices performance indicators
to monitor as well as recommended thresholds to accelerate
setup.
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Announcing Nimsoft Monitor for SAP
A new solution not a new probe.
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A Unified View of key SAP KPIs
Historical views enableproactive monitoring.
Comprehensive SAP monitoring
› Unified view of SAP and non-SAP system performance monitors entire stack (includingSAP NetWeaver, ECC, ABAP, Java, network,server, database, storage, chassis, and power)
› Correlates SAP and non-SAP performanceto provide baseline, isolate trends and tune infrastructure
› SLA reporting demonstrates service levelcompliance
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Production Safe
Automated data collectioneliminates manual errors.
Safe. Secure. Consistent.
› Non-invasive, agent-less SAP monitoring
› Dedicated SAP user keeps SAP data secure, andallows 3rd parties to safely provide monitoring
› Automated data collection reduces chance of operator error and increases data consistency
› Integrates with SAP and CCMS via standard protocols
› Simple template-based configuration automatesdeployment across multiple SAP landscapes
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Upgradable expertise
Upgradable library of criticalmonitors and thresholds.
Current Monitored transactions include:
› ABAP System performance (ST03), SAP instances (RZ04, SM51), ABAP Dispatcher (SM50), Update requests (SM13, SM14), Enqueue Management (SM12), Background jobs (SM37), SAP OS Collector (ST06), SAP Memory (ST02), ABAP Dumps (ST22), Printing (SP01, SPAD), RFC Destinations (SM58, SMQS, SMQR), Oracle/MS SQL (DBACOCKPIT)
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Thank You – any questions?
› Learn morewww.nimsoft.com/sap
› Gartner Data Center & IT» November 28 - 29, 2011» London, UK
› Gartner Data Center» December 4 - 8, 2011,» Las Vegas, NV
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SAP Landscape
SAP Probe Architecture
SAP Probe Nimsoft
Probe Engine
Monitoring Library
SAP Servers NAS
SLM
Probe GUI
RFC NMS API
NMS API
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The Nimsoft SAP Solution
SAP DB ServersPhys & Virtual
Storage Network(IP & SAN)
Internet
Nimsoft Message Bus
SAPProbe
DB Probes
ServerProbes
StorageProbes
Network Probes Watchmouse
AlarmConsole
PerformanceReports
GraphicalDashboards
Service LevelManagement
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Thank you!More information at: www.nimsoft.com/sap