This section of the PowerConnect Java UI controls the monitoring plugins (enable/disable, intervals) as well as configuring the PowerConnect user details.
Monitoring Plugins
These are plugins designed to be enabled and disabled based on the monitoring requirements. The plugins are grouped based on their type. If further configuration can be performed for the plugin, a tab for that plugin is displayed. For example there is a PI Monitoring tab which allows further configuration of the PI Monitoring plugin.
Plugin Details
Name | Purpose | Option | Description | Restart of PowerConnect required? | Default |
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[JMX] | Collects JMX metrics such as heap, garbage collection and cpu | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Enabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
Thread | Collects Java Thread information such as state, cpu time and stack trace | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
Web Session | Collects web session information of users who are accessing the SAP system such as user name, session duration and the application they are accessing | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
CCMS Alert | Collects CCMS alert tree for any alerts that have been configured in the CCMS alert monitor | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
Cache | Collects cache statistics and details for various caches within SAP such as puts, gets and cache size | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
EJB | Collects EJB statistics such as response time, number of requests and the user who executed the EJB | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
[Scheduled Job] | Collects information about Scheduled Jobs running on the SAP system such as status, start time, end time and cpu consumption | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
Channel | Collects information about status of PI Channels including the recent logs | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
[PI] | Collects PI message data including optional payload and logs | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Interval | Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds | Yes | 60000 | ||
[Portal Activity] | Collects SAP Portal Activity logs | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
[Default Trace] | Collects SAP Default Trace logs | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
[Application Trace] | Collects SAP Application Trace logs | Enabled | Enables or disables the plugin | No | Disabled |
Authentication
For the PowerConnect Agent to be able to collect data it needs to run as a user with certain privileges provided depending on the data required to be collected.
The username and password for this user should be provided in this section.
Configuration
Name | Description | Restart of PowerConnect required? | Default |
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PowerConnect User | username that PowerConnect agent should run as | Yes | powerconnect |
PowerConnect Password | password for the user account above | Yes |
Roles Required
Name | Description | Mandatory | Related Monitoring Plugin |
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JmxAdminAll | Required for PowerConnect to be able to query JMX | Yes | JMX |
SystemInfo_Support_Role | Required for PowerConnect to be able to query topology information | No | N/A |
SAP_XI_API_DEVELOP_J2EE | Required for PowerConnect to be able to retrieve PI Channel status | No | Channel |
SAP_XI_API_DISPLAY_J2EE | Required for PowerConnect to be able to retrieve PI Channel status | No | Channel |
NWA_READONLY | Required for PowerConnect to be able to retrieve PI message meta data | No | PI |
SAP_XI_MONITOR_J2EE | Required for PowerConnect to be able to retrieve PI message meta data | No | PI |
XiMdt.ExtendedMonitor | Required for PowerConnect to be able to retrieve PI message payload | No | PI |