6.1 Overview of the CCMS alert information extraction function

You can use PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications to output periodically to text files the warning (alert information) that occurs on Alert Monitor in the computer center management system (CCMS). The CCMS alert information extraction function provided by PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications can output the following CCMS alert information to a text file:

• Alert ID

• ID of MTE associated with the alert

• Severity level of the alert

• General properties

• Message

By linking other programs, you can use the CCMS alert information in a text file to monitor for error information in the SAP system. This section presents an example of error monitoring by linking to JP1/Base and JP1/IM.

The log file trapping function of JP1/Base enables you to convert CCMS alert information to JP1 events. By monitoring these JP1 events from JP1/IM, you can monitor error information in the SAP system from JP1/IM.

The following figure shows an example of monitoring an SAP system for errors by linking PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications with JP1/Base and JP1/IM.

Figure 6‒1: Example of monitoring an SAP system for errors by linking with JP1/Base and JP1/IM

There are two different file formats used by PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications to store CCMS Alert Information. They are described below.

• WRAP1 format

  This file is in wraparound format, which means that data is overwritten when the amount of CCMS Alert Information reaches a specified value. There is a header line of management information at the beginning of the file. Only one WRAP1-format file can be used for storing CCMS Alert Information. If you use the WRAP1 format to monitor CCMS Alert Information, specify the following parameters in the operation definition file:

  FILETYPE=WRAP1
  HEADLINE=1

• WRAP2 format

  In this file format, when the amount of CCMS Alert Information reaches a specified value, all data in the file is deleted and then new data is written from the beginning of the file. Multiple WRAP2-format files can be used to store CCMS Alert Information. If you use the WRAP2 format to monitor CCMS Alert Information, specify the following parameter in the operation definition file:

  FILETYPE=WRAP2

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