N. Glossary
- ASCS instance (ABAP Central Services)
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An SAP system instance. This is a unit of a cluster configuration when SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or later is used to run PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications.
This instance includes an SAP system's message server and enqueue server.
It does not have a dialog server.
- CCMS alert information extraction function
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A PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications function that extracts warnings (alert information) occurring in the Alert Monitor of the computer center management system (CCMS).
- central instance
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An SAP system instance with a dialog service to which PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications connects. When SAP NetWeaver 2004 or earlier is used to run PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications, the central instance is a unit of a cluster configuration.
This is also called a primary application server instance.
- database ID
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Identifier of the database that is added to each of PFM - Agent's records. The database ID indicates the types of records that are stored in the corresponding database. The following are the database IDs:
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PI: Indicates a database for records of the PI record type
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PD: Indicates a database for records of the PD record type
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- dialog instance
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An SAP system instance with a dialog service to which PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications connects.
This is also called an application server instance.
Any application server instances other than the primary application server instances are also called the additional application server instances.
- extended password
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A password that is supported by an SAP system based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or later. In such an SAP system, the length of a password has been extended from 8 to 40 characters and the rules for alphabetic characters in a password have been changed from upper-case-only to case-sensitive.
- JP1/SLM
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A software product that supports the maintenance of service levels by monitoring business systems in terms of their performance as experienced by the service users.
By linking PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications with JP1/SLM, its capabilities of monitoring operating statuses can be enhanced.
- monitor information collection function
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A function for collecting SAP system monitor information according to user definitions and storing it as user-defined records for PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications.
- monitoring template
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Predefined alarms and reports provided by PFM - Agent. A monitoring template simplifies preparations for monitoring the operating status of PFM - Agent because complex definitions do not have to be created.
- Performance Management
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A collective name for a group of software programs that are used to monitor and analyze issues related to system performance. Performance Management consists of the following five program products:
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PFM - Manager
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PFM - Web Console
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PFM - Base
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PFM - Agent
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PFM - RM
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- RFC
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An SAP interface for communication between SAP systems.
- SAP system
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An ERP package system provided by SAP AG.
- service ID
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A unique identifier that is added to each Performance Management program service. When a command is used to check the configuration of the Performance Management system or to back up an individual agent's performance data, this Performance Management program service ID is specified in the command.
The format of the service ID depends on the settings of the product name display function. For details, see the chapter that describes the functions of Performance Management in the JP1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.
- system log information extraction function
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A PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications function that extracts log information (system log) on the events and errors that occur in the SAP system. A system log is created for each application server.
- WRAP1 format
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A file format in which, when the amount of data in the file reaches a specified value, new data is overwritten starting from the beginning of the file.
There is a header line of management information at the beginning of storage files for system log information and CCMS Alert Information in PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications. Only one WRAP1-format file can be used for any particular purpose.
- WRAP2 format
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A file format in which, when the amount of data in the file reaches a specified value, data is first deleted from the file and then new data is written starting from the beginning of the file.
In PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications, the system log information and CCMS Alert Information can be stored in multiple WRAP2-format files.