SL1 integration

Architecture

To visualize SAP monitoring data in your ScienceLogic SL1 instance, you need to install a Redpeaks collector in each data center hosting the systems.

Redpeaks will act as a proxy between your SAP systems and a ScienceLogic SL1 collector

It will connect remotely to each SAP system and needs to be installed in a network area allowing to do so

Skills

Those responsible for installing the solution should have the following skills:

Basic linux administration for installing software and creating user accounts

SAP basis users & authorizations administration

Database users administration

Network administration to implement network routes

SL1 administrator for installing collector and configuring the powerpack

Prerequisites

A Redpeaks license, requested at support@redpeaks.io.

A dedicated Linux VM with appropriate specs

Network routes open toward SAP application ports

A dedicated user created on each system to monitor (See create SAP users)

See AGENTIL's Redpeaks Prerequisites Documentation for more details.

Installation

Insalling and configuring Redpeaks should not take more than an hour if prerequisites are set correctly

Install the JAVA JRE

Download the latest Redpeaks package.

Copy the package into a temporary folder - Not in /opt

Execute below commands:

tar -zxvf [PACKAGE FILE NAME]
./install.sh
systemctl start promonitor

Redpeaks should be up and running.

Configuration

You can configure Redpeaks using a web interface:

Visit http://[PRO.MONITOR VM HOSTNAME]:8888 in a web browser. The default username/password combination is admin/admin

Install license

Click the gear icon on the top right to open a menu. Then, select Licenses.

Copy the provided license keys and save

Install drivers

Get the latest SAP JCO driver for Linux and unzip the file to extract a tgz archive.

Click the gear icon on the top right to open a menu. Then, select Admin configuration and go the Upload/Download section.

Click on Install JCO driver and select the driver file (file name similar to sapjco30P_17-10005328_linux.tgz).

Connection to ScienceLogic SL1

The SL1 collector will pull data from Redpeaks API to discover SAP environement and collect SAP metadata.

You just need to create a Generic event server to activate the API

Click the gear icon on the top right to open a menu. Then, select Plugins.

Select the Generic server type in the plugin selector and press create.

Connection to SAP

For connecting Redpeaks to a SAP system, you will need first to create a group, a system, a user and a connector.

Create your first group

Fill the group formular

Don't foget to set group shortname and company shortname:

You can now create your first system

From the group contextual menu, select “Add system”

Select the appropriate system

Don't forget to set system shortname

Now you can create a user

From configure menu, select add user

User profiles are associated to a group

It will be used later when creating a connector

Now you can create connector

From the system contextual menu, select “Add connector”

Select the appropriate connector type

Then fill the connector form

The connector holds the necessary connection parameters to reach the system

Press Save&Test, you should see a green popup indicating a successful connection

Configure monitoring

The monitoring of SAP systems is done via monitoring profiles

Create your first profile

You can import, create and customize profiles from the profiles section on the left

From the profiles menu, select Select default profiles

Select the ScienceLogic SL1 profile and press Save.

The imported profile will appear in the list of profiles

Now you can assign your profile via the assign button

From the assign menu, just move the available connectors from right to left, then save.

Your connectors are now associated with a set of predefined monitors

Last step: Activate the monitoring:

Select a connector and press “Start monitoring”

Monitoring is now active for all your systems, which you should see in ScienceLogic SL1.

ScienceLogic SL1 configuration

Powerpack installation guide

Support

For support or feature requests, contact AGENTIL Software at support@redpeaks.io