====== SAP BW Monitoring ====== Monitoring SAP BW effectively helps maintain data integrity, optimize system performance, and minimize downtime. Redpeaks provides the following capabilities for monitoring your BW systems ===== 1. Data Load Monitoring ===== * **Process Chains**: Ensure successful execution of ETL processes. * **Long Running or Stuck Jobs**: Identify and troubleshoot slow-running or failed jobs. ===== 2. Performance Monitoring ===== * **Query Performance**: Check long-running queries and optimize aggregates, indexes, or caching. * **Aggregates & Indexes**: Ensure aggregates are built and indexes are optimized. * **Memory & CPU Utilization**: Monitor system resources affecting BW performance. ===== 3. System Health Monitoring ===== * **Background Jobs**: Check batch jobs for delays or failures. * **Lock Entries**: Identify excessive lock entries that can cause system slowdowns. * **DB Growth & Storage Usage**: Monitor database size and growth trends. * **RFC Connections**: Ensure stable connections between SAP BW and source/target systems. ===== 4. Error Handling & Logs ===== * **Short Dumps (ST22)**: Check for runtime errors in SAP BW. * **Application Logs (SLG1)**: Monitor error logs related to data loads or queries. * **SM37 (Job Monitoring)**: Track batch jobs and their status. * **SM21 (System Logs)**: Check for critical system events. ===== 5. User & Security Monitoring ===== * **User Activity**: Monitor active sessions and peak usage times. * **Audit Logs**: Track changes to data models and security configurations.