Mastering SAP NetWeaver PI—Administration

For eleven years now, Marcus Banner has supported SAP developments and projects. After initially working as a CO consultant, he joined the development sector where he was responsible for the SAP Technology Services area at Itellium Systems & Services GmbH (now EDS Itellium GmbH). There, he also helped to build and manage a technology team of more than 20 employees. Marcus gained his first experience with SAP NetWeaver at KarstadtQuelle AG. Since then, he has broadened his knowledge of the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration and SAP NetWeaver Portal components as a consultant and project lead in numerous projects. Mr. Banner currently manages the SAP Technology business area at RealCore Consulting GmbH. Heinzpeter Klein has worked as a basic and specialist consultant for business projects for more than 10 years. The focus of his work lies in the Basis and development fields. He has been working in his area of expertise -- the conception, design, and configuration of interfaces -- for many years. All of this experience, as well as his newly acquired knowledge in SAP Net-Weaver and SAP NetWeaver XI, was incorporated into this Essentials guide. Christian Riesener is a senior consultant at RealCore Consulting GmbH, where he is responsible for integration in the SAP area. As an SAP NetWeaver PI consultant with several years' experience, he has been involved in a variety of large projects for well-known companies. His SAP integration experience had its beginnings in the early phases of the ramp-up of SAP XI 3.0. Since then, he has continued to expand his expertise in the EAI sector, especially by means of his PI work in the SAP area. Outside the SAP product range, he is also well-versed in integrating and developing mainframe applications and integrating UNIX derivatives.

* ... Introduction ... 9 * 1 ... Architecture of the System Landscape with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration ... 13 * 1.1 ... SAP NetWeaver ... 13 * 1.2 ... SAP NetWeaver Process Integration ... 14 * 1.3 ... Architecture of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration ... 18 * 1.4 ... Landscape Topology of SAP NetWeaver PI ... 20 * 2 ... Basic Configuration of the SAP NetWeaver PI Interface System ... 23 * 2.1 ... System Data and Sizing ... 23 * 2.1.1 ... System Data of the Example ... 24 * 2.1.2 ... Sizing SAP NetWeaver PI ... 24 * 2.2 ... Configuring the System Parameters ... 24 * 2.3 ... Setting Up Business Content for SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 ... 30 * 2.3.1 ... Importing Business Systems ... 32 * 2.3.2 ... Creating Communication Channels ... 34 * 2.3.3 ... Importing the Configuration Scenario ... 37 * 2.4 ... Finding and Installing Business Content ... 46 * 3 ... Configuring the System Landscape ... 51 * 3.1 ... Basic Administration of the SLD ... 51 * 3.1.1 ... Starting and Stopping the SLD Service ... 52 * 3.1.2 ... Server Log ... 52 * 3.1.3 ... Displaying System Information ... 53 * 3.1.4 ... Setting Up Data Persistence ... 53 * 3.1.5 ... Configuring the SLD Profiles ... 54 * 3.1.6 ... Setting Up the SLD Bridge ... 56 * 3.1.7 ... System Messages ... 59 * 3.1.8 ... Administration of the SLD Namespace ... 59 * 3.2 ... Customizing the System Landscape Directory ... 61 * 3.2.1 ... Main Menu of the SLD ... 61 * 3.2.2 ... Software Catalog ... 62 * 3.2.3 ... Technical System ... 65 * 3.2.4 ... Business System ... 68 * 3.2.5 ... Transport Groups ... 70 * 3.3 ... Change Management Service ... 73 * 3.3.1 ... CMS Architecture ... 73 * 3.3.2 ... Setting Up the Change Management Service System ... 77 * 3.3.3 ... Landscape Configurator ... 79 * 3.3.4 ... Transport Studio ... 84 * 3.4 ... Configuring the CTS ... 85 * 3.4.1 ... TMS Configuration (Preparatory Work ... 86 * 3.4.2 ... General Configuration of the CTS+ System ... 87 * 3.5 ... Minimum Configuration of the Transport System (without CMS/CTS ... 101 * 4 ... Authorizations ... 103 * 4.1 ... Role Concept for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration ... 103 * 4.2 ... Creating Data-Dependent User Authorization in the Enterprise Services Builder and in the Integration Builder ... 114 * 4.3 ... Single Sign-On ... 126 * 5 ... Performance Optimization Measures ... 131 * 5.1 ... Customizing the SAP NetWeaver Application Server for SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 ... 131 * 5.1.1 ... RFC Quota on the SAP ERP Side ... 131 * 5.1.2 ... JCo Service Provider on the J2EE Side ... 134 * 5.2 ... Parameter Settings on the SAP ERP Side ... 137 * 5.2.1 ... SAP NetWeaver Application Server Gateway Parameters ... 137 * 5.2.2 ... SAP NetWeaver Application Server Communication Parameters ... 138 * 5.2.3 ... SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 Parameter Settings Tuning Category ... 139 * 5.2.4 ... SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 Parameter Settings Runtime Category ... 144 * 5.3 ... Archiving and Deletion Procedures in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 ... 147 * 5.3.1 ... Archiving ... 147 * 5.3.2 ... Deletion Procedures ... 149 * 5.4 ... Parameter Settings on the J2EE Side J2EE ApplicationThreadManager ... 153 * 5.5 ... Application Tuning ... 153 * 6 ... Central Monitoring in the SAP NetWeaver PI Runtime Workbench ... 155 * 6.1 ... Types of SAP NetWeaver PI Monitoring ... 155 * 6.2 ... Monitoring Requirements and Options ... 156 * 6.3 ... Component Monitoring ... 161 * 6.4 ... Message Monitoring ... 164 * 6.5 ... End-to-End Monitoring ... 165 * 6.6 ... Performance Monitoring ... 171 * 6.7 ... Alert Monitoring ... 172 * 6.8 ... Configuring Java Monitoring (GRMG ... 178 * 6.9 ... Cache Monitoring ... 182 * 7 ... Enterprise Services Repository ... 185 * 7.1 ... Creating Software Components ... 186 * 7.2 ... Designing a Service Model ... 188 * 7.3 ... Implementing a Service in the Backend ... 195 * 7.4 ... Publishing the Service ... 197 * A ... Appendix ... 203 * A.1 ... Overview of SAP NetWeaver PI System Parameters ... 203 * A.2 ... Checklist: Interface Configuration ... 215 * B ... The Authors ... 219 * ... Index ... 221