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Java Data Extraction User Guide

Summary

This user guide was prepared to ensure that customers understand what SAP data PowerConnect can send to Splunk, and how to optimize their environment’s configuration to maximize business value. Please review the corresponding menu options on the left for a detailed summary of each of the data types available for extraction.

View and Configure Data Extraction Events

Events collected by the PowerConnect application are associated with a Java plugin and are represented in the event_type field in Splunk. The PowerConnect events available for extraction are accessible via the General tab in the PowerConnect Java administrative console. The PowerConnect Java administrative console is accessible via the following URL (http://<serverhost>:<port>/webdynpro/resources/com.powerconnect5/spcj_wd/SapPowerConnectJava#) is used to configure and enable data extraction for the Java plugins.

Plug-Ins

These are plugins designed to be enabled and disabled based on the monitoring requirements. These plug-ins are visible in the General tab of the PowerConnect Java administrative console. The plugins are grouped based on their type. If further configuration can be performed for the plugin, a tab for that plugin is displayed. For example there is a PI Monitoring tab which allows further configuration of the PI Monitoring plugin.

The general rule is that the PowerConnect application does not need to be restarted if plugins are enabled/disabled. The PowerConnect Java application does need to be restarted if there are changes to the data collection interval. Here are instructions on how to restart the PowerConnect Java application: Start & Stop PowerConnect Java agent.

Here is additional information on the plug-ins available as part of the PowerConnect Java application:

Name

Purpose

Option

Description

Restart of PowerConnect Required After Modification?

Default

JMX

Collects JMX metrics such as heap, garbage collection and CPU

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Enabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

Thread

Collects Java Thread information such as state, cpu time and stack trace

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

Web Session

Collects web session information of users who are accessing the SAP system such as user name, session duration and the application they are accessing

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

CCMS Alert

Collects CCMS alert tree for any alerts that have been configured in the CCMS alert monitor

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

Cache

Collects cache statistics and details for various caches within SAP such as puts, gets and cache size

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

EJB

Collects EJB statistics such as response time, number of requests and the user who executed the EJB

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

Scheduled Job

Collects information about Scheduled Jobs running on the SAP system such as status, start time, end time and CPU consumption

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

Channel

Collects information about status of PI Channels including the recent logs

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

PI

Collects PI message data including optional payload and logs

Enabled

Enables or disables plug-in

No

Disabled

Interval

Determines how often the plugin collects data in milliseconds

Yes

60000

Portal Activity

Collects SAP Portal Activity logs

Enabled

Enables or disables the plugin

No

Disabled

Default Trace

Collects SAP Default Trace logs

Enabled

Enables or disables the plugin

No

Disabled

Application Trace

Collects SAP Application Trace logs

Enabled

Enables or disables the plugin

No

Disabled

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