Solution Manager 7.2 SAP Monitoring - Part 1 (Setup)

SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP5
Part 1 of 4
Installation
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Plan your Solution Manager 7.2 SP5 with Maintenance
Planner
To install Solution Manager 7.2 SP5 we need to proceed with generation of two stack files:
one for ABAP instance and one for JAVA.
• ABAP INSTANCE:
• log into Maintenance Planner and start by clicking Plan a New System. Click again on Plan.
• Choose the right System Type (ABAP) and Solution Manager 7.2 with SP5 as a system. Push the
files to your download basket and download Stack XML file.

Plan your Solution Manager 7.2 SP5 with Maintenance Planner
• JAVA INSTANCE:
• log into Maintenance Planner and start by clicking Plan a New System. Click again on Plan.
• To generate stack file for JAVA we need to start from beginning by selecting System Type and
entering desired SID. Push the files to your download basket and download Stack XML file.
• After downloading the files you are ready to install Solution Manager 7.2 using your stack file.

SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: ABAP Stack Installation
• Before we start what you need is to download source of SAP Solution Manager 7.2 from
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/softwarecenter
• Follow the guide to install your system – especially consider
the instructions for installations using a stack configuration file.
Refer to the installation guide for Software Provision Manager
at: https://service.sap.com/instguides
Start Software Provisioning Manager with the parameter
SAPINST_STACK_XML=<absolute path>
• On the SP20 the SWPM won’t start the SAP GUIServer, instead it will start a web application on port 4237 so you
can log into it with HTTPS protocol. The URL it is random generated and it will change every time you execute the
sapinst binary. In the Welcome screen, you get installation options filtered according to your stack XML file:

• You can choose to automatically start the SUM after the installation is complete:
• During the upgrade, you must install the SAP notes:
Complete process. Once you complete ABAP support Pack
Stack 5 installation now its time to install JAVA stack.
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: ABAP Stack Installation

• Start Software Provisioning Manager with the parameter SAPINST_STACK_XML=<absolute path>
• Perform the installation and update procedure similar to the ABAP stack. Complete process.
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: JAVA Stack Installation

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: Post-Installation Steps
• After the successful completion of the installation, follow the instructions provided in Post-Installation section of
the installation guide to complete the configuration. For more information, see
https://service.sap.com/instguides.
• SAP systems based on SAP NetWeaver 7.4 or higher only: You can skip some of these post-installation steps if you
have already completed them as a step in task list SAP_BASIS_SETUP_INITIAL_CONFIG when running the ABAP
task manager for lifecycle management automation (transaction STC01) immediately after the installation was
completed.
• Run SGEN for your system

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: recommended corrections
• Set or adjust the following profile parameters, with the specified recommended values. (SAP Note 2048519 - Profile
parameters for SAP Solution Manager 7.2)
• Ref: SAP Note 2433454 - Solution Manager
7.2 SP Stack 05: recommended corrections.
Download and apply SAP note in system
We recommend to set it to ssl/client_ciphersuites = 918:PFS:HIGH
More details about ciphersuites can be found in Note 510007

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: WILY Introscope 10.1 Installation
• Ref: SAP Note 797147 - Introscope Installation for SAP Customers and 2285189 - Introscope 10.1 Release Notes for
changes and open issues
• Download installation files from SAP Service Marketplace.
• Download the third party external component package files (eula.txt and osgiPackages.v10.1.0.15.unix.tar, for a
UNIX system)
• You should run the installer with the same user account that will be used later on for running the Enterprise
Manager. In particular, on Unix operating systems do not use the root account to launch the installer. A common
best practice is to use the sidadm user of the Solution Manager installation to install and run the Enterprise
Manager.
• The installation of the Enterprise Manager by default goes to the following directories:
/usr/sap/ccms/apmintroscope/
• On Unix platforms a shell script is provided to start and stop the Introscope Enterprise Manager. Subdirectory bin of
the Enterprise Manager installation. Run ./EMCtrl.sh start
• Check http://fqdn:8081/sapdashboard/
• Users and its password:
• Admin – Admin89
• Guest – guest12

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: SLD Configuration
• You can perform the initial configuration with the Configuration Wizard (CTC) in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator
by calling the following URL: http://fqdn:5XX00/nwa Go to Configuration >> Scenarios >> Configuration Wizard.
Open Functional Unit Configuration UI.
• Select System Landscape Directory and click Enable Automatically
• Upgrade SLD CR content & CIM model as per SAP Note: 669669 – Update of SAP System Component Repository in
SLD

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: Install the Diagnostics Agent 7.45
• Start SWPM and navigate to General Option >> Diagnostics in SAP Solution Manager >> Install – Diagnostics Agent
• Specify the paths to complete DVDs or Blu-ray media such as to a mounted kernel DVD,
the path to a download folder containing all software packages, or the paths to several individual
download locations of software packages.
Ref: SAP Note 1833501 - Diagnostics Agent -
Installer Versions and 2385361 - How to connect
Diagnostics Agent to Solution Manager 7.2
system
• Enter the parameters of the connection to a central System
Landscape Directory (SLD).

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: Optional: Perform a client copy
• You can use the SAP delivered client 001 as productive client for the SAP Solution Manager ABAP System.
• Alternatively create a specific productive client:
• Create a new client and perform a local client copy using profile SAP_UCSV with 000 as Source Client, and
001 for the Source Client User Masters.
• Perform this on newly installed systems and before running SOLMAN_SETUP transaction.

Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: SAP Note
• Pay attention to the following notes:
• 1595736 - Solution Manager: Overview on Release Information Notes
• 1680045 - Release Note for Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 (recommended: SP20)
• 2371752 - Central Note - Software Update Manager 1.0 SP20 [lmt_006]
• 2433454 - Solution Manager 7.2 SP Stack 05: recommended corrections
• 2385361 - How to connect Diagnostics Agent to Solution Manager 7.2 system
• 1833501 - Diagnostics Agent - Installer Versions
• 669669 - Update of SAP System Component Repository in SLD
• 2000132 - Configuring RFC connections to the SAPNet R/3 front end (OSS) correctly
• 797147 - Introscope Installation for SAP Customers
• 2174416 - Creation and activation of users for the Support Hub Communication
• 2359837 - "Set Up Connections to SAP" and "Support Hub Connectivity" in Solution Manager 7.2
• 2239513 - Solman_setup reports error "The configuration of RFC SAPOSS is not correct", even though SAPOSS
RFC is correctly configured

Next – Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: Configuration Basics
• This is the end of the installation phases of Solution Manager 7.2
SP 5
• “Solution Manager 7.2 SP 5: Configuration Basics” - is the next
section that we’ll examine.

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