Using this all-new SAP PRESS Essentials guide, you can effortlessly identify and avoid the common pitfalls in SAP XI administration. Starting with the critical decision on which systems to connect to XI, the authors guide you through the set-up of the most important system parameters. Exclusive insights help you to quickly learn the basics of configuring the System Landscape Directory and Change Management Service. Plus, you get a highly-detailed introduction to the XI transport system. Extra chapters deal with the key topics of authorizations and performance. With this unique guide, you profit immediately from the authors’ wealth of practical experience, developed during the successful completion of several XI projects at a large IT service provider, as well as with an SAP Ramp-up customer.
Table of contents:
Introduction 3
1. The Architecture of SAP Exchange Infrastructure 5
1.1 System Landscape Architecture 5
2. Basic Configuration of the XI Interface System 9
2.1 System Data and Sizing 9
2.2 Implementing the Architecture 10
2.3 Configuration within the Repository and Directory 12
3. Configuring the System Landscape 29
3.1 Basic Administration of the SLD 29
3.2 Customizing the System Landscape Directory 35
3.3 Change Management Service 41
3.4 Minimum Configuration of the Transport System ( without CMS ) 49
4. Authorizations 51
4.1 Single Sign-On 51
4.2 XI Role Concept 52
4.3 Web Administrator 55
5. Performance Optimization Measures 57
5.1 Adapting Web AS 6.40 for XI 3.0 57
5.2 Parameter Settings on the R/3 Side 60
5.3 Archiving and Deletion Procedures in XI 3.0 66
5.4 Parameter Settings on the J2EE Side 69
5.5 Application Tuning 70
6. Central Monitoring in the XI Runtime Workbench 71
6.1 Types of XI Monitoring 71
6.2 Monitoring Requirements and Options 72
6.3 Component Monitoring 74
6.4 Message Monitoring 75
6.5 End-to-end Monitoring 76
6.6 Performance Monitoring 79
6.7 Alert Monitoring 80
6.8 Cache Monitoring 86
Appendix 89
1. Overview of Relevant XI System Parameters 89
2. Checklist-Interface Configuration 93
Index . 95
Table of contents:
Introduction 3
1. The Architecture of SAP Exchange Infrastructure 5
1.1 System Landscape Architecture 5
2. Basic Configuration of the XI Interface System 9
2.1 System Data and Sizing 9
2.2 Implementing the Architecture 10
2.3 Configuration within the Repository and Directory 12
3. Configuring the System Landscape 29
3.1 Basic Administration of the SLD 29
3.2 Customizing the System Landscape Directory 35
3.3 Change Management Service 41
3.4 Minimum Configuration of the Transport System ( without CMS ) 49
4. Authorizations 51
4.1 Single Sign-On 51
4.2 XI Role Concept 52
4.3 Web Administrator 55
5. Performance Optimization Measures 57
5.1 Adapting Web AS 6.40 for XI 3.0 57
5.2 Parameter Settings on the R/3 Side 60
5.3 Archiving and Deletion Procedures in XI 3.0 66
5.4 Parameter Settings on the J2EE Side 69
5.5 Application Tuning 70
6. Central Monitoring in the XI Runtime Workbench 71
6.1 Types of XI Monitoring 71
6.2 Monitoring Requirements and Options 72
6.3 Component Monitoring 74
6.4 Message Monitoring 75
6.5 End-to-end Monitoring 76
6.6 Performance Monitoring 79
6.7 Alert Monitoring 80
6.8 Cache Monitoring 86
Appendix 89
1. Overview of Relevant XI System Parameters 89
2. Checklist-Interface Configuration 93
Index . 95