Monitoring the Operating System Using the Alert Monitor

Using the alert monitor, you can monitor the following objects:

• CPU
• Paging
• OS_Collector
• Lan
• Filesystems
• MainStoragePools

Procedure

1. To call the alert monitor, choose Administration ® CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert monitor. Alternatively, call Transaction RZ20.
2. Expand SAP CCMS Monitor Templates.
3. Open the MTE (monitor tree element) Operating System. The monitoring objects CPU, Paging, OS_Collector, Lan, Filesystems, and MainStoragePools appear.

Monitoring Object	Task
CPU	Monitors CPU utilization
Paging	Monitors page faults
OS_Collector	Checks whether the operating system collector is running.
Lan	Monitors LAN activity.
Filesystems	Monitors the % ASP (auxiliary storage pool) used.
MainStoragePools	Pools, for example, active to wait

For more information, see the Operating System Monitor.

Result

If you use the alert monitor continually during production operation, you can find out quickly and easily whether there are problems with the operating system.