SAP NETWEAVER ADMINISTRATOR

SAP NetWeaver Administrator is a Web-based framework tool for administration, configuration and monitoring. It consists of respective integrated tools that help you to configure, administer and monitor your SAP NetWeaver system, its components, and the applications running on top of it. Main features of SAP NetWeaver Administrator: A central tool for performing administration tasks, such as starting and stopping instances, modifying configuration settings, analyzing logs and traces as well as heap and thread dumps, ensuring the error-free functioning of all system components by continuous system monitoring. Easy-to-use, task-oriented interface A Web-based tool. That is, you do not need to have a local installation to manage remote systems. The interface allows seamless navigation to other SAP NetWeaver administration tools. Represents the crossover from various expert tools to an integrated, simple, and clear solution. Prerequisites 1. SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (AS Java) is running. 2. To start SAP NetWeaver Administrator, enter the following data in a Web browser: http://<host>:<port>/nwa, where: o <host> is the host where AS Java is installed. o <port> is the HTTP port of the ICM. It consists of 5<Java instance_number>00. For example, if the Java instance number is 60, the HTTP port is 56000. Features SAP NetWeaver Administrator Security Roles For authorization, SAP NetWeaver Administrator uses User Management Engine (UME) and the Java Management Extension (JMX) security features. The following security roles are defined from an authorization point of view: NWA_READONLY allows you to only view the system NWA_SUPERADMIN allows you to perform editing tasks (starting/stopping, changing the configuration and so on) but not to create/edit users Note Full control is granted to the Administrator role only. End of the note. Granularity concept restricts the access to the specific functionality or application in SAP NetWeaver Administrator. The user can view only the professional applications for which he is granted access rights. Granular security roles provide additional security and restriction to SAP NetWeaver Administrator applications. More information: Granular Roles and Security in SAP NetWeaver Administrator

Users and roles are mapped by using the Identity Management functions of SAP NetWeaver Administrator. More information: User Management of the Application Server Java Applications/Tools in SAP NetWeaver Administrator The management functions included in SAP NetWeaver Administrator are grouped into work centers according to the type of functionality they provide. The work centers are subdivided into work sets grouping related administration options. The number of work sets and their content is dynamic and changes according to the installation scenario. The following work centers are available: Operation Configuration Availability and Performance Troubleshooting SOA Documentation Repository SAP NetWeaver Administrator supports online help links integrated in each application's UI. The default settings direct help links to the online SAP Help Portal. However, you can configure the default help location it can be either SAP Help Portal, or a local system documentation repository.

TIPS AND TRICKS IN SAP NETWEAVER ADMINISTRATOR

How can I quickly find system information? If you want to see details about your SAP NetWeaver, go to System: <system_name> . The link displays the System Info application which provides you with the relevant details. How can I easily find the application I need? If you are not sure which work set contains the application you need, use the following ways: Go to the Search field. You can enter only part of the application name with or without accessory symbols. Go to Site Map. Find the relevant application and choose its link to open it. If you have already used this application in the current session, use the History option or choose My Workspace Recently Used .

How can I create a list of favorite applications?

To set an application as a favorite, proceed as following: 1. Choose My Workspace Manage Favorites . . 2. From the Available table column, select the application you need and choose

3. If you want to remove an application from your Favorites, select the row from the Selected column and choose .

GRANULAR ROLES AND SECURITY IN SAP NETWEAVER ADMINISTRATOR

Users with Application Specific role have special authorizations for accessing the application and performing operations. Similar to the two security roles (NWA_READONLY and NWA_SUPERADMIN), the Application Specific role extends the purpose of granularity providing more restricted and special access to the applications. Embedded Application Actions There are two User Management Engine (UME) actions for every Embedded Application. ReadOnly Action To provide read-only access to the embedded application users SuperAdmin Action To provide full access to the embedded application users

These actions are attached to a role which is then assigned to a user. Example LogViewer Application has two actions: NWA_READONLY_LOGV NWA_SUPERADMIN_LOGV