To use JMX technology and access monitoring metrics on the BOBJ system go to BOBJ Central management console (accessible via http://<bo_host>:<port>/BOE/CMC/ ). In the section Applications double click on Monitoring Application. Check the checkbox Enable Monitoring Application, check also the checkbox Enable RMI protocol for JMX and set the port. This port should be accessible from Insights central instance. Remember the RMI JMX agent endpoint URL. It will be used to establish the communication with SAP BO system.
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Enable monitoring via JMX on SAP BO
Create a new user on the SAP BO system which will be used for communication via JMX.
The user has to be a member of Monitoring users group (read-only access is enough).
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