(DI-1711) Insights Core setup

This chapter describes the Insights setup and maintenance. When setting up Insights Core to monitor the system landscape, start by adding the systems to the monitoring pool and the setup of Monitoring Profiles.

Once the profiles have been created, they can be assigned to each system and monitoring can be started. The first run of the Insights Monitor will be with an empty monitored systems pool.

Add a new system

To add your systems into the Monitor, follow these steps:

1. In main, click on the  Add new system for monitoring button or press (Shift + F1). A popup for adding a new system will appear.
2. In the Destination field, type the name of the RFC destination. For creating a new RFC destination, click on the Maintain RFC button and the system opens Display and maintain RFC destinations transaction for this purpose.
   
   

3. After typing in the RFC destination field, click on the Check RFC button. The system checks the connection to the remote system. If the connection is present, the system displays additional information about the remote system in the fields below. If there are connection problems or if the remote system does not have the Insights collectors package installed, the system displays an error message.

_{Adding a new system}

4. If the connection is correct, then choose a System type.

5. In the Maximum time for RFC PING in seconds field, the user can set up a maximum time for RFC PING. If the remote system does not respond after the maximum time that is set, then it is highlighted that the system is not accessible with a red light icon in monitoring pool.

6. Check whether all the information is correct. Finally, click on the green button Add system or press F8 function key. The new system will be added to the monitored systems pool.

_{New system in the monitored systems pool}

Once the system is added, you have to start the monitoring. You can start this by clicking on the 'Start default monitoring'.

Create a Collector job (for monitoring)

For the monitoring of a remote system, it is necessary to run a Collector job for monitoring. This Collector job is scheduled and periodically run as a background job. To create a Collector job, do the following steps:

• In the main menu, click on the  Create new Collector job button or press the function key F9.

The system displays a popup window known as Collector Job Manager. This will have two sections namely Monitoring plan (for creating/ editing Collector jobs) and running Collector jobs (providing an overview of already created/running Collector jobs).

_{Collector job Manager}

To create a new Collector job, the user should define the following:

• Definition: Here the user provides the System ID to be monitored and assigns a KPI profile.
• Execution: The user may choose to run the Collector job immediately after the Collector job is (re) started or choose a time and date indicating when to begin.
• Period: The User defines the time interval between runs of the Collector job.
• Retention time: Determines how long the Collector job will store collected monitoring data. With older data, retention time is then automatically deleted with exception data that is collected during saved time intervals.

When the Collector job has been created/ edited, the user should click the (Re) Start Collector job button. A notification will appear in the bottom right-hand corner.

_{Successfully started monitoring Collector job}

Assign monitoring area for satellite system

To make schedulling certain collectors are possible on satellite system, monitoring areas needs to be assigned. When satellite system is successfully added to the list of monitored systems, assign monitoring area to that system by following these steps:

1. In /DVD/MON transaction for Insights monitor go to 'System Settings' (Shift + F5).
2. Select system that you would like to assign monitoring area.

   
   

   

   
   

3. Double click on 'System mon. areas' in dialog structure tree. 
4. Click on 'New Entries' (F5) button. 
5. Add new Monitoring area.
   

   
   

6. Press 'Enter' and save changes.
7. It will be possible to schedule collectors assigned to this Monitoring area for this satellite system.