Control-M for SAP Post-installation

After Control-M for SAP installation, described in Control-M for SAP Installation, you must perform the following post-installation actions:

Downloading the sapjco3.jar and sapjco3 C Library Files

This procedure describes how to download the required SAP Java Connector files.

Begin

  1. Go to http://service.sap.com/connectors, and, using your SAP account details, download the sapjco3.jar and sapjco3 C library files that match your operating system.

  2. Copy the sapjco3.jar and sapjco3 C library files to the following path:

    • Linux: $CONTROLM/cm/SAP/exe/sapjco

    • Windows: <Agent_home>\cm\SAP\exe\sapjco

  3. (Windows only) Obtain and install the Visual Studio .NET C/C++ runtime libraries required by JCo.

For more information about how to obtain and install the Visual Studio runtime libraries, see the Support and Release Strategy section in the SAP Java Connector Download Page.

Installing the SNC on Control-M for SAP

This procedure describes how to install the SNC (Secure Network Communications) protocol on Control-M for SAP, which enables the encryption of data between Control-M for SAP and the SAP system.

Begin

  1. Follow the download and installation procedures, as described in the Knowledge Base solution 000111305 on the Customer Support website, located at http://www.bmc.com/support.

  2. After the SNC set up is complete, stop Control-M/Agent.

  3. Stop Control-M for SAP by typing one of the following commands:

    • Windows: sapcmbe.cmd stop

    • Linux: sapcmbe.sh stop

  4. (Linux only) Start Control-M for SAP, using the following command:

    sapcmbe.sh start &

  5. Start the Control-M/Agent.

Maintaining the Control-M for SAP Process

This procedure describes how to start, stop, and view the status of Control-M for SAP process.

Begin

  1. Use the following directories:

    • UNIX: $CONTROLM/cm/SAP/exe

    • Windows: <Agent_home>\cm\SAP\exe

  2. Type the following:

    • Linux: sapcmbe.sh {start|stop|status|change_port|refresh|jco}

    • Windows: sapcmbe.cmd {start|stop|status|change_port|refresh|jco}

  3. Do one of the following:

    • start: Starts the Control-M for SAP process

    • stop: Stops the Control-M for SAP process

    If the Control-M for SAP process was stopped and a new request for the Control-M for SAP process arrives, it starts automatically, as follows:

    • status: Indicates whether the Control-M for SAP process and the Extractor process are running or not.

    • change_port: Updates the TCP/IP port used by the Control-M for SAP

    • refresh: Refreshes the data collected from the XAL interface that is used for load balancing. If you do not run this command, the data is refreshed automatically on a daily basis.

    • jco: Prints the version of the SAP JCo JAR file and the version of the C library file. If one of these files is not installed correctly, an error message appears.

Installing Control-M Option for R3 Jobs Conversion Utility

(Windows only) This procedure describes how to install the Control-M Option for R3 jobs conversion utility, which converts Control-M Option for R3 jobs to Control-M for SAP jobs.

Begin

  1. Log in to the Control-M/EM.

  2. Extract the sap_cm_conv_ut.zip file from the <DVDROM_path>\Tools\conversion folder to a temporary folder on the computer.

SAP Authorizations

The following table describes the authorizations that are necessary for SAP users defined in a connection profile.

Authorization Object

Authorization

Values

S_BTCH_JOB

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

JOBACTION

*

JOBGROUP

*

S_BTCH_ADM

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

BTCADMIN

*

S_BTCH_NAM

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

BTCUNAME

 

S_RFC

Object class: AAAB (Cross-application)

ACTVT

*

RFC_NAME

*

RFC_TYPE

*

S_XMI_PROD

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

 

 

EXTCOMPANY

BMC Software

EXTPRODUCT

Control-M

INTERFACE

XBP

S_RZL_ADM

\Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

ACTVT

To prevent other SAP users (not the Control-M account user) from releasing Intercepted Jobs manually using SAP transaction SM37, BMC Software recommends removing the 01 value for ACTVT in the S_RZL_ADM Authorization Object.

*

S_LOG_COM

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

 

 

COMMAND

*

HOST

*

OPSYSTEM

*

S_SPO_DEV

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

SPODEVICE

*

S_USER_GRP

Object class: BC_A (Basis: Administration)

 

ACTVT

03, 16, 23, 66

RSADMWBOBJ

*

S_RS_ISOUR

Object class: RS (Business Information Warehouse)

 

 

 

ACTVT

03, 23, 49

RSAPPLNM

*

RSISOURCE

*

RSTSRCOBJ

*

S_RS_ISRCM

Object class: RS (Business Information Warehouse)

 

 

 

ACTVT

23

RSAPPLNM

*

RSTSRCOBJ

*

RSOSOURCE

*

S_RS_PC - (Data Warehousing Workbench - Process chains)

Object class: RS (Business Information Warehouse)

 

 

 

RSPCCHAIN

*

RSAPPLNM

*

RSPCPART

*

ACTVT

03, 16, 23

S_RS_DS

 

 

 

Activity

23, 49

DataSource

*

Sub object for New DataSource

*

Source System

*

All BW authorizations under the RS Object Class are required only if you work with Control-M for SAP solution for BW.

S_ARCHIVE

Object class: BC_A (Basis:

Administration)

ACTVT

*

APPLIC

*

ARCH_OBJ

*

S_DATASET

ACTVT

*

FILENAME

*

PROGRAM

*

The S_ARCHIVE and S_DATASET authorizations are required only if you use Control-M for SAP solution for Data Archiving.

Changing the JRE Package in Control-M for SAP

This procedure describes how to change the JRE package in Control-M for SAP. The use of JRE is supported only where the major release version is the same as the tested version. For more information about Java, see Control-M External Java Installation.

Begin

  • Do one of the following:

    • UNIX: Do the following:

      1. Edit the external_java_path.dat file in the <HOME>/BMCINSTALL/ directory.

      2. Define an alternative Java home directory by modifying the value of the parameter CM_SAP_JAVA_HOME to the external Java path.

        CM_SAP_JAVA_HOME=<New_JRE_Path>

        • A relative path is not supported.

        • The path can only include alphanumeric, period, underscore, hyphen and plus characters.

      3. Stop Control-M for SAP using the following command.

        $CONTROLM/cm/SAP/exe/sapcmbe.sh stop

        Control-M for SAP restarts automatically.

    • Windows: Do the following:

      1. Edit the external_java_path.dat file in the <AGENT_HOME>\BMCINSTALL\ directory.

      2. Define an alternative Java home directory by modifying the value of the parameter CM_SAP_JAVA_HOME to the external Java path.

        CM_SAP_JAVA_HOME=<New_JRE_Path>

        • The path must be enclosed with quotation marks.

        • A network path is not supported.

        • A relative path is not supported.

        • The path can only include alphanumeric, space, period, underscore, hyphen and plus characters.

      3. Stop Control-M for SAP using the following command.

        <AGENT_HOME>\cm\SAP\exe\sapcmbe stop

        Control-M for SAP restarts automatically.