Extract and monitor jobs using the ctmextract utility

This section describes how to monitor and extract SAP jobs to Control-M by using the Control-M Extraction ctmextract utility. The ctmextract utility can be used in the following circumstances:

• When you create one or more mirror image jobs by using criteria identical to specific jobs already running in SAP. These jobs are monitored using the Control-M ctmcreate utility (but are not submitted as jobs to be executed by Control-M). This enables Control-M to track the progress of the actual job in SAP. This mirror image is stored in Active Jobs in the Control-M/Server database. For more information, see Monitoring SAP jobs with ctmextract.
• Define one or more jobs in Control-M, by using criteria identical to that of specific jobs defined in the SAP database. The Control-M ctmdefine utility stores these jobs in the Control-M definition environment. For more information, see Extracting job definitions with ctmextract.

To perform either of these actions, you must create a rule file, as described in Defining a rule file with ctmextract utility.

NOTE: You can also use Control-M for SAP Extractor Management but you may need to use the utility in the following circumstances:

• If the XBP 2.0 interface is not installed on your SAP system
• When extracting job definitions