advanced automation and monitoring with sap software - solman for process scheduling

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SAP Solution BrieSAP NetWeaver

As IT andscapes become more com-pe, IT departments depend on an inte-grated patorm to atomate cross-appication processes. To atomatethese bsiness processes sccessy,companies reqire centra process-

scheding and process-atomationsotware that can trigger appicationsand bsiness processes based on bsi-ness events.

The SAP® Centra Process Schedingappication by Redwood enabes yo toschede rea-time, event-driven back-grond tasks in response to criticabsiness events – and to do it rom acentra ocation. The sotware enabes integration o IT process atomation

with SAP bsiness sotions incdingthe SAP NetWeaver® Bsiness Ware-hose component and the SAP SotionManager appication management so-tion. The combined nctionaity o SAPCentra Process Scheding and SAPSotion Manager heps yo to stream-ine grops o bsiness processes andrests in power nctionaity or pro-cess management and contro.

Eiciently Manage Your SotwareEnvironment

As part o the operationa inrastrctreo the SAP sotware andscape, SAPSotion Manager oers major beneitsto hep yo eicienty manage yor sotware environment. It provides a centra-ized monitoring environment or yorentire SAP sotware andscape, heping yo manage impementations andpgrades, service eves, change re-qests, and appication perormanceanaysis. It can aso be sed as a direct

interace between yor sotware envi-ronment and the SAP Active GobaSpport organization or rapid probemanaysis and resotion. Yo can etendthe beneits o these eatres withSAP Centra Process Scheding.

The centra process-scheding nc-tions in SAP Centra Process Sched-ing can rn independenty or operate inconjnction with eisting SAP sotware.They rn on a patorms spported bythe SAP NetWeaver technoogy pat-orm. A sccessor to appications thatprovide ony oca process scheding,SAP Centra Process Scheding en-abes centraized management acrossthe andscape and contro o processes

spported by both SAP and non-SAPsotware.

Atomate Responses to OperationaDataSAP Sotion Manager and SAPCentra Process Scheding nock the potentia o the inormation coectedby the SAP monitoring ramework.Here’s how.

SAP Sotion Manager monitors yorsystem andscape and gathers data

rom yor sotware environment. SAPCentra Process Scheding can beconigred to atomate responses tothat data so yo can estabish a ycontroed process-atomation environ-ment across yor appication andscape.This atomation and integration not onyheps ensre optimm end-to-end ee-ction o critica bsiness processes,bt it aso provides a means or sophis-ticated error recovery, centraizedmanagement, redced administrative

The SAP® Centra Process

Scheding appication byRedwood etends thebeneits o the SAP SotionManager appication man-agement sotion. By addinga robst atomation inra-strctre, the sotwareenabes the creation o a

y controed process-atomation environmentacross yor appicationandscape.

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In conjnction with SAP Sotion Man-ager, SAP Centra Process Schedingaso enabes yo to manage change re-qests and monitor bsiness process-es throghot the iecyce o an SAP job. Starting with a reqest, yo can

deine, approve, track, and centraymonitor processes rom within SAPSotion Manager.

Enhance Monitoring and Atomation At the heart o SAP Sotion Manageris its monitoring inrastrctre, whichprovides avaiabiity and service-evereports and deivers rea-time aertsbased on data it gathers rom yorsotware andscape. By impementingSAP Centra Process Scheding

aongside SAP Sotion Manager, yogain the abiity to enhance atomation

overhead, and the abiity to respondqicky to bsiness events anywhere inthe environment.

Etend Job Scheding FnctionaitySAP Centra Process Scheding

etends the nctionaity o the workcenter or job scheding management within SAP Sotion Manager. By add-ing a process scheding adapter com-ponent, yo gain the abiity to sbmitand monitor SAP and non-SAP work-oads throgh SAP Centra ProcessScheding, streamining yor jobscheding and management tasks(see igre).

Direct peer-to-peer commnication be-

tween SAP Sotion Manager and SAPCentra Process Scheding means that yo can reease any SAP jobs or jobchains deined in the centra processscheding environment throgh the work center. Yo can monitor the jobs

with bsiness process monitoring nc-tionaity, which eatres atomatic aertnotiication and error handing or ei-cient eception handing. This nction-aity is not imited to scheding SAPsotware workoads. Yo can se it to

manage enterprise-wide scheding within yor organization.

update Job DocmentationThe nctionaity o SAP Centra Pro-cess Scheding enabes yo tostreamine the process o pdating job docmentation to SAP SotionManager. up-to-date job docmenta-tion means that yo have operationainstrctions readiy avaiabe in theevent o errors, thereby redcing de-

ays throgh probem tracking and thsimproving service deivery. Simiary, yo can atomate pdates o job de-tais and scripts to hep ensre that yohave the correct processes in pace.

The combined nc-tionaity o SAP Cen-tra Process Sched-ing and SAP SotionManager heps yo tostreamine grops obsiness processesand rests in power-

nctionaity orprocess managementand contro.

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or prodction workoad, and yo areabe to integrate non-SAP aerts.SAP Centra Process Scheding provides a centra point o contro ormanagement and monitoring o SAPand non-SAP appication workoads.

Enabing compe, enterprise-wide job scheding rom within the SAPNetWeaver inrastrctre, SAP CentraProcess Scheding is abe to generate

aerts in SAP Sotion Manager basedon eterna events. Yo can se thisinormation to inence sbseqentSAP processing and atomation ac-tions, so yo can deine recovery andrestart activities i yor system goesdown. What’s more, yo can assimiate job inormation into the bsiness pro-cess monitoring environment to reectthe rea-time stats o the crrenty e-ecting workoad and how it impactsthe bsiness process.

Direct Integration EnablesMaximum Control

Impementing SAP Centra ProcessScheding provides direct integration with the bsiness process monitoringand change management contro. Thisintegration enabes a new dimension omanagement and visibiity o IT opera-tions in the contet o the bsiness pro-

cesses they spport and deivers theoowing bsiness beneits:• Reduced operational and adminis-

trative costs throgh centraizedmanagement and monitoring oSAP and non-SAP workoad

• Increased visibility o processexecution and awareness o rea-timestats

• Improved service-level delivery throgh immediate awareness oeceptions and atomated recoveryand aerts

• Reduced cost o ownership byoptimizing the se o resorcesbased on inteigent baancing o workoad across avaiabe hardware

Schede rea-time, event-driven backgrond tasksin response to criticabsiness events – and do itrom a centra ocation.

Eective Business-Process Automation

The SAP® Centra Process Sched-ing appication by Redwood oers acentraized SAP-icensed and SAP-spported sotion or IT process a-tomation. It repaces interna andthird-party job-scheding and pro-cess-atomation sotions. In addi-tion, it can provide one schedingsotion or the entire andscape, in-

cding both SAP and non-SAP sotware. It aso spports governance,mitigates risk, and heps ensre com-piance throgh docmentation andreporting o IT processes. The sotware adds vae by coordinating theoowing nctiona areas:• Job repository – The job repository

stores a process and job sched-ing detais sch as activities,events, and bsiness res. It asokeeps a record o which jobs need

to be started, in which appication,nder what conditions.

• Process server – The process serveris the sotware that schedes, con-tros, and eectes jobs. It hostsservices that aow dierent types o jobs to rn, and it commnicates withthe job repository to manage the workoad dynamicay across appica-tions. I a bsiness process needs tostart an activity in the backgrond oan SAP appication, the process serv-er ses standard SAP sotware inter-aces to initiate this step.

• Web user interace (UI) – The WebuI acts as a singe point o controrom a Web browser, providing rea-time inormation abot the statso each step in a process.

• Platorm agent – This agent enabesSAP Centra Process Scheding tocommnicate with non-SAP systemsor with servers on which no SAPappication is rnning.

For More Inormation

To earn more, pease ca yor SAPrepresentative or visit s onine at www.sap.com/sotions /sotionetensions

/centraprocessscheding/inde.ep.

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SummaryThe SAP® Centra Process Scheding appication by Redwood everages the SAP SotionManager appication management sotion patorm to centraize process scheding, rest-ing in power nctionaity or cross-appication atomation and process management andcontro.

Business Challenges

• Estabish a controed process-atomation environment• Hep ensre optimm eection o critica bsiness processes• Achieve sophisticated error recovery, centraized management, and redced administra-

tive overhead

Supported Business Processes and Sotware Functions• Sotware environment management – Access centra process-scheding nctions or

a patorms spported by the SAP NetWeaver® technoogy patorm• Response automation – Atomate responses to operationa data to estabish a y

controed process-atomation environment across yor appication andscape• Job scheduling – Etend the nctionaity o the work center or job scheding manage-

ment in SAP Sotion Manager and gain the abiity to sbmit and monitor SAP andnon-SAP workoads

• Job documentation – Streamine the process o pdating job docmentation, detais,

and scripts to hep ensre swit probem tracking and resotion• Change requests – Manage change reqests and monitor bsiness processes throgh-

ot the iecyce o an SAP job• Monitoring and automation – Enhance atomation or prodction workoads and

integrate non-SAP aerts

Business Benefts• Reduced operational and administrative costs throgh centraized management and

monitoring o SAP and non-SAP workoad• Increased visibility o process execution and awareness o rea-time stats• Improved service-level delivery throgh immediate awareness o eceptions and ato-

mated recovery and aerts• Reduced cost o ownership by optimizing the se o resorces based on inteigent ba-

ancing o workoad across avaiabe hardware

For More InormationCa yor SAP representative or visit s onine at www.sap.com/sotions/sotionetensions/centraprocessscheding/inde.ep.

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