Using the Software AG Command Central web user interface and command line interface you can manage PPM components in your Software AG products environment.
The Command Central is a tool to administer hundreds of managed product installations in your IT landscape from a central location. Command Central is built on top of Software AG Common Platform and product-specific features are in the form of plug-ins. PPM provides an own Command Central Platform Manager plug-in. The PPM plug-in is available as a separate item in the SAG Installer product tree. It is automatically selected when installing the PPM (server) product.
PPM components in Command Central
Each PPM client needs two PPM servers running, a client server and an analysis server. In Command Central every supported PPM server is displayed as individual PPM component:
for example, PPM umg_en Server
for example, PPM umg_en Analysis Server
You can use Command Central to manage the following operations for all supported PPM components:
For detailed information, see Life cycle Actions for PPM.
For information about monitoring run-time statuses, see Run-time Monitoring Statuses for PPM components.
For information about monitoring performance indicators, see Monitoring KPIs.
For information about viewing log files, see Viewing log files.
Some operations in Command Central, for example, status display and life cycle operations, require a running "Software AG PPM" infrastructure service
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Life cycle Actions for PPM
The following table lists the actions that PPM supports.
Action |
Description |
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Stop |
Stops a PPM component that was started earlier. |
Start |
Starts a PPM component that was stopped or not started. |
Run-time Monitoring Statuses for PPM components
Status information about PPM components running on the same machine as the Command Central Platform Manager.
The following table lists the run-time statuses that are displayed in the Command Central UI and the corresponding status as displayed in the Cloud Controller application.
Command Central States |
Cloud Controller States |
Description |
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STARTING |
STARTING |
The PPM component server is starting. |
ONLINE |
STARTED |
The PPM component server is running. |
STOPPING |
STOPPING |
The PPM component server is stopping. |
STOPPED |
STOPPED |
The PPM component server has been shut down. |
STARTING |
DOWN |
The infrastructure will try to restart the component a number of times. After several unsuccessful starting attempts the respective component goes into state FAILED. |
FAILED |
FAILED |
The PPM component server could not be started. |
UNKNOWN |
DEACTIVATED |
The PPM component has been deactivated by Cloud Controller. |
UNKNOWN |
UNKNOWN |
The state is unknown. |
Monitoring KPIs
Associated with each KPI are a maximal, a marginal, and a critical value. Typically the marginal and critical values are computed as a percentage of the maximum. The following KPIs are defined:
KPI |
Description |
Max |
Critical |
Marginal |
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JVM CPU Load |
CPU usage |
100 |
99 |
90 |
JVM Memory |
Used heap (including garbage) |
Depends on JVM |
95% * max |
85% * max |
JVM Old Gen Memory |
Collection usage of old generation memory pool |
Depends on JVM |
pc * max |
pm * max |
JVM Threads |
Threads in the JVM |
Peak thread count |
n/a |
n/a |
The marginal threshold is reached when the memory load guard would issue a warning. The critical threshold is reached when it would refuse execution. The respective percentages are:
The following KPIs are displayed for PPM client servers (in order from left to right):
The following KPIs are displayed for PPM analysis servers (in order from left to right):
Viewing log files
For PPM client server and analysis server the following log files can be displayed.
<client>.log
<client>_audit.log
<client>_error.log
<client>_trace.log
<client>_cs_system.out.log
<client>_cs_system.out.log.1
<client>_cs_system.out.log.2
…
<client>_as.log
<client>_as_audit.log
<client>_as _error.log
<client>_as _trace.log
<client>_as_system.out.log
<client>_as_system.out.log.1
<client>_as_system.out.log.2
…
Supported Functions and Configurations for Different Product Versions
Core Functions
Function |
9.0...9.10 |
9.12 |
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Composite templates |
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Database management |
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Installation |
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Instances |
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Inventory |
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supported |
Lifecycle |
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supported |
Log access |
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supported |
Monitoring |
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supported |
Snapshot templates |
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SSO |
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Status |
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supported |
Configuration Types
None