Basic Monitoring: VMware (1)
Virtualized Hardware
Option Short Description Guest OS Comments
Host / VM / ESX Host
Necessary for Usually not an issue in recent
Path variable to vmguestlib.dll Windows Only
SHA/SAPOSCOL for Windows VMware Tools.
Enable the VM to receive VM Configuration
tools.guestlib.enableHostInfo = "TRUE" VM restart necessary
limited ESX host data Parameters
Show ESX Model and Vendor VM Configuration parameter is optional, VM
Smbios.reflectHost = true
in VM guest OS Parameters restart necessary
Enable the ESX host to
ESX Advanced
Misc.GuestLibAllowHostInfo = 1 provide ESX host data to the
Settings
VM
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Basic Monitoring: VMware (2)
Best Practices
Update VMware Tools regularly
Try to use required monitoring setup in template / default for new VMs
Check data availability in Wily IS / ST06/OS07N
Try to use planned system down times to adjust remaining VMs
For details please refer to SAP Note 2161991.
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Screenshots: vSphere Client
Note: Using the Windows Client you can ONLY check and set these
parameters if the VM is shutdown!
VMware recommends to use the Web Client as an alternative to at
least check the current setup.
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Screenshots: vSphere Web Client
Note: Using the Web Client you can check the setup for a
running VM. Editing is still only possible if the VM is shutdown.
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Screenshots: ST06 / OS07N
The screenshots show a working configuration in local OS
monitoring transaction ST06 / OS07N in an ABAP system -
once the recommended parameters are set.
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