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SAP XBP 3.0 exploitation
XBP 2.0 and XBP 3.0 Certification ready
SAP introduced a certification catalog for the new XBP 3.0
interface. With Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications 8.6, we
are now ready to run thru the certification test with SAP. The
following certification test scenarios are subject of the certification:
BC-XBP 6.10 (V2.0)
BC-XBP 7.00 (V3.0)
To fulfill the XBP 3.0 certification, Tivoli Workload Scheduler for
Applications 8.6 was enhanced with the following capabilities:
SAP Criteria Manager Functions (Full interface coverage & UI
support)
• Incl. new Picklist function for SAP Events
SAP Application Log & Application Return code (Full coverage)
• Incl. RCCONDSUCC return code mapping
Download spool list content on demand by users (Full coverage
& UI support)
SAP Variant maintenance using simplified XBP 3.0 function
module
XBP 2.0 and XBP 3.0 Certification ready
SAP XBP 3.0 Interface improvements and corrections
are opened by Tivoli Workload Scheduler for
Applications 8.6 development team and assigned to
SAP. Good partner relationship helped to improve the
XBP 3.0 interface as follows:
Modify
Job Header, Job Class missing (SAP Note
1447880)
Modify Job Header, Server Group update fails (SAP
Ticket open, target within Sprint 4)
Modify SAP Variant, Variant Type missing (SAP Note
1461421)
Modify SAP Variant, Variant Attributes overwritten
(SAP Note 1639210)
Criteria Manager
The TDWC provides a web-interface to list, create, mantain and
activate SAP Criteria Profiles
Criteria selection
TWS connects to SAP server and shows the criteria profiles already
created. A menu bar helps the user in maintaining objects.
Actions and Display on Criteria Profiles
User easily selects action on object and by clicking, the definition is
displayed.
Edit Criterion
Event Interception and Relaunch Criteria
On Interception Event type, a Job Relaunch Criteria is made available. This allows the user
to define the policy for release intercepted job, through TWS control.
Define Relaunch policy
The Job Relaunch Criteria allows the user to let TWS schedule the intercepted jobs,
extending to XBP3.0 the same TWS feature already available in XBP 2.0 configuration.
By scheduling this Job Collector,
TWS will release all the intercepted
SAP jobs that satisfy the Relaunch Criteria
given that profile ID.
Modeling TWS for SAP jobs on Z/OS from TDWC
TDWC allows now also TWS user for zOS to define and mantain TWS for SAP jobs: R/3 jobs, Process
Chain and infoPackage, same as the Distributed capabilities.
Display a Process Chain
Restart a Process Chain
Four TWS actions are available
on a selected process chain.
Creating a SAP job from TDWC
TDWC allows now the user to define a SAP connection and to start creating new SAP job
Within the TWS console.
SAP job modeling by selection
User can design a SAP job in the same way it uses to do on SAP GUI. ABAP list selection,
External Command and External Program are supported.
Single-click TWS-SAP integration
Once the new SAP job is created from TDWC, the user in a single click can link it to a new
TWS for SAP job definition.
List of Spool Requests
 Up until Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications V8.5, the only
option you had to check the spool request of an R/3 job was through
its job log
 Performance
degradation during job log retrieval for very huge spool
request
 Some difficulties to identify, navigate, analyze the spool request of a
particular r3 job step
 Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications V8.6 enables you to
browse the spool request of a job more easily
A
new Dynamic Workload Console action is provided for executed
Standard R/3 Job in the “Monitor Jobs” task, a “Show Spool List” action
has been added to the “More Actions” pull-down menu
 A list of Spool Request details is shown for every step in the R/3 job
 Each Spool Request can be analyzed separately
 A set of pages is loaded when a Spool Request is analyzed
 You can navigate among a set of pages, go directly to the last or first set of
pages
List of Spool Requests cont.
List of Spool Requests cont.
Application Job Log
In the Job definition window the user can enables the retrieval and appending of
the SAP application log to the Job log of Tivoli Workload Scheduler.
Application Job Log
Application Return Code
In the Job definition window the user can enables or disables the mapping of the SAP application return
code to the Tivoli Workload Scheduler return code. If the SAP job contains several steps, it takes the
greater RC code from the step list
Application Return Code
Support SAP Secure Network Communication (SNC)
SAP offers a software layer to integrate security products at
application level. With SNC, you can secure an RFC connection
between communication partners like Tivoli Workload Scheduler for
Applications access method and the SAP System.
Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications 8.6 was extended to read
SNC configuration parameters and forward them to the SAP RFC
communication layer used during logon to the SAP system.
Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications 8.6 does not provide or
ship SNC software, it enables to use 3rd party SNC products to secure
the RFC communication.
The following new options are added to the workstations options file:
 r3sncmode
enable / disable SNC for RFC
 r3sncpartnername
target SAP Systems SNC name
 r3snclib
full path and filename to the 3rd party SNC
library
 r3sncqop
quality of protection
FIPS Compliance
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) is a U.S. government computer security standard
used to accredit cryptographic modules.
FIPS 140-2 accreditation is required for for cryptographic modules produced by private sector
vendors who seek to have their products certified for use in government departments and regulated
industries.
Implementation
- new parameter use_fips that enables r3batch to use FIPS compliant algorithm for
password encryption
- enigma tool now is using FIPS compliant algorithms for password encryption
- network communication between r3evmon and TWS engine now supports
encryption mechanism with OPENSSL and FIPS compliant libraries (gskit version 8)
SAP PI Channel
TWS provides also a Job Executor Plugin to pilot SAP PI channel status.
TDWC Job Plugin PI Channel
The TWS Job log contains also
the job details about execution
and actual status.
SAP Temporary Variant
 The temporary variant is created for the
job and deleted once the job has finished
 The temporary variant lifecycle is
managed by SAP
 Tivoli Workload Scheduler for
Applications V8.6 and DWC V8.6 FP1
enable you to define/assign/modify a
temporary variant through the dynamic
R/3 job definition (task string)
SAP Temporary Variant cont.
 Examples
1.
A temporary variant is created using the information indicated in the
expression
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The following example shows how you can create a temporary variant with the information
specified in the expression and assign it to step 2
-vpar2 <parameter_name>=<parameter_value> ... –vsel2
<selection_option_name> ... –vtemp2
2.
Assign a temporary variant to the specified step number
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The following example shows how you can assign a variant to step number 1.
The temporary variant must exist
-v1 <temporary_variant_name> -vtemp1
3.
The value for a temporary variant that already exists is substituted with
the value indicated in the expression
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The following example shows how you can substitute the value of a temporary variant that must
already exist with a value specified in the expression and assign it to step 5.
The temporary variant must exist, otherwise, the expression returns an error.
-v5 <temporary_variant_name> -vpar5 <parameter_name>=<parameter_value> ...
–vsel5 <selection_option_name> ... –vtemp5
SAP Temporary Variant cont.
SAP Temporary Variant cont.
Improve r3batch performance
Introduction of the rfc_interval keyword in the R/3 common
options file to optimize performance:
 When
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operating through the DWC
Browsing for and selecting SAP jobs from a list
Editing SAP jobs
Raising/managing SAP events
Managing SAP Criteria Profiles
 During
SAP job submission and tracking
Using the default value for the option, performance has been
optimized by 50% for the above operations and for SAP jobs
with a short duration.
Decreasing the value for the option, the performance could be
higher but CPU consumption on the r3batch system is high. If
you experience performance or CPU consumption issues, you
may try to change the value accordingly
Keep SAP jobID synchronized
Using the Dynamic Workload Console, you can define a Tivoli
Workload Scheduler job that runs a SAP job. The SAP job
can already exist in the SAP System or can be created as
new job using the DWC
 In previous releases if the user edited the SAP job modifying
either the Target Host, the job class or adding or deleting
steps the JobID was automatically replaced forcing the user
to manually update all jobstreams containg the modified SAP
job
 With the new Tivoli Workload Scheduler for Applications
V8.6 release, for any SAP job modifications, the JobID
remains unchanged maintaining the synchronization with the
job in the SAP System
Keep SAP jobID synchronized
In the new Tivoli Workload Scheduler for
Applications V8.6 release, for any change
the Job ID remains unchanged.
In this way the User is not forced to modify
any jobstream after a SAP job
modifications