Introduction
DPA's base feature set for SAP Hana does not include configured alerts at this time. The attached zip file contains 11 alerts that can be imported into your environment. Some of them are standard DPA alerts and some are custom alerts that may be important to you (and will get added to DPA eventually).
Importing the Alerts
To import these alerts:
- Download the attachment and copy to your DPA server.
- Rename the file to give it a ".zip" file extension instead of ".txt".
- Within DPA, click on Options > Import Custom Entities and select the file you downloaded. The alerts as well as an alert rule for "All SAP On-Premise" instances will be imported.
- On the "Select Entities" page you can uncheck specific alerts that you do not need.
- On the "Review" page you will see the new alerts that will be imported, but also check the "Existing Entities" tab for any conflicts. You can choose to overwrite those conflicts if needed.
Imported Alerts
Many alerts that get imported will have a Hana rule attached to them. This means the alert will execute for all Hana instances being monitored by DPA, but this can be adjusted as needed. None of the alerts have contacts tied to them, so they will not alert you until you finish the steps in the next section.
Next Steps
All alerts will need to be edited to provide the following information
- Set the name of the alert and execution interval as needed
- Optionally provide something for the Notification Text field
- Choose the instances the alert should execute against. Some of the alerts include a rule to execute against all SQL Server instances.
- Provide contacts for each threshold level
- Check the threshold definitions and adjust as needed for your environment
- Adjust other settings as needed