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between Web server and SAP System and thus needs to
communicate with both Web Server and SAP Application Server
using the appropriate network protocols.
To understand and design SAP ITS landscapes for increased
scalability and fault tolerance you need to have a feeling of how
networks operate.
Basic Network information (like the name or address of the
server) is used during the execution of ITSSetup and the
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on this server (if no port is specified the
request is directed to a default port –
usually 80).
Responses are either generated dynami-

cally or are taken from a predefined direc-
tory structure belonging to the Web Server
This structure usually is created before the
Web Server itself is set up.
The default IIS 5.0 file directory is
C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT.
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having to repeat a physical installation. This kind of Web Server is
called a ‘virtual’ Web Server.
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directed to the correct virtual Web Server by differentiating by
IP address (each virtual Web Server may have its own IP address)
Port number (each virtual Web Server may listen on a different port)
Each virtual Web Server should have its own directory structure
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application contents on the same computer
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Start the Internet Services Manager (Control
Panel Administrative Tools). Right-click on
the name of your computer in the left frame of
the window and select ‘New Web Site’.
Type ‘WEBGUI’, click ‘Next’.
Select TCP Port 1080 and click ‘Next’.
Provide the path to the

virtual Web Server root
directory and click ‘Next’.
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except ‘Read’ and
click ‘Next’. On the
next screen click
‘Finish’.
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Management Console (Start Programs Administrative
Tools Internet Services Manager)
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Different SAP ITS versions may have slightly different screens
A Dual Host Installation requires more information (e.g. the name of the
server the AGate is installed on as well as information on which TCP
ports the AGate is listening on)
For simplicity we will not install the SAP ITS using Windows NT File
System protection. Using this feature allows to protect all ITS data
stored in files on the SAP ITS hosts from unauthorized access.
The concepts and information are the same

for all versions up to release 4.6D
(as of release 6.10, a new installation tool is
used, but the concepts basically stay the same).

Click ‘Next’.
Select ‘Single-Host’
and click ‘Next’.
Click ‘Next’.
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Type ‘WEBGUI’
Select ‘Microsoft IIS 5.0 (WEBGUI)’


Enter the name of the server (without
domain extension) and the port your
Web Server is listening on. Click
‘Next’.
Select ‘webgui’, click ‘Install’ and

then ‘Next’. Ignore the popup.
Confirm the selection by

clicking ‘Next’.
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Type the name of the

SAP System the SAP
ITS will be connected to
Enter the SAP System connection data

Select ‘Everyone’ and click ‘Next’.
Type the full URL to your

Web Server home page and
click ‘Next’.
Confirm all popups and Skip reading the Release Notes Ready to go!
wait for the files to be and let the computer reboot
copied. when asked to.
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Use SAP System data provided during class.
Install the IAC package ‘WEBGUI’.
Use the ‘Minimized Memory Configuration’.
Do not allow a reboot after installing this ITS instance.
Install an administrative instance to your ‘ADM’ Web Server
instance
Notice the differences in the installation dialog.
This time allow the computer to be rebooted.
Start the SAP ITS application ‘webgui’ (SAP GUI for HTML)
by opening a Web Browser and requesting the URL
‘http://<yourServer>:1080/scripts/wgate/webgui/!’
where <yourServer> is replaced by the IP address or DNS
name of your computer. Use the logon data supplied in
class.
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ITSSetup continues to prompt for Remove the write protection flag
rebooting the system even if you from some system files located in
have already rebooted once or C:\WinNT\system32 (see OSS note
several times 322113 for details)
System ‘hangs’ when installing or This problem sometimes occurs
uninstalling the SAP ITS when using MS IIS. A solution can be
to quit the installation, reboot and
stop the IIS Admin NT service before
repeating the installation.
The installation stops with the error Close all applications before starting
message ‘Failed to copy the file ITSSetup (especially MMC). Some
<filename> because it is being used SAP applications, e.g. SAP GUI for
by another process.’. Windows, and SAP ITS share files
that can’t be exchanged by ITSSetup
while these applications are still
running.
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Scale up the Web Server infrastructure
Scale up the number of AGate servers / AGate processes
Use Load Balancing via SAP Messageserver
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AGate
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The URL section describes which URLs will be passed to which SAP ITS
instance by the Web Server:
<url _default_:1080/scripts/wgate>
instance WEBGUI
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This rule means that all requests with the Web Server name followed by
‘:1080/scripts/wgate’ will be directed to the instance named ‘WEBGUI’.
You can adapt the URL to start an SAP ITS application by changing the
‘/scripts/wgate’ part according to your conception (only lower case !).
After the WGate.conf has been
modified you have to restart the Web
Server to apply the changes.
To do this open the NT Services
administration (‘Control Panel
Administrative Tools Services’),
mark the line ‘IIS Admin Service’ and
push the ‘Restart Service’ icon.
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By reading the instance sections the WGate figures out which AGates to
connect to. This section is also used to specify configuration parameters:
<instance WEBGUI> This is the TCP port the first AGate
<agate> process of the ‘WEBGUI’ instance is
Host <yourServer> listening on (the values are stored in
PortAGate sapavw00_WEBGUI C:\WinNT\System32\drivers\etc\services).
PortMManager sapavwmm_WEBGUI This is the port the Mapping Manager of
the ‘WEBGUI’ instance is listening on.
Secure 1
Type 2
This parameter indicates whether the AGate
MultiProcess no of the according instance is configured to
</agate> run multiple AGate processes.
TraceFile "C:\Program Files\SAP\ITS\2.0 \WEBGUI\traces\WGate.trc"
TraceLevel 1
</instance> These two parameters let you configure
the location of the WGate tracefile and the
level of detail used to generate the file.
If you want to use SAP ITS Load Balancing, you just need to add another
<agate> section pointing to the second AGate and make sure the settings for
the TCP ports and ‘Multiprocess’ are correct.
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In the file C:\Program Files\SAP\ITS\2.0\WGateIIS\WGate.conf

create a second AGate section for instance WEBGUI (use the
connection information provided during class). Edit the file
with Notepad.
Create a second AGate section for instance ADM (use the

connection information provided during class).
Restart the Web Server.
Start the SAP GUI for HTML and try to find out which SAP ITS
AGate server you are connected to.
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SAP ITS can’t be accessed (‘The page Check the wgate.conf file for syntax
cannot be displayed’). errors (especially duplicate <instance>
sections). Did someone set ‘available’ to
‘no’?
SAP ITS can’t be accessed (‘500 ITS Make sure that the values for
Error’ or ‘HTTP 500 Error’ in Web ‘PortAGate’ and ‘PortMManager’ in
Browser). wgate.conf are correct. Compare the
values you entered with the values for
SAPavw00_<instance name> and
SAPavwmm_<instance name> in the
C:\WinNT\system32\drivers\etc\services
file on the AGate host. Is the AGate
started? Do you use Firewalls?
SAP ITS can’t be accessed (‘HTTP Check the URL sections in wgate.conf.
Error 403 – Forbidden: Read Access Does the URL you used in your request
Forbidden’). The Web Browser might match one of the patterns in the URL
also ask you whether some file from sections? Avoid using upper case
the SAP ITS host is to be downloaded letters in the URL sections of gate.conf.
or not.
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Windows NT based tool that was designed to allow publishing IAC
contents from an SAP System to a virtual SAP ITS instance
Registers SAP ITS instances at a gateway of the SAP System (release
4.6C or higher) and waits for files to receive
The publication process can be started from transactions SE80 (Web
Application Builder) and SE38 in the SAP System
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Start ‘C:\Program Files\SAP\ITS\2.0\
Admin\IACORAdmin.exe’ on your
host. In addition to the window on
the right the below popup appears.
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and in the
the next popup.
main
window use
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the main window turned green
(IACOR is installed). Press ‘New’ to
create an RFC destinations.
In the field ‘ITS Instance’ enter

‘WEBGUI’, press ‘TAB’ and
change the entry for ‘Web
Server’ to the Web Server
directory belonging to the
instance ‘WEBGUI’. Click ‘OK’.
Enter the data provided during

class. In the bottommost
section you need to enter the
login data of a user privileged
to create RFC destinations in
the SAP System.
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ITS instance start the SAP GUI
for HTML, launch transaction
SE38 and execute the program
‘W3_Publish_Services’.
Skip the screen asking

for a transport request
by clicking on
‘Execute’. After
selecting the IACs to
be published click on
‘Workbench settings’
to choose the instance
to receive the files.
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named <ITS host name>/<SAP
ITS instance name> and click
the button with the green tick to
return to W3_Publish_Services.
Start the process by clicking
the ‘Publish’ button.
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window you can
track the progress
of publishing. Errors
(if any) are reported
both in IACOR and
SE38.
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(start C:\Program Files\SAP\ITS\2.0\Admin\IACORAdmin.exe).
Create an RFC destination in the SAP System by using the ‘New’

button. Use the data provided in class.
Logon to the SAP System using SAP GUI for HTML and start
transaction SE38. Execute the report ‘W3_Publish_Services’, skip
the first screen, select the correct SAP ITS instance via ‘Workbench
settings’, choose to publish the IAC ‘sysmsg’ and press ‘Publish’.
Logoff from the SAP System.
Start ‘sysmsg’ via the URL

‘http://<yourServer>:1080/scripts/wgate/sysmsg/!’
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ITSSetup offers two standard configurations in respect to the
amount of memory used by the SAP ITS instance. These two
configurations differ in the number of Workthreads and Sessions
launched upon start:
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Increasing the number of Sessions will result in
z The SAP ITS being capable of serving more users at the same
time (as long as the number of Workthreads is sufficient)
z A rise in memory consumption
If you increase the number of Workthreads and/or Sessions you
should always make sure that your server can take the new load. An
alternative is to increase the number of Workthreads/Sessions by
setting up more than one SAP ITS Server and using ITS Load
Balancing.
For hosts equipped with more than 2GB of physical memory and a
fast CPU, installing more than one AGate process is an option.
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SAP ITS Administration is an HTML based Administration and Monitoring
tool that can be remotely accessed via Web.
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Changing SAP ITS settings
Monitoring SAP ITS performance data
Editing service files
Viewing template files
Viewing SAP ITS log files and trace files
Dedicated to and optimized for SAP ITS

Control SAP ITS instances (Start, Stop and Restart)
Control Web Server instances (Start, Stop and Restart)
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URL request for login:
http://<server>:<port>/
scripts/wgate/adminremote/!
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menu on the left hand side. Note
that there is one entry for each
AGate section in wgate.conf.
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On the ‘Local Overview’ screen
the current performance of all
local instances and data on
resources of the host computer
can be observed.
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instances current performance
is available after clicking on
the name of that instance in the
right frame.
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To change the password for the
current user select ‘Administration’
followed by ‘Change Password’.
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Administration users with
limited privileges you can do so
via ‘Administration User
Management. An ‘Administrator’
can, e.g. change service file
parameters, restart and stop
instances, while ‘View Only’
users cannot change settings or
restart the SAP ITS. Modifying
registry settings except for
performance settings is
restricted to the user ‘itsadmin’.
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instances only while for remote instances you can access the performance
analysis commands. SAP ITS development has integrated a command (‘Go to
Native ADM’) that lets you switch to a remote Administration instance, so you
can conveniently administer all SAP ITS servers.
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‘Configuration Global Services
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of global configuration parameters
for the instance you selected.
You can change the setting of

any parameter by modifying
its value in the corresponding
edit field and clicking ‘SAVE’.
This kind of changes is
applied instantly .
The configuration of other

IACs (Internet Application
Components) can be
changed with
‘Configuration Services
<name of the service>’.
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These tuning parameters can be set in service files:
~http_use_compression – Enables / Disables HTTP compression
between SAP ITS and Web Browser. The level of compression is
determined by the value of the parameter ~http_compress_level.
Activating this feature reduces the amount of data sent to the Web
Browser thus reducing overall network traffic.
~timeout – This parameter specifies the time in minutes after which
an idle user session is terminated. Tuning this parameter will help in
situations where large numbers of sessions are blocked because of
users not logging off but rather closing the Web Browser.
Changes to these parameters take effect immediately (without
requiring to restart the SAP ITS), but already established sessions
are not affected.
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The most important settings regarding SAP ITS performance can be accessed
by selecting ‘Configuration Performance’.
In most cases it is
sufficient to modify
one or more of these
settings if you want to
adjust your SAP ITS
according to your
needs. Remember that
after saving your
changes you still have
to restart the SAP ITS
instance in order to
apply them.
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MaxSessions – Maximum number of sessions the SAP ITS instance
can support in parallel
MinWorkThreads – The number of Workthreads created by the SAP
ITS instance at startup
MaxWorkThreads – Maximum number of Workthreads supported by
the instance (the SAP ITS will start with MinWorkThreads and increase
this number up to a maximum of MaxWorkThreads in case of high
load)
StaticTemplates – When this parameter is set to ‘1’ the SAP ITS will
cache all HTML templates used by SAP ITS applications thus
improving performance. In development environments this parameter
should always be set to ‘0’.
StaticBor – Enables caching of data in applications based on SAP ITS
Flow Logic. This performance setting improves the speed of module
calls considerably, but should not be turned on during development
of applications based on Flow Logic.
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The most important logs and trace files:
access.log: In this file the SAP ITS records whenever an SAP ITS
session is started or ended (by timeout or the user logging off).
performance.log: This file (and loadstat.log) is used to store
basic information on SAP ITS performance as well as the host’s
performance. The SAP ITS can be tuned according to the
numbers detailing the unused sessions and workthreads.
AGate.trc: All information messages, warnings and errors
generated by the component AGate are written to this file.
WGate.trc: This file resides on the Web Server host and is
especially useful when communication problems prevent the
WGate from connecting to the AGate for some unknown reason.
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Click ‘WEBGUI View Logs Logs’
to take a look at the log files for the
‘WEBGUI’ instance. The traces can be
accessed via ‘Traces’.
Analyzing the log files will help you
tuning SAP ITS. If e.g. the number of
workthreads or sessions runs low for a
longer period of time you should
consider increasing the values of these
parameters.
This is an excerpt taken from a
sample performance.log:
2001/08/29 09:38:33.686: --- log opened ------------------------------------------
2001/08/29 09:39:33.692: H:
2001/08/29 09:39:33.692: H:=======================================================================
2001/08/29 09:39:33.692: H:ID Avai Max Avai Max Hits/ TAT Number Uptime
2001/08/29 09:39:33.692: H: Sess Sess Thrds Thrds Sec Hits (hh:mm:ss)
2001/08/29 09:39:33.692: H:========================================================================
...
2001/08/29 10:19:33.944: D: 0 61 64 4 4 0.000 0.005 0 00000:41:00
2001/08/29 10:20:33.950: D: 0 60 64 3 4 0.000 0.294 0 00000:42:00
2001/08/29 10:21:33.956: D: 0 60 64 4 4 0.000 0.004 0 00000:43:00
2001/08/29 10:22:33.963: D: 0 60 64 3 4 0.000 0.028 0 00000:44:00
2001/08/29 10:23:33.969: D: 0 60 64 4 4 0.000 0.000 0 00000:45:00
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Use ‘Configuration Traces’ to
alter the settings for SAP ITS trace
files (likewise for log files).
‘Tracelevel’ is the level of

detail used to create the
trace file for this SAP ITS
instance. After modifying
this setting you have to
restart the instance.
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Select ‘Configuration Registry’ to
change the SAP ITS registry
settings. In this example we choose
‘CCMS’ in the frame on the right to
have the SAP ITS performance
monitoring parameters displayed.
To activate the advanced

performance monitoring
click ‘PerfMonitoring’ and
enter the value ‘1’. Again
you will have to restart the
SAP ITS after saving, but
of course you don’t have
to restart once for every
single change, one restart
after all changes have
been made is enough.
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To stop an SAP ITS instance expand
the node ‘Control’ for this instance
and click ‘Stop’ for ‘ITS Manager’.
You can check the state of

the NT service in ‘Control
Panel Administrative
Tools Services’. Search
for the entry ‘ITS Manager –
<instance name>’.
Click ‘Start’ or mark ‘ITS Manager – <instance

name>’ and push the ‘play’ button in the
Services Manager to restart this instance.
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If you suspect a performance bottleneck in your system (consisting of Web
Browser, SAP ITS and SAP System), but are not quite sure which component is
responsible for the bottleneck, you can get an impression where the processing
time is spent by selecting ‘Performance Thread Performance’ for the SAP ITS
instance in question.
In this example most of the
processing time (>90%) was
spent in the SAP System
while the SAP ITS was nearly
idle. From these numbers you
can also conclude that the
number of Workthreads on
this instance is suitable since
the fourth Workthread was
never used. If the overall load
on the SAP ITS increases you
should consider to configure
more Workthreads. In a
scenario like this you should
make sure that the SAP
System is sized correctly.
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Start SAP ITS Administration with the URL ‘http://<your
computer>:2080/scripts/wgate/adminremote/!’.
Change the value of the ~timeout parameter in the global

service file of your ‘WEBGUI’ SAP ITS instance.
Change the number of sessions on your ‘WEBGUI’

instance.
Change the number of workthreads on your ‘WEBGUI’

instance.
Stop and start your SAP ITS instance ‘WEBGUI’.
Explore!
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Classes
BC440 SAP ITS Developing Internet Applications
Prerequisites: BC400, BC410
ITS070 Installation and Administration
ITS100 Developing EasyWebTransactions
ITS110 Developing Web Scenarios and MiniApps using Flow Logic
Literature
SAP@Web Installation Guide
SAP ITS Tuning & Troubleshooting Guide
SAP ITS Administration Guide
SERVICE.SAP.COM/SAP-ITS
SAP ITS FAQ and White papers
SERVICE.SAP.COM/SWCENTER
SAP ITS patch downloads
WWW.SAPMARKETS.COM/ITS
Software and Resource downloads
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