Documentation Changes

Updates, corrections, and clarifications to the documentation released with SAP Control Center 3.3.

All SCC Help: Prerequisite Omitted from Topics that Involve Starting SCC

In the online help:
  • Get Started > Launching SAP Control Center
  • Get Started > Launching SAP Control Center > Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center in Windows
  • Get Started > Launching SAP Control Center > Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center in UNIX
In the Installation Guide:
  • Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center > Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center in Windows
  • Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center > Starting and Stopping SAP Control Center in UNIX

This prerequisite is missing from the topics on starting:

Ensure that your home directory—that is, the home directory of the user who starts SAP Control Center—is writable from the SAP Control Center host. If the starting user cannot write to the home directory, SAP Control Center logs an error and fails to launch. Resetting the user’s HOME environment variable to a writable directory does not solve the problem. Both Windows and UNIX are affected. CR #752350.

SCC for SAP Sybase IQ Help: Step Omitted for Configuring High Availability

In the online help: Administer and Monitor SAP Sybase IQ > Multiplex Servers > Administer Multiplex Servers > Viewing or Modifying Multiplex Server Properties

A step was omitted from the SAP Control Center 3.3 for SAP Sybase IQ online help for configuring High Availability.

If you enable and configure the High Availability option, complete the procedure (steps 4 and 5). Then start Interactive SQL, connect to the coordinator, and issue this command:

ALTER LS POLICY root ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER=ON

SCC for SAP Sybase IQ Help: Node Fails to Restart when High Availability Is Enabled

In the online help: Troubleshoot SAP Control Center for SAP Sybase IQ > Node Fails to Restart when High Availability Is Enabled

This new troubleshooting topic was omitted from the SAP Control Center 3.3 for SAP Sybase IQ online help.

Problem: High Availability is configured and enabled, but a node that experiences an unexpected failure does not automatically restart.

Solution: Start Interactive SQL, connect to the coordinator and issue the command: 

ALTER LS POLICY root ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER=ON

SCC for SAP Sybase IQ Help: PAM for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 and later

In the online help: Get Started > Setting Up Security > Configuring a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) for UNIX

The Red Hat example in the online help is not correct. For Red Hat 6.0 and later, create a sybase-csi file in your /etc/pam.d directory that contains: 
# sybase-csi PAM Configuration (Red Hat style)
auth       include      system-auth
account    include      system-auth
password   include      system-auth
session    include      system-auth

SCC for Replication Help: Authenticating a Login Account for a Managed Resource

In the online help: Configure > Authenticating a Login Account for a Managed Resource

SCC for Replication does not support the Use my current SCC login feature. When you are authenticating a Replication Server, select Specify different credentials in step 4.

SCC for DA Help: SSL Support in Replication Server Data Assurance Option

The documentation for the SSL support feature in Replication Server Data Assurance (DA) Option 15.7.1 is not included in the Sybase Control Center for Data Assurance online help. The remote method invocation (RMI) communication between Sybase Control Center for Data Assurance and DA server can be encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security (TLS).

For detailed information on the SSL support in DA, see Replication Server Data Assurance Option 15.7.1 > Users Guide > Security and Access Control .

Launching the Administration Console

Some topics in the online help do not give the steps for launching the Administration Console that are best suited to the task described. The Administration Console can display information for a single resource, for a group of resources, or for all resources in the current perspective.
  • To populate the Administration Console with information on one or more resources: in the Perspective Resources view, select the resources and select Resource > Administration Console. This method is fastest.
  • To populate the Administration Console with information on all the resources in the current perspective: from the main menu bar, select View > Open > Administration Console. If you are monitoring a large number of resources, the Administration Console may take a few minutes to load. CR #668582.