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KB 84 - Global configuration parameters

KB 84(ABAP): Global configuration parameters

Category: Information

Platform: ABAP

Priority: Normal

Version: 1 from 31.03.2021


Problem description

Depending on the requirements it might be needed to change PowerConnect Global configuration parameters . The KB contains the list of parameters and their description.

Resolution

Parameter

Default value

Unit of measure

Description

APPL_LOG_RETAIN_DAYS

30

Days

Calculated date when application log message considered as expired

APPL_LOG_THROTTLE_SECS

300

Seconds

The interval to throttle error messages in application log

ARCHIVE_DAYS_TO_RETAIN

1

Days

How many days sent metrics should be retained in the system

ARCHIVE_DAYS_TO_RETAIN_UNSENT

3

Days

How many days unset metrics should be retained in the system

ARCHIVE_DURATION_RUN

3600

Seconds

Archive/housekeeping job run interval

ARCHIVE_UPLOAD_JOBS_RETAIN

3600

Seconds

How many time upload jobs (/BNWVS/DISTRIBUTE_PARALLEL) are kept in the system

ARCHIVE_UPLOAD_STATS_RETAIN

30

Days

How many days upload statistics should be retained in the system

AUDIT_LOG_RETAIN

30

Days

How many days PowerConnect audit log is kept in the system

BUFFER_LOG_DAYS_TO_RETAIN

7

Days

How many days PowerConnect logs should be kept in the buffer (to speedup the search)

CLIENT_CHECK

X

Boolean

Check if the PowerConnect is going to be setup in ‘000’ or ‘001’ client. Error message is shown if it is the case

CLUSTER_TRUNCATE

X

Boolean

Truncate DB tables during archiving to free the space occupied by the table/LOB segments. Truncate means that table will be removed and created on DB level (SAP API)

EXTRACT_TRACE

 

Boolean

Activates the internal trace. The data will be collected by PC_TRACE extractor

EXTRACT_TRACE_RETAIN

86300

Seconds

How many seconds extract trace should be kept in the system

EXTRACTOR_TYPE

GEN1(GEN2)

String

Selects extractor type (internal)

EXTRACT_TRIALS

5

Count

Used to block the extractor in case the extraction is failed with a dump. Number indicates how many dumps should occur before the extractor is blocked.

EXTRACTOR_JOB_INTERVAL

15

Seconds

The interval/delay between each extractor loop. Can be decreased if extractor schedule should be checked more frequent (i.e. if some extractor has small run interval)

INTERVAL_BEFORE_ABORT

3600

Seconds

Timeout to restart extractor or uploader jobs in case they are doing nothing by some reason.

JOB_CHECK_SERVER

 

String

Application server to schedule a Check job

JOB_EXTRACTOR_SERVER

 

String

Application server to schedule Extractor job

JOB_SENDER_SERVER

 

String

Application server to schedule a Uploader job

JOBCLASS_CHECKJOB

C

Char1

Job class for the Check job

JOBCLASS_EXTRACTOR

C

Char1

Job class for the Extractor job

JOBCLASS_SENDER

C

Char1

Job class for Uploader job

LICENSE_STATS_EMAIL

bGljZW5zZUBwb3dlcmNvbm5lY3QuaW8=

String

Used a target for license emails

LOCAL_SYSTEM_EMAIL

support@powerconnect.io

String

Used as a sender for license emails

MAX_INTERVAL_MULTIPLIER

15

Number

The multiplier is used to determine the Max run interval for each extractor – the time to go back in case it was stopped and activated again after some time

MAX_PARALLEL_PROCESS

10%

%

Maxim dialog tasks which can be consumed during extraction. The real could depends on extractors run interval. Accepts both constant or percentage values. In case the percentage value is defined, MAX_PARALLEL_PROCESS is calculated as certain percent of the maximum capacity of the RFC group defined in the RFC_GROUP config. The minimum value for percentage options is 3.

 

METRIC_COMPRESSION

X

Boolean

Activates the metric compression on application level

NOTIFICATION_EMAIL

 

String

The email will used to send a reminder in case the license is going to be expired

RESTART_EXTRACTOR_DURATION

86400

Seconds

Extractor job restart interval. By default, the job is restarted on daily basis.

RESTART_SENDER_DURATION

86400

Seconds

Uploader job restart interval. By default, the job is restarted on daily basis.

RFC_GROUP

DEFAULT

String

RFC group to be used for data extraction dialog processes (defined in RZ12).

RFC_VERIFY_INTERVAL

                          0

Seconds

The interval to blackout the RFC destination is the check was failed

RFC_VERIFY_TIMEOUT

10

Seconds

The RFC check timeout (how much time to wait for response)

SEND_JOB_INTERVAL

1

Seconds

The interval/delay between each uploader loop.

STOP_EXTRACT_FLAG

 

Boolean

The parameter is set if the extractor job should be stopped

STOP_SENDER_FLAG

 

Boolean

The parameter is set if the extractor job should be stopped

UI_CHART_TYPE

AUTOMATIC

String

The Control Panel chart type. On high resolution screens native SAP chart is not working properly, in this case IGS is an option (if available)

Additional information

After change of global config parameters, PowerConnect jobs should be restarted.

Product version

Product

From

To

PowerConnect

5.*

6.*