Downloading the SAPHOSTAGENT Archive

 The SAPHOSTAGENT<SP-version>.SAR archive contains all of the required elements for centrally monitoring any host. It is available for all operating system platforms supported by SAP.

Context

It is automatically installed during the installation of SAP systems or instances with SAP kernel 7.20 or higher.

Procedure

1. Go to the SAP Software Distribution Center at http://support.sap.com/swdc.
2. Log on with your SAP Support Portal ID.
3. In the navigation bar, choose  Support Packages and Patches  Browse Download Catalog  SAP Technology Components  SAP HOST AGENT  SAP HOST AGENT 7.21  <operating system> .
4. Select the appropriate SAPHOSTAGENT<SP-version>.SAR archive from the Download tab.
   Recommendation

   Always select the highest SP version of the SAPHOSTAGENT<SP-version>.SAR archive, even if you want to monitor a component of SAP NetWeaver with a lower release.
5. Make sure that the SAPCAR tool is available on the host where you want to install SAP Host Agent.
   You need the SAPCAR tool in order to be able to decompress the SAPHOSTAGENT<SP-version>.SAR archive. For more information about SAPCAR and how to get it, see SAP Note 212876 
   
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SAP Host Agent

SAP Host Agent is an agent that can accomplish several life-cycle management tasks, such as operating system monitoring, database monitoring, system instance control and provisioning.

Validity of this Documentation

This documentation is valid for SAP Host Agent 7.21 Patch Level (PL) 004 and higher. SAP Host Agent 7.20 has been deprecated. For more information, see SAP Note 2130510 .

For information about how to check the version of an existing SAP Host Agent installation, see SAP Host Agent Reference - Command Line Options of the saphostexec Executable.

See SAP Note 1907566  about how to update older versions of this documentation within your local SAP Library installations.

SAP Host Agent Usage

SAP Host Agent has installed automatically during the installation of new SAP system instances with SAP kernel 7.20 or higher. SAP Host Agent has upgraded automatically as part of the SAP system instance when you patch or upgrade the SAP kernel. However, you can also install and upgrade SAP Host Agent independently from an SAP system instance.

Recommendation

It is strongly recommended that you regularly upgrade SAP Host Agent to its latest version. See also SAP Note 2219592 .

Features

SAP Host Agent provides you with the following features:

• SAP instance discovery and inventory
• SAP instance control
• Database monitoring and management
• System or instance provisioning:
  • Hosting the infrastructure of SAP Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM), formerly known as SAP NetWeaver Adaptive Computing Controller (ACC)
  • Hosting software lifecycle (SL) tools interfaces
• Operating system monitoring:
  • Using saposcol
  • Using Common Information Model (CIM) based infrastructures
• IBM i-specific features:
• Dynamically adopted authorization for SAP kernel 7.20 and higher
• SAP ILE daemon (SAPILED)
• SAP Database Performance Collector for IBM i
  
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