User Guide

SAP AG November 2002

If you do not have a Windows operating system, you can only use Database Manager clients

Database Manager CLI [Page 133] and Web DBM to monitor database instances.

Web DBM provides you with basically the same functionality as the

. Operation depends on the Web-based application.

Database Manager GUI

[Page 134]

See also:

Architecture of the SAP DB Web Tools [Page

57]

Differences between Web DBM and Database Manager GUI

With the Database Manager GUI, you can monitor several database instances

simultaneously. With the Web DBM, you can only monitor one database instance at a time.

When you log on, you enter the database instance that you want to monitor. If you want to

switch to another database instance, you must log off, and log on again entering the new

database instance.

It is possible to open several browsers simultaneously. In this way, you can monitor a different

database instance in each browser with the Web DBM.

In contrast to the Database Manager GUI, a timeout may occur when working with the Web

DBM. This results in the connection to the database instance being broken. If this happens,

you must log on again.

Set-up of the Web DBM

All administrative functions are executed in the window of the Web DBM. The functions are

divided up into the same groups as in the Database Manager GUI. The colored symbols

(green dots and red squares) indicate whether an administrative function can be used in the

database instance in its present state. There is no menu bar or toolbar of the kind found in the

Database Manager GUI.

Instead of a list of database instances registered in the Database Manager GUI, the Web

DBM displays the detailed status of the database instance. The most important values

displayed in the status have a link that takes you to the relevant function. The functions for

starting and stopping the database instance are at the bottom of the status display.

The work area is located below the status display. The subsequent web pages corresponding

to the selected administrative function are displayed here.

The structure of these web page is similar to the corresponding screens in the Database

Manager GUI. The bottom of these pages often contains a toolbar with the available

administrative functions. If a new administrative function is selected in the Web DBM, and in a

new page displayed in the work area as a result of this, the previous display and status is lost.

To return to the previous display, you must reselect the relevant administrative function.

The header line contains a logoff link that enables you to end the current connection with a

database instance.

SAP DB Loader

The SAP DB Loader is a database tool [Page 136] for loading and unloading data.

In addition to processing Loader commands [Page 64], the SAP DB Loader can also execute

all SQL statements [See SAP DB Library]