SCC Backend System Connections Test

The SAP Cloud Connector is an application that creates a secure connection between an on-premises system and the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). It allows SAP Cloud products to communicate securely with systems in a customer's on-premises/private cloud landscape. For connecting to on-premises system, a back-end system must be defined in SAP Cloud Connector by mapping the virtual system to internal system. The backend system is defined at sub-account level. and all connections are created at sub-account level. Given the cloud connector is constantly pulling data from backend systems using these connections, it is important to monitor these connections so that administrators can keep an eye on performance of connections.

This test monitors the SCC backend system connections and collects key metrics like number of active and idle connections. Administrators can look at these insights over a number of measurements to understand the performance trends.

Target of the test : SAP Cloud Connector

Agent deploying the test : An internal/external agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the SCC backend workload.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	Specify the host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	Specify the port at which the specified host listens to. Default port is 8443.
SSL	By default, the SAP Cloud Connector is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default. This indicates that the eG agent will communicate with the SAP Cloud Connector via HTTPS by default.
Username	User ID should have login access, read applications, read spaces and read organization. So, create new User ID and set user role as Administrator or Monitoring. For details on user authentication and roles refer to How does eG Enterprise Monitor SAP Cloud Connector?
Password	The password of the specified user ID.
Confirm Password	Confirm the password by retyping it here.
Detailed Diagnoses	To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option. The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled: The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Idle Connections	Indicates the number of connections between SCC and backend system which are idle.	Number	If there is a large number of idle connections existing at any given time, it may needs to be investigated.
Active connections	Indicates the number of connections between SCC and backend system which are active.	Number	At any given time, not all connections between SCC and backend system may be active. The number of active connections should be optimal.