• With a Sybase connector, you can directly connect to a Sybase Database.
  
• It will give access to all components that can be monitored trough Redpeaks Sybase monitors
  
• To create a Sybase connector, there are two steps:
  • Create a user profile in SAP and register it in Redpeaks (Redpeaks SAP User)
  • Create and set connector parameters

• Redpeaks Sybase connector uses JDBC to connect to the Database and SQL queries to inquire the database

Redpeaks will gather information with the following means:

Stored procedures:

• sp_dump_history
  • With granular permissions enabled, you must be a user with manage dump configuration privilege
  • With granular permissions disabled, you must be a user with sa_role or oper_role
• sp_spaceusage
  • Any user can execute sp_spaceusage to view space usage. However, you may not be able to view certain information about tables that you do not have permissions to view.
• sp_helpdb
  • Any user can execute sp_helpdb

Tables:

• master..sysusages
• master.dbo.monThread
• master.dbo.monDeadLock
• master.dbo.monErrorLog
• master..sysdatabases
• master..monDeviceSpaceUsage

Example of role creation:

If you want to create a SAP user with Read access on a table (t1 in this example) of SAPSR3DB schema, you will have to follow the following:

• Create a new role “test_role” as below

USER MASTER
GO    
CREATE ROLE test_role
GO

• Create a new login user “testuser” to access by example your database SAPSR3DB

sp_addlogin testuser, testuser, SAPSR3DB
GO
USE SAPSR3DB
GO
sp_adduser testuser , testuser
GO

• Grant READ (SELECT) permission to the new role

GRANT SELECT on t1 TO test_role
GO

• Grant the role to the required login user

USE MASTER
GO
GRANT ROLE test_role TO testuser
GO
sp_modifylogin testuser, "add default role", test_role
GO

• Grant EXECUTE permission to the new role

GRANT EXECUTE ON my_procedure TO role

• At first step, create a SAP user is the SAP system
  • Find an step-by-step example creating a SAP user with Read access on a table in Sybase under SAPSR3DB schema at the bottom of this page
• SAP user profiles can be reached via Systems→SAP users
• Create a new profile using the “Add” button
• Once created, the user profile can be selected in the connector form
• Note: A SAP User is by default associated with only one Group (Company). You can explicitly set a SAP User to be cross companies.

The effect is that it will be selectable from connectors of any company.

• The corresponding user must be created in SAP along with the appropriate authorizations.

• Select the system in the Systems tree and select “Add connector” in its contextual menu, then select “Sybase” type.
• Sybase connector input form will allow you configure it (see image below)
  • Title : This label will help you to identify the connector
  • Database host: the hostname or IP address of the System Database server
  • Database Port: the port to access the Database
  • User: the SAP user profile to use for the connection
  • For specific settings “Use SSH tunnel” and “Custom timeout” see below section “Setting specific configuration”
• Press Save & Test to save the profile and check the connection is working

• In case you must connect to a database through an SSH tunnel, you can enable the SSH option and fill the parameters:
  • Host: The host where the entrance of the tunnel is created.
  • Port: The local port of the SSH tunnel
  • User: The user to authenticate on the SSH end point.

• See Custom timeouts