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User authorizations

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User authorizations OS Level application * The root access will be required only for the installation * A dedicated user and group (redpeaks:redpeaks) will be created during the installation * The Redpeaks application is running with this user

Install drivers

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Install drivers SAP JCO driver for NetWeaver and S/4HANA * The JCO driver is mandatory if you want to monitor ABAP stack systems * You can download it here: * Caution: You must use the driver for JAVA 64 bits * The driver is in a ZIP archive, do not extract it, it will be imported as it is.

Install JAVA

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Install JAVA For Linux Linux CentOS/RedHat * Use the existing package installer (apt or yum for example) to install or upgrade latest GA version of JAVA OpenJDK * Example on CentOS: yum install java-latest-openjdk-headless.x86_64 # Installs the latest OpenJDK binaries alternatives --config java # In case of upgrade: Switches the links to point to the new version java -version # Check you run the latest version

Install licenses

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Install licenses NetWeaver and S/4HANA license * Allows to monitor SAP NetWeaver and S/4HANA application platform: ABAP and JAVA stacks as well as portal * One license allows to monitor one system (SID), regardless the number of application servers

Install Redpeaks on Windows

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Install Redpeaks on Windows * Installation package of Redpeaks is an executable file that you can download from our repository * The different install options are described below Install with WIZARD * Execute the Redpeaks installer without any option to start the wizard, then follow the instructions:

Install Redpeaks on Linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-27T11:25:28+00:00

Install Redpeaks on Linux Installation prerequisites * Install JAVA openjdk, required version is V21 minimum. * No /opt/Redpeaks folder must exist, otherwise the install script will not install the application Install or Upgrade Redpeaks using Shell Script

Prerequisites

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Prerequisites Hardware * Redpeaks collector must be installed on a dedicated Linux VM from which SAP environment will be monitored remotely. * The hardware requirements directly depends on the number of SAP systems that you want to monitor.

Create users

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Create users ABAP system * In order to monitor an ABAP system, a dedicated user must be created in SAP and registered in Redpeaks * All the accesses performed in the system will be made on the behalf of this user * This user must have appropriate authorizations to grant access to the components that needs to be monitored

Memory tuning

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Memory tuning Redpeaks memory allocation Please find below the necessary steps to set the Redpeaks (Java program) memory allocation depending on your operating system For Windows * Stop ProMonitor Windows service * To set Redpeaks Java heap :