Query - JDI Template Configuration Tool...Please guide

[Former Member]

Hello All,

Am working on 04 version and have finished installing & configuration of basic NWDI components.

There is an additional configuration of 'Template Configuration Tool'

And as far as I read...its use is into administration and not development.

<u>Questions:</u>

1. Can I skip this configuration? The installation doc does not mention it as optional or mandatory though.

2. What could be the implications if I skip this step?

3. The description says this tool provides a framework to NetWeaver components to create their own configuration templates.

Please give me some examples to understand this better.

Awaiting Reply.

Thanks and Warm Regards,

Ritu

[Former Member]

<b>5.1 Template Configuration Tool

Purpose</b>

This component is a tool for configuring the J2EE Engine and the SAP NetWeaver

components running on top of it. To configure the system properly, the Template

Configuration Tool uses specially designed templates for each component.

You can find the latest information about the Template Configuration Tool and

<b>the related configuration templates in SAP Note 739788.</b>

<b>Implementation Considerations</b>

The installation procedure of the J2EE Engine and the SAP NetWeaver components provides the system with a default configuration. You can run the system using the initial configuration;however, this does not guarantee that the available resources are utilized optimally or that the system will function properly. Using the Template Configuration Tool and the templates provided by each component, you can easily adjust the infrastructure to the particular needs of the scenario that you are running. Therefore, we recommend that you run the Template Configuration Tool after installing the J2EE Engine.

The Template Configuration Tool is run only once for each server instance. If

you expand the cluster vertically later on by adding new instances to it, you

should run the tool on each new instance, so that all instances in the cluster

are configured in the same way.

<b>Integration</b>

While the Template Configuration Tool provides the framework for processing the templates, each SAP NetWeaver component provides its specific template.

<b>Features</b>

The Template Configuration Tool is the framework that enables other SAP NetWeaver

components to create their own configuration templates. You can use the tool to apply and restore a particular system configuration.

You can choose to apply the appropriate configuration templates depending on your

particular scenario. For example, you may choose to apply a template for an Enterprise Portal scenario where you have a portal running on top of the J2EE Engine. Note that this may influence not just the configuration of the component itself, but also the settings of the J2EE Engine.

The tool is instance-based – that is, it configures the J2EE Engine based on the available hardware resources on a particular host, as well as some additional settings such as allocated memory. This means that you must run the tool separately for each Java instance that you have installed.

The Template Configuration Tool is designed to automatically detect most of the parameters that are used to define the configuration of the system. The tool provides wizards that guide you through the process of choosing which function you want to use, selecting the appropriate templates, and filling in the required parameters.

[Former Member]

Bala,

Next time just provide a link to the documentation that you are quoting.

Ritu,

This is the most important part of the paragraph quoted by Bala:

"To configure the system properly, the Template

Configuration Tool uses specially designed templates for each component."

In other words: You MUST execute this step to make your server work properly.

[Former Member]

Hello Bala,

I have already read all that you have written in the installation document.

My questions are above all this....

Thanks,

Ritu

[Former Member]

Hello Pascal,

What I meant to ask is:

1. What are these templates?

2. In my previous project I did not configure this tool....and I had no problems in the custom development.

I want to understand from the administration side, what contribution does this tool give?

Please help me understand...

Thanks and Warm Regards,

Ritu

[Former Member]

These templates tune your WebAS for the task you intend to use it for.