Template Configuration Tool

Purpose

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 the related configuration templates in SAP Note 739788.

Implementation Considerations

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.

Integration

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

Features

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.