25 March 2025
The invisible threat: when SAP monitoring becomes a sideshow.
Why SAP monitoring is critical to your business success – and why many underestimate it.SAP systems are the heart of many companies. They control business processes, manage critical data, and ensure smooth operations across production, logistics, finance, and other essential business areas. Yet, monitoring these systems is often neglected – with serious consequences. In many IT departments, SAP monitoring is not a top priority. The systems appear to be running “smoothly” – until a failure or security incident suddenly occurs. By then, it’s usually too late, and the IT team shifts into crisis mode.
Typical risks of missing or inadequate monitoring:
- Performance issues go unnoticed: Slow response times, blocked workflows, or overloaded databases are only detected once users start complaining.
- Unexpected system outages: Without proactive monitoring, critical errors in SAP systems cannot be identified early enough.
- Security risks and attacks: Insecure user permissions, expired certificates, or suspicious activity remain undetected without proper security monitoring.
- Compliance violations: Many companies must meet regulatory requirements – without comprehensive monitoring, they risk severe penalties.
Typical challenges faced by many companies:
- High setup and maintenance effort – Inadequate integration with other IT systems or decentralized tools
- Limited monitoring capabilities for hybrid environments (Cloud & On-Premises)
- High manual effort for monitoring and error analysis
- Reactive troubleshooting instead of proactive monitoring
- Security risks due to undetected vulnerabilities
- Dependence on individual experts, which can lead to bottlenecks
The result?
Without full transparency across the SAP landscape, inefficiencies, risks, and unnecessary effort arise.
Your IT team lacks a comprehensive overview of the SAP landscape and spends too much time on manual checks. This increases the risk of overlooking or detecting critical issues too late.
The solution: 24/7 SAP monitoring with Scansor
This is where Scansor comes in – an innovative monitoring solution developed by itesys, the SAP technology experts, specifically for efficient SAP monitoring. In combination with PRTG by Paessler AG, Scansor enables comprehensive monitoring of all SAP and IT infrastructure components. Would you like this phrased in a more marketing-friendly style, or kept technical and straightforward?Benefits of Scansor:
- Pre-configured Monitoring Sensors: Over 100 SAP sensors for monitoring SAP Basis, databases, SAP components, SAP Security, and cloud services.
- Real-time Monitoring: Automatic detection of errors, performance issues, and security risks.
- Intelligent Dashboards: Central overview for IT and SAP teams.
- Flexible Alerting: Notifications via email, SMS, or push notifications.
- Easy Integration: Compatible with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, or SAP Solution Manager.
- Reduction of Manual Tasks: Smart analytics and reporting features to minimize manual work.
Conclusion
Without professional SAP monitoring, you risk unexpected costs, security threats, and system outages. With Scansor, you have full control over your systems at all times – and can identify potential issues before they affect your business.Want to learn more about Scansor?
Stay tuned! In the next post of our Scansor series, we'll explain why SAP systems are a popular target for attacks and how you can elevate your security strategy to the next level with Scansor. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive notifications about the next blog release!
