October 31, 2012 3 minute read

Automatic Replication of System Component Data in SMSY

Automatic Replication of System Component Data in SMSY

Applies to: ECC 6.0,SAP Netweaver 7.0, Solution Manager 7.0

Summary

SLD contains information about all available SAP products and components, including their versions. If there are any third-party products in the system landscape, they are also registered here. SLD also contains all installed systems in a system landscape.

This document describes the procedure of automatic replication of managed system component version in solution manager’s SMSY. This automatic updated component versions ensures to have correct stack file which can be used for upgrades.

Author(s): Mahesh Kumar Mukkawar

Company: Greatship India Limited

Created on: 31 October 2012

Author Bio

Mahesh Kumar Mukkawar is a Netweaver Consultant with Greatship India Limited and lives in Mumbai, IN. He previously worked for Alkem Laboratories, a leading pharama company in india.Mahesh Kumar is a Post Graduate from Osmania University,IN. He has exposure to SAP BPC in his coursework and interested in enterprise systems

Introduction:

System component version can be captured automatically in SMSY through SLD. For abap SystemSLD data can be triggered with RZ70 and for JAVA System its triggered by visual admin. This automatic update of system component version ensures correct component version ensures correct component version in stack file.

1. Configuring JAVA System in Solution Manager

1A. Create Technical System JAVA in ABAP stack of Solution Manager

When prompted select installation number from drop down using F4.

Do not give port number. Give only hostname

2. Create Technical System JAVA in Java stack of Solution Manager

Goto Home> Landscape > Technical System>

Create New Technical System

3. Creating SLD bridge

Navigate to Data Suppliers and click on ADD SLD and give Solution Manager IP and along with j2ee_admin user credentials

This will act as a bridge between your Managed system SLD and Solution Manager Java Stack.

4. Triggering Data

4A. For ABAP Stack

From managed system abap stack execute transaction RZ70.

Start data collector and start data collection. After this a background job is scheduled once this background job is finished you can see abap stack component version in SMSY of solution manager.

Execute transaction SMSY_SETUP in solution manager and start data collector.

4B. For Java Stack

Java stack component information can be triggered from visual admin of your managed system.

From Visual Admin of Managed system (ECC PRD) trigger SLD data transfer to solution manager. To do this navigate to usr/sap/SID/SystemNr/j2ee/admin/ and run ./go.

In visual admin navigate to cluster > Server > Services > SLD data Supplier. In right pane trigger data by clicking on trigger button on top left corner.