No CEN Information Available in SLD 

Problem Description

You are trying to monitor the availability of an ABAP system or to display a central report for an ABAP system in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator, but you receive an error message that CEN information about the system is not available in the System Landscape Directory (SLD).

Scenario Type:	Error analysis
NetWeaver Component:	J2EE Engine
Validity:	J2EE Engine 6.40 and higher

Possible Error Sources

Error Source	Analysis
java.lang.RuntimeException: No central service instance available. Check SLD.	An association of the ABAP system is not created in the SLD.
No CEN information available in SLD	See above.

Decision Roadmap

Prerequisites

●     You have a user assigned to the SAP_JAVA_NWADMIN_CENTRAL or SAP_JAVA_NWADMIN_CENTRAL_READONLY security role (see SAP NetWeaver Administrator Security Roles).

●     You have a user assigned to the LcrAdministrator security role (see Security Roles).

●     You have either connected a monitored ABAP system to the administrative SLD by installing the NWA system: Register each managed ABAP system to SLD template using the SAP NetWeaver Administrator (see Connecting a Monitored ABAP System to the Administrative SLD) or you have manually created a new ABAP system in the SLD (see Manually Registering SAP Web AS ABAP Systems).

Main Tools

SAP NetWeaver Administrator, System Landscape Directory

Execution

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       1.      In your Web browser, enter the URL of the SAP NetWeaver Administrator using the following pattern: http://<host>:<port>/nwa, where <host> and <port> are those of the J2EE Engine of CEN.

       2.      From the navigation bar on the left, choose Define System Selections.

       3.      From the Landscape Type dropdown box, select the landscape type you want and then choose Go.

       4.      Select the systems you want to monitor.

       5.      In the Selection Name field, enter a name for your selection and choose OK.

Analysis

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Choose System Management ® Monitoring.

Noticing the problem in the Availability plug-in of the SAP NetWeaver Administrator

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       1.      Choose Availability.

       2.      In the table with systems, select a system which is marked with  Warning.

The following message appears:

The problem occurs because an association of the system does not exist in the SLD.

Noticing the problem in the Central Reports plug-in of the SAP NetWeaver Administrator

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       1.      Choose Central Reports.

       2.      In the table with systems, select a system.

The following message appears:

The problem occurs because an association of the system does not exist in the SLD.

Solution: Create an association of the system in the SLD

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       1.      In your Web browser, enter the URL of the SLD using the following pattern: http://<host>:<port>/sld.

       2.      Choose Administration ® Content Maintenance.

       3.      From the Subset dropdown box, select Landscape Description.

       4.      From the Class dropdown box, select BC System.

If you have chosen Administration ® Profile, then from the Section dropdown box you selected WebUI, then from the ShowCIMClassNames dropdown box you selected true, the name of the class is SAP_BCSystem.

       5.      In the table with systems, in the Assoc’s column, choose <number> Show associated instances, where <number> is the number of existing associations.

       6.      Choose New Association.

       7.      From the Association Type dropdown box, select Centrally Monitored Application System.

If you have chosen Administration ® Profile, then from the Section dropdown box you selected WebUI, then from the ShowCIMClassNames dropdown box you selected true, the name of the association is SAP_CentrallyMonitoredApplicationSystem.

       8.      Select the system for which you want to create the association by selecting the corresponding indicator and choose Associate.

       9.      Choose Content Maintenance.

   10.      From the Subset dropdown box, select Associations.

   11.      From the Class dropdown box, select Centrally Monitored Application System.

   12.      In the Details column, choose Details.

   13.      In the LongSID field, enter the long SID that is used to identify the system in CCMS.

   14.      From the PrimaryCentralSystem dropdown box, select TRUE.

   15.      Choose Save.

For more information about viewing and creating associations, see Maintaining Data.

Additional Information

System Landscape Administration with SAP NetWeaver Administrator

System Landscape Directory