Managing Host Information

SAP Solution Manager manages information about hosts in the Landscape Management Database (LMDB).

Activities

Automatic Registration of Hosts

All host information can be retrieved automatically by Outside Discovery, using diagnostics agents and host agents on the hosts. Outside Discovery is mandatory for all diagnostics applications. For more information, see the information about diagnostics at http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/TechOps/RCA_Home.

Some information about hosts also comes from the System Landscape Directory (SLD).

Editing Host Information Manually

Note Note

Edit host information manually only when the data cannot be synchronized automtically.

SAP Router String data and custom attributes cannot be supplied automatically.

Once data from the SLD and Outside Discovery is changed manually in the LMDB, it is no longer updated by synchronization. Outside Discovery usually overwrites modified host information.

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Access the Host Editor

Start SAP Solution Manager: Work Centers (transaction SM_WORKCENTER) and choose Start of the navigation path Solution Manager Administration Next navigation step Landscape Hosts End of the navigation path .

(You can also access the editor for hosts directly with transaction LMDB.)

Create Host Information

In the work center, choose Start of the navigation path Host Operations Next navigation step Create Host End of the navigation path .

Change Host Information

In the work center, select a host and choose Start of the navigation path Host Operations Next navigation step Maintain Host End of the navigation path .

Note Note

Before you change any host data, choose the Information buttons and check the help tray for more information.

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More Information

If an RFC connection cannot be created because the host FQDN is wrong, see SAP Note 1626853.