The CTS Plug-In 2.0 SP09 or higher is available on your SAP Solution Manager system (SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP10 or higher is required). For installation details, see SAP Note 1665940.

You have activated the service for the central Change and Transport System Configuration UI. The service is called CTS_CONFIGURATION.

The systems that you want to manage centrally have a release that is supported by central CTS. SAP Note 1665940 contains an overview of the supported releases for managed systems.

You have a basic understanding of working with the existing Change and Transport System and with the Transport Management System, particularly its configuration.

Transport Management System is configured for the managed systems.

The managed ABAP systems and the communication systems of the non-ABAP systems have a trust relationship with the central CTS Server (SAP Solution Manager). For this, you have performed the Managed Systems Configuration in SAP Solution Manager.

The managed systems are part of the SAP Solution Manager domain or they are linked to the SAP Solution Manager domain with a domain link.

You have the relevant authorizations for configuring central CTS.