RFC connections can be required for the following activities in SAP Solution Manager:
Generating project IMGs in the Project Administration
Accessing managed systems in the configuration phase
Customizing synchronization (Synchronization Group Editor, Customizing Scout, Customizing Distribution)
Reading system data via the Service Data Control Center
Managing business function sets and business functions in the Switch Framework Cockpit
Monitoring change requests (Change Request Management)
Monitoring and Alerting
RFC connections are used to connect to Application Server (AS) ABAP technical systems, to read system information that is not provided by the System Landscape Directory (SLD), for example details of system licenses and, if the AS ABAP is the domain controller for a Transport Management System (TMS), details of the transport landscape.
You are authorized to logon to the target systems and create a user in them. You are also authorized to create RFC connections of type Trusted System Connection
, in the local and target systems, if required.
For more information about the authorization objects and profiles required, see Authorization Concept for SAP Solution Manager
in the Security Guide SAP Solution Manager at
The managed systems are reachable.
The message servers are reachable under the name and system number specified for the technical system.
You can access the RFC maintenance UI from the following locations:
Start SAP Solution Manager: Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP
) and choose .
Select a system and choose Configure System
. Follow the guided activity, in which the RFC connection is configured under Connect Managed Systems
Start SAP Solution Manager: Work Centers (transaction SM_WORKCENTER
) and choose .
Select a system and choose RFC Connections
.
Access the editor for technical systems in transaction LMDB
and choose .
For more information, see the Help
text in the RFC maintenance UI and Using and Configuring the SAProuter.