Managing Non-SAP Product Descriptions
A non-SAP product in the system landscape is either developed by a customer ("customer product") or by a company other than SAP ("third-party product"). Non-SAP products often do not have an entry in the SAP software catalog and are therefore not part of the SAP CR content. They can be deployed in SAP runtimes, like AS ABAP or AS Java, or in non-SAP runtimes, like IBM WebSphere.
Products that were not developed by SAP but that are described in the SAP Software Catalog ("partner products") are not classified as non-SAP products, in this context.
Non-SAP product descriptions are created in the system landscape directory (SLD) and are synchronized to the landscape management database (LMDB), automatically.
Note
To register third-party systems in the SLD, see SAP Note 1781479
and the guide Registering Third-Party Systems in the System Landscape Directory (SLD)
at https://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-22740.
Procedure
Creating New Non-SAP Product Descriptions
Go to the home page of your SLD and select the CIM namespace that was selected as source for the SAP CR content in SAP Solution Manager. You can check the source in transaction SOLMAN_SETUP, under
Mandatory Configuration
Infrastructure Preparation
Set Up Landscape Management
LMDB Synchronization
.Choose
Products
.Choose
New
and follow the guided activity.For later use in SAP Solution Manager, the product name must be unique. Do not create products with the same name, even if they have different vendors.
Enter the same value for the product vendor for all your products. Choose an internet domain that belongs to your company.
The product version must be unique for each product.
Deleting Non-SAP Product Descriptions
You can delete non-SAP product descriptions in the SLD. This deletion is propagated to the LMDB.
More Information
SAP Note 1774444.