License Management Prerequisites
Prerequisites
Managed ABAP Systems
To use license management in the Change Management work center
You have installed the ST-PI software component with at least the following SAP support package:
SAP Basis 700: ST-PI 2008_1_700 SP00
SAP Basis 710: ST-PI 2008_1_710 SP00
To activate automatic license data distribution
You have installed the ST-PI software component with at least the following SAP support package:
SAP Basis 700: ST-PI 2005_1_700 SP06
SAP Basis 710: ST-PI 2005_1_710 SP04
You have activated the Service Data Control Center (SDCCN) and set up the Maintenance Package
regular task. The license data is queried from the SAP Solution Manager system which is flagged as the master destination in the task-specific RFC settings. For more information, see Service Data Control Center. To test the connection, check whether the Solution Manager system processes SAP EarlyWatch Alerts for the managed system.
Note
In complex system landscapes with several SAP Solution Manager systems, the license data could be ready for collection in an SAP Solution Manager system that is not flagged as the master destination. If so, schedule the Get License Data
task with a freely-selectable RFC connection to run regularly.
To schedule this task, you must have installed the ST-PI software component with least the following SAP support package:
SAP Basis 700: ST-PI 2008_1_700 SP00
SAP Basis 710: ST-PI 2008_1_710 SP00
The system number is stored in the managed system. The system number is saved in the system when you first install a license or a maintenance certificate manually. You can display the system number in SAP License Management
(transaction SLICENSE
).
Managed Java Systems
The Java system is registered in the System Landscape Directory (SLD) . For further information, see Technical Systems.
To get licenses and maintenance certificates from the Extractor Framework in the SAP Solution Manager system, you have installed the Diagnostics Agent
(SMD Agent) in the managed Java system. For more information, see SAP Note 1833501
.
SAP Solution Manager Systems
In SAP Solution Manager Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP
), under
Mandatory Configuration
Basic Configuration
Schedule Jobs
, you have scheduled the REFRESH_ADMIN_DATA_FROM_SUPPORT
background job. This job gets the system data of the managed systems from the SAP Solution Manager system and retrieves the associated license and maintenance certificate data from SAP Support Portal.
Note
If you have already completed configuration, you can define the job in Define Background Jobs
(transaction SM36
). For more information, see SAP Note 1490774.
To read and display license and maintenance certificate data in managed ABAP:
There are RFC connections of type
READ
from SAP Solution Manager to the managed ABAP systems.You have set up automatic system landscape data capture and selected the System Landscape Directory (SLD) as source. The synchronization with the SLD provides the associated system data in regular intervals. For more information, see Setting Up the Landscape Management Infrastructure.
To distribute data to managed Java systems, and display the status in the license management in SAP Solution Manager:
You have set up automatic system landscape data capture, and selected the System Landscape Directory (SLD) as source. The synchronization with the SLD provides the associated system data in regular intervals. For more information, see Setting Up the Landscape Management Infrastructure.
You have configured the managed Java system with the
Managed Systems Configuration
in SAP Solution Manager. For more information, see SAP Solution Manager Configuration.