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Prerequisites

  • You have system administration permissions.

  • You have created or have access to at least one system based on a back-end application.

Context

Maintaining system aliases entails adding new aliases, editing existing aliases, removing aliases, assigning existing, unassigned aliases, and assigning default status to one alias per specific system.

You can also associate existing, unassigned system aliases to systems the system landscape overview. For more information, see System Landscape Overview .

Procedure


  1. Navigate to Start of the navigation path System Administration Next navigation step System Configuration End of the navigation path.

  2. In the Portal Catalog, from the context menu of a system, choose Start of the navigation path Open Next navigation step System Aliases End of the navigation path. This opens the System Alias editor, and displays the existing list of aliases assigned to this system.

  3. Perform any of the following operations, as necessary:

    • To associate an existing, unassigned alias to the system, choose an unassigned alias from the dropdown list and choose Add . The alias name appears in the Defined Aliases list. If this is the first alias added, it is automatically defined as the default system alias.

    • To create a new system alias, enter a name in the text field and choose Add . The alias name appears in the Defined Aliases list. If this is the first alias added, it automatically becomes the default system alias.

    • To remove a system alias from the list, select it and choose Remove . The alias is no longer displayed in the list of aliases and is deleted from the system landscape.

    • To set a different system alias as the default system alias, select it and choose Set as Default .

  4. Choose Save to keep the changes.

Next Steps

Understanding System Aliases