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Some features are only available as of a certain patch level (PL) version of the SAP Host Agent archive. SAP recommends that you use the highest available PL version, even if you want to monitor a component of SAP NetWeaver with a lower release.

Feature

Description

Available as of

Command line option -archive

With the -archive option you can use the saphostexec executable program of the existing SAP Host Agent for the upgrade while providing the direct path to the SAPHOSTAGENT<PL-target version>.SAR archive. You then do not need to manually extract the archive before.

For more information, see Upgrading SAP Host Agent Without Extracting the SAPHOSTAGENT Archive.

SAP HOST AGENT 7.21 PL003

Verification of Digital Signature The production version of the SAP Host Agent is available as a digitally signed SAR archive. You can now use the additional parameter -verify to verify the content of the SAP Host Agent archive against the SAP digital signature during installation and upgrade.

SAP HOST AGENT 7.20 PL201

Audit Logging

SAP Host Agent provides the means to audit-log every operation the SAP Host Agent is performing. If you want to use audit logging, you have to activate it.

For more information, see Enabling Audit Logging

SAP HOST AGENT 7.20 PL118

sapcrypto library and command line tool sapgenpse already contained in the SAPHOSTAGENT<version>.SAR archive

The sapcrypto library and the command line tool sapgenpse are already contained in the SAPHOSTAGENT <version>.SAR archive.

For more information, see SSL Configuration for the SAP Host Agent.

SAP HOST AGENT 7.20 PL62

Automated upgrade

SAP Host Agent is enabled to check for updates automatically and get upgraded if a version of the SAP Host Agent executable is found that is higher than the existing one.

For more information, see Automated Upgrade of SAP Host Agent.

SAP HOST AGENT 7.20 PL45