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Prerequisites

In managed ABAP system
For the license management in the Change Management work center

The software component ST-PI has at least the SAP support package:

  • SAP Basis 700: ST-PI 2008_1_700 SP00

  • SAP Basis 710: ST-PI 2008_1_710 SP00

For the automatic distribution of license data

The software component ST-PI has at least the 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 created the regular task Maintenance Package. The license data is queried from the SAP Solution Manager system which is flagged as the master destination in the task-specific RFC settings. More information: Service Data Control Center. To test the connection, check whether the SAP EarlyWatch Alerts for the managed system are processed.

Note 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 which is not flagged as the master destination. If so, schedule the task Get License Data with a freely-selectable RFC connection, regularly.

To be able to select this task, the software component ST-PI has at least the SAP support package:

  • SAP Basis 700: ST-PI 2008_1_700 SP00

  • SAP Basis 710: ST-PI 2008_1_710 SP00

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The system number is known in the managed system. The system number is saved in the system when you first install a license or a maintenance crtificate, manally. You can display the system number in the transaction SAP License Management (SLICENSE) .

In managed Java system

The Java system is registered in the System Landscape Directory (SLD) . For further information, see the System Landscape Directory documentation, under 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:   http://service.sap.com/diagnostics   Installation and Configuration   Diagnostics Agent Setup Guide  .

In the SAP Solution Manager system

You have scheduled the background job REFRESH_ADMIN_DATA_FROM_SUPPORT, in the transaction Schedule Standard Jobs (SM_CONFIG_JOBS) . This background job gets the system data of the managed systems from the SAP Solution Manager system, and gets the associated license and maintenance certificate data from the SAP Global Support Backbone.

To read and display license and maintenance certificate data in managed ABAP:

  • There are RFC connections of type READ from the SAP Solution Manager system 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 the SAP Solution Manager system:

  • 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 Basic Configuration.