It happened. SAP NetWeaver ABAP instance won’t start anymore. The DB gets up, but the CS simply won’t start. The log file startsap_ASCS01.log show a 401 error. What happened? SAPstartsrv will start the instance and to do so, it needs to communicate with sapcontrol. To make this communication work a Read more…
Each SAP NetWeaver ABAP system comes with a built-in sample application that allows developers to learn how to use SAP technology. More information about flight sample can be found at SAP Help. Let see how to set up the flight sample and to test it. By default, the ABAP code Read more…
Gateway exposes services via HTTP, therefore the Gateway services must be activated on the NetWeaver ABAP system. As HTTP services are run by ICF, they are controlled by transaction SICF. The services to be activated for Gateway system that d not care about compatibility mode for SP02 are /sap/public/opu /sap/opu/odata Read more…
Profile parameter to be set in the Gateway and BEP (backend) system. SAP Help. These parameters are set in the DEFAULT profile SAP Help login/accept_sso2_ticket = 1 login/create_sso2_ticket = 1 Transaction: RZ10 If the transaction is called for the 1st time, a profile must be generated first. We want to Read more…
Introduction SAP NetWeaver ABAP is the application server running most of SAP’s software. Version 7.4 comes with Gateway and the option to run Fiori on top of it. The installation of a NetWeaver ABAP system is not overly complex for a developer system: basically it is just installing the software. Read more…
After installing a SAP NetWeaver Gateway system, you’ll want to play around with a OData service. One option is to create everything from scratch; another option is to use a sample service that serves as a basis for learning. SAP NetWeaver ABAP comes with the flight sample, and to no Read more…
Updating a system with SUM is as easy as walking into Mordor. Upgrading a SPS needs you to have a stack XML and when you put SCAs that are signed into a folder, you still have to ensure that SUM can verify the validity of the files. To do so, SUM Read more…
Today I came across a strange error when logging in to NWBC, or to be accurate, trying to log on to NWBC. The IE developer toolbar showed me that the JS failed, caused by an error message: “The system cannot find the path specified”. This error only occurred with Internet Read more…
To run SAP Portal on the standard web ports 80 and 443 you should use Web Dispatcher. In that case, WD runs on the privileged ports and SAP Portal / NetWeaver Java / ICM continue to run on their usual 5nnXX ports. Changing the ports directly on ICM of NetWeaver Read more…
SAP Web Dispatcher (WD) is the entry point of your users that access your web enabled applications. These can be any HTML service or app you have running on NetWeaver, or other systems like HANA XS. For over a decade WD offers reverse proxy functionality for SAP systems, and while Read more…