Creating SAP Connections

FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2 (On-Premises Edition)

Before the SAP Inventory Agent can collect data on an inventory beacon, you need to configure the connection and provide the credentials on the inventory beacon.

After the import is executed on the inventory beacon, the connections that you set up on an inventory beacon are automatically imported into FlexNet Manager Suite and are added to the corresponding system landscape.

You need to add a connection to an SAP Admin module before you can add connections to its dependent SAP systems.

To define a connection to an SAP system:

  1. On the inventory beacon, from the Windows Start menu, run FlexNet Beacon.
  2. In the Data collection section, click SAP systems.
  3. Click New....
    The SAP Connection dialog window displays.
  4. In the System landscape details section, complete the following fields:
    1. The System landscape field displays your system landscape(s). Choose the landscape that contains the SAP Admin module or independent SAP system that you want to connect to.
    2. From the SAP suite type drop-down list, choose the type of SAP suite for this connection. Available options are:
      • Classic Business Suite
      • S/4HANA
    3. From the SAP system type drop-down list, select the type of system to which you want to connect from the drop-down list. Available options are:
      • Admin Module — Your primary or master system that collects data from its dependent SAP systems. This option does not support S/4HANA.
      • Independent SAP System — An SAP system that is not connected to an SAP Admin module.
      • Dependent SAP system — An SAP system that is connected to an SAP Admin module. This option only displays when a connection to an SAP Admin module has already been established.
    4. Choose the Master SAP system from the drop-down list. If you are creating a beacon connection to a dependent SAP system, select the SAP Admin module to which the dependent system is connected.
  5. In the Connection details section, complete the following fields:
    1. Choose the type of connection you want to establish from these options:
      • Direct connection — Select to establish a direct connection.
      • Load balancer — Select this option to establish a connection to a load balanced solution manager. This option automatically distributes user logons to individual instances or to groups of SAP instances (application servers) in a load balancing environment.
    2. In the Server name text box, select from these options:
      • If Direct connection was selected above, enter the DNS name of the SAP system. This value will be used by the RFC connection. This field can also store the SAP system's IP address.
      • If Load balancer was selected above, enter the message server host name.
    3. In the System ID text box, enter the unique identifier of the SAP system to which you want to connect.
    4. In the System number text box, enter the SAP system number which will be used by the RFC connection.
    5. In the Logon group text box, enter the name of the logon group which will be used for load balancing.
      This option is enabled when Load balancer is selected at Step 5a.
      Logon groups are created when configuring your SAP server. This option automatically distributes user logons to individual instances or to groups of SAP instances (application servers) in a load balancing environment.
  6. In the Logon details section, complete the following fields:
    1. In the User name text box, enter the user name to be used when connecting to the SAP system and making RFC calls.
    2. In the Password text box, enter the password.
      The password that is to be used when connecting to the SAP system and making RFC calls.
      Important: The password should not contain any backward slashes (\). Otherwise, the connection to the SAP system cannot be established.
      Important: On some configurations, a logon error can occur when connecting an independent SAP system. The issue may affect SAP systems up to SAP Basis release 6.4, but primarily affects systems running SAP Basis 4.6. It is recommended that you test the connection using the Test connection button. If the test returns an error saying that the connection to the system was established, but that credentials were incorrect, enter the password in uppercase letters. For more information, see SAP Note 792850.
    3. In the Client ID text box, enter the client ID of the SAP system to which you want to connect.
  7. Click Test connection to test whether a connection can be established. This button is only available when you are creating or modifying the connection to an SAP Admin module or to an independent SAP system.
  8. Click Save.

The new connection is added to the list of connections.

Your new connection can now be executed by the SAP Inventory Agent on this inventory beacon.

The SAP system connections are saved in %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Flexera\Beacon\Config.xml. The SAP Inventory Agent uses the connection details saved in this file to access the SAP systems and gather inventory data.