The setup wizard allows you to create RFC connections to SAP instances in a simple and efficient way. The connection can then be used to schedule jobs in an SAP system. Job interception and monitoring cannot be configured in the wizard, which concentrates on basic setup. The Setup Wizard is displayed the first time you log into Redwood Server, you can open the SAP System setup wizard from the context-menu of "Environment > SAP".

Connection Type

The Connection Type depends on the SAP application server you want to connect to. Redwood recommends you connect to the Message Server of the SAP instance. See the Connecting to SAP Systems topic for more information.

Prerequisites

The JCo libraries must be available, see the Installing the JCO Libraries topic for more information.
A user with sufficient privileges in the central Redwood Server http://<server>:<port>/redwood.
The SAP R/3 connect string to the SAP System.
Client / username and password of the RFC user of the desired interfaces.
The SAP System must have a default client configured, please refer to the SAP documentation.
A license for the additional SAP process server.

An available shared partition if the license key System.sharedPartitions is set to a numeric value.

Procedure

To create a connection for starting jobs from Redwood Server only, without job interception, event handling, or Monitor synchronization, perform as follows:

Creating an SAP System with the Wizard

If you are already in the Setup Wizard, choose Connect, otherwise navigate to "Environment > SAP" in the Navigation bar and choose New SAP System from Wizard from the context-menu.
Enter a Name, a Time zone, select Connection Type Message Server, Message Server Host, a System Name (R3NAME), Group.
This will only work if you have configured the service names in /etc/services or %windir%/system32/drivers/etc/services. If you cannot access /etc/services, see Connecting to SAP Systems for a connect string that can be used in the Advanced connection type; refer to the example below.
Choose Check Connection and fill in Client Number, Username, Password, and check Default Client.
Choose Save & Close to save the changes and close the edit window.

note

When you create an SAP System definition, you have to start the corresponding process server as it is not started automatically. For every SAP System, at least one default client must exist.

Every SAP System created in Redwood Server requires the settings mentioned in Connection Details for Connecting to the ABAP Stack, even if you only want to synchronize monitors!

Example

You need to create a connection to an SAP System running SAP BW 6.40.

You have the following information:

The SAP R/3 connect string (to a message server) is: MSHOST=169.254.10.12 R3NAME=PR1 GROUP=SPACE MSSERV=3610
The Client is 200, username is example and password is example
XBP version supported is XBP 2.0 (INITXBP2 has run).
The default client of the SAP System is client 200.

If you are already in the Setup Wizard, choose Connect, otherwise navigate to "Environment > SAP" in the Navigation bar and choose New SAP System from Wizard from the context-menu.
Fill in the details in the table below.
Choose "Environment > Process Servers".
From the context-menu of the process server that belongs to the newly create SAP System connection, choose Start.

Field	Value
Name	sapbw_prd
Time zone	Europe/Berlin
Connect Type	Advanced
RFC Connect String	MSHOST=169.254.10.12 R3NAME=PR1 GROUP=SPACE MSSERV=3610
Client Number	200
Username	example
Password	******* (example in this example)
Default Client	selected
SAP Language	En

Product Documentation

Connecting to SAP Systems with the Wizard