October 22, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Symptom
You are configuring Kerberos Authentication mechanism on SAP AS Java.
Other terms
Single Sign-On, SSO, Kerberos, authentication, SPNego
Reason and Prerequisites
Kerberos authentication with Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) is supported for the following system environment:
SAP NetWeaver Web Application Server Java Release:
AS Java 640 SP 15 or higherAS Java 700 SP 6 or higher
Java Development Kits [...]
July 24, 2009 at 8:24 am
Symptom
Problems or errors occur during conversion from non-Unicode SAP System
to Unicode. This SAP Note applies for Single Code Page and MDMP system
conversion.
Other terms
MDMP, Single Code Page, database export, database conversion, database
import, R3load, SPUMG, SUMG, preconversion, postconversion
Reason and Prerequisites
You encounter problems or errors during system conversion.
Solution
Attached to this SAP Note you will find a Troubleshooting Guide, [...]
July 13, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Symptom
Inquiries:
Preconditions when using network security productsSecure authentication and confidentiality
Other terms
Security, Secure Single Sign-On, encryption, data security, DCE, smart cards, secure authentication, privacy
Reason and Prerequisites
The SNC functions are officially available in SAP Systems as of Release 3.1G.
Solution
The SNC (Secure Network Communications) functions allow you to use an external security product to secure the communications between [...]
July 12, 2009 at 1:59 am
Symptom
You want to know why communication between Java components and SAP server backend systems are only supported if the backend system is a Unicode system despite note 794411 describes how code page conversion with JCo works in case of a non-Unicode backend.
Other terms
MDMP, Single Code Page, JCo, JRFC, code page conversion
Reason and Prerequisites
Technically, [...]
July 12, 2009 at 1:58 am
Symptom
Problems without Unicode
Other terms
Unicode, MDMP, Single code page
Reason and Prerequisites
Non-Unicode code pages support only a small portion of the world-wide existing character sets. Any character conversion based on these code pages therefore bears the risk of silent data loss.
Solution
New releases of SAP NetWeaver and SAP applications based on SAP
NetWeaver, released in 2007 or later,will [...]
July 12, 2009 at 1:57 am
Symptom
You want to know why SOA features are deprecated with non-Unicode backend and should not be implemented in new projects.
Other terms
Single Code Page
Reason and Prerequisites
Technically, code page conversion from Unicode SOA messages to non-Unicode backend works. However, experiences have shown that this is not sufficient to ensure reliable system behaviour for the user.
Known errors:
Users [...]
July 7, 2009 at 2:27 am
Symptom
Repeated logon in the Runtime Workbench.
Other terms
Single Sign-On, message monitoring, end-to-end monitoring
Solution
The Runtime Workbench is set up to use Single Sign-On with logon tickets. That is, once you have successfully logged on to the Runtime Workbench, a user ticket is saved as cookie in the browser. When you navigate to screens on other systems, [...]
June 30, 2009 at 9:18 am
Symptom
Problems without Unicode
Other terms
Unicode, MDMP, Single code page
Reason and Prerequisites
Non-Unicode code pages support only a small portion of the world-wide existing character sets. Any character conversion based on these code pages therefore bears the risk of silent data loss.
Solution
New releases of SAP NetWeaver and SAP applications based on SAP
NetWeaver, released in 2007 or later,will [...]
June 30, 2009 at 9:15 am
Symptom
You want to know why SOA features are deprecated with non-Unicode backend and should not be implemented in new projects.
Other terms
Single Code Page
Reason and Prerequisites
Technically, code page conversion from Unicode SOA messages to non-Unicode backend works. However, experiences have shown that this is not sufficient to ensure reliable system behaviour for the user.
Known errors:
Users [...]