SAP Solution Manager 7.2 · Downgrade Protection & CSOL

In warning mode, a second developer hits a Transport-Generic Check popup because their object is already locked by CSOL. What's the right next step, and what does Ignore-and-Continue actually cost?

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When wiring the CSOL RFC from a managed dev system to SolMan, why must you NOT use a trusted RFC, and what do you use instead?

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A developer asks you to relax the per-check-type severities in Downgrade Protection config because the errors are slowing them down. Why refuse, and where IS the legitimate place to make an exception?

CSOL warning mode and error mode both surface a conflict with the same details. What's the one behavioral difference that actually decides which to deploy?

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