Managing Systems: Managed System Config & EWA

After deploying support tools, why might an ABAP transport between dev/QA/prod fail, and what setting fixes it?

Why can't SolMan fully manage an old R/3 or ECC 5.0 system, and what can it still do for it?

What RFC types does the 'Maintain RFCs' step generate in Managed System Configuration?

What SAP support tools must be installed to monitor any ABAP stack, and how do you verify the install?

Why must SolMan 'know about' even cloud tenants and peripheral components it doesn't technically manage?

What does a 'technical system' encompass in Solution Manager?

SolMan runs on ASE but must monitor an S/4HANA on HANA — what must you install on SolMan, and when can you skip it?

What's the most common failure in Managed System Configuration, and what usually causes it?

A system you need to connect doesn't appear in the Managed System Configuration screen — where do you look?

How does each type of managed system register its information with SolMan?

When activating EWA, what do the Automation Period and Retention Period control, and what values are typical?

Managed System Configuration needs to auto-create users and roles — why can Central User Administration (CUA) get in the way?

What are the three basic paths SolMan uses to collect monitoring data from a managed system?

When installing a Diagnostics Agent, what's the difference between registering to the P4 port versus to the SLD?

What questions does the SAP EarlyWatch Alert (EWA) report answer, and what will it never tell you?

How long should you budget for managed system configuration per system, and what's included?

What does enabling 'Red Reports Only' do when configuring EWA report distribution?

Why do you rarely need to upgrade Diagnostics Agents manually, and what must you keep current instead?

A newly registered system doesn't show up in the LMDB yet — how long until it does, and why?

When the system you're connecting is the TMS domain controller, where must two of the RFCs be created?

EWA configuration fails at the 'Display Diagnosis' step — what's the usual cause and fix?

Why manually type the password when creating an RFC service user instead of letting SolMan auto-generate it?

Managed System Config's first screen offers Minimum versus Full configuration — when do you pick each?

Which key parameters do you set in the 'Enter System Parameters' step of Managed System Config?

What are the three optional sub-items you can enable when configuring an EWA (Early Watch Alert) session setup, and what does each collect?