System Landscape & Transport Management (TMS)

You turn on a QA approval procedure for a consolidation system. What three approval variants can you choose, and which is in force if you don't pick?

You created a virtual system as your consolidation system and enabled extended transport control on it. Why can developers still not release requests toward it?

After a developer releases a change request in a configured landscape, what happens to it before anyone imports anything, and where do you manage it centrally?

Two developers release requests A and B; B is released after A but was exported earlier. Which imports first, and why can this surprise you?

An exporting system's requests simply never appear in the target's import queue, even though the export succeeded. What is the first thing to check?

Before a scheduled import you insert an end mark and close the import queue. What is the point, and what happens to requests that arrive afterward?

At the SAP level, which background program actually carries out imports, and where must it be scheduled for transports to work at all?

A transport seems to hang for no reason — the import just sits there. What resource is it most likely waiting on, and which report do you check?

You want automatic SLD-to-SLD forwarding but notice your manually maintained entries aren't reaching the target. Which sync method are you likely using, and what's the trade-off?

When you transfer SLD data manually by export/import, you don't have to move everything. Which data categories can you restrict the transfer to?

Right after you finish configuring TMS on the domain controller, a communication-type user named TMSADM appears in every domain system. Why is it deliberately given almost no authorizations?

You don't like the default transport domain name DOMAIN_<SID> and figure you'll just rename it cleanly later. What is the catch?

You call STMS in client 000 of a brand-new system, join it to the domain, and save — but it never starts participating. What step did you miss?

You edit and save a transport-route configuration in STMS and assume it's live. Why might your change still not be in force?

You're adding a request to a system's import buffer manually at the OS level with tp addtobuffer. What must be in place first, or the command fails?

You run tp import all for a target system but you only wanted to bring in one request. What is the difference between the two tp import forms?

You run tp import for a request and don't specify a client. Which client does the data land in, and when does the import fail outright?

Old transport requests are piling up in the transport directory. Which tp commands clean them out, and why doesn't a data file disappear on the first pass?

In the SLD, what is a business system, and how does it differ from the raw technical components it's built from?

When planning how many SLDs to run, why might a single shared SLD be the wrong architecture even if it would technically function?

Among all SLD consumers, why does SAP NetWeaver PI place the highest demands on SLD availability and performance?

You accepted a new system on the TDC and everything looks right there, but other domain members still don't know about it. What action makes the change take effect everywhere?

TMS auto-generates a Z<integration system> transport layer for your custom route. What second transport layer does it also create automatically, and what breaks without it?

A security-minded admin wants every SAP system to keep its own private transport directory instead of a shared one. Why is that usually discouraged, and when is it actually correct?

You need to move transports between two separate transport domains over the network. When do you use a domain link versus an external system?

Under extended transport control you define a target group instead of a single target client. What does that specifically let you do?

STMS manages transport settings for a transport domain — what must be unique across that domain, and what breaks if it is not?

In a two-system landscape, what specifically cannot be tested that a three-system landscape would catch?

Your QA system hardware is not delivered yet but DEV is live and developers are creating transports. What TMS construct lets you configure routes now, and what is the catch when the real system arrives?

Your transport domain controller (TDC) is down and you need the backup domain controller (BDC) to take over. Where do you perform the activation, and why is this step different from all other TMS config?

The TDC holds the reference TMS config and distributes it to all domain members. What is commonly misunderstood about how it reaches them?

A transport ran but you must diagnose (a) whether each step succeeded, (b) how long it took, and (c) who launched it. Which tp log answers each?

In the recommended three-system landscape, which system is the CTS 'integration system' — and why is it not the QA system, despite QA being where integration testing happens?

Where must you run STMS to configure the TMS domain, and what default domain name appears?

You need to exchange transports with a separate transport domain or via removable disk. Why is an external system the right choice over an ordinary virtual system, and what is the key difference?

How does gCTS change the classic STMS import step, and where does it apply versus traditional CTS?

You must let users change customer (Y/Z) objects while keeping SAP standard objects locked. Which three things must be modifiable, and which one is easily skipped?

You set the global system change option to modifiable in SE03 but an object still refuses to change. What else must be aligned before concluding the object is broken?

You hand-edit TP_<domain>.PFL and want to confirm your parameter was accepted. Why can't you rely on tp throwing an error?

When is running development and production on a single combined system actually acceptable, and why is it banned for real productive use?

A transport request has a data file and a control file. Which transport subdirectories hold each, and why does that distinction matter when moving a transport to another transport group?

A manager asks you to make a small Customizing change directly in the production system to avoid waiting for a transport. Why is this contraindicated in a three-system landscape?

You want transports to flow from a consolidation system onward to a second delivery system. Why can't you just define a delivery route, and what must exist first?

A colleague plans to transport Java and other non-ABAP application objects using the classic CTS transport request flow. What is the correction?

Local SLD data collection is configured in RZ70 with a default interval of 720 minutes. What does that 720-minute number actually mean for the freshness of SLD data?

A teammate assumes transports automatically require a QA sign-off before reaching production. What is the default, and what does enabling a QA approval procedure actually add?

An exporting system and an importing system are in the same transport domain but in different transport groups. What extra steps are required before import, and why?

At OS level, what is the division of labor between tp and R3trans when CTS moves a transport between systems?

You create a customer development object and must decide between assigning it to the HOME or LOCAL software component. Which property decides, and what is the consequence of choosing LOCAL?

When does the STMS graphical editor (STMS > Transport Routes > Goto > Graphical Editor) earn its use over standard configuration?

You want customizing requests from different clients to reach different targets, so you set CTC=1 on some routes. What restriction must you respect?

Before standing up SAP NetWeaver PI (or Solution Manager), why can't you treat the SLD as optional 'nice-to-have' infrastructure?

You stood up a new system as a copy of an existing one. Why must you run SE06 post-installation actions, and what would skipping it leave behind?

You're installing a pure-ABAP system that will only use Solution Manager. Do you need a central SLD, and if you later add more SLDs, how do you keep them consistent?