ICM Error

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Environment: ECC 5.0(Only ABAP Stack), Oracle, Window 2003

I have problem with ICM,

ICM in transaction smicm is showing as running.

Could this be a problem that webservices are not working.

Instance profile parameters are

icm/server_port_0  PROT=HTTP,PORT=1080
icm/server_port_2  PROT=SMTP, PORT=1025
icm/server_port_1  PROT=HTTPS, PORT=1443
icm/max_threads    100
icm/plugin_0       PROT=HTTP,PLG=D:\usr\sap\cc5\SYS\exe\run\httpplugin.dll
icm/min_threads    50

Below are the errors that I found in dec_icm.

Started service 1443 for protocol HTTPS on host "server.domain"(on all adapters) (processing timeout=60, keep_alive_
ERROR => NiPBind: bind failed (socket=131016) (0: No error) [ninti.c      942]
ERROR => NiIBind: service '1025' (1025) in use [nixxi_r.cpp  3860]
ERROR => NiIListen: NiBind (rc=-4) [nixxi_r.cpp  767]
ERROR => IcmBindService: NiBuf2Listen failed for host server.domain:1025 (rc=-4): NIESERV_USED [icxxserv.c   154
 MPI<4>1#3 Peak buffer usage: 1 (@ 64 KB)
 MPI<5>2#3 Peak buffer usage: 2 (@ 64 KB)
Sun Jun 13 23:10:52 2010
WARNING => IcmNetCheck: NiAddrToHost(10.0.0.1) took 4 seconds [icxxtool.c   1065]
WARNING => IcmNetCheck: 1 possible network problems detected - please check the network/DNS settings [icxxtool.c
 Sun Jun 13 23:11:10 2010
 MPI<7>4#3 Peak buffer usage: 3 (@ 64 KB)
 MPI<9>6#3 Peak buffer usage: 4 (@ 64 KB)
 Mon Jun 14 23:00:39 2010
ERROR => illegal characters in request - SSL request on wrong port? {00030006} [http_plg.c 4550]
ERROR => PlugInHandleNetData: HttpParseRequestHeader failed (rc=-701) [http_plg.c   2011]

According to the error, the service is using 1025 and it says its already in use,

whereas we have set it up for SMTP protocol.

How do i resolve this issue?

Thanks,

Vishi

[Former Member]

Have you checked to see if the port is in use by another service? (netstat -a).

Or perhaps the port is blocked on your network because it has been used by malware in the past. See: http://www.auditmypc.com/port/tcp-port-1025.asp

[Former Member]

Hi Sean,

With the command netstat -a the port 1025 is showing as listening.

Regards,

Vishi

[Former Member]

Hi

Please check with your network team because normally SMTP problems will be resolved by them

Thanks,

Sudhakar

[Former Member]

Hi Sudhakar,

Thanks for your response.

This is not a problem with SMTP.

My doubt is even though ICM is showing as running in SMICM, is it really

able to connect to Internet.

Regards,

Vishi

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Any Suggestions?

Thanks,

Vishi

[Former Member]

Hi,

>With the command netstat -a the port 1025 is showing as listening.

So it means that an other software service (not ICM) is already using port 1025.

You only have 2 options :

Find the other service and stop it

or

chenge the SMTP port used by ICM

Regards,

Olivier

[Former Member]

Hi Olivier,

Thanks for your input.

When I looked for which process is using the port 1025, I found that lsass.exe is the process

that is using this port.

The process lsass.exe serves as the Local Security Authentication Server is what I found.

My network guy tells me that you should never use 1025 to configure SMTP.

The SMTP port 1025 is not active in SMICM, where as HTTP and HTTPS ports are active.

We are not trying to configure mails in the server.

Does the SMTP port needs to active for ICM to function properly?

Does it need to be active for webservices to work in the SAP Server?

I have looked at documentation on help.sap.com, however I was not able to

figure it out.

If you can some give more information it would be great.

Thanks,

Vishi

[Former Member]

Hi,

The SMTP port is only used for receiving incoming mails. If you only want to send mails you can use port 0. If you don't need emails at all in your SAP system, just remove the icm/server_port_x = PROT=SMTP,PORT=1025 from your profile

>I have looked at documentation on help.sap.com, however I was not able to

>figure it out.

Help.sap.com is not to explain basic IT concepts... You have to know what is SMTP, HTTP, web services, etc...

Wikipedia is a very good source of information to understand these concepts.

Regards,

Olivier