Solution manager 7.0 and Non-SAP Sys. for managing whole IT infrastructure

[Former Member]

Hello Gurus,

ive tried to search the allmighty google and SDN network for an answer how can we use the SolMan 7.0 for external applications (non-SAP).

What is our concern is that basically the Sol Man is described for using with whole SAP product environment. project management, chagne management, support, updating and etc.

My idea is:

Can we use SolMan for describing our whole IT projects and processes?

What i mean is if for example we have a payroll system which is running in non-SAP environment, can we describe the project for it? track the changes to it? document everything and etc. Its like to use the SolMan for whole IT infrastructure no matter if the application is SAP or non-SAP environment.

Best regards

Laurynas Prikockis

Edited by: Laurynas Prikockis on Aug 18, 2010 6:50 AM

[Miguel_Ariño]

Hello there,

SAP Solution Manager contains some functionality to work with non SAP products. For example, in transaction SMSY (system landscape) you can define non SAP products and therefore non SAP systems, although the functionatlity that you get thus is somewhat limited (no automatic refresh, no logon from RFC destination, etc).

The same applies for the project (SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN) part of Solution Manager. It is possible to assign a logical component for a non SAP product to a project, then in the project it is possible to describe the process and document it but it will not be possible to use the more SAP oriented functionality like links to IMG projects, etc.

Best regards,

Miguel Ariñ