EXPERT RESPONSE
The installation key needs to be generated in your solution manager. SAP considers a solution manager a prerequisite for any installation or upgrade to ECC 5.0 and above.
The procedure to obtain the installation or upgrade key is as follows:
- Log on to the solution manager system.
- Call transaction SMSY.
- Open landscape components.
- If the system has not been defined yet: place the cursor on the Systems entry • [Right Mouse Button].
- Enter the System ID, select the SAP product and product version. Press Save when finished.
To generate the key, System • Other object.
- Mark System and enter the SID.
- Press Generate Installation/Upgrade Key ( key-shaped icon ).
- Enter the system number and message server host ( without domain ). Note that in some versions the system changes the host name to upper case, but this is of no importance.
- Press Generate Key. The 10-character key value is displayed
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