Adding a new server in the menu of SAP GUI 640

[Former Member]

Hello Everybody,

While adding a new server to the menu of SAP GUI 640 using Server Tab after entering all details like :

1] SAP System ID

2] Hostname where message server is running

3] SAP ROUTER :None

After filling all the above details and after pressing the Generate List Button I am getting the following error .Please help me to know why this error is coming and suggest a solutio for adding a new server to my SAP GUI 640.But I am able to add a new server using User defined tab but I want to add a new server using Server tab.

Below is error details which I am getting:

Error:service'sapmsSBX'unknown

Wed Jan 09 06:41:13 2008

Release 640

Component NI(network interface),version 37

rc=-3,module ninti.c,line 463

Detail NiPGetServByName: service 'sapmsSBX' not found.

Thanks and Regards,

Ashish Thakkar.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

check etc/services for sapmsSBX entry. If missing - add it (i.e. sapmsSBX 36XX/tcp - where XX is your instance no.)

Add an extra [Enter] after last line of etc/services.

Regs,

FS

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Filip,

Can you please mention the full path where I can check etc/services for sapmsSBX entry.

Thanks and Regards,

Ashish Thakkar.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

On most systems this is under: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

J. Haynes

Denver