I recently obtained SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition and set it up to run inside the SuSE Linux VMWare virtual machine. I have brought up the app server and the SAPGUI inside the VM is able to connect. However, I would like to have the app server running in the VM, and to use the SAP GUI in Windows to connect (faster performance, easier to use).
Therefore, I installed SAPGUI 710 and set up the following connection parameters:
Description: N4S Test Drive
Application Server: ivml2005
System Number: 00
System ID: N4S
However, when I go to login, the SAPGUI just hangs there saying "Connecting to system - please wait...". I noticed in the Linux VM that the connection for the SAP GUI Java is:
use expert configuration:
conn=/H/ivml2005/S/3242
Is there anyway I can make it so the SAPGUI in my real Windows installation can connect to the app server running inside the VM? I was able to ping the hostname ivml2005 successfully and was even able to access Portal using that hostname. Somehow, the SAPGUI just isn't connecting to the VM app server.