ABAP Trial Version SP12:Error while setting up transport environment

Question

Hi Folks,
I have successfully installed ABAP trial SP12 on my notebook(XP) and have been able to create some objects.
Thanks to very effective blogs by Manfred Lutz .
Now, I'm trying to set up the transport environment as per the blog but face the following error when I execute the step 'Distribute and Activate TMS Configuration'
Appreciate any help in solving the issue. I'm detailing below the error and the checks I had done.
******ERROR*************************************************************
ERROR:
Could not start transport control program tp
LONG TEXT:
Message no. TP608 Diagnosis
There was an attempt to start the transport control program tp using the local RFC interface. An error occurred here.
  Error code: 4
  RFC error text: timeout during allocate / CPIC-CALL: 'ThSAPCMRCV'
I did the following based on the long text and after searching the forum:
*(1)*
Run program RSTPTEST to localize error.
The program gave the following result for the RFC destination 'CALLTP_WindowsNT':
********RESULT OF RSTPTEST***********************************************
"timeout during allocate / CPIC-CALL: 'ThSAPCMRCV'#Timeout during connection setup (check that partner exists)"
*(2)*
Run the connection test in SM59 for destination 'CALLTP_WindowsNT':
The results were inconsistent. The connection test failed often but it was ok a few times.
The details of the connection failure are as follows:
*******CONNECTION FAILURE RESULTS******************************************************
          Cancel
timeout during allocate / CPIC-CALL: 'ThSAPCMRCV' Timeout during connection setu
ERROR: timeout during allocate
LOCATION: SAP-Gateway on host JayNB / sapgw00
DETAIL: no connect of TP D:\SAP\NSP\SYS\exe\run\tp.EXE from host JayNB after 2
COMPONENT: SAP-Gateway
COUNTER: 22
MODULE: gwr3cpic.c
LINE: 5873
RETURN CODE: 242
SUBRC: 0
RELEASE: 700
TIME: Sun Mar 23 11:07:53 2008
VERSION: 2
*(3) I then went to STMS and regenerated the RFC destinations and then ran the connection test. The result was OK.
Now, I again execute the 'Distribute and Activate TMS Configuration'  step . It still gives the same error.
When I run the connection test in SM59, it results in error.
Further checks:***********************
(a) The permissions for folder SAP in the local directory were done as instructed in the blog.
(b) the directory path  /SAP/trans/bin had the following files:
*TP_DOMAIN_NSP.PFL*  : the last modified date changes every time I execute 'Distribute and Activate TMS Configuration'.
*DOMAIN*  :The last modified date is in the past. It does not change.
Please inform how do I set up transport.
Jay
Code Formatted by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Apr 1, 2008 4:43 PM

Answer 1

Hi Krishna ,
Thank you for the suggestion.
I did as you suggested by inserting the mapping of ip and host in the hosts file.
and restarted the server,but I still get the same error "could not start transport control program tp".
Any other step that I'm missing.
Thanks again
Jay