ChaRm and CTS+ configuration

Question

Hello Experts,
Can anyone forward ChaRm and CTS+ configuration document to me, I have received Business requirments and trying to configure the same. I would appreciate step by step configuration guide for both.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Swapnil Lakhe
lakhess<at>gmail

Answer 1

Hi,
Please find the below steps for Charm confirguration :
1.SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide  SAP Solution Manager  Basic Settings  SAP Solution Manager System  Activate Integration with Change Request Management
Click on the Execute icon with the text Activate Integration with Change Request Management
Double click the Activate Change Request Management and set up client
It will show the following window type your Change Request Management Client Number
Click on the Integration Solution Manager
If you have different system for Change Request Management gives the RFC destination for that System.
Click back button
Double click on the Integration Change Request Management
You have to maintain the following data here
Column 1: Application: CHARM
Column 2: + : W
Column 3: RFC Destination:  NONE
Column 4: + : CUST620
Column 5: + : 1.0
2.SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide  SAP Solution Manager  Scenario-Specific Settings Change Request Management  Standard Configuration 
General activities
Click on the Execute button with the text u201CActivate BC Sets u201C
It will take us to SCPR20 Transaction which is used to Activate the BC sets
Select the BC set SOLMAN40_CHARM_BASICFUNC_001 ,  it is for solution manager version 4.0
Click on the Activate Button
Create a Request for Activating the BC Set
Click Save button to assign with a TP .Other wise Create a new Transport Request (TP).
In Overwrite Data Box, select the Overwrite data, and in Activation Mode box select Expert Mode Option , Click on OK Button to activate this BC set.
3.SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide  SAP Solution Manager  Scenario-Specific Settings Change Request Management  Standard Configuration 
Transport Management System.
In Order to do all the Settings under the Transport Management System do follow the steps.
All the below settings has to be done in satellite system not solution manager
1.     Define Transport Routes for System Landscape
Go to Transaction STMS
Choose Overview -> Systems.
  Double-click each system.
The Display TMS Configuration: System <system ID> screen appears.
Select the Transport Tool tab page.
If the entry CTC does not appear in the Parameters column, enter it there, and then in the Value column, enter 1.
Save your entries.
Configure Transport Strategy
Go to Stms Transaction
Go to Menu Overview  Transport Route
Doubt click on Each System . In the Transport strategy group box, select Single transports
(since only Import Single and Import Project All are used).
In the Quality assurance group box, deselect Delivery after confirmation
1.     Choose Continue.
Activate TMS Trusted Services
Choose Overview -> Systems.
Choose Goto -> Transport domain.
In Management Tab
In Security Options group box
Click on Trusted Services Active
Go to QA Approval Procedure
You should not assign any QA approval system there
Save your Entries
Call Transaction STMS.
Choose Overview  Systems. The system overview appears.
Choose SAP System  Create  Domain link.
The dialog box Request for Linking 2 Domains appears.
Enter the system name, host name and system number of the domain controller you want to link to, and then confirm your entries.
Your SAP System performs the following actions automatically:
o     Generates the required RFC destinations.
o     Sends the address data of the controller to the controller in the other domain.
You can now see that you have requested the domain link to the other domain in the system overview.
Click the Distribute and Activate TMS Configuration ICON on the Application Toolbar
After that Go to SAP System  Check   Connection Test, transport directory and transport tool
Check all once whether it is having inconsistency.
4.Check Configuration of Transport Domain
Log on to every domain controller that is connected to your transport landscape.
Call transaction STMS
Apart from the information "You are logged onto the domain controller", you should not be able to see other messages or warnings.
Generate RFC Destinations to Client 000
Call Transaction SMSY.
Go To Landscape Components
Go to your Satellite System
Click on the Domain Controller System
In the Right side Tab strip, Click on the Clients, Select 000 client Click on RFC generate Button
Give the User name for Read Access and Change Manager
Click the OK Button to Continue
Add Import Authorization to Operator/Administrator
Make sure that the operator and administrator users in client 000 of the target systems have the same name as their user in the Solution Manager   system.
Assign import authorization to the operator and administrator users in client 000 of the target systems (SAP_CHANGEMAN_OPERATOR and SAP_CHANGEMAN_ADMIN roles).
5.Set Project Assignment of Requests as Mandatory
If you want to enable your change request project is mandatory while creating a request for workbench or customization object, follow the steps
Go to Transaction
/N/TMWFLOW/CMSCONF
Select the Change Request Management System
Double click on the Project Assignment column
A new windows opened as follows
In the Attribute Required for Requests Box , Select Mandatory on the Default for all clients List
In the Client u2013Specific Setting Activate the tick mark of the Right side of the Table Control
6.Change Transport Request Option
Requirements
u2022     Repository changes are permitted in the system where you want to change the transport request option. (If they are not, proceed as described in SAP Note 327351.)
u2022     You do NOT use template projects.
Go to Transaction SE38
Enter the following Program   SAPLSCMA
Click on the Display Button
Click the Find icon and type the following keyword,
G_ACTIVATE_CORRECTION_SYSTEM
Click on the OK Button to search
Using Modification, Edit the Program in Change Mode
Delete the following lines ,
  message id sy-msgid type sy-msgty number sy-msgno
                with sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
And Insert the following lines ,
  no_automatic_recording = 'X'.
Call Transaction SCC4
Select the Change Request Management Client and Click the Display ICON.
Go to Transaction SE 11
Enter the table SCMATREED
Choose Display
In Menu Click on Goto -> Indexes,
Choose Yes in the dialog box, and enter the index name 001, and the following short description: Index for Node in SCMATREE.
Maintain Number Ranges
Go to Transaction SNRO
Enter Object Name  /tmwflow/M
Click on Number Range Button on the Application Toolbar
Click on the Change Intervals Button
For the new interval, enter 01, and use the F4 Help function to select a value for the From Number field.
The system returns 000000001 to 999999999.
Save the Entries
Come to the SNRO First Screen again; follow the same procedure for the following objects
/tmwflow/d and /tmwflow/v.
SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide  SAP Solution Manager  Scenario-Specific Settings Change Request Management  Extended Configuration  Schedule Manager
( Note in HLL  We have using the Standard SAP Variants )
Create Customer-Specific Variant for Task Lists
Click on the Execute button
To Create a New Entries, Click on the Create New Entries Button
Type the Variant Name in the Variant Column Starts with the name space of u2018Zu2019, and in the Description Column you can maintain the description
Define Additional Tasks for Task Lists
Create Customer-Specific Header and Footer Tasks
Install Template Report
For all the above Refer IMG Node, follow the Steps
SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide  SAP Solution Manager  Scenario-Specific Settings Change Request Management  Change Transaction
Check Installation Activities
Make sure that you have performed the iBase IMG acitivities before you proceed with the Change Transaction IMG activities: SAP Solution Manager -> Basic Settings -> SAP Solution Manager System -> Service Desk -> iBase.
Check the all the following settings has been done .
Initially Create and Assign the Component Systems as iBase Components
Manually Create and Assign the Component Systems as iBase Components
Assign Business Partners to iBase Components
In the following Link all the Settings comes with BC Set.
SAP Solution Manager Implementation Guide  SAP Solution Manager  Scenario-Specific Settings Change Request Management  Change Transaction
USER Authorization
Administrator
SAP_CM_SMAN_ADMINISTRATOR
Change Manager
SAP_CM_SMAN_CHANGE_MANAGER
IT Operator
SAP_CM_SMAN_OPERATOR
Developer
SAP_SOCM_DEVELOPER
Regards
Sreedhar Reddy.A