Could not retrieve deployment system configuration

Question

I use NWDS 7.1 and i want to deploy an external deployable archieve file,when i deploy , i get error says that "Could not retrieve deployment system configuration for ABP"
Before that, i made settings under SAP AS Java by adding new SAP system, giving  hostname and instance number . I managed to add new SAP server successfully...
Is there another settings that i forgot..and settings of editon 7.1 is different from 7.0...because in 7.0 it ask me hostname and MESSAGE SERVER PORT..
What can i do ?
Thanks a lot..

Answer 1

The problem I faced was related but just slightly different - solution is below.  This is really only an issue if your AS Java server is on a different server than your NWDS and a firewall is active.
Error when trying to publish ConverterWeb demo project from local dev machine CE 7.2 Netweaver Developer Studio  to server CE 7.2 AS Java was:
Could not retrieve deployment system configuration for CE1. Please check if the system is running.
[ERROR: 7/10/10 10:58 PM /userOut/daView_category (eclipse.UserOutLocation)
Thread[Thread-22,5,main]]
Issue is a firewall problem.  Solution  is:
1) remove default SAP AS Java from NW Developer Studio (Windows -> Preferences -> SAP AS Java
2) shutdown NWDS
3) open ports 50113 (port for instance 1), 50013 (port for instance 0), 50004 (deploy port) and 5000 (http for NWASJAVA) on the AS Java server.
4) open NWDS
5) add SAP AS Java in NWDS (Windows -> Preferences -> SAP AS Java: host - 192.168.1.16, instance - 1, Domain - Default
6) add SAP AS Java in NWDS (Windows -> Preferences -> SAP AS Java: host - 192.168.1.16, instance - 0, Domain - Default
7) publish ear.
8) navigate to: http://192.168.1.16:50000/ConverterWeb/
obviously you'll need to replace the internal ip with the ip of your server.
I think this firewall info is somewhere in the docs.
Edited by: adamtarshis on Jul 11, 2010 8:16 AM