Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-MID-RFC (Application Component) RFC⤷
SRCX (Package) Development Class for Remote Communication: RFC and RMC
Basic Data
| Data Element | RFCHOST |
| Short Description | Name of target host |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | RFCHOST | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 100 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 100 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Host |
| Medium | 15 | Target host |
| Long | 20 | Target host |
| Heading | 55 | Target host |
Documentation
Definition
Name of the target host as displayed by the UNIX command 'hostname'.
If you are using load balancing, the target host must be the host name of the message server of the SAP System. This is defined in the profile parameter 'rdisp/mshost' of the target system. If you have any further questions, consult your system administrator.
You can specify host names as
- Normal host names
- Host names in DNS format (if DNS available)
- IP addresses
- SAProuter names (in the form /H/.../S/.../H/.../S/... )
Notes
If you enter the host name (for example, hs0311) as the target host in an RFC destination, its IP address is stored internally in the database table RFCDES (destination administration). This speeds up the RFC connection initiation, since the host name does not need to be converted into its IP address.
However, problems occur if the IP address of the target host changes. For this reason, you must adjust the RFC destinations if the IP address of the target host changes.
If you specify the host name as a SAProuter name (/H/hs0311 instead of hs0311), it is not converted into its correspondidng IP address. Instead, it is stored in its SAProuter form in table RFCDES.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20100420 |
| SAP Release Created in |
