hostname 'NiHLGetNodeAddr' unknown SAP GUI 7.40

[leonardo_pavia]

Hi friends, I just downloaded this morning  SAP GUI 7.40 for Windows (yes, is available as of today Oct. 6, I just found it in download section) and installed successfully on my Windows 8.1 system. Everything seems to be working perfectly except systems with SAP Router connection. I got this error:

hostname 'NiHLGetNodeAddr' unknown

Anybody else with this issue?

Thanks

Leonardo

[peter_albrecht]

Hello,

I had the same problem "hostname 'NiHLGetNodeAddr' unknown" with SAP GUI 7.40, but

for all connections using a "logon group" and a "message server".

It seems that SAP Gui 7.40 sometimes does not convert the message servers from the saplogon.ini into the xml file SAPUILandscape.xml.

The following Workaround did help me to add the message servers to SAPUILandscape.xml:

On the properties menu for each connection enter the message server including the message server Port like "mysap.mydomain.com:36xx"  (xx is your instance number) and the SAP System ID manually.

Now you may choose the "Logon Group" and save your connection entry.

Kind regards

Peter

[Former Member]

Peter,

I tried this as well.  I was able to add the Logon Group name from the dropdown and save, BUT.....

When I tried to actually logon, I got a load balancer error.  I am going to see if there are any addition bits of info from the note listed in the message from Craig.

I am glad there are others in the same boat with me.

Josh

[peter_albrecht]

Hi Josh,

Thank you for sharing your experience.

I never got a load balancing error, probably this is not a SAP GUI 740 issue and could be a server problem.

Did you remove the '/H/' form the saprouter string as mentioned in sap note 2077230?

My saprouter string including the '/H/' at the end does work with option "Group/Server Selection", but it does not work with option "Custom Application Server".

After removing the '/H/' both options are working without any problem.

Peter

[peter_albrecht]

Hi

I found the reason for the missing message server in the SAPUILandscape.xml config after migration from SAPGUI 730. There was no C:\windows\sapmsg.ini file.

With a proper sapmsg.ini file in c:\windows the landscape migration will successfully complete.

By the way: error messages from the migration process can be found in the SAPGUIs trace directory .

=> a wrong entry in sapmsg.ini or services file (located at C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc) could also be the reason for a load balancing error (issue from Josh).

Cheers

Peter

[Former Member]

Ah.  That could definitely explain it.

[Former Member]

Thank you sir, it working for me.