1542967 - Error message "rfc_bad_connection" related to a unknown sapgateway service name

Symptom

Error message "rfc_bad_connection" when starting a rfc server .
The trc(1) file show the following error message .

Error: >Thu Dec 09 11:09:31,672< RfcException: [null] message: Connect to SAP gateway failed Connect parameters: TPNAME=FICODWH GWHOST=saprtsr01.domain.com GWSERV=SAPGW13ERROR service 'SAPGW13' unknown TIME Thu Dec 9 11:09:31 2010 RELEASE 711 COMPONENT NI (network interface) VERSION 39 RC -3 MODULE niuxi.c LINE 1654 DETAIL NiPGetServByName: 'SAPGW13' not found SYSTEM CALL getaddrinfo COUNTER 473Return code: RFC_FAILURE(1) error group: 102 key: RFC_ERROR_COMMUNICATION (1)A trc file is a file generated with the extension trc in the path C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Data Services\bin

Environment

SAP Data Services 4.x
SAP BW.

Product

SAP Data Services 4.1 ; SAP Data Services 4.2

Keywords

KBA , EIM-DS , Data Services , Problem

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