1874152 - SUM Startup issue:com.sap.sdt.server.core.admin.SystemDirectoryNotFoundException: Unable to detect the SAP system directory on the local host

• STARTUP.bat command fails while trying to start the Software Update Manager (SUM).
• The following error information is available in the Trace file.

UpgradeDirectory/SUM/sdt/trc/server.trc

server.trc

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Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                        com.sap.sdt.lup.ctrl.SDTRequestHandlerManager [Thread[main,5,main]]: Request handler com.sap.sdt.dsu.j2ee.handler.J2eeUpgradeRequestHandler loaded from D:\usr\sap\<SID>\SUM\sdt\plugin\J2EE\lib and initialized
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                        com.sap.sdt.lup.ctrl.SDTRequestHandlerManager [Thread[main,5,main]]: 3 request handlers loaded and initialized
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                             com.sap.sdt.server.corext.mid.MIDService [Thread[main,5,main]]: Starting MIDService ...
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                      com.sap.sdt.server.core.services.Service.start(Service.java:92) [Thread[main,5,main]]: Starting service "MIDService" ...
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                             com.sap.sdt.server.corext.mid.MIDService [Thread[main,5,main]]: Starting service "MIDService" ...
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                             com.sap.sdt.server.corext.mid.MIDService [Thread[main,5,main]]: Reading scope from storage.
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                             com.sap.sdt.server.corext.mid.MIDService [Thread[main,5,main]]: No scope in storage - creating initial scope.
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                             com.sap.sdt.server.corext.mid.MIDService [Thread[main,5,main]]: Service "MIDService" started.
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                      com.sap.sdt.server.core.services.Service.start(Service.java:98) [Thread[main,5,main]]: Service "MIDService" started.
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:18 PM [Info]:                                                             com.sap.sdt.server.corext.mid.MIDService [Thread[main,5,main]]: Setting Kit ID to <null>
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:19 PM [Info]:                                                       com.sap.sdt.server.core.admin.SystemIdDetector [Thread[main,5,main]]: System id detected as GGP.
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:19 PM [Error]:        com.sap.sdt.server.core.admin.SystemIdDetector.checkSidDirectories(SystemIdDetector.java:219) [Thread[main,5,main]]: Unable to detect the SAP system directory on the local host
Jun 13, 2013 5:33:19 PM [Error]:                                                               com.sap.sdt.dsu.service.UseCaseService [Thread[main,5,main]]: com.sap.sdt.server.core.admin.SystemDirectoryNotFoundException: Unable to detect the SAP system directory on the local host
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You find the following error "com.sap.sdt.server.core.admin.SystemDirectoryNotFoundException: Unable to detect the SAP system directory on the local host"

Microsoft Windows

SystemDirectoryNotFoundException, STARTUP.BAT, hostname, SID. , KBA , BC-UPG , Upgrade - general , Problem