Symptom
- 'sapcontrol' commands used by the upgrade tool is failing with error:
sapcontrol -nr <instance_number> -function <sapcontrol_function>
FAIL: NIECONN_REFUSED (WSAECONNREFUSED: Connection refused),
NiRawConnect failed in plugin_fopen()
AND
- The command is successful if executed with the host option:
sapcontrol -nr <instance_number> -host <instance_hostname>:5<instance_number>13 -function <sapcontrol_function>
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Environment
- Operating system independent
- Database independent
- SAP NetWeaver
- SAP Web Application Server for SAP S/4HANA
- ABAP Platform
- Parameter service/hostname is set to the instance hostname for the SAP start service
Product
ABAP platform all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions ; SAP Web Application Server for SAP S/4HANA all versions
Keywords
SUM, sapcontrol, sapstartsrv, FAIL: NIECONN_REFUSED (WSAECONNREFUSED: Connection refused), service/hostname, upgrade tool, localhost, Web service port, IP address , KBA , BC-CST-STS , Startup Service , BC-UPG-PRP , Upgrade Preparation , Problem
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