2177289 - DBCON Connection Alert in EWA Report

• There is a warning in the EWA report about a missing DBCON connection
  
  Database Support Tools
  
  DBCON connection
  There was no data on performance and configuration of the database available in the service session for analysis.
  
  Recommendation: 
  Ensure that the following prerequisites for automated database analysis in SAP EarlyWatch Alert and other services are met: 
  
  (A) The ST-PI version of SAP Solution Manager must be up to date. 
  (B) In SMSY, a valid remote DB connection must be maintained for that database.
  
  Implementation:
  To maintain this DB connection, enter transaction SMSY in SAP Solution Manager system, search for the database, choose the "Other Attributes" tab, and enter the DB connection as the value for t he "Remote Database Connection" attribute.
  
• You want to know how to maintain a DBCON connection attribute value in Solution Manager 7.2 to resolve this EWA alert
   
• For specific databases, like Oracle database, you may see an alert similar to this in Section 3 - Service Data Quality and Service Readiness: 
  
  

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SAP Solution Manager 7.2

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