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3555716 - ab_RfcGetName failed: Error: unsupported protocol [5]

Symptom

  • RFC calls to external programs fail and external programs may encounter the error: "ab_RfcGetName failed: Error: unsupported protocol [5]"
  • Q/T/Bg-RFC calls to other servers may fail with runtime error: CALL_FUNCTION_GET_NAME_FAILED


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Environment

  • ABAP platform
  • SAP BTP, ABAP environment
  • SAP NetWeaver

Product

ABAP platform all versions ; SAP BTP ABAP environment all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

CALL_FUNCTION_GET_NAME_FAILED, ab_RfcGetName, unsupported protocol [5], Fast Serialization, BasXML, classic RFC , KBA , BC-MID-RFC , RFC , BC-MID-CON-JCO , Java-Connector , BC-MID-CON-NCO , SAP .Net Connector , BC-MID-RFC-SDK , NetWeaver RFC SDK , BC-MID-RFC-QT , Queued RFC (qRFC) and transactional RFC (tRFC) , Known Error

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