AE - can't connect SAP system via IPv6

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Cannot create connection from SAP agent (IPv6) to SAP router (IPv6) with the below error:
 

0180710/163117.642 - U02004172 Error while calling function module 'RFC_SYSTEM_INFO'. 
20180710/163117.642 - Initialization of repository destination I03_E001UC4 7e2d643b492f4c7d failed: Connect to SAP gateway failed 
20180710/163117.642 - Connection parameters: TYPE=A DEST=I03_E001UC4 7e2d643b492f4c7d ASHOST=10.50.229.30 SYSNR=30 SAPROUTER=/H/2a00:da9:3:24b5:311:0:696:21/S/3296/H/ PCS=1 
20180710/163117.642 - 
20180710/163117.642 - LOCATION CPIC (TCP/IP) on local host with Unicode 
20180710/163117.642 - ERROR internal error 
20180710/163117.642 - (this retcode should be handled by caller of NI-layer) 
20180710/163117.642 - TIME Tue Jul 10 16:31:17 2018 
20180710/163117.642 - RELEASE 721 
20180710/163117.642 - COMPONENT NI (network interface) 
20180710/163117.642 - VERSION 40 
20180710/163117.642 - RC -8 
20180710/163117.642 - MODULE nixxhs.cpp 
20180710/163117.642 - LINE 537 
20180710/163117.642 - DETAIL NiIGetNodeAddr: invalid address passed 
20180710/163117.642 - (2a00:da9:3:24b5:311:0:696:21) IPv6 not active 
20180710/163117.642 - COUNTER 42

 

Environment

Release:
Component: AACBLD

Cause

SAP error message:

20180710/163117.642 - DETAIL NiIGetNodeAddr: invalid address passed 
20180710/163117.642 - (2a00:da9:3:24b5:311:0:696:21) IPv6 not active

 

Resolution

Set an OS environment variable called SAP_IPv6_ACTIVE = 1.
Windows OS Example:

http://https://blogs.sap.com/2016/05/12/connecting-sap-through-microsoft-direct-access/

Additional Information

IPv6 Support in SAP NetWeaver

https://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi711/helpdata/en/46/d280d334381d21e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm