What is the difference between Config Tool and Visual Administrator tools in SAP?

This article answers the below queries :

• What are the prerequisites and uses of  config tool ?
• What are the prerequisites and uses of Visual Administrator ?
• What are the limitations of Config tool ?
• What is the difference between Config Tool and Visual Administrator tools in SAP?

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Config Tool and Visual Administrator(VA) are the administration and configuration tools in SAP Netweaver AS Java.

What are the prerequisites and uses of  config tool ?

The prerequisite for the config tool is database must be running, as this tool is  used to maintain the SAP Netweaver AS Java settings in the database. It is not necessary that Java should be running to use config tool.

Uses of config tool :

• The Java Virtual Memory(JVM) settings can only be maintained with the config tool.

• Configuration of services and managers can be done with config tool

Limitations of Config tool :

• Remote configuration cannot be done by Config tool

• Start or stop of java cannot be done through config tool

• Change of parameters at run time is not possible

What are the prerequisites and uses of Visual Administrator ?

With visual administrator, we can logon to the P4 port of the AS Java. Hence both database and java should be running. This is the prerequisite for VA.

Uses of Visual Administrator :

• Configuration of services and managers can be done
• Remote configuration can be done ( It means VA can be installed and used for configuration in any host on which SAP Netweaver AS JAVA is not installed
• Starting and stopping services can be done
• Stopping an SAP NW As java instance can be done

What is the difference between Config Tool and Visual Administrator tools in SAP?

• Java Virtual Machine parameter settings can only be done through Config tool. VA cannot be used for this
• To use VA, SAP Netweaver AS Java should  be running but for config tool it is not required
• Changes to selected parameters can be done at run time through VA, which is not possible with Config tool.
• AS Java can be started/stopped by VA which is not possible by Config tool
• Remote configuration can be done by VA but not by config tool

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