TMS Configuration
TMS Configuration
TMS is the transport tool that assists the CTO for central management of all transport functions. TMS is
used for performing:
Defining Transport Domain Controller.
Configuring the SAP system Landscape
Defining the Transport Routes among systems within the system Landscape
Distributing the configuration
Transport Domain Controller – one of the systems from the landscape that contains complete
configuration information and controls the system landscape whose transports are being maintained jointly. For
availability and security reasons, this system is normally the Productive system.
Within transport domain all systems must have a unique System Ids and only one of these systems is identified as
the domain controller, the transport domain controller is the system where all TMS configuration settings are
maintained. Any changes in to the configuration settings are distributed to all systems in the landscape. A transport
group is one or more systems that share a common transport directory. Transport Domain – comprises all the
systems and the transport routes in the landscape. Landscape, Group and Domain are the terms that are used
synonymously by system administrators.