I have experience in establishing ChaRM for traditional ABAP systems, and ChaRM with CTS+ for non-ABAP systems. I've established ChaRM (without CTS+) for systems such as Business Objects as well. However, I'm not sure if I can establish ChaRM for a non-SAP system which is completely unknown to our Solution Manager instance.
Example: If we establish Solution Manager technical monitoring for our Business Objects environment, we would make up a System ID for said environment. To use ChaRM, I had to create the BO landscape in STMS with the pseudo SID. Otherwise, the maintenance project would not work and I couldn't create a task list / maintenance cycle.
Questions:
If we have a new system which is not SAP whatsoever (no SID, no pseudo SID, nothing in Solution Manager), can I still use ChaRM Administrative Changes to steward changes to such an environment? I know I can create systems in the LMDB and then create logical components for non-SAP systems, but I've never been able to successfully create a project without a valid TMS landscape, even if I'm not using CTS+ to deploy the changes. Is there a way to create a maintenance project and cycle without doing any work in STMS? Can a project exist without a TMS landscape?