Symptom
Your SMD Agent started correctly in the OS and You can see the process through tme command
ps -ef | grep daaadm
But when You go to the transaction SOLMAN_WORKCENTER in the option Agent Administration SMD Agent is offline
Another way to Agent Administration by link http://server:port/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~smd~navigation/StandaloneApp?APP_ID=ADMIN_AGENT
Solution
All action will be performed in managed system.
Log on OS level user daaadm
su – daaadm
Stop SMD Agent
stopsap SMDA97
Perform configuration for direct connect to solution manager
/usr/sap/DAA/SMDA97/script/smdsetup.sh managingconf hostname:”sapms://<hostname>” port:”<message server port>” user:”SMD_ADMIN” pwd:”<password>” servername=”<hostname>”
Start SMD Agent
startsap SMDA97
Now SMD Agent in Agent Administration is online.