Environment
Novell Identity Manager Driver- SAP Driver
Novell Identity Manager Driver- SAP HR
Novell Identity Manager Driver- SAP User Management
Situation
SAP drivers generate a nullpointer exceptions when using the SAP JCO version 2.1.7.
Resolution
SAP has issued a hotfix to this JCO which has solved the issues the driver was generating. The name of the patch is "SAP Java Connector 2.1.7 (Hotfix)" and can be downloaded from SAP.