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Procedure documentation Background Installations/Updates on Microsoft Windows Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You use the SDBINST program to install/update installation profiles or individual components of the database software on Microsoft Windows. All required information is specified on the command line, together with the command for starting the installation program.

Caution

You must stop the X Server program before you update the database software. Remember that this interrupts the communication between the clients and all local database instances.

Prerequisites

·        You need to have administrator rights for your computer.

·        You need to download and unpack the installation package (Unpacking the Software on Microsoft Windows).

Procedure

       1.      If you want to update an existing installation of the database system:

¡        Stop each individual database instance with the command:
dbmcli –d <database_name> -u <dbm_user>,<password> db_offline

¡        Stop the X Server program (Xserver service) with the command:
x_server stop

For a new installation, start at step 2.

       2.      Start the installation/update process for the OLTP software with the following command:
sdbinst [-b] -profile <inst_profile> [,<inst_profile2>...]| -package <package_name>[,<package_name2>...] -indep_data <independent_data_path> -indep_prog <independent_program_path> -depend <dependent_path>

 

Start the installation/update process for the liveCache software (in SAP APO systems only) with the following command:

¡        For the APO liveCache installation profile:
sdbinst [-b] -profile "APO LiveCache" -indep_data <independent_data_path> -indep_prog <independent_program_path> -depend <dependent_path>

¡        For the APO LC APPS software component:
sdbinst [-b] -package "APO LC APPS" -depend <dependent_path>

Note

For an explanation of the options, see Overview of the Options for the SDBINST Program.

You must place any names of installation profiles and software components that contain blanks in double quotation marks.

For certain installation profiles or software components, you do not need to specify the –indep_prog, -indep_data, or –depend options. If you do specify these options, the system ignores them. See the overview of options for more information.

 

A message will be displayed informing you that the installation was successful.

Result

The software packages are installed and registered. You can check the result of your installation in the log (Logging).

Following Steps

You can now use Database Manager CLI and Database Manager GUI to create new database instances.

(See:

·        Creating a Database Instance in the Database Manager CLI documentation or

·        Creating a Database Instance in the Database Manager GUI documentation

If you have installed the MaxDB Web Tools, you now need to define a number of settings in order to use these tools.

See: Configuring the Software to Use MaxDB Web Tools

 

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