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Procedure documentation Standard Installation on UNIX Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You want to install the all database software installation profile on the UNIX operating system. All necessary information is queried by the program during the installation.

The installation process is logged by the system.

Conventions

Variables

Prerequisites

·        You must be in a root shell.

·        You need to download and unpack the installation package (Downloading and Unpacking the Database Software on UNIX).

Preparations

If the following conditions apply to your system, you must perform the specified steps before the installation:

·        The installation program enters the required services sql6, sql30, and sapdbni72 in the file /etc/services if they do not already exist there. If these services are managed centrally for your system on the network (NIS), you must enter them there as follows:
sql6 7210/tcp
sql30
 
7200/tcp
sapdbni72
7269/tcp

·        During the installation, the database software must be assigned to a special operating system user, <sdb_user>, as the owner of the software, and to the group <sdba_group>.
The group and the owner must have been defined in advance. Only users with the correct authorizations can generate database instances later (see Concepts of the Database System, UNIX: Special Operating System Users for software versions from 7.5.00).
The special operating system user may not log on to the operating system. You must therefore take this authorization away from this user. For information on how to do this, refer to your operating system documentation (lock account).

If you manage user groups and owners locally on your computer, we recommend that you register the names of the user groups and the owner in the operating system before you start the installation. However, you can also specify this information during the installation process.
If you manage user groups and owners for your system centrally on the network, you must create them here before you start the installation. For more information on creating operating system users and user groups, refer to your operating system documentation.

The primary group of the owner of the database software is the administrator group.

Recommendation

For consistency, especially if you need the help of the support team, we recommend that you use the names sdb and sdba for the owner and group.

·        If the path <independent_program_path>/bin is not yet entered in the environment variable PATH, enter it now. (For information on setting environment variables, see your operating system documentation.)

Procedure

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       1.      Go to directory
maxdb-all-<os>-32|64bit-<arch>-<version>_<build>,
into which you unpacked the installation package.

       2.      Enter ./SDBINST to call the installation program.

       3.      The system displays the possible installation profiles. Enter the ID for the all installation profile and confirm your entry.

       4.      The system prompts you to enter the following information:

¡        Special operating system user <sdb_user>(owner of the SAP DB database software)

¡        The group <sdba_group>

If you have already created the groups and the owner, enter the correct values and confirm them. The system compares this information with the values stored locally or elsewhere on the network. If your entries do not match the stored values, the installation will crash.

If the group and the owner have not yet been created, the system asks whether you want to create them. Enter your chosen values or confirm the system default values. This creates the group and the owner locally on your computer.

       5.      The system now checks whether the database system was previously installed on your computer.

¡        If installations of the database system already exist on your computer, a list of these installations is displayed. You are requested to specify the ID of the installation that you want to upgrade.
For a new installation of the database software in parallel to an existing installation, enter none. You then have the option of specifying an installation path that differs from the existing installations. Define an installation path in parallel to the existing installation paths.

¡        If there are no installations of the database software on your computer, the software components contained in the installation profile will now be installed. The system prompts you to specify the following paths:

·         Path for storing the data, configurations, and run directories of the database instances and database applications (the system default value is /var/opt/sdb/data)

·         Path for storing the programs and libraries shared by the database instances and database applications (the system default value is /opt/sdb/programs)

·         Path for storing the server software that depends on the database version.
This path must be unique.
Multiple directories with different versions can exist alongside each other (the system default value is /opt/sdb/<version>)

Enter your chosen paths or confirm the system default values.

       6.      If the database system was not installed on your computer before now, add the following entry to the PATH environment variable for all users that want to use the database system: <independent_program_path>/bin.

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

Result

The all database software installation profile is now installed and registered on your computer. You can use the log to check the result of the installation (Logging on UNIX).

You can now create new database instances using the Database Manager

(See:

·        Creating a Database Instance in the Database Manager CLI documentation

·        The Web DBM documentation).

 

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