How To Create an Application Server

This task creates an SAP Application Server entry in the SPS database.

This task is a markOnly task.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the N1 SPS browser interface, click SAP.

2. In the Application Server section of the SAP Tasks page, click Create.

3. Click Run.

4. In the Plan Parameters table, select the variable settings for the AppServer component.

   • If the variable settings have been created for this component, select the appropriate settings from the drop-down menu.

   • If the variable settings are not available from the drop-down menu:

     1. Click Select From List.

        The Select Variable Settings From List window displays.

        • To create a new variable settings set, click Create Set and type a Set Name.

          The following list provides commonly updated variables for the AppServer component. To create a value for the component variable, click the check box in the component variable's row.

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          For information about component variables ending in UserExit, see User Exits.

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          groupName

          This is a required field.

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          In the Sun Cluster environment, the groupName must equal the Sun Cluster resource group name.

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          groupDescription

          A description of the group.

          resourceName

          Required for the Sun Cluster environment.

          envType

          Identifies whether this component will be deployed to a default, Sun Cluster, or SAP AC environment. Value can be ac, sc, or default.

          createdBy

          Identifies the installer of the component.

          ciLhName

          Required for default install only. This value names the Central Instance logical host.

          asLhName

          Required for the default environment. This value names the Application Server logical host.

          sapSid

          Required for the default environment. The SAP system ID consists of three uppercase alphanumeric characters. The first character must be a letter.

          asSystemInstanceNumber

          Required for the default environment. Application Server instance number. Generate from variable input.

          instanceSize

          Application Server instance size which is generated from variable input. Possible values are small, medium, or big. Default value: medium.

          accServiceID

          Required for the SAP AC environment. The service ID of the SAP Application Server instance (only applicable in the SAP AC environment).

          srmProject

          The Solaris Resource Management (SRM) project name. Default value: default.

          ciInstanceName

          Required for the default environment. The Central Instance name (as in the SAP Central Instance start profile).

          isNewSapVersion

          Required for the default environment. TRUE means the central scripts are used to start and stop the application server. FALSE means instance–specific start and stop scripts from the SAP user home directory will be used to start and stop the application server. Default value: TRUE.

     2. Click Save.

   • To use component variables from another component, click Import Set.

     For more information about importing variable sets, see How to Run a Plan in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Operation and Provisioning Guide.

5. Select the target host or target host set.

6. Click the Run Plan (Includes Preflight) button.

   The Deployment Results page is displayed. If the plan fails, error messages are displayed.