Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide for SAP Plug-In 1.0

Installing the Application Server With a Default Exception File

The SAP Plug-In comes with an SAP Application Server default exception file. This default exception file has all the necessary component variables to perform a default installation.

ProcedureHow to Install an SAP Application Server With a Default Exception File

In order for the application server deployment to succeed, the superuser must have read/write privileges for SAP file systems on the machine where the new instance of application server is to be deployed. The SAP file systems must be shared by using one of the following options:

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

  2. In the Application Server With Default Exception File section of the SAP Tasks page, click Install.

  3. Click Run.

  4. In the Plan Parameters table, select the variable settings for the AppServerWithDefaultExceptionFile 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 AppServerWithDefaultExceptionFile component. To create a value for the component variable, click the check box in the component variable's row.


          Note –

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


          resourceName

          Required for the Sun Cluster environment.

          groupName

          This is a required field.


          Note –

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


          installPath

          Install location. This path can be modified by the user.

          ciLhName

          Required for the default environment installation. This value names the Central Instance logical host.

          asLhName

          Required for the default environment. The 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. The Application Server instance number.

          ciInstanceName

          This is a required field. Central Instance number, which is generated from variable input.

          instanceSize

          Application Server instance size. Possible value are small, medium, and large. Default value: medium.

          envType

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

          accServiceID

          This SAP AC service ID is required for the SAP AC environment.

          srmProject

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

          isNewSapVersion

          This is a required field. 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: default.

          createdBy

          Identifies the installer of the component.

      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.

ProcedureHow to Uninstall an SAP Application Server With a Default Exception File

Plan to uninstall the SAP Application Server along with the default exception file.

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

  2. In the Application Server With Default Exception File section of the SAP Tasks page, click Uninstall.

  3. Click Run.

  4. Select the target host or target host set.

  5. Provide the plan variable.

    Install path for the application server installed with default exception file

    This is a required field. If you do not know the install path, return to the SAP Tasks page and click the View All link.

    markOnly delete

    Selecting the markOnly delete check box deletes the Application Server component from the SPS database. If the markOnly delete check box is selected, the Application Server component is deleted from the SPS database and the Application Server is deleted at the OS level.

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

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

ProcedureHow to View All SAP Application Server Instances With a Default Exception File

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

  2. In the Application Server With Default Exception File section of the SAP Tasks page, click View All.

    The Host Where Installed table is displayed.