The SAP Solution Manager 7.1 installation steps below suitable on all Windows server environment including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Hyper-V or standalone server installation.
These configurations including:
A) Prerequisite
B) Oracle Database Installation
C) SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Installation with SWPM
D) SAP GUI Installation and login the SAP Solution Manager for the first time
E) Others
A) Prerequisite:
1) Windows server 2008 be ready
2) Minimum SAP Solution Manager 7.1 installation files
| Download Object | Title |
| 50118243_6 | NW 7.0 Presentation - 7.30 Compilation 2 Present. ½ |
| 51041940 | ORACLE Client 11.2.0.3 |
| 51042334_1 – 6 | ORACLE RDBMS 11.2.0.3 Windows x64 |
| 51042607_1 - 12 | SAP SOLMAN 7.1 SR1 Inst. Export (2) |
| 51042609_1 – 5 | SAP SOLMAN 7.1 SR1 Java Comp |
| 51042616_9 | SL CONTROLLER 700 |
| 51046511_6 | 720 UC Kernel for SWPM SP03 - Windows Server on x64 64bit |
| 70SWPM10SP02_4-20009707.sar | Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP2 for NW 7.0x |
3) Recommended server specifications:
| Type | Descriptions |
| OS | Windows Server 2012 Data Center |
| RAM | 12GB |
| Hard disk | 400GB (c:\ 100GB d:\300GB) |
4) Reference for OS environment setup on AWS Cloud and Microsoft Hyper-V
- AWS Cloud:
Section: AWS AMI Setup and Configurations (SAP IDES Installation)
5) Assumption:
- The Windows OS will be configure as workgroup instead of joining a domain / active directory.
- All the installation are mostly with default settings and further configurations or fine tune will be perform
after the installation.
- Windows OS been patched to latest update and some prerequisite steps as in
SAP IDES Installation
- The installation time estimation was based on a installation on Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 environment
with the above mentioned hardware. In fact, the actual installation time might vary.
B) Oracle Database Installation
1) Run the Oracle setup batch file "sapserver,cmd" to begin the database installation
2) Enter the installation drive and SID
3) Installation splash screen
4) Click "Next"
5) Click "Next" ignore the warning
6) Select "Skip the software updates"
7) Select " Install database software only"
8) Select "single instance database installation"
9) Click "Next"
10) Select "Enterprise Edition"
11) Choose the installation drive
12) Wait for the verification process
13) The verification process
14) Click "Install" to begin the installation
15) Click "Details" button to shown the installation progress
16) The additional installation progress screen
17) Wait until the installation complete and the click "Close" button
18) Confirm the database been installed
B) SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Installation with SWPM
The installation process estimate will take about ~5 hours to complete with the above mentioned hardware specifications
1) Double click the "sapinst" extracted from SWPM - Section E) Others below shown how to extract the installation file with sapcar program
2) Select "SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Support Release 1"
3) Select "typical"
4) The installation splash screen
5) Select the SWPM kernel
6) Enter the SAPSID and installation drive
7) Configure the FQDN or it can be configure after the installation
8) Enter the master password
9) Enter the Oracle database ID created during the database installation
10) Select the installation export package
11) Select the other installation export package
12) Click "Next" with all the default settings
13) Select the Java component package
14) Ensure the installation drive are correct
15) Click "Next" to accept the default listener configuration or change the port according to existing firewall
policy
16) Select the kernel package
17) Select the Oracle client package
18) Select "Configure a local SLD" in this example
19) Enter the computer name in "Object Server Name"
20) Click the "Next" button
21) Click "Yes" button
22) Click "No SLD destination" in this example
23) Verify the selected options and click "Next" to accept all the settings
24) The installation begin
25) Example of the installation process
26) Example of the installation process
27) Example of the installation process
28) Around ~5 hours for the installation to complete
29) SAP management console and listener status command showing the SAP services are up and running
D) SAP GUI Installation and login the SAP Solution Manager for the first time
1) Perform the SAP GUI installation from the media kit: 50118243_6
2) The settings for the SAP logon
3) Login with user: "sap*"
4) The information screen
5) The relevant SAP system information
6) Login to the portal (http: port: 5<SID>00, https: port: 5<SID>01)
7) Main Menu of the portal
8) Use the default login: "j2ee_admin" and master password entered during installation
9) Sample of information screen
10) Again using the "j2ee_admin" for access
11) Sample of information screen
12) That's all on the basic steps to perform a new SAP Solution Manager installation.
13) Please refer to the
common troubleshooting on SOLMAN_WORKCENTER post for further configurations or common errors troubleshooting
E) Others
How to extract the SWPM installation file with SAPCAR
1) Download the "Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP2 for NW 7.0x" from SAP marketplace
2) Extract the sar file with SAPCAR -xvf <swpm filename.sar>
3) The "sapinst" program use for the SAP Solution Manager installation
How to clear SWPM cache or resolve the SAP Solution Manager 7.1 selection node was not available for installation
After running the "sapinst", the "SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Support Release 1" option was not available and it seem appearing with different option ex: SAP Solution Manager 7.1 for HANA.
This happen due to the other SWPM was executed before and the files were cache and causing the other SWPM relevant selection node not updated.
1) Locate to "c:\users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\2", delete all the files and folders contains in it
2) Re-run the correct SWPM "sapinst" and the correct node would appear
