SAP Content Server
Purpose
The SAP Content Server is based on the SAP DB and is available on Windows NT Server and Windows 2000 Server from release 4.6.
Therefore, besides the SAP DB, an external content server is always available in every SAP system installation. In this way, the necessary technical infrastructure is provided for all document-centric applications and business scenarios that do not require a long-term archiving solution. Since the SAP Content Server is also integrated via the HTTP interface (see
SAP HTTP Content Server 4.5 Interface), the actual storage medium used remains completely transparent to SAP applications. This means that the storage medium can be changed at any time.
For OLTP documentation and information on the SAP DB tools, see the documentation under mySAP Technology Components ® SAP DB:
Database Manager GUI: SAP DB 7.3
Database Manager CLI: SAP DB 7.3
SQL Studio: SAP DB 7.3
Reference Manual: SAPDB 7.2 and 7.3
Replication Manager: SAP DB
Applications that can use the technical infrastructure of the SAP Content Server include the SAP Business Workplace, SAP ArchiveLink, the Document Management System (DMS), and the Knowledge Warehouse.
Implementation Considerations
The installation procedure for the SAP Content Server is described in the SAP Content Server Installation Guide, which is also available in both English and German as a PDF document on the SAP Server Components2 CD.
Constraints
The SAP Content Server is not intended to replace optical storage systems and other storage media for long-term archiving of documents.