Working with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 

Use

The Software Deployment Manager (SDM) is the deployment tool for an SAP Java development landscape. You normally use an SDM GUI and various SDM servers for deployments on different hosts.

Prerequisites

The SDM Server must be installed and started on the host that you want to access through a remote connection.

The SDM Server accepts only one user at a time. If somebody has already connected to it, you will receive an error message.

Procedure

To work with the SDM remotely, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Start the SDM GUI in remote mode. Since the SDM Server is usually started for deployment by other tools, you yourself need to start the SDM GUI with a script file in the usr/sap/<SID>/<INSTANCE_NAME>/SDM/program directory. This script file is:

RemoteGui.bat for Windows hosts

RemoteGui.bat for Unix hosts

in the <sdm_home> directory of your host.

For information about how you can control the SDM using command lines, see the file SDM_Commandline_en_final.pdf in the directory usr/sap/<SID>/<INSTANCE_NAME>/<SDM>/program/doc.

       2.      Choose Connect to SDM Server and enter your password. Choose Login.

The default password is defined password is sdm.

In the User Description (Optional) field you can enter a description of the user who is logged on. Any users who are then prevented from accessing the SDM can see this description.

You have only three attempts to log on. If they fail because you have used a wrong password, the SDM server on the J2EE Engine will be stopped.

Result

You are now connected to the SDM Server using a remote connection and can work with it using the SDM GUI.

When exiting the SDM, you have the option of choosing Exit SDM to exit the SDM GUI only, or Shutdown SDM Server and Exitto shut down both the front end and the back end.

In remote mode, on the tab page Deployment, you not only have the option of selecting archives using the local file browser, but you can also select archives from the usr/sap/<SID/<INSTANCE_NUMBER>/<SDM>/program/inBox directory of the remote SDM Server. To do this, choose Add SCA/SDA (Server-side file browser).

 

Changing the Standard Password

To protect access to the deployment functions of the SDM, you can use  Change SDM Password to change the standard password to a secret password.

If you change the standard password, you must also enter it when the SDM is accessed automatically by other tools, such as the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.