Installing Application Server on a Linux/UNIX Server

Use

You can install Application Server on a Linux/UNIX server. The client machines running Application Server use WINSOCK support for client/server communications to Linux/UNIX servers.

After you install Application Server on a UNIX/Linux server, you must install Application Server and supporting files on a Windows client. For more information, see Installing Application Server and Supporting Files.

Prerequisites

You are logged in as root on the Linux/UNIX server.

You have downloaded the SAPCAR archive file and the <sarfilename>.SAR file from SAP Service Marketplace.

Procedure

  1. Create a directory to install Application Server.

  2. From the location where you downloaded the .SAR file, use the following commands to transfer the .SAR file to the desired installation directory. Case is significant on UNIX so you need to match the exact case of the filename.

    cp <sarfilename>.SAR /<installdir>

    If reading the installation location from a Microsoft Windows client, use FTP to transfer the .SAR to the /<installdir> directory on your Linux/UNIX machine. Be sure to transfer the file as a binary file.

  3. Extract the file using the following command. Make sure you enter the exact case of the filename.

    SAPCAR -xvf <sarfilename>.SAR

  4. Enter the following command to perform the installation.

    sh install.sh

  5. Answer all the prompts about your Linux/UNIX environment to set up any environment variables required by Application Server.

  6. At the prompt to choose the target environment, enter the number that represents your platform of Linux or UNIX.

  7. If your NetWeaver system database is something other than Max DB, copy the procedures from the corresponding <sysdb>_procs directory to the procs directory. See the topic “Copying Files From the \Procs Directory” in the Server Upgrade Guide - Upgrading from the 10 Series to 10.1 for details.

The system creates a directory structure under the /<installdir> directory. For the complete directory structure, see Installed File Systems and Services.