Unpacking the Software on Microsoft Windows 

Conventions

See Concepts of the Database System,

·        Directories

·        Variables and Examples

Procedure

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       1.      Select the database software package that is appropriate for your installation profile and operating system architecture.

If you only want to install or update an individual software component, then select an installation profile that contains this software component.

Installing from the Software Distribution Center on the SAP Service Marketplace (service.sap.com/swdc, for SAP customers only)

¡        For the Database Instance Type OLTP choose
Download ® Database Patches  ® MaxDB and SAP DB ® MaxDB | MaxDB 64-bit ® MaxDB <version> ® <os> ®
MAXDB<version>_<build>-<GUID>.SAR

¡        For the Database Instance Type liveCache (SAP System APO) choose
Download ® Support Packages and Patches ® Entry by Application Group ® SAP Application Components ® SAP APO  ® SAP APO <apo_version> ® Entries by Component ® APO LC ® APO LC<version>/LCAPPS<apo_version> ® <os> ®
LC<version>A<apo_version>_<apo_build>-<GUID>.SAR

Installation from the MaxDB website http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/7.6.00.html

¡        Database instance type OLTP only:
Choose the desired software package for your operating system:
maxdb-<inst_profile>-<win>-<32|64>bit-<arch>-<version>_<build>.zip

       2.      Copy the software package to a local directory of your choice.

       3.      Unpack

¡        an sar package using the SAPCAR program

¡        a zip package using the Winzip program

to a local directory of your choice.

Result

The system will have entered the following in this local directory:

·        For OLTP software, the
maxdb-<inst_profile>-win-<32|64>bit-<arch>-<version> subdirectory

·        For SAP liveCache software, the
apo<apo_version>_livecache-win-<32|64>bit-<arch>-<version> subdirectory

It then saves the software to these subdirectories.