Installing and Updating the IGS 

The Internet Graphics Service (IGS) needs to be installed before it can be used. You should always install the most recent version of the IGS. It is also recommended to install the latest IGS patch directly after the primal installation of an SAP Web Application Server. Also note that an IGS patch always contains the complete IGS.

Until SAP Web Application Server 6.20 the IGS has been available only as standalone engine. The standalone IGS is a windows application that runs standalone on a machine and which is connected against several systems.

With SAP Web AS 6.40, IGS is additionally available as integral part of the SAP Web AS and will be installed with every SAP Web AS installation. Thus, with SAP Web AS 6.40 you had the choice to use either the standalone or the integrated IGS. With SAP NetWeaver 7.0 only the integrated version should be used.

The integrated IGS exists on every SAP Web AS machine and is started and stopped with SAP WebAS. However, IGS is not part of the kernel which means it has to be patched separately.

 

Procedures

The installation/upgrade procedures for the integrated IGS are as follows:

 

Integrated Version Installation

The integrated IGS is automatically installed with the SAP Web Application Server.

 

Integrated Version Upgrade

You find the upgrade files for the integrated IGS version on the SAP Service Marketplace:

http://service.sap.com/swdc  →  Download  →  Support Packages and Patches →  Entry by ApplicationGroup  →  SAP Frontend Components →  SAP IGS  →  SAP IGS <version>  →  SAP IGS <version>  → <operating system>.

There, you find the IGS executables and libraries (igsexe_*.sar) as well as the IGS folder structure (igshelper_*.sar) containing among others font files.

With the upgrade files of the executables and libraries, proceed exactly like you would with kernel patches (for example, extract the Archive to the same location). More information about kernel patches can be found in the related note 19466 in the section Copying and Installing a Patch.

The upgrade files for the IGS folder structure must be extracted to the instance directory (DIR_INSTANCE). More information can be found in note 1028690.

After a restart of the Web AS the new IGS is up and running.   

Information about finding out your IGS patch level is provided in note     

931900.                                                          

                                                                         

For an upgrade of an integrated IGS please also check note 896400.