Orbix Installation and Setup (SAP-Bibliothek - RFC Java Class Library (BC-FES-AIT))

Orbix Installation and Setup

The Orbix middleware implementation allows you to distribute the RFC calls in your application and it allows you to create applets that make RFC calls from Java.

When you install the Java RFC to work with the Orbix middleware implementation, you can decide whether to install the Orbix client and server portions on the same computer.

In the case of using the Java RFC for Java applets, the applet and the Orbix client must be on the same computer. The Orbix server can be anywhere.

Prerequisites

Locate the Java RFC installation software at the R/3 Presentation CD or at the SAP Automation Web site.

You install the Java RFC components from this CD as part of the installation of SAP Automation.

Decide how you want to install the Orbix server component of the Java RFC. The Orbix server component is necessary to run programs containing the Java RFC calls. The Orbix server computer is not necessarily the computer on which the R/3 application server resides. It can be a Web server, for example. It can also be on the same computer as the client. You can install the client or the server components of Java RFC separately, or you can install both at the same time.

If you install the client and Orbix server at the same time, both the client and server components are installed on the same computer.

To install the Orbix server components on another computer, install the client and server components separately, each on their target computer.

The Orbix server component requires the 2.3C version of IONA Technologies' Orbix product. If you have installed a version of IONA's Orbix service on your server that is earlier than 2.3C, we recommend that you back up your configuration files, and any entries related to Orbix in the Windows environment, such as in the Windows Registry. See the topic Java RFC Server Orbix Installation Processing to determine what you need to back up.

Get Administrative rights to the Java RFC server and all client PCs.
Review the README files for the RFC server and client components for any late-breaking product information.

Process Flow

Run the installation program. To do this, during the SAP Automation installation, select the Java RFC component. The file JRFC.EXE is copied to a directory of your choice. Use the Save As dialog to specify the directory to place this file.

Install the client component of Java RFC to use the Java RFC interfaces in your programs. To install the client components, simply choose the JRFC Client option during the Java RFC installation procedure.

Install and configure the Orbix server component of Java RFC to run a program containing Java RFC calls. You must install and configure the server components of the Java RFC before running programs that issue requests from the Java RFC client.

The Orbix server component requires the following setup:

Install the Orbix server components of the Java RFC on the server computer. The server computer is not necessarily the computer on which the R/3 application server resides. It can be a Web server, for example. It can also be on the same computer as the client.

Restart the Orbix server computer.

Start the Orbix Daemon before you run any program that sends Java RFC client requests. The Orbix daemon automatically starts the necessary Orbix server processes as needed, once it receives client requests.

If you specified that the Orbix daemon is installed as an NT service, then the Orbix daemon is started automatically at system startup. You can skip this step in this case. See the discussion of the installation of the Orbix daemon as an NT service in the topic Installing the Orbix Server.

Use the Orbix Server Manager utility to configure the properties of the Java RFC server.