Starting SAPinst GUI Separately 

Use

You use this procedure to start SAPinst GUI separately. You might need to start SAPinst GUI separately in the following cases:

●      You have logged off from SAPinst.

If you logged off during the installation and you later want to reconnect to the still running installation, you can start SAPinst GUI separately.

●      You want to perform a remote installation.

If SAPinst GUI runs on a different host than SAPinst and the GUI server, you also have to start SAPinst GUI separately.

Prerequisites

You have done the step Preparing the System for SAPinst GUI.

Starting SAPinst on a Windows Platform

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       1.      Log on as a member of the local administrators group.

       2.      Insert the SAP Installation Master DVD into your DVD drive.

       3.      To change to the relevant directory, enter the following command:

cd <DVD drive>:\IM_WINDOWS<platform>

       4.      Start SAPinst GUI in one of the following ways:

○       If SAPinst GUI runs on the same host as SAPinst and the GUI server, enter the following command:

startinstgui.bat

SAPinst GUI uses the local host as default.

○       If SAPinst and the GUI server runs on a different host from SAPinst GUI (remote installation), enter the following command:

startinstgui.bat -host <host_name>

<host_name> is the host name of the installation host.

If you enter the command without additional parameters, SAPinst GUI uses the local host as default. SAPinst GUI starts and tries to connect to the GUI server and SAPinst. As SAPinst and the GUI server are running on another host, SAPinst GUI cannot connect and the SAP Installation GUI Connection dialog appears.

In this case, enter the name of the host on which SAPinst is running and choose Log on.

The first dialog of the installation appears and you can perform the remote installation from your local host.

For a list of options to start SAPinst GUI, change to the same directory as your SAPinst executable and enter the command startinstgui.bat -h.

Start SAPinst on a UNIX platform

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       1.      Log on as user root.

Make sure that the root user has not set any environment variables for a different SAP system or database.

       2.      Mount your installation DVD.

Mount the DVD locally. We do not recommend that you use Network File System (NFS).

       3.      To change to the mount directory, enter the following command:

cd <Installation_Master_DVD>/IM_<OS>

       4.      Start the SAPinst GUI in one of the following ways:

○       If SAPinst GUI runs on the same host as SAPinst and the GUI server, enter the following command without additional parameters:

./startInstGui.sh

SAPinst GUI uses as default the local host.

○       If SAPinst and the GUI server run on a different host from SAPinst GUI (remote installation), enter the following command with additional parameters:

./startInstGui.sh -host <host_name>

where <host_name> is the host name of the installation host

If you enter the command without additional parameters, SAPinst GUI uses the local host as default. SAPinst GUI starts and tries to connect to the GUI server and SAPinst. As SAPinst and GUI server are running on another host, SAPinst GUI cannot connect and the SAP Installation GUI Connection dialog appears.

In this case, enter the name of host on which SAPinst is running and choose Log on.

The first dialog of the installation appears and you can perform the remote installation from your local host.

For a list of options to start SAPinst GUI, change to the same directory as your SAPinst executable and enter the command ./startInstGui.sh -h.