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You can use Installation Manager to install, update, or uninstall the entire SAP MaxDB software package or individual software components, and also to create, upgrade and delete databases.

You can use Installation Manager to easily and quickly perform a preconfigured desktop installation. However, you can also choose the expert mode and adapt the default parameter values - such as database size, memory size, number of CPUs, log settings, and the automatic start of the database - according to your requirements.

Installation Manager also guides you through the updating of your existing SAP MaxDB software and databases (upgrade).

You can select options to create a demo database together with the software installation and, if desired, fill it with the example data used in the documentation. This enables you to reproduce step by step the examples shown in the SAP MaxDB documentation and to obtain similar results.

Prerequisites

  • System Requirements for Using Installation Manager

    Platform

    wxWidget Software

    Other Software

    MS Windows X86_32

    wxMSW

    -

    MS Windows X86_64

    wxMSW

    -

    MS Windows IA64

    wxMSW

    -

    Linux X86_32

    wxGTK2

    Gtk+ >= 2.0

    glibc >= 2.3.3 with TLS support (Thread Local Storage)

    If gcc 4.x is installed in your system, you may need additional libstdc compatibility libraries for gcc 3.2.x or gcc 3.3.x in certain circumstances.

    *Linux X86_64

    wxGTK2

    glibc >= 2.3.3

    Gtk+ >= 2.0

    *Linux IA64

    wxGTK2

    glibc >= 2.3.3

    Gtk+ >= 2.0

    *Linux PPC_64

    wxGTK2

    glibc >= 2.3.3

    Gtk+ >= 2.0

    SUN Solaris SPARC

    wxGTK2

    Gtk+ >= 2.0 (included from Solaris 9 onwards)

    SUN Solaris X86_64

    wxGTK2

    Gtk+ >= 2.0 (included from Solaris 9 onwards)

    IBM AIX PPC_64

    wxGTK (Gtk statically linked)

    X11 runtime

    HP-UX HPPA

    wxGTK (Gtk statically linked)

    X11 runtime

    HP-UX IPF

    wxGTK (Gtk statically linked)

    X11 runtime

  • With Linux, the root user must be authorized to open a display.

Procedure

On Unix/Linux:

  1. Go to the directory where you unpacked the software. Open a root shell and call the SDBSETUP program entering the following command:

    ./SDBSETUP

  2. Choose the action to be performed.

  3. Follow the instructions displayed by Installation Manager.

  4. Leave the root shell after installation has been completed.

  5. Update the PATH environment variable for the operating system user who will operate the SAP MaxDB database system.

    Example Example

    export PATH=/opt/sdb/programs/bin:$PATH

    If necessary, also add the login profile of the operating system user (for example, in the home directory of the user):

    .bash_profile

    End of the example.
On Microsoft Windows:

  1. Go to the directory where you downloaded the database software. Call the program SDBSETUP.exe.

  2. Choose the action to be performed.

  3. Follow the instructions displayed by Installation Manager.

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