Maintaining the Transport Directory 

Procedure

For tp, the transport directory must meet the following requirements (depending on the operating system):

UNIX

A transport network must contain a single physical transport directory that can be accessed from each host using the same path.

In UNIX systems, this directory can be a soft link, pointing to the correct transport directory or mount point.

You need to store the chosen path in two parameters:

●      Parameter transdir for the transport control program in the Transport Profile

●      Parameter DIR_TRANS for the SAP System in the instance profile

The default value for the transport directory is /usr/sap/trans in UNIX.

Microsoft Windows

Transport groups comprised of Windows systems, or of Windows and UNIX systems are supported.

For more information on creating a heterogeneous transport group, see Transport Control under Windows.

SAP allows you to name a central transport host on the Domain Name Server that is valid for all Windows systems.

For more information on specifying a central transport host on the Domain Name Server, see Specifying Central Transport Host.

Each transport group must have a single physical transport directory that can be accessed by all machines.

This directory is described by the parameters:

●      transdir (transport profile)

●      DIR_TRANS (instance-specific profile)

If you have entered a transport host on the domain name server, the default location for the directory is \\$(SAPTRANSHOST)\sapmnt\trans.

If not, it is located at \\$(SAPGLOBALHOST)\sapmnt\trans.

The transport directory is described by the following parameters:

●      SAPTRANSHOST

Name of the host configured as the central transport host on the Domain Name Server

●      SAPGLOBALHOST

Name of the host on which the central system is installed

●      sapmnt

Global share that points to the \usr\sap file tree on the central instance

Note the different naming conventions used for parameters transdir and DIR_TRANS:

The path specified for parameter DIR_TRANSdoes not end with a “\”, whereas the path entered for parameter transdir does:

DIR_TRANS = T:

transdir = T:\

 

Profile parameter DIR_TRANS and parameter transdir that you have set in the transport profile must point to the same transport directory.

IBM System i

A transport network must contain a single physical transport directory that can be accessed from each host using the same path.

In System I systems, this directory can be a soft link, pointing to the correct transport directory or mount point.

You need to store the chosen path in two parameters:

●      Parameter transdir for the transport control program in the Transport Profile

●      Parameter DIR_TRANS for the SAP System in the instance profile

The default value for the transport directory is /usr/sap/trans in System i.