Setting Up Devices by Using Setup
Packages
Prerequisites
· The status of the device must be Initial.
· The framework, database, and JRE have been uploaded to the SAP NetWeaver AS.
· You have assigned the required mobile components, such as the database, framework, and JRE along with the required applications to the device(s). However, to set up devices, it is not mandatory to assign applications. You can assign the required applications later.
· You have logged on to the SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator.
More information: Logging On to SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator
Procedure
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1. Choose Administration.
2. Under Device Management, choose Device Administration.
3. Under Search Devices, enter the required search criteria and choose Go.
4. From the Search Results, select the required devices and under Mass Device Operations, choose Create Setup Packages.
The Setup Packages screen appears. In the Ready for Setup Download field, after the status changes to green, you can proceed with the following steps.
5. Log on to the SAP NetWeaver ASand start transaction SDOE_SETUP.
6. In the Disc Size(MB) field, enter the size of the download.
7. In the MDS folder field, enter the path where the files required to set up the devices are downloaded.
8. Select the checkbox if you want to download the database, JVM, and framework along with the required data.
9. Choose Start setup.
The system creates a folder for each of the devices along with a Software folder in the path you provided in step 7. You must copy the individual device folders to the corresponding mobile devices along with the Software folder. Then, the software folder must be copied into the Device ID folder. As a result, the Device ID folder contains the following folders and files:
¡ Software
¡ Data
¡ META-INF
¡ MassDeviceSetup.exe
¡ <Filename>.jar (This is applicable only for handhelds)
¡ Installation.properties
○ The software folder is common for all the mobile devices. As a result, you can reuse the same folder to set up devices later. For example, you have to set up 100 devices. You set up 50 devices on a particular day, and you plan to set up the remaining devices the next day. When you start to set up the remaining 50 devices, you can deselect the checkbox mentioned in step 10 because the software folder, which consists of the database, JVM, and framework, is already available and can be reused.
○ If you are rolling out handhelds, then you must open the device ID folder and copy all the files (except MassDeviceSetup.exe) and folders to the \TEMP folder.
10. On the mobile device (laptop), execute the MassDeviceSetup.exe file to perform the setup.
Follow the instructions in the install shield. The install shield performs the installation in the following sequence:
a. JRE
b. Database
c. Framework
You can also perform the installation in the silent mode. In this case, when you execute MassDeviceSetup.exe, you are not prompted to specify any value and the system performs the installation in the background. To do this, you must execute MassDeviceSetup.exefrom the command prompt by using the following command:
MassDeviceSetup.exe /s /z”-path<C:\Temp> “
If you do not want the user to specify values for any of the installation related parameters, then we recommend that you perform the installation in silent mode. This can be triggered by using MassDeviceSetup.bat file.
11. On the mobile device (handheld), execute the <Filename>.jar file to perform the setup. The name of the .jar file can be pdamds.jar.
After the setup is complete, you must restart the handheld device.
If the applications are already assigned to the device, then the user of the device can use the applications offline and later synchronize data with the Data Orchestration Engine.
If you uninstall MassDeviceSetup on a mobile device, then you must restart the device if you want to install MassDeviceSetup again on the same device.