Creating SMS Deployment Packages with SAP Mobile Components 

Use

This section describes the process of creating SMS Server 2003 deployment packages out of SAP mobile components that are contained in the SAP system. It provides a complete illustration of the steps necessary to download and create SMS packages and programs. MCDW is also responsible for assigning packages to one or various distribution points.

Prerequisites

·        SMS Server 2003 is running and configured properly.

·        SAP-SMS-SnapIn, MCDW, and MCDW-SMS are installed.

●    It is not necessary to install the SAP-SMS-SnapIn, MCDW, and MCDW-SMS on the same computer in which SMS Server 2003 is running.

●    The SAP-SMS-SnapIn component must be installed on computers in which the SMS Administration console is installed.

Procedure

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       1.      Open the SMS Administration Console.

       2.      Click the Packages folder with the alternate mouse button and choose New → Package From SAP Mobile Component.

The MCDW component starts.

       3.      On the MCDW SAP Authentication screen, enter the SAP server and login credentials to be used by the wizard.

You must use valid SAP server and login credentials to continue with the wizard.

       4.      On the SAP Mobile Components screen, select the mobile components you want to download and click Next.

Mobile component dependencies are downloaded automatically and embedded into the main package. For example, if a package named SAP_MC has SAP_SUB_MC as a dependency, the system creates only the package named SAP_MC in the SMS Server containing the dependency. When SAP_MC is advertised, the SAP_SUB_MC package is deployed automatically, although it is not displayed in the SMS Administration Console.

       5.      On the Browse for Folder screen, select the target directory from which the SAP Mobile Components can be downloaded.

The destination folder can be either a directory in the local file system or a network share.

Upon the completion of the download, the SMS Server Authentication screen appears.

       6.      Enter the SMS server information and credentials to be used and choose Next.

The SMS server you select is the server in which deployment packages are created.

       7.      On the SMS Server 2003 Distribution Points screen, you must select at least one SMS distribution point for the SMS package(s) to be created, then choose Next.

       8.      Verify that all the information is correct and then choose Next.

Result

The system creates an SMS deployment package for each of the SAP mobile components selected. Each deployment package contains programs for install and uninstall with a command line referencing the SPI component. The arguments to the SPI component vary between the install and uninstall programs. All packages created are assigned to the distribution points selected by the user.