Configuring Without TMS on Windows

To access a common transport directory, you need the editor SAPPAD.EXE. The editor is in the executable directory of your system, and it can also interpret UNIX and Windows file formats.

1. Set the binary mode for the SAP transport tools.

   Enter the following parameter in your transport profile:

   ABAPNTFMODE=b

2. Enter the following parameter in the transport profile:

   wnt|transdir=<path to UNIX transport directory>

   Example

   wnt|transdir = \\trans01\trans4\

   wnt|A99/r3transpath=\\<path to R3trans>\R3trans.exe

   wnt|A99/sapevtpath=\\<path to sapevt>\sapevt.exe

   wnt|A99/system_pf=\\<NTHOST>\sapmnt\<SID\sys\profile\default.pfl

   You must save the transport profile using SAPPAD in the UNIX format. To do this, choose  Options  Save As Unix File .

3. Change the instance profile of the SAP systems on Windows.

   You must make the following entries in the system-specific instance profile for each system on Windows that is supposed to use the central transport directory:

   1. Set the parameter abap/NTfmode=b.

      This parameter sets the default mode for opening a file for the kernel.

   2. Set the parameter DIR_TRANS to the UNIX transport directory.
      Example DIR_TRANS=\\trans01\trans4
   3. Set parameter DIR_EPS_ROOT to a subdirectory of the transport directory for tansaction SPAM.
      Example DIR_EPS_ROOT=\\trans01\trans4\EPS
   4. Stop the relevant SAP system and the service SAP <SAPSID>_<instance no.> by choosing (Choose  Control Panel  Services .)
   5. Then restart the SAP system and the service.
4. Adjust the SAP profile to the UNIX format.

   You must convert the profiles into binary format of all systems running on Windows that are supposed to use the central transport directory.

   To do so, log on to the SAP system and call transaction RZ10. Choose  Utilities  Import Profiles  Of Active Servers .

   This saves the profiles in UNIX format.