Installation Guide | PUBLIC Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP 36 Document Version: 4.1 – 2022-10-10 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, All rights reserved. UNIX, and Windows mpany. Database: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows ffiliate co Operating System: Windows P a A S E or an S P A S 022 THE BEST RUN © 2 Content 1 About this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.1 SAP Products Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 Supported for Installation Using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 1.2 Naming Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 1.3 Constraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1.4 Before You Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 1.5 SAP Notes for the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 1.6 New Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 2 Installation Options Covered by this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 2.1 Standard System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2.2 Distributed System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 2.3 High Availability System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 2.4 Additional Application Server Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 2.5 Splitting off an ABAP Central Services Instance from an Existing Primary Application Server Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 2.6 ASCS Instance with Embedded SAP Web Dispatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 2.7 ASCS Instance with Embedded Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 3 Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 3.1 Planning Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3.2 Installation Using a Stack XML File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 3.3 Hardware and Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Running the Prerequisites Check in Standalone Mode (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Requirements for the SAP System Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 3.4 Planning User and Access Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 3.5 Planning Your Encryption Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Native Database Encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Setting Up SSL Connections Between SAP Application Server ABAP and the Db2 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Backup Strategy for the Keystore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 3.6 Domain or Local Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 3.7 Basic Installation Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 SAP System Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 SAP System Database Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Additional Parameters when Installing SAP Process Integration 7.5 or SAP Solution Manager 7.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Additional Parameters When Using a Stack XML File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 2 PUBLIC Content Parameters for Additional Components to be Included in the ASCS Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 3.8 Setup of Database Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Base Directories for the Database Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Users and Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Directory Structure of the IBM Db2 Client Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Updating the Global Directory During Fix Pack Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Db2 Tablespaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Optimization of Database Size on Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Data Safety and Performance Considerations for Production Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 3.9 SAP System Transport Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 3.10 IBM Db2 BLU Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 4 Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 4.1 Preparation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 4.2 Disabling the Windows Server Firewall on Windows Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 4.3 Performing Basic Windows Preparation Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 4.4 Required User Authorization for Running Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 4.5 Using Virtual Host Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 4.6 Preparing the SAP System Transport Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 4.7 Installing the SAP Front-End Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 4.8 Preparing the Installation Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Media Required for the Installation - Listed by SAP System Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 5 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 5.1 Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 5.2 Specifying the Initial Data Source of the User Management Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 5.3 Prerequisites for Running Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 5.4 Running Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 5.5 Additional Information about Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Useful Information about Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 System Provisioning Using an Input Parameter File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 How to Avoid Automatic Logoff by Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 Restarting Interrupted Processing of Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Entries in the Services File Created by Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Troubleshooting with Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Using the Step State Editor (SAP Support Experts Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 6 Post-Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 6.1 Post-Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 6.2 Logging On to the Application Server ABAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 6.3 SAP NetWeaver 7.4 and Higher: Performing Automated Initial Setup (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 6.4 Installing the SAP License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Content PUBLIC 3 6.5 High Availability: Setting Up Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 6.6 Configuring the Remote Connection to SAP Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 6.7 Enabling Note Assistant to Apply Note Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 6.8 Configuring Documentation Provided on the SAP Help Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 6.9 Performing the Consistency Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 6.10 Creating Symbolic Links on Windows Server for Application Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 6.11 Configuring the Change and Transport System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 6.12 Connecting the System to SAP Solution Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 6.13 Applying the Latest Kernel and Support Package Stacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 6.14 Performing Post-Installation Steps for the ABAP Application Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 6.15 Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP 7.52 only: Switching to Standalone Enqueue Server 2 and Enqueue Replicator 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 6.16 SAP Solution Manager 7.2, SAP Process Integration 7.5 only: Enabling HTTPS Communication for ABAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 6.17 Installing Additional Languages and Performing Language Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 6.18 SAP Kernel 7.40 and Higher: IP Multicast Configuration and Wake-Up Mechanism. . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 6.19 Configuring the User Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 6.20 Ensuring User Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 6.21 Performing the Client Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 6.22 SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.4 and Higher: Changing Keys for the Secure Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 6.23 Enabling the Database for Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 6.24 Enabling Recoverability of the IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 6.25 Performing a Full System Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 6.26 Checking the Database Parameters for IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 6.27 Logging on to the SAP Web Dispatcher Management Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 6.28 SAP Web Dispatcher Configuration (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 6.29 Gateway Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 6.30 Post-Installation Activities for Db2 BLU Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 7 Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 7.1 Integration of LDAP Directory Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 7.2 SAP Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 7.3 Performing a Domain Installation Without Being a Domain Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 7.4 Checking and Changing the Paging File Settings on Windows Server 2012 (R2) and Higher. . . . . . . 198 7.5 Installation of Multiple Components in One Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 7.6 MCOD Tablespaces, Directories, and Connect Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 7.7 Installing the SAP Host Agent Separately. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 7.8 Creating Tablespaces Manually (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 7.9 Adding Database Partitions to a Database Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 7.10 Splitting Off an ABAP Central Services Instance from an Existing Primary Application Server Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 4 PUBLIC Content 7.11 Installing a Near-Line Storage Database for an SAP Business Warehouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 7.12 Starting and Stopping the SAP System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 7.13 Configuring the Windows Server Firewall after SAP installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 7.14 Minimizing the Database Size After the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 7.15 Installing Windows Application Servers in a UNIX Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 7.16 SAP System Security on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 7.17 Automatic Creation of Accounts and Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 7.18 Uninstalling an SAP System or Single Instances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 7.19 Deleting a Database Instance, the Database Software, or a Database Schema Manually. . . . . . . . . .226 Deleting the Database Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Deleting a Db2 Instance Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Deleting the Db2 Software Installation Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 Deleting a Database Schema Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 8 High Availability with Microsoft Failover Clustering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 8.1 Checklist for a High-Availability System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 8.2 Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 System Configuration with Microsoft Failover Clustering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Distribution of SAP System Components to Disks for Failover Clustering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244 Directories in a Microsoft Failover Cluster Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247 Hostnames in a Failover Cluster Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Obtaining IP Addresses for a Microsoft Failover Cluster Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 8.3 Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 8.4 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 Configuring the First Cluster Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254 Installing the Database Instance on a Cluster Node (Part 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Preparing the Additional Node for High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Configuring the Database for High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 Installing the Database Instance on a Cluster Node (Part 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260 Configuring the Additional Cluster Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261 Installing the Primary Application Server Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262 Installing the Additional Application Server Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 8.5 Post-Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264 8.6 Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 Moving Cluster Groups, or Services and Applications, or Roles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265 Starting and Stopping the SAP System in a Microsoft Failover Cluster Configuration. . . . . . . . . 266 A Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 A.1 Using PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 A.2 Example: Editing the db2mscs.ese File for Database Clusters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 A.3 Online Information from SAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 A.4 Online Information from IBM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Content PUBLIC 5 A.5 Disclaimer: Links to IBM Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 6 PUBLIC Content Document History  Note Before you start reading, make sure you have the latest version of this installation guide, which is available at https://support.sap.com/sltoolset System Provisioning Install a System using Software Provisioning Manager Installation Option of Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 . The following table provides an overview of the most important document changes: Version Date Description 4.1 2022-10-10 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP36 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP36) Operating systems and CPU architec­ tures no longer supported according to SAP Note 2998013 have been re­ moved. New features for Db2 (see New Fea­ tures [page 23]) 4.0.1 2022-10-10 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP35 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP35): Last version containing informa­ tion about no longer supported operat­ ing systems and CPU architectures ac­ cording to SAP Note 2998013 . 4.0 2022-05-24 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP35 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP35) 3.9 2022-02-14 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP34 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP34) 3.8 2021-10-11 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP33 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP33) 3.7 2021-06-21 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP32 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP32) Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Document History PUBLIC 7 Version Date Description 3.6 2021-02-15 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP31 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP31) 3.5 2020-10-05 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP30 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP30) 3.42 2020-06-08 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP29 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP29) 3.41 2020-01-23 Minor corrections 3.4 2020-01-20 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP28 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP28), information about Db2 BLU Ac­ celeration added (see also New Fea­ tures [page 23]) 3.31 2019-11-05 Information about IBM Db2 11.5 added 3.3 2019-09-16 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP27 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP27) 3.2 2019-05-27 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP26 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP26); information about encryption added (see also New Features [page 23]) 3.1 2019-01-21 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP25 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP25) Additional information about high avail­ ability system on Microsoft Cluster with shared disk (see also New Features [page 23]) 3.0 2018-09-17 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP24 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP24) Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 8 PUBLIC Document History Version Date Description 2.9 2018-05-07 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP23 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP23) • New Features: • New Software Provisioning Manager Option Download Media for a Maintenance Plan, documented in: New Features, Downloading the Media for a Maintenance Planner Transac­ tion • Validity Check for SUM*.SAR Archive, documented in: New Features, Additional Parame­ ters When Using a Stack XML File • Information “enqueue server” ver­ sus “enqueue server 2”, “enqueue replication server” versus “en­ queue replication server 2” added: High Availability with Microsoft Fail­ over Clustering, System Based on SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP 7.52 only: Switching to Enqueue Server 2 and Enqueue Replication Server 2 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Document History PUBLIC 9 Version Date Description 2.8 2018-01-15 Updated version for software provision­ ing manager 1.0 SP22 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP22) • New Features: • Signature check for installa­ tion archives, documented in: New Features, Downloading SAP Kernel Archives (Archive- Based Installation) Archive- Based Installation for Diagnos­ tics Agent, Downloading the SAP Kernel Archives Required for the Dual-Stack Split (With­ out Operating System and Da­ tabase Migration), Download­ ing the SAP Kernel Archives Required for Operating System and Database Migration • Software provisioning man­ ager Log Files Improvements, documented in: New Features, Useful Information about the Software Provisioning Man­ ager, Troubleshooting with the Software Provisioning Manager • Secure ABAP message server connection, documented in: New Features, SAP System Pa­ rameters • Enabling IPv6, documented in: New Features, Prerequisites for Running the Software Provi­ sioning Manager • New Features section restructured: As of SP22, a dedicated subsection for each new SP has been created. New features below SP22 remain in a common table. • The Java SDT GUI - which was in the SP21 version still available in parallel to the SL-UI - has been deprecated with SP22. As of SP22, SL-UI is the only available GUI of the software provisioning manager: Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows: IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 10 PUBLIC Document History