Installation Guide | PUBLIC Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP36 Document Version: 4.4 – 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 i All rights reserved. mpany. ffiliate co P a A S E or an S P A S 022 THE BEST RUN © 2 Content 1 Document History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 About this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.1 SAP Products Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 Supported for Installation Using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 2.2 Naming Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 2.3 Constraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 2.4 Before You Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.5 SAP Notes for the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2.6 New Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 Installation Options Covered by this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 3.1 Standard System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.2 Distributed System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 3.3 Additional Application Server Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4 Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 4.1 Planning Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.2 Installation Using a Stack XML File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 4.3 Hardware and Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Running the Prerequisites Check in Standalone Mode (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Requirements for the SAP System Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.4 Planning User and Access Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4.5 Domain or Local Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 4.6 Basic Installation Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SAP System Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.7 SAP System Transport Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 5 Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.1 Preparation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.2 Disabling the Windows Server Firewall on Windows Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 5.3 Performing Basic Windows Preparation Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5.4 Required User Authorization for Running Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 5.5 Using Virtual Host Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5.6 Preparing IBM i for Windows File System Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.7 Configuring Windows Transport Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.8 Preparing the SAP System Transport Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 5.9 Installing the SAP Front-End Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i 2 PUBLIC Content 5.10 Preparing the Installation Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Media Required for the Installation - Listed by SAP System Instance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 6 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 6.1 Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 6.2 Specifying the Initial Data Source of the User Management Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 6.3 Prerequisites for Running Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 6.4 Running Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 6.5 Additional Information about Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Useful Information about Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 System Provisioning Using an Input Parameter File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 How to Avoid Automatic Logoff by Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Restarting Interrupted Processing of Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Entries in the Services File Created by Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Troubleshooting with Software Provisioning Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Using the Step State Editor (SAP Support Experts Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 7 Post-Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 7.1 Post-Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 7.2 Logging On to the Application Server ABAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 7.3 SAP NetWeaver 7.4 and Higher: Performing Automated Initial Setup (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 7.4 Configuring the Remote Connection to SAP Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 7.5 Enabling Note Assistant to Apply Note Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 7.6 Configuring Documentation Provided on the SAP Help Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 7.7 Performing the Consistency Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 7.8 Creating Symbolic Links on Windows Server for Application Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 7.9 Configuring the Change and Transport System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 7.10 Connecting the System to SAP Solution Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 7.11 Applying the Latest Kernel and Support Package Stacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 7.12 Performing Post-Installation Steps for the ABAP Application Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 7.13 Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP 7.52 only: Switching to Standalone Enqueue Server 2 and Enqueue Replicator 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 7.14 Installing Additional Languages and Performing Language Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 7.15 SAP Kernel 7.40 and Higher: IP Multicast Configuration and Wake-Up Mechanism. . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 7.16 Configuring the User Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 7.17 Ensuring User Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 7.18 Performing the Client Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 7.19 SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.4 and Higher: Changing Keys for the Secure Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 7.20 Performing a Full System Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 8 Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 8.1 Integration of LDAP Directory Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i Content PUBLIC 3 8.2 SAP Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 8.3 Performing a Domain Installation Without Being a Domain Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 8.4 Checking and Changing the Paging File Settings on Windows Server 2012 (R2) and Higher. . . . . . . 128 8.5 Installing the SAP Host Agent Separately. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 8.6 Starting and Stopping the SAP System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 8.7 Configuring the Windows Server Firewall after SAP installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 8.8 SAP System Security on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 8.9 Automatic Creation of Accounts and Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 8.10 Changing the Password of the Users <sapsid>adm and SAPSE<SAPSID> on Windows for IBM DB2 for i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 8.11 Uninstalling an SAP System or Single Instances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 A Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 A.1 Using PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 A.2 Online Information from SAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i 4 PUBLIC Content 1 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 on the most important document changes: Version Date Description 4.4 2022-10-10 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP36 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP36) Operating systems and CPU architectures no longer supported according to SAP Note 2998013 have been removed. 4.3.1 2022-10-10 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP35 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP35): Last ver­ sion containing information about no longer supported operating systems and CPU architec­ tures according to SAP Note 2998013 . 4.3 2022-06-01 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP35 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP35) 4.2 2022-05-24 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP35 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP35) 4.1 2022-02-14 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP34 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP34) 4.0 2021-10-11 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP33 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP33) 3.9 2021-06-21 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP32 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP32) 3.8 2021-02-15 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP31 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP31) 3.7 2020-10-05 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP30 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP30) 3.6 2020-06-08 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP29 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP29) 3.5 2020-01-20 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP28 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP28) 3.4 2019-09-16 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP27 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP27) 3.3 2019-05-27 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP26 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP26) 3.2 2019-01-21 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP25 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP25) Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i Document History PUBLIC 5 Version Date Description 3.1 2018-09-17 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP24 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP24) • New Features: New Look and Feel of SL Common GUI with software provisioning manager 1.0 SP24, Patch Level 05, documented in: New Features, Prerequisites for Running the Software Provisioning Manager 3.0 2018-05-07 Updated version for software provisioning 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 Plan­ ner Transaction • Validity Check for SUM*.SAR Archive, documented in: New Features, Additional Pa­ rameters When Using a Stack XML File • Information “enqueue server” versus “enqueue server 2”, “enqueue replication server” versus “enqueue replication server 2” added: High Availability with Microsoft Failover Clustering, System Based on SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP 7.52 only: Switching to En­ queue 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 i 6 PUBLIC Document History Version Date Description 2.9 2018-01-15 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP22 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP22) • New Features: • Signature check for installation archives, documented in: New Features, Download­ ing SAP Kernel Archives (Archive-Based Installation) Archive-Based Installation for Diagnostics Agent, Downloading the SAP Kernel Archives Required for the Dual-Stack Split (Without Operating System and Database Migration), Downloading the SAP Kernel Archives Required for Operating System and Database Migration • Software provisioning manager Log Files Improvements, documented in: New Fea­ tures, Useful Information about the Software Provisioning Manager, Troubleshooting with the Software Provisioning Manager • Secure ABAP message server connection, documented in: New Features, SAP Sys­ tem Parameters • Enabling IPv6, documented in: New Features, Prerequisites for Running the Software Provisioning 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 soft­ ware provisioning manager: • The following sections which were explicitely related to Java SDT GUI were com­ pletely removed from this documentation: Performing a Remote Installation Remote Processing of the Software Provisioning Manager ( Java SDT GUI only), Starting the Java SDT GUI Separately, Running the Software Provisioning Manager in Accessibility Mode (general accessibility information was moved to Useful Information About the Software Provisioning Manager). • The Java SDT GUI-specific information was removed from the common software provisioning manager sections: Running the Software Provisioning Manager, Useful Information About the Software Provisioning Manager, Interrupted Processing of the Software Provisioning Manager, Troubleshooting with the Software Provisioning Man­ ager, Deleting an SAP System or Single Instances • New section Using the Step State Editor (SAP Support Experts Only) was added to sec­ tion Additional Information About 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 i Document History PUBLIC 7 Version Date Description 2.8 2017-09-11 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP21 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP21) • New Features: • Media Signature Check, documented in: New Features, Running the Software Provi­ sioning Manager, Preparing the Installation Media . This feature implies that section Creating Kernel Archives from an Existing SAP Sys­ tem has been deleted from this documentation because the related option in the software provisioning manager had to be removed. • Download Media for a Maintenance Plan, documented in: New Features, Download­ ing Media for a Maintenance Plan • SAP Host Agent Upgrade , documented in: New Features, SAP System Parameters, Downloading SAP Kernel Archives (Archive-Based Installation) • Load tools are now available as LOADTOOLS.SAR in the Software Provisioning Man­ ager archive, documented in: New Features, Downloading and Extracting the Soft­ ware Provisioning Manager Archive • Simplified additional application server instance installation, documented in: New Features, Preparing the Installation Media, Downloading SAP Kernel Archives (Ar­ chive-Based Installation) 2.7 2017-05-22 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP20 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP20) • New Features: • New SAPUI5-based graphical user interface (GUI) “SL-UI”, documented in: Prereq­ uisites for Running the Software Provisioning Manager, Running the Software Provi­ sioning Manager, Useful Information About the Software Provisioning Manager • Option for choosing to install an embedded gateway during the ASCS instance in­ stallation, documented in: Installation Options Covered by this Guide, SAP System Parameters, Parameters for Additional Components to be Included in the ASCS In­ stance , Post-Installation Checklist, SAP Gateway Configuration 2.6 2017-02-06 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP19 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP19) • New Features: Verification of the integrity of data units in Software Provisioning Manager, documented in: New Features, Downloading the Software Provisioning Manager Archive Archive-based Language Installation, documented in: Additional Parameters When Using a Stack XML File 2.5 2016-10-07 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP18 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP18) • New Features: Option to choose installing an integrated SAP Web Dispatcher during the ASCS instance installation, documented in: ASCS Instance with Integrated SAP Web Dispatcher. Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i 8 PUBLIC Document History Version Date Description 2.4 2016-06-06 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP17 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP17) • New Features: “ Archive-Based Installation”, documented in: • New Features [page 16] • Preparing the Installation Media [page 58] Downloading Specific Installation Archives (Archive-Based Installation) 2.3 2016-02-15 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP10 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP16) 2.2 2015-10-12 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP09 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP15) Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP09 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP14) 2.1 2015-09-14 1.9 2015-04-27 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP08 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP13) Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP07 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP12) 1.8 2015-11-24 1.7 2014-07-07 Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP06 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP11) Updated version for software provisioning manager 1.0 SP05 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP10) 1.6 2014-03-17 1.5 2013-11-28 Updated version 1.4 2013-11-13 Updated version 1.3 2013-10-28 Updated version 1.2 2013-10-27 Updated version 1.1 2013-09-25 Updated version 1.0 2012-08-06 First version for software provisioning manager 1.0 Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i Document History PUBLIC 9 2 About this Document This installation guide describes how to install an SAP system based on the application server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 using the installation tool software provisioning manager 1.0 SP36, which is part of SL Toolset 1.0 SP36. This guide covers the SAP system products and releases listed in SAP Products Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 Supported for Installation Using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 [page 11].  Note This document only applies if you are installing an additional application server instance on a Windows operating system 64 bit against IBM Db2 for i. Windows systems based on the Intel Itanium processor are not supported.  Note As an alternative to using Software Provisioning Manager, you can install your system with a completely automated end-to-end framework available using SAP Landscape Management. For more information, see SAP Note 1709155 and https://help.sap.com/lama . For information about maintenance of SAP Business Suite and corresponding SAP NetWeaver versions, see SAP Note 1648480 . For information about supported operating system and database platforms for the SAP product you want to install, see the Product Availability Matrix at http://support.sap.com/pam  Caution Make sure you have read Before You Start [page 14] before you continue with this installation guide. SAP Products Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 Supported for Installation Using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 [page 11] Here you can find a list of the SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 ABAP that are supported for installation using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0, on the specific operating system and database combination described in this guide. Naming Conventions [page 12] This section lists the naming conventions that are currently apply for the software provisioning manager 1.0 and terms used in this documentation. Constraints [page 12] This section lists the naming constraints that are currently valid for the software provisioning manager 1.0 and this documentation. Before You Start [page 14] Make sure that you have read the release-specific “Master Guide” for your SAP Business Suite application, SAP NetWeaver application , or SAP Solution Manager system before you continue with this installation guide. SAP Notes for the Installation [page 15] Installation of SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 to 7.52 on Windows : IBM Db2 for i 10 PUBLIC About this Document