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Preparing for the Installation

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to perform the general preparation steps required to install an SAP system

Preparation for an SAP System Installation

Before you begin an SAP system installation, you need to prepare several things.

SAP System Installation: Preparatory Steps

Please note: Maintenance Planner will support you in some of the following activities, so a manual/separate download is not required for alle elements.
Download the latest SWPM package.
Download the required installation media.
Read the corresponding installation guides.
Read all the required SAP Notes as listed in the installation guides.
Install or update SAP front end components, such as SAP GUI for Windows.
Perform a prerequisite check to see whether the necessary hardware and software requirements are fulfilled.

Installation Media Download

To perform an installation of an SAP system, you need the right media. The Maintenance Planner helps you to calculate this media. The following slides show a maintenance transaction for a new SAP system. In this example, the media for the SAP S/4HANA Server system S4X is calculated.

Check and Optionally Change Selected Files

Download Stack XML File and Files for Installation

The figure shows the location from where additional installation media can be downloaded.

The following objects will be provided by the Maintenance Planner:

Stack-XML file
SWPM and SUM
Latest SAP Host Agent
Latest Kernel
SPAM/SAINT Update
Database Backup files for products installed with SWPM 2.0
RDBMS server software for products installed with SWPM 2.0
RDBMS client software for products installed with SWPM 2.0
Media for additional languages for products installed with SWPM 2.0
Support Packages of Feature Package/Support Package Stack

The following objects need to be downloaded manually, most from Software Download Center (SWDC):

Latest SAPCAR
RDBMS server software for products installed with SWPM 1.0
RDBMS client software for products installed with SWPM 1.0
Database Export Media for products installed with SWPM 1.0
Media for additional languages for products installed with SWPM 1.0
Installation and Update Guides (SUM Guides) can be found at https://support.sap.com/sltoolset

Installation Guides and SAP Notes

Before performing each installation, read the corresponding installation guide for your specific combination of operating system and database.

Keep the installation guide ready during the installation, so that you can follow each successive step of the installation procedure.

SAP Notes

Read the current version of all relevant SAP Notes. These SAP Notes contain additional information that is required when performing an installation.

Read only the SAP Notes relevant for your specific installation. To avoid known problems, read the SAP Notes before beginning an installation.

Make sure that you have all the relevant SAP Notes available during the installation so that you can solve potential problems that may occur.

SAP Front End Software

To simplify SAP system administration, SAP recommends that you install the software on the host on which you start the installation of your SAP system.

Note

For information on installing the front end software, refer to the following documentation:

SAP front-end installation guide (English version)
SAP Frontend Installationsleitfaden (German version)

Availability of Installation Media

The master guide lists the installation media you need for installation in the Media Information section. The installation guide lists the installation media you need for installation in the chapter, Preparation.

Download all the required installation media and make them available to the host where the SAP system is to be installed. Find more information on the required media within the installation guides.

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