Preparing for Installation

Ensure that the host on which you are installing SAP Mobile SDK meets the system requirements and is ready for you to begin the installation.

1. If User Access Control (UAC) is present in the version of Windows where you are installing, disable it. Restart the system for this change to take effect.
2. Verify that the target system meets the system requirements for SAP Mobile SDK.
   See Supported Hardware and Software.
3. Verify that you have Administrator privileges on the installation target host.
4. If the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable is set, remove it before you start the installation.
   Check for the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable in both User Variables and System Variables panes of the Environment Variables dialog.
   1. Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
   2. Select the Advanced tab, then click Environment Variables.
   3. Select JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS and click Delete.
   4. Click OK to exit all dialogs.
5. If there is an earlier version of SAP Mobile SDK installed on the same computer where you are installing this version, back up any workspace directory trees used by SAP Mobile WorkSpace.
   Although installing this version of SAP Mobile SDK does not overwrite those files, you should create backups that have been opened only in the earlier version. If you open an earlier version project in the later version of SAP Mobile SDK, you are committed to migrating the project to the later version. Backups keep open the option to go back to the earlier version.
6. To use the sampleDB database that is packaged with SAP Mobile Platform, be sure that the SAP Mobile Server that you plan to connect to from your SAP Mobile SDK installation has the SAP Mobile Platform SampleDB service running.

   If the Windows service that runs the sampleDB server, SAP Mobile Platform SampleDB, has not been created:

   1. In the file system where the SAP Mobile Server is installed, go to the SMP_HOME\Servers\UnwiredServer\bin directory, where SMP_HOME is the SAP Mobile Platform installation directory, down to the MobilePlatform folder.
   2. Run the sampledb.bat script.

      To create the service to start automatically, enter:

      sampledb.bat install auto

      To create the service to be started manually, enter:

      sampledb.bat install manual

   3. Start the SAP Mobile Platform SampleDB service you just created, either by using the Windows Services control panel, or by entering, at the command prompt:

      sampledb.bat start

      For more information on the sampledb.bat script, see Create or Remove the Windows Service for sampledb Server (sampledb) Utility in System Administration.