Selecting Installation Options

Specify the installation directory, installation type, SAP Mobile Platform components, and additional installation options.

1. Specify the absolute path to the installation location, which must be on a local drive on the target host.

   The total length of the path must be 43 characters or less.

   Directory names in the path can contain only:

   • ASCII alphanumeric characters
   • Underscore ( _ ), hyphen ( - ), and period (.) characters (two consecutive period characters are not allowed and none of these characters may appear as the first character in a folder name)
   • No characters between "MobilePlatform" and the preceding "\" character.
2. Select Cluster and click Next.
3. Select Install the data tier for your SAP Mobile Platform cluster and click Next.
4. On the additional installation options panel, select Configure data tier.
5. On the port numbers and passwords panel:
   1. Do not change the default password, which is sql. You will change the default passwords when you install the second data tier.
   2. (Optional) Enter port numbers, or accept the defaults for:
      • Cache database server
      • Cluster database server
      • LogData database server
   3. (Optional) If you want to specify non-default locations for database files and transaction logs, select Specify separate locations for database and/or transaction log files.
   4. Select Install the data tier into high availability environment.
   5. Click Next.
   
   
   
6. If you selected Specify separate locations for database and/or transaction log files, enter the full path to each of the following that you want to change:
   • ... file path – (optional) enter the path to a storage location that will house the database files, for each database listed.
   • ... log file path – (optional) enter the path to a storage location that will house the transaction logs, for each database listed.

   Each path must:

   • Be either a file share resource group, or a Client Access Point.
   • Not be a UNC path.
   • Be an absolute path (not relative to some other location).
   • Point to an existing directory in the shared data folder.
   • Use the same drive letter mapped on all data tier hosts.
   • Be no longer than 228 characters.
   • Contain only ASCII alphanumeric characters, space, underscore ("_"), hyphen ("-"), and period (".").

   
   
   
7. If you selected only Install the data tier into high availability environment, enter a path for the location of the high availability data.

   Enter the path to the location that will hold the data tier database and transaction log files.

   The path must:

   • Be either a file share resource group, or a Client Access Point.
   • Not be a UNC path.
   • Be an absolute path (not relative to some other location).
   • Point to an existing directory within the shared data folder you added to the cluster share disk (for example, SMPData).
   • Use the same drive letter mapped on all data tier hosts.
   • Be no longer than 228 characters.
   • Contain only ASCII alphanumeric characters, space, underscore ("_"), hyphen ("-"), and period (".").