Selecting Installation Options DT2 in MSFC

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. (Optional) Enter port numbers and passwords, or accept the defaults for the ports listed:
      Note: The port number settings here must match exactly those you set for the first data tier.

      The passwords here must contain only alphanumeric ASCII characters and underscore ("_"), start with a letter, and be no more than 32 characters in length.

      • Cache database server
      • Cluster database server

      Enter a port number, or accept the default, for:

      • LogData database server

      Enter passwords, or accept the defaults, for:

      • Monitor database
      • Domainlog database
   2. (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.
   3. Select Install the data tier into high availability environment.
   4. 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:
   Note: The path settings here must match exactly those you set for the first data tier.

   • ... 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 (Windows 2003), a shared folder in the file server service (Windows 2008), 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.
   Note: The path settings here must match exactly those you set for the first data tier.

   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 (Windows 2003), a shared folder in the file server service (Windows 2008), 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 (".").