Selecting Installation Options Single Server

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

The installation path you specify below is referred to as SMP_HOME in the rest of these installation instructions.

  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 Single Server and click Next.
  3. If a page appears, indicating that the installer detected missing third-party software, click:
    • Next to install the required software.
    • Back to select components to install that do not require the third-party software.
    • Cancel to stop the current installation.
  4. (Optional) Select additional installation options.
    • Configure SAP Mobile Platform communication ports to change default ports.
    • Set SAP Mobile Platform services to start automatically to start services automatically when Windows starts. By default, this option is selected.

      Set SAP Mobile Platform services to start automatically if you plan to install products that work with SAP Mobile Platform, such as SAP® Data Orchestration Engine Connector and SAP Mobile Sales for SAP CRM. If SAP Mobile Platform services do not start automatically, dependent products will encounter problems.

    • Set SAP Mobile Server name and cluster name to set a name that is unique on the network segment.

  5. (Optional) If you selected Set SAP Mobile Server name and cluster name, enter a name for this SAP Mobile Server instance (name must be unique on network segment) and a name for the SAP Mobile Server cluster.
    Each server or cluster name:
    • Must contain only:
      • ASCII alphanumeric characters
      • Underscore ("_"), hyphen ("-"), and period (".") characters
    • Server names must be 1 – 32 characters in length and must begin with an alphanumeric character.
    • Cluster names must be 1 – 16 characters in length.
  6. (Optional) If you selected Configure SAP Mobile Platform communication ports, change the regular and secure port numbers as needed.
    • Server administration

    • HTTP listeners
      • Application connections
      • REST/OData APIs
      • Data change notifications
    • Synchronization

    SAP Mobile Server Communication Ports
  7. Enter the password to be used for the supAdmin user in the first field, then enter it again in the second field to confirm, then click Next.
    The password must:
    • Be at least 8 characters, and no longer than 32 characters.
    • Contain only ASCII alphanumeric characters, plus underscore (_), hyphen (-), and period (.).