Preparing for Installation

Ensure that the host on which you are installing this data tier is ready for you to begin the installation.

Prerequisites

Note: During installation on a Microsoft Cluster, do not change the database password on the first data tier. If changed, an installation error on the second data tier will be encountered. As a workaround, instead of reinstalling the first data tier, and before installing the second, define the following environment variables (on the first node) with the original password ($ORIGINAL_PASSWORD) set to the value used for the first installed node:

set CDB_ORIG_PWD = $ORIGINAL_PASSWORD 
set CLDB_ORIG_PWD = $ORIGINAL_PASSWORD 
set MDB_ORIG_PWD = $ORIGINAL_PASSWORD 
set DDB_ORIG_PWD = $ORIGINAL_PASSWORD

Task

Verify that you are on the active node.
Confirm that the installation target host meets minimum system requirements for all SAP Mobile Platform components you are installing, as specified in Supported Hardware and Software.
Verify that you have Administrator privileges on the installation target host.
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.
Shut down all Sybase and SAP software, Sybase and SAP processes, and associated third-party processes running on the installation target host.

Use the Services panel from Windows Control Panel to verify that services are stopped. The SAP Mobile Platform services are: “SAP Control Center” and all services with names that begin with “SAP Mobile…”
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.
To accommodate SAP Mobile Platform internal communications, you may need to reconfigure intrusion detection/prevention systems (either hardware- or software-based).
See Intrusion Detection and Protection Requirements in Landscape Design and Integration.
For Windows 8 and Windows 2012/R2 platforms, verify that the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 has been enabled before starting the installation. If not enabled, you must manually enable the .NET Framework 3.5 from the Windows Features control panel applet before installing the SAP Mobile Platform Runtime.