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 first server node and connect it to the data tier and click Next.
4. 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.
5. (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 . Names must be unique on the network segment.

6. (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.
   Note: The SAP Mobile Server cluster name refers to the SAP Mobile Server load balancing cluster; it is different from the Microsoft Failover Cluster, which contains the SAP Mobile Platform data tier nodes.

   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.
7. Enter information that SAP Mobile Server needs to connect to the data tier:
   1. For host name, enter:
      • Windows 2003 – the fully qualified cluster service name that is assigned to the Microsoft Failover Cluster.
      • Windows 2008/2008 R2 or Windows 2012/2012 R2 – the fully qualified file server service name.
   2. For each configurable database listed, enter:
      • Database name
      • Port number
      • Login
      • Password

      Match exactly the passwords set for each database in the second data tier installation.

   
   
   
8. (Optional) If you selected Configure SAP Mobile Platform communication ports, change the default regular and secure port numbers as needed.
   Note: For the server administration port, do not specify port numbers outside the range of 1024-32767. For other ports, the allowable range is 1024-65535.

   Every SAP Mobile Server instance in a cluster must use the same communication port numbers. If you change any of the default port numbers, you must make the same change for each SAP Mobile Server in the cluster.

   • Server administration

   • HTTP listeners

     • Application connections
     • REST/OData APIs
     • Data change notifications
   • Synchronization
   
   
   
9. 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 (.).