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.
- 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.
- Select Cluster and click
Next.
- Select
the option for this
SAP Mobile Server
cluster node and click Next.
- Install the first server node
and connect it to the data tier
- Install an additional server
node and connect it to the data tier
- 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.
- (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. You
can specify the cluster name, only when you install the first node in an
SAP Mobile Server cluster.
Set
SAP Mobile Server name on subsequent
nodes in an SAP Mobile Server cluster. The name must be
unique on the network
segment.
- Install node as scale-out node to streamline the server
node to support high-volume business-to-consumer transactions. (This is
available only after you first install SAP Mobile Server in the same cluster. Recommended: Install a
second SAP Mobile Server node in the cluster
before you install the first scale-out
node.)
- (Optional) If you selected Set
SAP Mobile Server name, enter a name for this
SAP Mobile Server instance. The name must be
unique on the network
segment.
If you are installing the first node in the SAP Mobile Server cluster, you can also enter a name
for the 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.
- Enter information that SAP Mobile Server needs to connect to
the data tier.
- Enter the name of the data tier host.
- Enter the following for each configurable database listed:
- Database Name
- Port Number
- Login
- Password
In a typical new installation, you need not change any prepopulated value, enter
sql as the default password for each
database.
- (Optional) If you selected Configure SAP Mobile Platform communication
ports, change the default port numbers as needed.
Note:
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.
- 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
(.).
