Hi Preethi D
First of all I would like to say that requesting answers directly to your email is a bad idea that ultimately will undermine the idea of this forum.
I don’t think there are any test drives with XI.
Installing the test drives is a complicated matter and I would suggest that you keep strictly to the guide lines given in the downloaded packages. That means that you should not install on Vista.
You don't exactly say that you want both ABAP and JAVA test drives on the same PC, both I assume that is what you want. Again according to the given guide lines that is not supported so it’s probably not recommendable, but I just did that and so far it seems to be working.
Here is an overview of how my installation went.
These steps are the overall plan for a dual installation of abap test drive 04s SP11 and java test drive 04s SP9. For more detailed instructions please consult the installation guides included with both the ABAP and the JAVA test drive packages. Both guides are stated with the start.htm.
1) Installation of the abap test drive 04s SP11
2) Installation of SAPgui on client PC as described in "Getting started"
3) Open various ports in Windows Firewall on the server to allow client PC to access the server. If you install the client software on the “server” this step is of course not necessary.
4) I now started the NSP instance with the SAP Management Console.
5) One of my goals is to try the Adobe tool in ABAP environment, so at this point I tested the ABAP installation and especially I tested transaction SFP (the form builder). The first thing I found out was that the SAPgui that comes with the test drive is not including the tool ADOBE LIVECYCLE DESIGNER that is used to edit the form layout. From other SDN thread I learned that I could download ADOBE LIVECYCLE DESIGNER 7.1 from service.sap.com/swdc.
6) Download ADOBE LIVECYCLE DESIGNER 7.1 from service.sap.com/swdc.
7) Installation of ADOBE LIVECYCLE DESIGNER 7.1 on client pc.
8) Test the form builder again. This time I found out that I now can maintain both interface and form including layout, but I can’t use it for anything because the test drive does not include the ADS (Adobe Document service) that is the engine that actually makes the adobe forms “execute”. This service is part of the java engine, so that’s why I decided to install the java test drive 04s SP9.
9) First I stopped the NSP instance again.
10) Then I downloaded and installed Sun Microsystems J2SE SDK version 1.4.2_09
11) Start installation of the java test drive 04s SP9
12) After a few steps the installation fails with an error saying something like
INFO[E] 2007-04-20 10:14:43
FSL-02077 File system export (share) saploc does not exist.
ERROR 2007-04-20 10:14:44
FJS-00003 TypeError: this._name has no properties (in script NW_Java_OneHost|ind|ind|ind|ind, line 8987: ???)
ERROR 2007-04-20 10:14:44
FCO-00011 The step collect with step key |NW_Java_OneHost|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost_System|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|NW_GetSidNoProfiles|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|collect was executed with status ERROR .
SDN member Durairaj Athavan Raja helped me find this solution from SDN member Regit Young:
Stop installation on the error and go to the temp installer directory,
eg. C:program filessapinst_instdirNW04SSneak_PreviewFullInstall, and locate the file control.xml.
Open the file in an editor and go to line where you will find function HostName(name)
{
this._name = name;
}
replace the this._name = name; to
this._name = "hostname";
where "hostname" is your computer hostname.
Now restart the installation and choose the option to continue old installation.
13) I have done this installation 2 times and the first time the installation finished without any problems. The second time it stopped twice.
a. First error occurred in the step “Install Java engine".
This error was fixed by rebooting the computer and restart the installation with the option “continue old installation”
b. The second error occurred in the step "Run Java migration toolkit".
The error log mentioned some thing about “Error while connecting to DB” and again I got the solution from the guru Durairaj Athavan Raja.
The solution was manually to start the maxdb for j2e (from the SAP Management Console) and then continue the installation.
14) When the installation finished, I started the SAP Management Console. In here I see 2 systems called J2E and NSP. Under the J2E server is 2 instances and after the installation the first instance was already running (it was green).
I started the other instance and here you should be aware: The complete J2E system was first up running (all green) after 1½ hour. I have installed on PC wit 4 GB ram and 2,4 MHz dual core.
15) After I saw all green on the J2E system I started the NSP (abap) system
16) This is a very important hint from Durairaj Athavan Raja:
Please note that the instance number is included in the port number used for various services. The JAVA test drive has 2 instances. In a stand alone JAVA installation they are numbered 00 and 01, but in this dual test drive installation instance number 00 is the NSP system and the J2E instances are numbered 01 and 02. This is important when you access the system via a port number.
As example: In the installation guide for the J2E system it says that you after installation can test the installation by “Open an Internet Explorer and browse to http://localhost:50100/”; but – the 01 in the port number is actually the instance number, so in this setup you must browse to http://localhost:50200/
At this point I have an ABAP test drive and a JAVA test drive running on the same PC. I still have lots of thinks to install and do. And I still don’t know if I will reach my goal to try the Adobe tool in ABAP environment.
Some of the steps skipped in this guide are Installation of Mad Database Manager and Mad SQL Studio, SAP Net Weaver Developer Studio and “Credential for Adobe Document Services”, but these steps are all described in the installation guides included with the test drive packages.
I also want to try the mobile engine and Durairaj Athavan Raja also mentions the possibility to set up sso between sneak preview abap and sneak preview portal to create and run bsp iview.
It seems that the possibilities are almost endless, but I’m pretty sure that XI is not included in the test drives.
Good luck.
Best regards
Thomas Madsen Nielsen
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