Dears,
We are about to install SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 (EhP1) on IBM Power System i - OS : IBM i (V7R1M0) - DB : IBM DB2 for i
Could someone please guide to the best practices / steps to follow to re-assemble the required files, after fully downloading the installation media from sap service marketplace, before starting the copy phase onto the installation server (IBM Power System i) ?
The files to be downloaded have the extensions : .rar , .zip and .exe
The two relevant SAP notes : 1258173 and 886535 are rather ambiguous :
Note : 1258173 deals with the .zip files : what I understood is that any Windows-based utility would do the job.
Note : 886535 deals with the .rar and .exe files : what I understood is that the unpacking for a Windows - based platform is simply done by double clicking (executing) the .exe file.
Also, another point please :
The following is an excerpt from the manual :
Installation Guide - SAP Systems Based on the Application Server ABAP of SAP NetWeaver on IBM i : IBM DB2 for i
Using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0
Document version : 2.00 - 2012-08-28
p. 71 :
NOTE
For advanced users only: Instead of copying the complete media you also can copy only dedicated subdirectories. For IBM i the following directories have to be copied:
- IM_OS400_PPC64
- K_<version>_<U or N>_OS400_PPC64
- EXP*
- JAVA*
- SL_CONTROLLER*
Is there a way to map the different files to be downloaded to the final directories onto which the media content is to be copied ?
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Regards.
Reda