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All rights company. affiliate THE BEST RUN 2021 SAP SE or an SAP SE or an SAP SAP 2021 © Content 1 About this Document........................................................10 1.1 About Software Provisioning Manager 1.0...........................................10 1.2 New Features............................................................... 11 1.3 SAP Notes for the Installation....................................................13 1.4 Accessing the SAP Library......................................................14 1.5 Naming Conventions..........................................................15 2 Planning..................................................................16 2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements............................................. 16 Hardware and Software Requirements Tables......................................16 2.2 Basic Installation Parameters................................................... 20 3 Preparation............................................................... 23 3.1 SAP Directories............................................................. 23 3.2 Using Virtual Host Names......................................................26 3.3 Installing English as a Secondary Language..........................................26 3.4 Preparing the SAP Installation User on IBM i.........................................27 3.5 Enable the User QSECOFR......................................................28 3.6 Preparing the Installation Media ................................................. 29 Downloading and Extracting the Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 Archive................30 Downloading Installation Archives (Archive-Based Installation)..........................31 Downloading Complete Installation Media........................................32 Copying the Installation Media Manually to Your IBM i................................34 4 Installation................................................................36 4.1 Prerequisites for Running the Installer............................................. 36 4.2 Running the Installer..........................................................38 4.3 Additional Information about the Installer...........................................41 Useful Information about the Installer........................................... 41 Interrupted Processing of the Installer...........................................43 Troubleshooting with the Installer..............................................47 Using the Step State Editor (SAP Support Experts Only)..............................48 5 Post-Installation Activities....................................................49 5.1 Gateway Configuration ........................................................49 6 Additional Information.......................................................50 6.1 Using Virtual Host Names......................................................50 Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i 2 PUBLIC Content 6.2 Starting and Stopping the Instance Manually........................................ 50 6.3 Uninstall...................................................................51 Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i Content PUBLIC 3 Document History Note Before you start reading, make sure you have the latest version of this installation guide, which is available at https://support.sap.com/sltoolset System Provisioning Install a System using Software Provisioning Manager Installation Option of Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP <Current Number> . The following table provides an overview on the most important document changes: Version Date Description 3.6 2021-06-21 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP32 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP32) 3.5 2021-02-15 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP31 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP31) 3.4 2020-10-05 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP30 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP30) 3.3 2020-06-08 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP29 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP29) 3.2 2020-01-20 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP28 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP28) 3.1 2019-09-16 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP27 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP27) 3.0 2019-05-27 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP26 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP26) 2.9 2019-01-21 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP25 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP25) Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i 4 PUBLIC Document History Version Date Description 2.8 2018-09-17 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP24 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP24) 2.7 2018-05-07 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP23 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP23) Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i Document History PUBLIC 5 Version Date Description 2.6 2018-01-15 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP22 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP22) ● New Features: ○ Signature check for installa tion archives, documented in: New Features, Downloading SAP Kernel Archives (Archive- Based Installation) Archive- Based Installation for Diagnos tics Agent, Downloading the SAP Kernel Archives Required for the Dual-Stack Split (With out Operating System and Da tabase Migration), Download ing the SAP Kernel Archives Required for Operating System and Database Migration ○ Installer Log Files Improve ments, documented in: New Features, Useful Information about the Installer, Trouble shooting with the Installer ○ Enabling IPv6, documented in: New Features, Prerequisites for Running the Installer ● New Features section restructured: As of SP22, a dedicated subsection for each new SP has been created. New features below SP22 remain in a common table. ● The Java SDT GUI - which was in the SP21 version still available in parallel to the SL Common GUI - has been deprecated with SP22. As of SP22, SL Common GUI is the only available installer GUI: ○ The following sections which were explicitely related to Java SDT GUI were completely re moved from this documenta tion: Performing a Remote In stallation Remote Processing of the Installer ( Java SDT GUI only), Starting the Java SDT Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i 6 PUBLIC Document History Version Date Description GUI Separately, Running the Installer in Accessibility Mode (general accessibility informa tion was moved to Useful In formation About the Installer). ○ The Java SDT GUI-specific in formation was removed from the common installer sec tions: Running the Installer, Useful Information About the Installer, Interrupted Process ing of the Installer, Trouble shooting with the Installer ● New section Using the Step State Editor (SAP Support Experts Only) was added to section Additional In formation About the Installer 2.5 2017-09-11 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP21 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP21) ● New Features: ○ Media Signature Check, docu mented in: New Features, Run ning the Installer, Preparing the Installation Media . This feature implies that sec tion Creating Kernel Archives from an Existing SAP System has been deleted from this documentation because the related option in the installer had to be removed. ○ SAP Host Agent Upgrade , documented in: New Features, SAP System Parameters, Downloading SAP Kernel Ar chives (Archive-Based Installa tion) Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i Document History PUBLIC 7 Version Date Description 2.4 2017-05-22 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP20 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP20) ● New Features: ○ New SAPUI5-based graphical user interface (GUI) “SL Com mon GUI”, documented in: Prerequisites for Running the Installer, Running the Installer, Useful Information About the Installer ○ Cleanup of operating system users, documented in: SAP System Parameters, Creating Operating System Users and Groups 2.3 2017-02-06 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP19 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP19) 2.2 2016-10-07 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP18 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP18) 2.1 2016-06-06 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP17 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP17) 2.0 2016-02-15 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP10 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP16) 1.9 2015-10-12 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP09 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP15) 1.8 2015-09-14 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP09 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP14) 1.7 2015-04-27 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP08 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP13) 1.6 2014-11-24 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP07 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP12) Installation of a Standalone Gateway Instance for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5x on IBM i 8 PUBLIC Document History Version Date Description 1.5 2014-07-07 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP06 (SL Toolset 1.0 SP11) 1.4 2014-03-17 Updated version for Software Provision ing Manager 1.0 SP09 (SL Toolset