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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