21. Installation of ECC6. – An Experience itself
Here I am trying to write my experience on installation of ECC6. This is better to admit that, SAP and its installation over SLES 10 was very tough nut for me to crack. Infact I better say shamelessly that I have failed in that operation for 16 times….!! ? I was a newbie in SAP and really speaking I never liked to be spoon fed in any case and ultimately I succeeded on 17 th Chance. thank God I never forgot the story of King Arthur.
With the same vision in mind, I took the job of installing ECC 6. Once again it was Suse, I mean SuSE Linux Enterprise Server but the version was SP1. The hardware I used is the blade server HS21 from IBM and had a storage DS 4700. I am writing this here, as how I did it…I dont want to raise any technical / functional debates but will be glad If I receive any suggestion from any reader.
My approach of doing the same was like finalising the requirements, gathering the requirements, doing installation, backing up installation, testing and final release. I will better try to give some charts below on this.
This was my requirement analysis.
| Srl | Sub srl |
Description | Qty | Unit |
| 1 | SAP Software Media. (Netweaver 2005 SR 1) | 1 | Nos | |
| 2 | Database Software Media (oracle 10 G 64 Bit) | 1 | Nos | |
| 4 | Database Software Patch Media if any | |||
| 5 | SLES 10 Media | 1 | Nos | |
| 6 | Server | 1 | Nos | |
| 1 | IBM Blade Server Available | 1 | ||
| 2 | Native storage for OS and software dumps and patches (Raid 1) | 100 | GB | |
| 3 | Native swap partition. 2 nos of swap partition 16 GB each. | 32 | GB | |
| 4 | Shared storage for /usr/sap (RAID 5) | 20 | GB | |
| 5 | Shared storage for /sapmnt (RAID 5) | 20 | GB | |
| 6 | Shared storage for /oracle (RAID 5) | 90 | GB | |
| 7 | Fixing up SID (3 Characters only) | 1 | Nos | |
| 8 | Fixing up Server Name 11 Characters | 1 | Nos | |
| 9 | Fix IP in server VLAN | 1 | Nos |
I feel I should also reveal the SAP Notes which I went thru for this.
Note No – 709140 Recommended JDK VM settings WEBAS 630 640 7.0.pdf.
Note No – Note 819830 – Oracle Database 10g Additional Information on upgrade UNIX
Note No – Note 841728 – Oracle Database 10g – Software installation problems 10.2.0
Note No – 171356 linux installaltion notes.
All the above SAP note gives you enough to deal or tackle the installation. Here is another chart, which will show the media requirement for installation.
| Srl | Product CD No | Description |
| 1 | 51032893 | SAP Netweaver 2004S SR2 Kernel 700 (LINUX x86_64 64bit) |
| 2 | 51032715 | SAP ERP 2005 Support Package Stack 9 |
| 3 | 51032714 | (2 DVDs) SAP NETWEAVER 2004s (7.0) Support Package Stack 11(java) |
| 4 | 51032272 | (2 DVDs) SAP ERP 2005 SR2 SAP ECC 6.0 Installation Export |
| 5 | 50068193 | SAP GUI For Windows 6.20 |
| 6 | 51032285 | SAP ERP 2005 SR2 ERP Components |
| 7 | 51031613 | Oracle 10.2 64BIT 10.2 32BIT Client |
| 8 | 51031676 | Oracle 10.2 64BIT RDBMS Linux on x86_64 64BIT |
| 9 | 51031811 | Oracle 10.2 RDBMS Patch 10.2.0.2 |
| 10 | 51032260 | SAP Business Suite 2005 Installation Master for : SAP Netweaver 2004s, SAP ERP 2005 SR2 |
So I accomplished two very much vital steps of the requirement. This is mandatory for any installtion project. This installation has four following parts, which I am writing in the subsequent pages …
- Preparing OS and system for SAP installation.
- Installation of SAP Central Instance.
- Installation SAP Database.
- Post-Installation tasks, i.e. Applying patches, upgrades etc.
Hi…
i need to install ECC6…. can you give me the installation guide…..it will be very useful for me….
thanks in advance.
Raja.
raja
September 26, 2008 at 1:20 pm
It is here in my blog..check all the pages and subpages under Installation of ECC6. – An Experience itself…page 1,2 and 3…within a few days I will be writing about the post installation steps which will complete the series.
soumen
September 26, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Hello,
Iam tryiing to install ecc6.0 on suse Linux,but
Iam getting lots of issues.So please send me the procedure for the installation of ecc 6.0 on suse linux and windows server 2003.I will be thankful to you if provide me the above information.I’ll look forward for you e-mail.
Thanks & Regards,
Hameed Mohammeed.
Hameed Ahmed Mohammed
October 23, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Just read all the subpages 1,2,3 &4…Luckily I am able to complete my topic.It covers SAP installtion steps right from hardware to OS, SAP, Database (Oracle) and post installtion scripts. Most of the tricks are disclosed here….
soumen
October 26, 2008 at 7:47 am
Hi,
Am trying to install ECC6 on Windows server 2003. So please send me the installation and help me out.
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