Installing the SAP Adapter
Installing the SAP adapter differs from the installation of other Windchill Info*Engine adapters. In addition to the adapter files, you must install third-party software for the adapter to operate properly.
To complete the installation, you must configure the SAP adapter and create an adapter LDAP entry. For more information, see
SAP Adapter Configuration and
Creating the SAP Adapter LDAP Entry.
To install the SAP adapter, use the following procedure as a guide. Keep in mind that actual locations for executable programs might vary by customer and might not match the locations shown in the commands listed below.
1. Mount the SAP adapter CD-ROM on /cdrom/IE.
You must know the SCSI ID to which the CD-ROM drive is connected. In the following example, the CD-ROM is connected to SCSI ID 4 on a workstation running Solaris. To mount the CD-ROM, you would enter the following commands:
mkdir /cdrom/IE
mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t4d0s2 /cdrom/IE
2. Create an adapter home directory. This directory is where you install all the directories and files that are needed from the SAP adapter CD. For example:
SAPAdapter_home/
where SAPAdapter_home is your directory name.
3. Copy files and directories for your operating platform from the SAP adapter CD to your adapter home directory. For example, if you are installing the adapter for use with Info*Engine on a Solaris system, copy the adapter files from the bin/unix directory of the CD to the bin directory found under SAPAdapter_home.
4. Verify the adapter home directory structure. After completing the previous steps, your adapter home directory should look like the following example. It is important that directory names remain the same:
SAPAdapter_home/
SAPAdapter_home/bin/
SAPAdapter_home/conf/
SAPAdapter_home/docs/
SAPAdapter_home/examples/
SAPAdapter_home/lib/
SAPAdapter_home/messages/
SAPAdapter_home/tasks/
5. Edit the startAdapter startup script as necessary to suit your specific environment. The file location is the following:
SAPAdapter_home/bin/startAdapter
Instructions for modification are contained within the script itself.