SAPCAR Installation

[Former Member]

Hi i have try to follow this steps Note 863821 - iSeries Installing SAPCAR , but i cant get it to work

in the LIB that already defined for the kernel si R346COPT , abd there is no SAPCAR inside it.

with the notes i tried to create new lib , sapcar lib, but its not working.

i have ftp the file to the server to a folder named /sappatch

then using this command i create the lib and savf file. but i skip the first line because it say error

CRTUSRPRF, USRPRF(R3OWNER), USRCLS(*PGMR)

CRTLIB LIB(SAPCAR)

CRTSAVF FILE(SAPCAR/SAPCAR)

when i did the

RSTOBJ OBJ(ALL) SAVLIB(SAPCAR) DEV(SAVF) SAVF(SAPCAR/SAPCAR)

i got a message that saying save data does not contain ...

where it could be wrong ?

my OS V5R3

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Muda,

First of all, which kernel are you intalling?

ASCII or EBCDIC?

I hope not a 4.6C one, but the newer downward compatible 4.6D ext.

Once you have installed the 4.6D ext kernel accoridng to oss 685895, then patch the sapcar kernel component

Get it from http://www.4soi.de/KernelDisplayiSeries.php -> 4.6D ASCII or EBCDIC

ftp the SAPCAR_6-20000359.SVF file in binary mode to the IFS of your i5

ftp i5

namefmt 1

lcd /tmp

bin

get SAPCAR_6-20000359.SVF SAPCAR.SVF

Then yust patch your 4.6D kernel as user <SID>OFR.

for an ASCII kernel:

APYR3FIX

SID(<SID>)

SAVF(QGPL/SAPCAR)

SAVLIB(GEN46DAOPT) KRNLIB(<Your 4.6D kernel lib))

GETSAVF(*YES)

FROMHOST(*local)

FROMDIR('/tmp')

FROMFILE(*SVF)

RMTUSER(<SID>OFR)

RMTPWD(<SIDOFR password)

Actually, patch all possible kernel components, but define FROMFILE(SVF) according to the type of petch file to FROMFILE(SAR)

Good luck,

Paul Hoogendoorn

[thomas_obermeier]

Hi Muda,

set you have the file SAPCAR.SVF on your PC and created the save file SAPCAR/SAPCAR. Start an ftp session from your PC to the iSeries and type the following:

cd SAPCAR

lcd .

bin

put SAPCAR.SVF SAPCAR

quit

Then go ahead with the RSTOBJ command.

BTW. You should also take care about the first error you mentioned.

Regards,

Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi thomas, thanks for the hints..

but im still having the same message whne doing the RSTOBJ it say Save File SAPCAR in SAPCAR contains no data

[thomas_obermeier]

Hi Muda,

Just to be sure: You first do the CRTSAVF. After that you fill it by using ftp from your PC. There, you should see a success message about how many bytes were transferred. Give as a detailed sequence of your actions and the system replys. Then we hopefuly can tell easier where the problem is.

Instead of running RSTOBJ you can perform DSPSVF SAPCAR/SAPCAR for checking the save files content.

Regards,

Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi thomas this is my steps :

1. Donwload the SVF from sap, and i save is as SAPCAR640.SVF in my local PC

2. at the as400 machine i create the SAPCAR library by using CRTLIB LIB(SAPCAR)

3. after the library created , im creating the save file SAPCAR in SAPCAR library using CRTSAVF FILE(SAPCAR/SAPCAR)

4. after SAVE File and lib craated i ftp the file over to my server:

ftp 172.2.2.2

ftp > BINARY

ftp > cd SAPCAR

ftp > put SAPCAR640.SVF SAPCAR / SAPCAR

ftp > quit

5. Then i run the restore object, and it giving me message save data is empty

Hope this will explain my steps.

[thomas_obermeier]

Hi Muda,

This is strange. I tried various hosts with variations of your put-command:

put SAPCAR_4-20001160.SVF SAPCAR / SAPCAR
put SAPCAR_4-20001160.SVF SAPCAR/SAPCAR
put SAPCAR_4-20001160.SVF SAPCAR

with the file I downloaded from

Support Packages and Patches -> Additional Components -> SAPCAR -> SAPCAR 6.40 -> OS/400

The onliest case where the save file was not usable was a V5R2 target machine. But here, the message was different:

File cannot be restored, displayed, or listed

.

This is because the file ist saved for V5R3 and higher.

What OS release is your server at? How big is your file on the PC? Should be about 46MB in size.

Clueless regards,

Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi tomas. the os is V5R3 , thu puzzled me to . they the save file is 40MB over

[thomas_obermeier]

Hi Muda,

I am close to recommend opening a support ticket.

Before, you should try to prove that the process in principle works in your environment by creating a sample save file, ftp it to your PC (cd lib, get savf SAMPLE.SVF, clear it on the server and put it back in the described way (cd lib, put SAMPLE.SVF savf).

Regards,

Thomas

[Former Member]

hi thomas. thanks for the help