Issue regarding SM700 installtion

[Former Member]

Hello All experts,

When I installed a SM7 server, I met a problem as below, Could anyone give me some advice?

Problem:

As per the installtion guide said, after double-click SAPINST.exe, welcome screen will appear, in this screen, the installer can choose one of the selection options:

-- SAP Systems

-- Software Life-Cycle Options

BUT, after I double-click SAPINST.exe, there are still two selection options appear on welcome screen, but they are:

-- SAP Solution Manager Diagnostics Agent

-- Software Life-Cycle Options

that is, I have no choise to choose the Central System, coz the menu -- SAP Systems does not appear at all.

Note: I have not install NW70SP14 on this server before install SM7.

Thanks in advance for giving me some advice of this problem.

BR,

Karl

[Former Member]

thanks for your advice.

seems that i can only use SM4SR3.

thanks again.

BR,Karl

[Former Member]

Hello Zhou,

If I am not wrong, you must be using 51033517_11 SOLMAN 7.0 Installation Master Windows Server on IA32 32bit. Am I correct? If so, I think there is any issue with SAPINST.EXE itself. Because, I faced the same problem whem I used the above SAPINST.EXE. So, I used 51032955_11 SOLMAN 7.0 Installation Master Windows Server on IA32 32bit which I was downloaded couple of months before and completed the installation successfully.

And we are also working with SAP on 51033517_11 SOLMAN 7.0 Installation Master Windows Server on IA32 32bit. As of now, we haven't received any reply from them.

So, I suggest you to use any other Installation master to proceed with the installation.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Satish.

[shabeer]

Hi,

I think your operating system is 32bit and the SOLMAN you have it 'll support only 64bit OS

Also refer these Notes 1145779 & 1071445

As of SAP Solution Manager 7.0

you can only install dialog

instances on 32-bit platforms

.

All remaining SAP system

instances (central instance, database instance, central

services instance (SCS), ABAP central services instance

(ASCS)) you can only install on 64-bit platforms.

Therefore the folder "SAP Systems" is not available on the "Welcome

screen", when you start the installation from a installation master

DVD for 32-bit.

You may need to install dialog instances on 32-bit if you want to

use 32-bit SAP NetWeaver components, such as Adobe document

services. We recommend, however, to first check whether these

32-bit components can run on 64-bit operating systems. If so, we

recommend to use 64-bit systems for these components, including the

dialog instance.

If you want to install a complete SAP Solution Manager 7.0 system

on a 32-bit platform, you have to proceed as follows:

1.) Install a SAP Solution Manager 4.0 SR3 system.

2.) Patch this system to SAP Solution Manager 7.0.

For more information on support package levels of SAP Solution

Manager 7.0, see SAP Note 78144

Edited by: Shabeer on Sep 12, 2008 12:27 PM