SAPGUI Remote Installation - Request to SAP for version 7.10

[Former Member]

Hello

I've been using SAPGUI Installation Server for some time and was quite pleased with the functionality it provided in version 6.4 that made it possible to push the installation to users. However in a new version (7.10) this feature was removed. Although it is possible to run a remote command using new version you have to know the password of a local administrator on the PC. In version 6.4 no password was necessary to push out the installation.

I believe it is in our, system administrators, best interest to push SAP to restore that functionality.

Please share your opinion in this thread. Maybe SAP would make it possible again, once they see it is desired and needed by users.

Paweł Kryczkowski

[Former Member]

Hello Pawel

"I believe it is in our, system administrators, best interest to push SAP to restore that functionality."

That is not necessary.... because you can use the NWsapsetupadmin.exe ->

Remote -> Execute Process Remotely

Please also read the documentation in your Installation server -> NWsapsetupadmin.exe -> press F1 -> Administering an Installation Server -> Controlling Remote Workstations

Thats All

Best regards, Sven

[Former Member]

To "Execute Process Remotely" you need to know the password of a user that has local administrator priviliges on workstations. In version 6.4 it wasn't necessary.

As SAP says you do not need to provide credentials only if you are not running this application using the same credentials, which is not the case for security reasons. In many organizations domain/active direcotry administrator and SAP administrator are two different persons and SAP administrator doesn't know the password of domain administrative users.

[Former Member]

Sorry, but this is not right!!!

Also in Sapsetup 640, and in Sapsetup 620 and in 4.6 you need the administrative user privileges for the

installation Sapgui for Windows !

That was never yet been different!

If you do not have any administrative authorizations, you cannot use this function -> You can then install the SAP GUI for Windows only with LOCAL SECURITY HANDLING onto the clients.

Best Regards

Sven

[Former Member]

You are right, but not entirely.

In older version the password of administrative users was stored inside the system. Then you could log on with any user to the server and just push the installation any time, to any workstation.

Now you are asked for the password every time you need to install SAPGUI.

So yes, it was different.