SAP GUI and Java reqs

[Former Member]

I am putting together some documentation for the Java requirements for SAP applications on RHEL5 for customers.

Can someone sanity check this for me please?

The SAP GUI requires at least Java 1.5 to run, so a customer should install the Java 1.6.0_16 version from Sun.

1.Download the Sun JRE from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp.

2.Install the Sun JRE.

3.Set the PATH variable so that the Sun JRE is the default version of Java. You can verify this with the java u2013version command.

4.Install PlatinGUILNX_9.JAR from SAP to install the SAP GUI.

The SAP engine on the other hand requires version 1.42 JDK. Moreover, the only JDK supported for 64-bit Linux is the IBM version.

1. RHEL 5.4 and newer ships with the right IBM JDK so install the IBM JDK. By default, it will install in /opt, so we show the path for the IBM JDK as /opt/IBMJava2‑amd64‑142 in our instructions.

2.SAP NetWeaver 7.0 requires strong encryption. You need to obtain and install the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files for the IBM JDK you are using beforehand starting the installation. Register to download the JCE files at https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=jcesdk and download the ZIP file from https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/pick.do?source=jcesdk&lang=en_US.

2.The file you download is named unrestricted.zip. Copy the file named unrestricted.zip to /opt/IBMJava2‑amd64‑142/jre/lib/security directory.

Do not unzip the file. Instead, copy the archive.

[Former Member]

Hi,

That's a good documentation, but what do you mean with

4.Install PlatinGUILNX_9.JAR from SAP to install the SAP GUI. 

?

You should post where to download that file, some days ago I downloaded a new version of SAPGui for Java ( 720 ), I don't know what version of SAPGui for Java is PlatinGUILNX_9 or where can I download that version, I downloaded my SAPGui for Java from:

ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/sapgui/java/

You can see different versions and releases... 720.