BW system copy in MSCS

[Ganimede-Dignan]

Hi,

we would like to copy our BW (a NetWeaver 7.00 system ABAP+JAVA) with export/import procedure.

Source system is a Windows 2003 R2 SP2 in MSCS with Oracle 10.2.0.4 (ASCII, NOT UNICODE) and target system will be same configuration but without MSCS (we to it to test Unicode and 64 bit migration).

We try to use SAPinst on source system, with all step in High-Availability System folder... but database export ends in few minutes without errors... it's strange for a 1,2 TB of database. Export directory is only 3,6 GB.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6524/syscopy.jpg

We use all 4 steps, we use Installation master of a NW 7.0 SR3

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4308/syscopy2.jpg

Have you got any idea?

Regards.

[markus_doehr2]

Did you start sapinst by giving the virtual hostname?

SAPINST_USE_HOSTNAME=<hostname>

Markus

[Ganimede-Dignan]

No, same problem, I try to set it as system variable. No success.

Regards.

[markus_doehr2]

If you set it as system variable you have to reboot the system make it effective.

- open a cmd.exe

- set SAPINST_USE_HOSTNAME

- cd to the path where sapinst is located

- start sapinst in the cmd.exe (not by doubleclicking)

Markus

[Ganimede-Dignan]

I'm sure that I already use your procedure.

Into log I see that SAPinst use virtual_host

Now I try with "sapinst.exe SAPINST_USE_HOSTNAME=virtual_host"

Regards.

[markus_doehr2]

> Now I try with "sapinst.exe SAPINST_USE_HOSTNAME=virtual_host"

Good - this should work!

Markus

[Ganimede-Dignan]

Hi,

>Now I try with "sapinst.exe SAPINST_USE_HOSTNAME=virtual_host"

it works fine!

C o o l

[Ganimede-Dignan]

I run SAPinst with virtual_host = oracle_host for steps:

export preparation

table splitting preparation

database istance export

For last "Central istance export", can I use same oracle_host or I must use different one? such as ci_host...

Our cluster is a 2 node cluster and CI is on one node and DI is on second node

Regards.

[markus_doehr2]

You have to use the name of the host how the Oracle client (and so the SAP system) sees it.

Markus