SAP GUI INSTALLATION

GUI INSTALLATION:

1)      Single user

2)      Mass user

a) 10 users

b) 100 users

c) 1000 users

There are various versions of SAPGUI:

1)      4.6C ----- 4.6D

2)      6.20 -----  6.40

3)      7.00 ----- 7.10 --- Latest version

Types of SAPGUI

1)      SAPGUI for windows

2)      SAPGUI for  JAVA

3)      SAPGUI for  HTML

1) SAPGUI for Windows:  It is used to install on windows operating system.    

                      90% of the users use SAPGUI for windows.

2) SAPGUI for JAVA:  This is installed on the machines where java is installed. Mostly this is used for non-windows. However it can be installed on windows also.

Ex: LINUX, UNIX, AIX, etc.

3) SAPGUI for HTML: It is used to access SAP system using Internet Explorer.

INSTALLATION:

----> Insert the DVD labeled with Presentation Server with version.

----> go to label.asc file, you will see SAP Presentation Server 6.40 or 7.00

Single User Installation:

Click on sapguisetup.exe and follow the instructions to install GUI

There are various options provided by GUI to support different components of sap.

Select the components what actually you want.

Mass User Installation:

If you need to install GUI for more than one user, copy the sapgui DVD into a common folder (shared folder) and provide the path to the admins to install it on the end-user desktops.

Alternatively we can also write a batch file (.Bat extension) along with Installation.

Documentation to Install SAPGUI7.10

1)      Please click on the unclosed batch file

2)      Click on Next.

3)      Expand the sapgui for windows 7.10 to list the components.

4)      Select the component to the install (whatever you want)

5)      Click on Next to install GUI

6)      GUI is installed successfully.

Unattended Installation:

                 Prepare a batch file to specify the inputs automatically and handover it to system admin team a               file as a logon script.

SMS Server:

                      It is a management server which is used to manage all the systems in the company. It pushes the software (MS-word, WinZip, acrobat, sapgui, virus updates, windows update) to all end-users.

SAPGUI installation server:

                                             In order to maintain end-user desktops to manage SAPGUI and initialization files SAP GUI used. It is provided by SAP and it is only applicable for windows.

It is used for uninstalled GUI, upgrade GUI and patch set Implementation.

SAPGUI Initialization:

        When SAPGUI initialized, it initializes the following files.

SAPGUI Initialization files:

1)      saplogon.ini

2)      sapmsg.ini

3)      saprouter.ini

4)      sapdoccd.ini

1) sap logon.ini:  It is used to provide logon entries to login to various systems.

It is initialized when user clicks on SAPGUI.

Note: saplogon.ini is used to copy massively to avoid creating GUI entries manually.

Note: while uninstalling ensure that logon.ini is backed up to a common or shared folder.

2) sap msg.ini:  It is used to communicate with message sever to route the request to the least loaded sever (when logon load balancing is configure).

3) sap route.ini:  It is used to communicate with SAP Servers across the routers.

4) sap doccd.ini: It is initialized when SAP Documentation (SAP Library) is installed.

It is used to provide application context help of the screens.