INSTALLATION & SETUP OF R/3

SYSTEM

Installing Hardware
Network connections to Systems
Operating System Installation
Database Installation
Partition as per SAP Recommendation
R/3 Installation & Setup

Requirements

Hardware

Software
Supported

Certified

hardware
Number of
processors
Memory
Disk space
High
availability
Ensure

OS version
OS patches
C compiler
make utilities
Kernel
configuration
Additional
software

Network

Frontends

TCP/IP

configuration
Hostname
Network file
system (NFS)
Network
information
system (NIS)

the requirements in the installation checklist are met

Consult hardware partners for sizing

Technically Correct
Installation:
Requirements
Oracle database
Database version
Database name
Directory names
Mirrored redo log files
Disk layout

Oracle Directory Structure

Server site

SAPDATA_HOME
sapdata1

sapdata<n>

origlogA

origlogB

mirrlogA

mirrlogB

saparch

sapbackup

sapcheck

sapreorg

saptrace

...

ORACLE_HOME
dbs

Client site
ORACLE_HOME
network/admin

bin

network/admin

Unix environment variables:

<sid>adm
ORA_NLS: $ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/NLS_723/admin/data
ORA_NLS32: $ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/NLS_733/admin/data
ORA_NLS33: $ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/NLS_805/admin/data
ora<sid> (ORA_NLS and ORA_NLS32 see above)
ORA_NLS33: $ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data

R/3 Directory Structure

usr

Global directories

Instance directories

sap

trans

<SID>

tmp

SYS
exe
run

dbg

profile

<Instance_name>
global

work
<sapmnt>

opt

<SID>
exe
= Symbolic link

put

profile

global

data

log

Post Installation Steps

Configuring Transport Management Systems
Importing Required Profiles
To use your SAP software legally and in

accordance with the contractual stipulations, SAP

Systems can only be operated with a license key
(license key) granted by SAP.