Content Server Installation &

Configuration

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Contents
Intellectual Property Disclaimer.................................................................................3
1 Abstract:..........................................................................................................4
2 Technical Prerequisites......................................................................................5
3 Installation Process...........................................................................................6
4 Testing the Connection to the Content Server.....................................................26
5 Creating Content Repositories...........................................................................27
6 Database Manager GUI Installation....................................................................31
7 Backup............................................................................................................35
8 MaxDB and ODBC upgrade.....................................................................................36
9 How to Install IIS role..........................................................................................40

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Intellectual Property Disclaimer

The solution presented herewith shall not contain someone's intellectual property that has
commercial value, especially copyrighted material. Patented material shall not be used in
this solution.

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1 Abstract:

Purpose:

Knowledge Provider is a component of SAP Web Application Server and provides the
general infrastructure for storing and administrating documents. SAP Content Server is based
on the MAX DB and is available on Windows Server (OS Versions are mentioned in PAM).
Both the MAX DB database, which serves as a Content Server, and the Content
Server itself are provided with every SAP system installation. This provides the required
technical infrastructure for all document-oriented applications and business scenarios that do
not require long-term archiving. Because SAP Content Server is integrated via the HTTP
interface, the actual storage medium used is transparent to the SAP applications.

Need:
A content server is an external storage system. It can be accessed via the HTTP
Content Server Interface. We can able to move the real data from SAP table to content server
repository. The real data type can be anyone on the following format doc,xls,ppt,tiff,gif,jpg,cad
etc.

Solution:

By using this functionality, we will get free space in SAP database level.

Benefits:

1. The database is much better suited than a file system to the administration of large
amounts of data. Internally at SAP, the SAP Content Server has been used for
several release cycles to administrate all documentation
2. Database administration tools, which are easy to use, are delivered with it. These
can be used to make automatic backups.

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2 Technical Prerequisites
Hardware:

To install the software components, including MAX DB, you need at least 300 MB of
hard disk space. You also need as much hard disk capacity as you specified for the data files
and the log files for the each partition.

Main Memory : At least 512 MB

Processor : Possible: 1 CPU Recommended: 2 CPUs
Network Protocol : TCP/IP
Software:

OS : Microsoft Windows 2008 Server or Microsoft Windows 2012 Server (with IIS)
Further Information:

The SAP System that you want to link to the SAP Content Server must be at least
release 4.6C. The hardware platform and operating system used in the SAP System do not
limit the SAP Content Server in any way. The HTTP interface ensures that the SAP System is
platform-independent.

Note:
In the IIS 7.0/7.5, all the roles are not selected during the installation by default,
Please make sure all the below roles are included and IIS 7.0/7.5 is installed.

Kindly refer the installation guide to set up the required roles for IIS. We have to install
the roles as per the guide before go live of this content server project.

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3 Installation Process
The following sections provide the steps that you have to perform to install SAP
Content Server using SWPM.

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Kindly check with Wintel Team to install the latest IIS on OS level.

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 We have faced some issues during the installation. Kindly follow the SAP note number
1571945 to fix and move forward.

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4 Testing the Connection to the Content Server

1. Open a Web browser on a host that is connected to your local network.

2. Navigate to the following URL:

Ex: http://<hostname>:<portno.>/ContentServer/ContentServer.dll?serverInfo

Output:

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5 Creating Content Repositories

1. In transaction OAC0, create at least one content repository for your Content Server.

2. Go to SE38 and run the report RSCMSPWS to set up the OS level password for your
content server.

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3. We have to create the content server in OAC0 tcode, Once completed all the below
necessary details, Please save it.

We could see that status like “Connection test for content server repository XYZ was
successful.

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4. Click on CSADMIN tab or use CSADMIN tcode to set few Content server Repository
settings

 Start & Stop from SAP:

In the Certificate tab, we have to push this Content server repository [XYZ]
certificate to OS level by perform the below action. We can able to see the PSE file
in \SAP\Content Server\security folder.

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 Parameter need to be configure as per our content server configuration.

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6 Database Manager GUI Installation

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Sap Max DB Database Studio Overview:

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kindly Provide the server details & SUPERDBA or CONTROL password to take the admin
mode on our content server database.

 List of Administration Tasks

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7 Backup
Bat file script for backup which need to be schedule every day in task scheduler.

dbmcli -d CD1 -u control,xxxxxxxxx -uUTL -c backup_Start DATA_BKUP Recovery

In this case, we are keeping last two successful backup to restore if necessary.

 Delete script:

del X:\CSBACKUP\fullbkp_old1.bkp

 Rename Script :

RENAME X:\CSBACKUP\fullbkp.bkp fullbkp_old.bkp

 Rename1 Script :

RENAME X:\CSBACKUP\fullbkp_old.bkp fullbkp_old1.bkp

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8 MaxDB and ODBC upgrade
Download the MaxDB upgrade guide from service market place.

We have two approaches for this DB upgrade:

7.5 or later : In-Place upgrade

7.9 : patch Installation

Here we have MaxDB 7.6, so we are go with in-place upgrade.

1. Download the MaxDB 7.9 version and call the DBUPDATE.BAT in cmd.
2. DBUPDATE.BAT –s SAPSID –d CSSID –u SUPERDBA,xxxxxxxxxx

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ODBC Upgrade:

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9 How to Install IIS role

Go to server ManagerRolesAdd Role servicesInstall

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References:
 Installation Guide -SAP Content Server for Windows 2008/R2
 Upgrade to SAP MaxDB Database 7.9: Windows
 http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/MaxDB/HowTo+-
+SAP+MaxDB+Recovery+with+Database+Manager+CLI
 http://documentation.commvault.com/hds/v10/article?
p=products/sap_maxdb/backup_basic.htm
 http://documentation.commvault.com/hds/v10/article?
p=products/sap_maxdb/backup_adv.htm
 http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/59/fba637fcf7dc39e100000
09b38f8cf/content.htm?
current_toc=/en/6e/58593c95403d56e10000000a11405a/plain.htm&show_
children=true
 http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/4c/ff90895b605dc6e1
0000000a42189c/content.htm?
frameset=/en/4c/f8a20fb08b2136e10000000a42189e/frameset.htm&curren
t_toc=/en/65/ea8b7b4a9041ada98be49d3b89ac86/plain.htm&node_id=37&
show_children=false

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