You want to install the all database software installation profile on the UNIX operating system. All necessary information is queried by the program during the installation.
The installation process is logged by the system.
· You must be in a root shell.
· You need to download and unpack the installation package (Downloading and Unpacking the Database Software on UNIX).
If the following conditions apply to your system, you must perform the specified steps before the installation:
·
The installation
program enters the required services sql6, sql30, and sapdbni72 in the file /etc/services if they do not already exist there.
If these services are managed centrally
for your system on the network (NIS), you must enter them there as
follows:
sql6 7210/tcp
sql30
7200/tcp
sapdbni72
7269/tcp
·
During the
installation, the database software must be assigned to a special operating
system user, <sdb_user>, as the owner of the software, and to the group
<sdba_group>.
The group and the owner must have
been defined in advance. Only
users with the correct authorizations can generate database instances later
(see Concepts of the Database System, UNIX: Special Operating
System Users for software versions from 7.5.00).
The special operating system user
may not log on to the operating system. You must therefore take this authorization away
from this user. For information
on how to do this, refer to your operating system documentation (lock
account).
If you manage
user groups and owners locally on your computer, we recommend that you
register the names of the user groups and the owner in the operating system
before you start the installation. However, you can also specify this information
during the installation process.
If you manage user groups and
owners for your system centrally on the network, you must create them here
before you start the installation. For more information on creating operating system
users and user groups, refer to your operating system
documentation.
The primary group of the owner of the database software is the administrator group.
For consistency, especially if you need the help of the support team, we recommend that you use the names sdb and sdba for the owner and group.
· If the path <independent_program_path>/bin is not yet entered in the environment variable PATH, enter it now. (For information on setting environment variables, see your operating system documentation.)
...
1.
Go to directory
maxdb-all-<os>-32|64bit-<arch>-<version>_<build>,
into which you unpacked the
installation package.
2. Enter ./SDBINST to call the installation program.
3. The system displays the possible installation profiles. Enter the ID for the all installation profile and confirm your entry.
4. The system prompts you to enter the following information:
¡ Special operating system user <sdb_user>(owner of the SAP DB database software)
¡ The group <sdba_group>
If you have already created the groups and the owner, enter the correct values and confirm them. The system compares this information with the values stored locally or elsewhere on the network. If your entries do not match the stored values, the installation will crash.
If the group and the owner have not yet been created, the system asks whether you want to create them. Enter your chosen values or confirm the system default values. This creates the group and the owner locally on your computer.
5. The system now checks whether the database system was previously installed on your computer.
¡
If installations of
the database system already exist on your computer, a list of these
installations is displayed. You
are requested to specify the ID of the installation that you want to
upgrade.
For a new installation of the
database software in parallel to an existing installation, enter
none. You
then have the option of specifying an installation path that differs from the
existing installations. Define an
installation path in parallel to the existing installation paths.
¡ If there are no installations of the database software on your computer, the software components contained in the installation profile will now be installed. The system prompts you to specify the following paths:
· Path for storing the data, configurations, and run directories of the database instances and database applications (the system default value is /var/opt/sdb/data)
· Path for storing the programs and libraries shared by the database instances and database applications (the system default value is /opt/sdb/programs)
·
Path for storing
the server software that depends on the database version.
This path must be unique. Multiple directories with different versions can
exist alongside each other (the system default value is /opt/sdb/<version>)
Enter your chosen paths or confirm the system default values.
6. If the database system was not installed on your computer before now, add the following entry to the PATH environment variable for all users that want to use the database system: <independent_program_path>/bin.
A message will be displayed informing you that the installation was successful.
The all database software installation profile is now installed and registered on your computer. You can use the log to check the result of the installation (Logging on UNIX).
You can now create new database instances using the Database Manager
(See:
· Creating a Database Instance in the Database Manager CLI documentation
· The Web DBM documentation).