Interactive Installations/Updates on
Microsoft Windows 
Use
You are using the program SDBINST to install or update installation profiles of the SAP DB software on Microsoft Windows. The program queries all necessary information during the installation process.
You must stop the program V Server before you update the database software. Remember that this interrupts the communication between the clients and all local database instances.
Conventions
Prerequisites
· You have administrator rights for your server.
· You have downloaded and unpacked the installation package (Unpacking the Software on Microsoft Windows).
Procedure
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1. If you want to update an existing SAP DB installation,
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Stop each SAP
DB database instance of all installed SAP DB versions with the command
dbmcli –d
<database_name> -u <dbm_user>,<password>
db_offline
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Stop V Server
(
Xserver
service) with the command
x_server
stop
For a new installation, start at step 2.
2. Open a command prompt and navigate to the local directory that contains the installation files:
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for SAP
DB-OLTP, the directory
sapdb-<inst_profile>-win-<32|64>bit-<arch>-<version>
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for
liveCache, the directory
sapdb-apo<apo_version>_<livecache>-win-<32|64>bit-<arch>-<version>
3. Enter sdbinst to start the installation/update program.
4. The system proposes your chosen installation profile. If your installation profile contains other installation profiles (all, for example), you can also select one of these profiles. Specify the appropriate ID. Confirm your selection.
5. The system now checks your server for SAP DB installations that can be updated.
It lists any relevant installations.
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If you want
to update an existing installation, specify its ID.
The system then updates the software in <independent_data_path> and <independent_program_path>. Depending on your chosen
profile, the software in <dependent_path> is also updated, if the
installation package contains newer versions of the data.
¡ If you want to perform a new installation of the database software in parallel with the existing installation, specify none. You then have the option of specifying a new installation path. Define an installation path in parallel with the existing installation path.
If no SAP DB installation exists yet on your server, the SAP DB components in the installation profile are now installed, one by one. Depending on your chosen installation profile, the system prompts you for the following paths:
¡ Path for saving data, configurations, and run directories of SAP DB database instances and SAP DB applications (system default is /var/opt/sapdb/indep_data)
¡ Path for saving programs and libraries shared by SAP DB database instances and SAP DB applications (system default is /opt/sapdb/indep_prog)
Specify paths, or confirm the defaults.
You see a message about the successful completion of the installation.
6. If there has not been a SAP DB installation on your server up to now, we recommend that you shut down your server, and restart it, so that the system can recognize the <independent_program_path>.
This is not necessary if you are updating database software.
Result
The chosen installation profile of the SAP DB software has been installed and registered in the new version. You can check the progress of the installation in the log (Logging).
You can create new database instances with the Database Manager
(See:
·
Creating or
Initializing a Database Instance in Database Manager
GUI: SAP DB 7.4
·
Creating a Database
Instance in Database Manager CLI: SAP DB
7.4
·
or the Web DBM
documentation.)