Prerequisites for installing Data Protection for SAP

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Before you install Data Protection for SAP, review the hardware, software, and application requirements.

Requirements for Data Protection for SAP are published in the hardware and software requirements technote for each release. Review the technote for your version in the IBM Storage Protect™ for Enterprise Resource Planning - all requirement documents site, . From the page, follow the link to the technote for your release or update level.

The installation packages are on the Data Protection for SAP product installation disk, disk image (from Passport Advantage®), and occasionally on the FTP server. Initial installations must always be done from the disk or image. Refer to the file README.1ST in the root path for information about where to find documents on the disk or image, and follow the appropriate installation description. See the README.1ST file in the root directory of the disk or image for a list of its contents.

These products must be installed before you install Data Protection for SAP:
  • DB2®
  • Oracle database
  • SAP R/3 or SAP e-business Solution
  • IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client

    For information about configuring the IBM Storage Protect API client, see the Configure the IBM Storage Protect client options topic. TCP/IP must be ready for communication between the IBM Storage Protect server and the IBM Storage Protect client.

  • An operating system level that is supported by SAP and the IBM Storage Protect client
The release notes contain current information about Data Protection for SAP hardware, software, operating system, and maintenance levels.

When Data Protection for SAP is installed on a distributed file system, the root user requires read/write access to the file system during the installation.

An installation planning form for Data Protection for SAP is available in the planning_sheet (UNIX™ and Linux™) or planning_sheet.txt (Windows™) files in the installation directory. They are also available for printing in the Planning sheet for the base product topic. When prerequisites are met and installation planning information is completed, Data Protection for SAP is ready to be installed.