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SAP NetWeaver 7.0 – Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux – VMware Edition – Tips & Tricks
On Monday last week I received an email from Brian Bischof asking for help with the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 – Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux – VMware Edition. I had already tried to install this software around New Year but struggled with the download of SLES10 SP1 SAP Version (Where to download SLES10 SP1 SAP Version?) and also a problem with the License Key (License Key for SAP NW 7.0 – Java Trial Version on Linux – VMware Edition). Brian’s mail triggered me to try it again.
Update: If you are looking for instructions for the “SAP NetWeaver 7.0 – Java Trial Version on Linux – VMware Edition” please read the “Getting Started Guide” which was just published.
1 Download & Extract
I’ve downloaded all the files from SDN, SLES 10 SAP version from Novell and VMWare Player (http://www.vmware.com/download/player/). Here is a screenshot of all the required Files:
I’ve created a sub-folder Readme where I’ve extracted the “VmWare%20ABAP%20and%20Java%20Readme%20-%20zipfile.rar” – File. The VMware-player-2.0.3-80004.exe has to be installed as an Administrator. After the VMWare Player installation you have to reboot yur computer. After that I’ve double-clicked the “SAP NetWeaver 70 – Java and ABAP VMware Trial.part01.rar”-File and opened it with WinRAR (http://www.rarlab.com/). I’ve extracted all the content to the VMWare sub-folder I’ve created before. Please be patient, for me that took about 20 minutes. Then I’ve extracted “SLES10SP1VSAP.rar” also to “VMWare”. Again you have to wait some minutes.
The resulting structure in the folder VMWare looks like this:
2 Start-up & Login
Now you can double-click on the File “SLES10SP1_Test_Drive.vmx” to start the virtual machine. At this first start you have to answer this dialog with “I copied it”:
The boot process will start automatically. After some seconds you will see the boot screen:
If you want to see what the system is doing in the background you can click into the VMWare window and press ALT + F2. Then the startup console is displayed:
After the system has booted you can logon with Username “root” (lower-case) and the Password “sap123”:
3 Install license
3.1 Get hardware key
The SAP Application server is not started automatically. Fist you have to start the “Gnome Terminal” to get a command-line. Please be aware that the keyboard layout is set to “German”. I’ve described how to change that to “English” in Chapter “5.2 Keyboard layout”.
There you can switch your user-id to using the command “su – n4sadm”.
According to the Documentation in the Readme we have to determine the Hardware Key of our system by submitting the command “/usr/sap/N4S/SYS/exe/run/saplicense -get”
Now goto http://www.sap.com/minisap/ (http://www.sap.com/minisap/) where you can apply for a 90-day license. Fill all the required fields and the system info:
Some minutes later you will receive a mail with the attached license-key text file.
3.2 Start-up the Application Server
To install the license we have to start-up the Application server. Do that using the command “startsap n4shost” after a while you will get the message, that the Instance was started:
If you encounter an error saying “Database is not running” during this process try the command “db2start” before you use “startsap n4shost”.
3.3 Prepare license file for import
Now you can minimize the Terminal window to see the desktop. To import the license we have to create an empty file on the desktop by a right-click:
Name the file “N4S.txt” as the attachment of you license key mail:
Double-click on the “N4S.txt” file on the virtual machines desktop to open it. Open the “N4S.txt” attached to you license key mail and copy the content to the clipboard. Paste the content into the editor:
Don’t forget to save the “N4S.txt” file.
3.4 Install license
Now double-click on the SAPGUI icon on the desktop.
Choose the N4S system from the list and start the connection by clicking on “Connect”:
Logon as user “sap*” with password “sapn4sadm”:
Start the transaction “SLICENSE”:
Click on the Button “New Licenses”:
Then click the import button:
Open the “Desktop” folder in the “Open” dialog:
Choose the “N4S.txt” file:
When you’ve done that you should get a sucess message:
That was the final step. Now logoff and logon as user “developer” with password “developer”.
4 Access the system
4.1 Java Stack
To access the Java Stack of the server you have to use a Web-Browser and access
. When you’ve just installed the license you first have to restart the application server by issuing the command “stopsap n4shost” and “startsap n4shost” from the command-line as user “n4shost”.
4.2 ABAP Stack
If you want to connect to the ABAP Stack from an external system you can use this settings for SAP GUI:
To lookup the IP address of the Application Server (Anwendungsserver) you can use the terminal window as user root and issue the “ifconfig”-command:
The IP address is displayed behind “inet addr:”. You can download SAP GUI for Windows and Java from ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/sapgui/.
5 Troubleshooting
5.1 Proxy configuration
If you want to access the Internet from inside the virtual machine, you have to reconfigure the proxy settings. Unfortunately they are set for SAP internal use. So if you want to access your license key e-mail via the browser you have to change this settings. Start Firefox:
Click Edit > Preferences > Advanced Tab > Settings button. Choose ‘Direct connection to the internet’ if you’re using the virtual machine at home behind a NAT-router. In a corporate environment you have to ask your friendly network support guy’s to provide you the right configuration. Also you can look it up from your actual browser you use to read this blog.
5.2 Keyboard layout
Unfortunately they keyboard in the virtual machine is set to a german keyboard layout. To change this in the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server you have to use the YaST configuration tool:
Click on the Group “System”. There you will find the “Keyboard Layout”. You have to double-click to start the configuration.
From the “Layout”-list choose “U.S. English”. Click OK to apply this setting.
Then you have to confirm the setting by clicking “Save”
Please also notice the next message which indicates that you have to log-off / log-on to apply this settings.
i have tried to download the sneakpreview for the second time and as soon as i want to unzip it, i have problems with the 4th file as it says it is corrupt.
When did you download the sneakpreview? Maybe SAP have fixed it some weeks ago.
Thanks for your response.
when I've downloaded the files around New Year I also encountered a CRC error. But the download I've made last week is running fine.
Best regards
Gregor
Thanks for your blog however I am having difficuties in accessing SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition. I have done exactly which you have stated in this blog. But it seems like I need to do more that this I believe. When I try to start sap from Command prompt of VMWare it syas failed. Now my question is do I have to extract all RAR files or only two RAR files like SLES10SP1VSAP.RAR and SAP Netweaver 70 - Java and ABAP VMWare Trial.part01.rar ? (I have extracted these 2 files only).
After extracting 2 files I clicked on SLES10SP1_Test_Drive.vmx and it runs as per your blog. But when I try to srartsap it does not. So I have to do any other steps. Please let me know the exact steps if possible. I am using Win XP Prof.
Thanks, you solved one of my problem with this blog.
I think the Readme file - which I read countless times - should be modified so as to integrate the content of your Webblog, or, at least, a link to your weblog.
Best regards,
Guillaume
let us hope the best that the documentation will be updated.
Thanks for your comment.
Best regards,
Gregor
All the best,
Manfred
On Step 3.2, my copy always locks up when checking the DB2 database. Even if I do "db2start" like you mentioned, it still locks up. So I just wait till it locks up (only takes a minute) and close the Gnome terminal. Then I open Gnome Terminal again, re-login and execute the command 'startsap n4shost' and it works great.
This is a very very nice blog, everything is clear here.
But I still got a problem when I’m trying to connect with GUI, I get this Error:
Error: hostname ‘ivml2005’ unknown
Release 700
Component NI (Network Interface), version 38
rc = -2, module niuxi.c, line 1529
Detail NIPGetHostByName2: hostname ‘ivml2005’ not found
System Call gethostbyname_r
Can you help me, please?
Thank you
I did have the same problem.
I think this is a DNS issue. I temporarily solved it by putting an entry for ivml2005 in my hosts file.
You can use the ifconfig command in a terminal to find out what the IP is.
The best way would be to ask your administrator to configure the DNS.
Best regards,
Guillaume
Cheers,
Darren
I thought it would be no problem as it is the precise goal of virtualisation, isn't it ?
But, the Java VMWare edition seems to hang at startup ??
Could it be because of the fact that both server are named ivml2005 ?
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Guillaume
this can be a problem. Have you tried to change the hostname? I can't try it here because my machine is already under very heavy load when I run only one of the editions. A great solution would be if the ABAP/Java Edition will include also the Portal. Then there will be no need to run both.
Best regards
Gregor
It includes a demo scenario, where a new employee needs to confirm the confidentiality aggreement in an interactive form.
When I click on this I get an internal server error 500.
The trial certificate for interactive forms and the svg viewer are installed.
Can anyone bring some light into this?
Thanks in advance.
as you might have noticed I'm talking in my Blog about the ABAP/Java VMWare Version. Perhaps you find something helpfull when you search for "java adobe vmware" in the SDN Search.
Regards
Gregor
Are you aware of a FTP site to download the images from ?
Thanks.
PS:did you test also the non-vmware ABAP trial ? Did you succeed to install it on Windows XP?
regarding the Download I would suggest a Download Manager. Unfortunately this download is not available via FTP.
I've sucessfully installed the non-vmware ABAP Trial on my Windows XP SP2. Please have a look to the excellent Blog series from Manfred Lutz to get started with that version.
Best regards
Gregor
- Darren
the Java/ABAP Edition contains a Dual Stack NetWeaver 7.0 installation. The full ABAP Application Server and the J2EE compliant Java Application Server. Unfortunately in this Edition in the Java Stack the Portal is missing. The Java only edition contains the J2EE Server including the NetWeaver Portal.
Best regards
Gregor
I've installed EPC with the (dual-stack) SAP on Linux Web AS 2004s TestDrive, see OSS note 883948.
But I needed to use VMware to guest WinXP, because for some reason (I don't know if it is unique to my setup or an SAP oversight) New System from Template and New System from PAR context-menus are missing in Linux Firefox, only present in IE.
Which brings me on to a more general point, of the desirability of a VMware dual stack installation anyway. As I see it, you can explore adequately ABAP or Java with stand-alone preview installations. The unique and compelling advantage of using the dual stack PREVIEW is that it fits onto typical hardware of 2GB RAM so then the ABAP stack can serve as a backend for Java applications. Crucially, tools like NWDS or workflow graphical display (to name just two examples) currently need a Windows client which is why you should instead use VMware to guest Windows.
thank you for this valuable suggestion to install the Enterprise Portal Core (EPC).
What you can try when you facing problems using Firefox on Linux do an upgrade to the latest SP. SAP is working hard to support Firefox. But for details have a look at the Product Availability Matrix (PAM).
I think the same benefits as you've described in your Linux Host/XP VMWare solution can be applied to XP Host/Linux VMWare. I think the XP Host solution is used more often than the other way round.
Best regards
Gregor
I when I tried to unarchive the tgz files, 7-zip gave warnings about corrupted files. This was enough to make me repeat the download today. I'm getting rar files, but I'm still getting warnings from 7-zip and several other archive extract programs. I will forge ahead anyway when the downloads are done.
I got as far as the su - n4adm
For some reason, the '-' showed up as what looks like a greek alphabet Beta character. I'm guessing there's a keyboard incompatibility here somewhere. While digging in the Terminal settings, the VMware server crashed out from under me. The console would not reconnect to the server, so I had to reboot the Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 that was hosting VMware.
This should go in an appropriate forum, shouldn't it? (I'm *really* new here and not enjoying it at all.)
Can i install more thing on this VM ? i want to access a full functional IDES on this VM . any comments ?
thanks a lot .
Thomas Lin
it is Possible to install an ERP, CRM, SCM or BI IDES System inside a Virtual Machine. But you can not enhance the SAP NetWeaver Trial Versions to a IDES System. Also the Hardware Requirements for an IDES Installation are dramatically different. I.E. for SAP CRM 2007 IDES the minimum DB Size is 75 GByte. Have a look to Note "1141838 - IDES CRM 2007". Also I think you should assign at least 4 GByte RAM to the Virtual Machine.
Best regards
Gregor
I have downloaded SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition
and when i extracted the files,.. i could not get into the usr/sap.....saplicence
to see the hardware key,..
I didnt see any usr/sap directory,..anywhere
SO i am afraid if i have downloaded the wrong version..
I would be glad to know if i can get the working link of the downloads,.. of vmware edition of SAP NW 2004 with Java AS,.. with SP14..
Thanks
Vinni
have you started the Virtual Machine? When you extract the RAR Files you will only get the *.vmdk Files from which I've taken a Screenshot.
Regards
Gregor
Hi Gregor,<br/><br/>Thanks for the reply,<br/>Everything is working excellent for me now..<br/>I started workingon it...<br/><br/>I could not able to get into http://<IP-address>:54200/... So let me work on this,. as i am curious to see the java stack.. and work on SAP CPS.. Do you have any idea on SAP CPS ( Redwood Scheduler?)..
Have you replaced the <IP-address> with the real IP Adress of the virtual machine?<br/><br/>I don't have used CPS.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/downloads/netweaver/vmware/Java/SAP%20NetWeaver7.0-Java-VMware-Trial.part2.rar
Part 3 is working.. i need part 1 & 2.
Could you please keep the working links..
Thanks
Vikram.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/70f357b0-ab8b-2a10-c5a1-d8c1c1736fb8
Please let me know what i should do in such case.
I appreciate your help.
Vinni..
the Link you've provided points to the "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition" and is working fine for me. If you have problems using the Links you also can try "Downloads" in the Main Menu and then "SAP NetWeaver Main Releases".
Best regars
Gregor
I'm trying to change SUSE10 to a static IP address. I've repeatedly gone into yast and configured a static address, but when I reboot, it has reverted to DHCP mode, with an address (a consistent one at least) in the DHCP pool. Anyone else have this problem??
Although I guess I don't need to now, eventually I will want to change host/nodename because I will need two instances of SAP for BC-XOM testing. They CAN'T both have the same IP & name... Will changing name screw up the SAP system?
Thanks!
The system itself should remain unaffected when you change the physical hostname, as we have installed it using a virtual hostname (n4shost, the one you have to specify when starting up the system).
For the issue of changing the IP address the following may serve as entry point: http://listserv.sap.com/pipermail/linux.general/2004-October/004349.html
Another place to look at in order to get the complete picture is the .vmx file in your directory with the unzipped VM-files, you will find the Mac-Address of your eth0 device in here, we did have some additional requirements from our second virtual appliance (also available as download on SDN https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/7005cdbf-ba8b-2a10-81b0-ebcfe8061f8f)
If those hints still do not suffice I would have to dig down a bit deeper in my memory about what and why we did it on the network side.
I hope this still helps to point you into the right direction
Manfred
Hello Manfred,Alas, I'm now going to be on vacation for essentially the next week...
Looks like I will have to further drill down on your network issue. When it comes to the VMware version: I am using the same version than you are, I haven't experienced lock-ups so far but got to admit that most of my tests are just Start and Stop exercises finished within 5 minutes or so.
You can also give VMware Player a try, or the beta you mentioned.
Manfred
I again nuked the VM and reinstalled from the .rar files this evening. I fired it up and changed the keyboard to English. When I tried to exit Yast, the VM then again proceded to lock up. After some number of minutes, the VMware console lost connection to the server and would not reconnect. This time, I decided to give it a bit and after roughly 10 minutes, I was able to reconnect and was back at the Novell desktop as if nothing had happened. I was able to proceed to start SAP and install the license key. So it does seem I've made it through the install again, but the question about the instability remains. I'm not going to even attempt to mess with IP & hostname for the time being.
I think the inclusion of >>Update: If you are looking for instructions for the "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition" please read the "Getting Started Guide" which was just published.<< at the top of this blog is an unnecessary confusion factor. For a while, I thought the Guide applied to THIS demo. (As a newbie, I'm somewhat tormented by the vast number of similar products and versions in info on SDN.)
I think the link to the Java-Only VMWare Edition is important because this Blog has a lot of visitors and I think many of them are also looking for information on the Java-Only VMWare Edition. As always @SAP you have to read the Product description exactly to know what you get.
Best regards
Gregor
Now you can configure your network device eth0 using Yast. Then change the ifcfg-eth0 file as suggested in the listserv thread referenced by me before.
I'm a bit confused about what source operating system I should use.
I've got hardware available with 4gig ram. I planned originally to run SLES 64bit, but is it of any use if I run VMWARE?
Regards, Thomas
I've been happily using your VMWare version (to learn), but I have a problem with Tansport Orders. I've posted here :
Subject : Transport to other NetWeaver
in
Expert Forums » SAP NetWeaver » SAP NetWeaver Platform
As I'm having difficulties getting over this (I'm a beginner), and I no one seems to know what's happening, I wonder if this could be a problem specific to this VMWare configuration ?
Thanks for anyhelp.
Angela
1. On Windows XP SP2 make sure IIS is installed, before you start.
2. Can you insert a comment at the end of chapter 2, before getting to install license that refers to fixing the keyboard layout. Some of us only read the document after a long struggle. Stupid, but true.
3. When connecting to system using the gui, I had an error. I then changed the connection on the GUI in the Advanced tab from conn=/H/ivml2005/S/3242 to conn=/H/127.0.0.1/S/3242
Thanking you for a fine document.
Kind regards,
Pieter Bezuidenhout
thank you for your comment. I've added the keyboard layout tip to the beginning of chapter 3.
Regarding your Tip: "On Windows XP SP2 make sure IIS is installed, before you start." is that rearly required for the VMWare Edition I've described here in my Blog?
Best regards
Gregor
I had a problem to install my saplicense and after I have installed IIS it worked.
Kind regards,
Pieter
The problem I have is that when I open SLES10SP1_Test_Drive.wmx from within VM Player 2.0.3 build-80004 I receive a warning message
'File not found SLES10SP1_Test_Drive(2).wmdk'
I use the option to browse for it,find it, open it and receive the same response. All 17 vmdk's are in one directory, VMWare along with the .vmx
Have you experienced this or have any clues how I might rectify it?
many thanks
have you double-checked that the content of the directory where you've extracted the SuSE Enterprise VMWare Image + the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Image is exactly the same as the second screenshot in chapter "1 Download & Extract"?
Best regards
Gregor
Thanks for the nice job of explaining.
I am able to install and login thru SAPGUI.
When I try to login to the portal, I do not have the correct passwords for J2EE admin or any users.
1) I am suspecting the "Getting Started guide" may be pointing to an old version (CTB..?) ??
I used the same UserId/Passwords and not able
to login.
It says J2EE port is 50000 which didn't work for me.
I used port 54200 that you gave and it worked.
Cold you please check the document/link for "Getting Started" at the beginning?
Any help is appreciated.
Regards, Siva
please be aware, that the "Getting Started" Guide is related to the Java ONLY VMWare Edition and so in no way related to the Java and ABAP Trial Version I've described in my Blog.
Best regards
Gregor
Is your blog different than this thread?
If it is, could you please give a link to it?
Also how can I look at the book/manual that you are referring to?
I am not able to log into the portal.
a) How can I get the passwords for J2EE_ADMIN,
and other userIds.
b) Alternatively, If I reset them on ABAP
stack, will they be changed on to the
portal side?
Thanks for your enthusiasm and help.
Regards, Siva
thank you for the great description.
I have a performance question. I ran the SLES on a VMware Server 1.0.5/ Vista Business as basis Operating System with 2GB RAM(CPU CoreDuoE4500). At startup of the SLES i gave him 900 MB.
Looking into the WindowsTaskManager i see the Task vmware-wmx.exe with about 25 MB RAM and the task vmware.exe with about 4 MB.
The response time of the SAP application is very slow.
any idea?
thanks
Juergen
1) By default it is recommended to give 1.5G RAM to VMWare player. See what you can do.
2) Vista performance seems to improve quite a bit with SP1.
Good luck, Siva
done all the steps, imported the licenses key, evertyhing was "green", but after logoff it does not login with developer/developer.
(Error in license check).
Any clue?
Thx for help.
Michael
i have no problem with the user developer - using client 001
Juergen
System: VMWare Server, under OpenSuSE 10.3.
----- Begin SAP License -----
SAPSYSTEM=N4S
HARDWARE-KEY=J1226376836
INSTNO=DEMOSYSTEM
But: during the startscript i get this
Checking db6 db Database
------------------------------
ABAP Database is not available via R3trans
Might this be the problem?
Thx again for any help
Michael
the R3Trans message i got also - i think no problem.
Maybe you login with the SAP* user and check the SU01 Transaction (Benutzerpflege), if there is a user developer.
P.S.
The DBIF_RSQL_.. message is a network message - i saw it in google.
good luck
Juergen
the R3Trans message i got also - i think no problem.
Maybe you login with the SAP* user and check the SU01 Transaction (Benutzerpflege), if there is a user developer.
P.S.
The DBIF_RSQL_.. message is a network message - i saw it in google.
good luck
Juergen
the R3Trans message i got also - i think no problem.
Maybe you login with the SAP* user and check the SU01 Transaction (Benutzerpflege), if there is a user developer.
P.S.
The DBIF_RSQL_.. message is a network message - i saw it in google.
good luck
Juergen
the R3Trans message i got also - i think no problem.
Maybe you login with the SAP* user and check the SU01 Transaction (Benutzerpflege), if there is a user developer.
P.S.
The DBIF_RSQL_.. message is a network message - i saw it in google.
good luck
Juergen
developer exists, but still the license error.
but: if i press F1 it also draws an error regarding DBIF_RSQL :/
The only error when starting with the SLES10 is
/usr/sap/N4S/SYS/exe/run/startsap: line 1687: cd: /root: Permission denied
Any clues?
Thx again
what User have you used to start the SAP System? Have you done a su - n4sadm before starting the system?
Best regards
Gregor
:/
I have the same error. Okay, I changed the Name of the Server and used a new network card to generate a new mac address.
I got the new license key. Everything seems to work. The license is accepted, but the HW-Key doesn't show up in the slicense Dynpro. Odd.
Secondly, we have Patchlevel 12 on the system, but there is a coding error in the INT_VCM_GET_SYSTEM_DATA function, generating a wrong Customer-Key.
After "*Customer-Key ermittlen" there should be a code = 4 instead of a code = 2.
That's fine but you can't change the coding with SAP* and the developer is not working and would need a developer key for the system anyway.
Is there a vitual maschine with a later patch level?
Or how can I patch the system?
Any solutions???
Thx, Lutz Varoquier
After my second hd of my virtual maschine got corrupted I just copyied the second hd of my original virtual maschine.
Now the license key is working correctly.
I also have the "Error in licence check" when trying to logon with other than SAP*. License generation worked well and traffic light is showing green. Only the "expiration date"-field in system status stays empty. Can someone please try this:
{code}saplicense -show
saplicense: no license entries found{/code}
Thanks for any help.
Regards
Jan
as mentioned under point 3.2 yoif you get the error "Database is not running" you can try the command "db2start" before you use "startsap n4shost".
Best regards
Gregor
As I mentioned in an offshoot of https://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/32350 , I was having long hangs where the whole VM (and even VMware?) would freeze for on the order of 5-10 minutes. I finally noticed that the VM's CD/DVD drive indicator was on solid when this happened. (There was no physical disk in the drive.)
The CD-ROM device settings were
[x] Connected
[x] Connect at power on
(*) Use physical drive
Location (*) Host ...
Clearing the first two check boxes made the problem go away. So something in the combination of this VM, VMware Server 1.0.5.80187 and Windows
2003 Standard Edition 5.2.3790, SP2 does not seem to do well with an empty drive.
p.s.: At the end of 4.1, shouldn't that be as user "n4sadm" instead of "n4shost"?
Regards,
Rich
thank you for the update. Hope that this can also help others. 4.1 is correct. Here we stop and start the application server. So we have to use "n4shost".
Best Regards
Gregor
I want to be able to build our application under this VM. It requires curses and so will not build without the appropriate header files, etc. The VM appears to have ncurses-5.5-18.11 installed, so I seem to need a compatible version of ncurses-devel. I tried to add it with Yast, but Yast seemed to want the distro disk (DVD1), which of course I don't have. (And I've inadvertently screwed up the Software Management installation source(s) setting so it is no longer aware of the disk contents.) I haven't been able to find a suitable version on the web. http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/server10/i386/ncurses-devel.html lists /suse/i586/ncurses-devel-5.5-18.2.i586.rpm, but indicates no source other than DVD1. (I must admit being unsure how compatible package rpms might be between various flavors of Linux or versions of SUSE.)
So, the generic question is, is there a repository or a .iso image of the SLES10 distro where I can get packages to add to this VM?
Thanks!
Rich
the blog is great, everything worked.
Is there any way to extend the database. I have seen 97% are in use.
Any changes with Transaction DB02 have been stopped with the reason:
-- ERROR Database connection +++DB6ADM: SQL error 30082- SQL30082N Security processing failed with reason "24" ("USERNAME AND/OR PASSWORD INVALID"). SQLSTATE=08001
Any Idea what I can do ?
Regards
Alex.
Is there any blog on Java Trial Version - VMWare?
I am not getting Ip address and hostname at login screen as it is mentioned in GETTING STARTED" pdf document for JAVA VM ware version. I am getting loopback ip address (127.0.0.1) instead of 192.168. ... ... . Do i need to do some settings in LINUX OS?
Any info on this is appriciated.
Regards,
Rohinikumar.T
Cheers,
Thanks for the good illustration.But I am unable to perform db2start from n4sadm user.I got the following when i executed db2start
SQL6048N A communication error occurred during START or STOP DATABASE MANAGER processing
SQL1032N No start database manager command was issued. SQLSTATE=57019.
On checking the db2diag.log i found the following:
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, license manager, sqllcRequestAccess, probe:2
MESSAGE : ADM12008C The product "DB2 Enterprise Server Edition" does not have
a valid license key installed and the evaluation period has expired.
Functions specific to this product are not enabled. If you have
licensed this product, please ensure the license key is properly
installed. You can install the license via using License Center or
db2licm command line utility. The license file can be obtained from
your licensed product CD.
So i went and changed the permissions to the filesystem /db2 to 777.
When i tried again i got the following msg
n4shost:n4sadm 47> db2start
SQL1042C An unexpected system error occurred. SQLSTATE=58004
The db2diag.log is as given below
2007-03-26-21.59.58.682971+120 I39189G368 LEVEL: Warning
PID : 12097 TID : 2988988608 PROC : db2agent (N4S) 0
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
APPHDL : 0-41 APPID: *LOCAL.db2n4s.070326195957
AUTHID : DB2N4S
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, relation data serv, sqlrr_db_init, probe:100
MESSAGE : DB2_IMPLICIT_UNICODE enabled
2007-03-26-22.00.05.868990+120 I39558G375 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:104
DATA #1 : String, 26 bytes
Force phase is in progress
DATA #2 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFCF01AC : 0000 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.05.869763+120 I39934G419 LEVEL: Event
PID : 11108 TID : 2988988608 PROC : db2sysc 0
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, sqeAppServices::ExecuteStopForce, probe:1000
DATA #1 : String, 47 bytes
[Force]->Number of applications to be forced :
DATA #2 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFC93DB0 : 0100 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.05.870487+120 I40354G308 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:108
DATA #1 : String, 47 bytes
Force phase is completed and preparing to stop.
2007-03-26-22.00.05.870611+120 I40663G378 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:210
DATA #1 : String, 29 bytes
Deactivate phase is bypassed.
DATA #2 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFCF01B0 : 0100 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.05.870799+120 I41042G398 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:230
DATA #1 : String, 49 bytes
Deactivate phase is completed, preparing to stop.
DATA #2 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFCF01B0 : 0100 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.05.870900+120 I41441G287 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:240
DATA #1 : String, 26 bytes
Stop phase is in progress.
2007-03-26-22.00.05.871002+120 I41729G302 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:250
DATA #1 : String, 41 bytes
Requesting system controller termination.
2007-03-26-22.00.05.881274+120 I42032G395 LEVEL: Warning
PID : 11108 TID : 2988988608 PROC : db2sysc 0
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, routine_infrastructure, sqlerKillAllFmps, probe:5
MESSAGE : Bringing down all db2fmp processes as part of db2stop
DATA #1 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFC94430 : 0000 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.05.883574+120 I42428G320 LEVEL: Severe
PID : 11117 TID : 3018270384 PROC : db2acd
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, common communication, sqlccipcdarihandshake, probe:4
RETCODE : ZRC=0x800F00FC=-2146500356=SQLO_INV_PARM "Invalid input parameter"
2007-03-26-22.00.05.885183+120 I42749G304 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:260
DATA #1 : String, 43 bytes
System controller termination is completed.
2007-03-26-22.00.05.885553+120 I43054G375 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:270
DATA #1 : String, 26 bytes
Active EDUs to be waited :
DATA #2 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFCEFCFC : 0100 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.05.899475+120 I43430G373 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:280
DATA #1 : String, 24 bytes
There is no active EDUs.
DATA #2 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0xBFCEFCFC : 0000 0000 ....
2007-03-26-22.00.06.037393+120 E43804G301 LEVEL: Event
PID : 14293 TID : 2988829184 PROC : db2stop2
INSTANCE: db2n4s NODE : 000
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, DB2StopMain, probe:911
MESSAGE : ADM7514W Database manager has stopped.
STOP : DB2 DBM
Please help me with this.
Thanks
I got the same problem. Did you find the solution.
Mohan
have you tried "db2start" before you use "startsap n4shost"?
Best regards
Gregor
First i tried "db2start" from n4sadm account and i am getting this error.
SQL6048N A communication error occurred during START or STOP DATABASE MANAGER processing.
I dont know where to check the log.
Thanks and regards
Mohan
what hardware do you use to run the VMWare on? How much RAM does the computer have?
Best regards
Gregor
I have to overwrite the Vmfiles by extracting from the rar files. Now i am able to start SAP.
But i am not able to ping from my laptop to suse vmachine.
If i ping from my laptop i get.
Pinging 192.168.155.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.155.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
If i ping from suse to laptop i get.
ivml2005:~ # ping 192.168.0.3
connect: Network is unreachable
ivml2005:~ # ping 192.168.155.10
PING 192.168.155.10 (192.168.155.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.155.1: icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.155.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.155.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.155.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.155.1 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
this is my laptop ipconfig.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : grandhi
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.155.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.155.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Loopback Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.155.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Conn
ection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-D8-41-25
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 13 July 2008 9:50:40 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 14 July 2008 9:50:40 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controlle
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-6A-04-D8
And this is my suse ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:25:E5:24
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:7598 (7.4 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x14a4
eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:25:E5:24
inet addr:192.168.155.1 Bcast:192.168.155.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x14a4
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8928 (8.7 Kb) TX bytes:8928 (8.7 Kb)
Can you please help me out.
Thanks
Mohan
may you soved this problem?
I always get (since days)
eth0 ... Interrupt:10 Base address:0x14a4
i have now idear any more 🙁
you? (is anybody out there ? 😉
cheers Seb
have you tried what I described above:
If you encounter an error saying "Database is not running" during this process try the command "db2start" before you use "startsap n4shost".
Best regards
Gregor
0) Un-rared all the files again to get a fresh start.
1) Switched to bash (troubleshooting in csh was irritating; plus I needed to tweak the path ) (type: bash )
2) I added /sbin to my PATH. No idea if this mattered either, but I wanted ifconfig in my path. PATH=$PATH:/sbin [RETURN] export PATH
3) Copied the license key into the /home/n4sadm (I just ftped it from desktop)
There's also some stuff in the Getting Started guide (which Greg linked to) that's not here. Like changing the hosts file on host machine. That part probably didn't matter.
Other than that, it's possible that the license key is time-dependent and nothing I mentioned mattered except retrying (I have no idea).
Either way, something made it work. Good luck.
Lee
Can anyone confirm if PI 7 is available on this sneak preview?
Thanks in advance,
David R.
Thank you for your great blog, actually I installed N4S in my laptop and working well.
But I have problem about external access, because I want to use graphical screen painter.
According to your blog, I could find IP address. But I can not log on to ABAP stack with this IP Address. I tried all IP address what I get it. But every IP address was not work.
Could you help me?
I downloaded the trial some weeks ago but haven't had the chance to work with it until now.
The startup hangs during phase "GetProcessList" where dispstatus of the jcontrol is always grey...
How can I stop the startupof the J2EE system so that I am able to access the console?
Thx for your help,
Michael
have you tried switching to another console using the keyboard combination ALT + F2 or ALT + F3?
Best regards
Gregor
Hi,Can you help me?
are you able to ping the IP Address of your Virtual machine?
Best regards
Gregor
Haciendo ping a 192.168.155.1 con 32 bytes de datos:
Respuesta desde 10.6.209.1: Red de destino inaccesible.
Respuesta desde 10.6.209.1: Red de destino inaccesible.
Respuesta desde 10.6.209.1: Red de destino inaccesible.
Respuesta desde 10.6.209.1: Red de destino inaccesible.
Estadísticas de ping para 192.168.155.1:
Paquetes: enviados = 4, recibidos = 4, perdidos = 0
(0% perdidos),
Tiempos aproximados de ida y vuelta en milisegundos:
Mínimo = 0ms, Máximo = 0ms, Media = 0ms
I don't know if it is right or wrong...
that sounds not so good. It means that the destination host is unreachable. The ping have to work before you try any other higher level. Have you checked that the VMWare Network settings are set to "Bridged"? Is a DHCP server running in the network where your computer is attached to?
Best regards
Gregor
Servidor de Aplicación: ivml2005
Número de sistema: 42
ID sistema: N4S
Kind regards
See the installation of your blog.
installation at "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition - Tips & Tricks" Note.
As I write programs that install the setup screen appeared normal. But username: root, password: sap123 is wrong. Ejected.
What is the problem?
pls look at the problem
thanks..
The problem has been resolved.
best regard.
See the installation of your blog.
installation at "SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition - Tips & Tricks" Note.
As I write programs that install the setup screen appeared normal. But username: root, password: sap123 is wrong. Ejected.
What is the problem?
pls look at the problem
are you shure that you've downloaded the Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition?
Best regards
Gregor
first of all thank you for the very useful explanation.
But where can i get the license key? At minisap.com you now have only the choice between,
LNX - SAP Basis R/3 4.6B x86 MaxDB
MBS - R/3 4.6D
There is no option for N4S!?
Do you have any info where i can get else the license key?
Thanks a lot
Sami
the URL where you can get the License key is http://www.sap.com/minisap/. It was also mentioned in the Blog already.
Best regards
Gregor
The key is not more offered.
BR
Sami
now I've seen that there is a Problem. I would ask you to send an E-Mail to sdn@sap.com with a screenshot that the N4S System is not in the list.
Best regards
Gregor
Thanks for the wonderful blog, everything worked like textbook, but N4s do not appear in the list of systems anymore. Has SAP stopped offering license keys for this trial version?
This version is also unavailable for download anymore from SDN. any info will be welcome.
Regards, Deep
I've seen that today. I would ask you to send an E-Mail to sdn@sap.com with a screenshot and ask for support.
Best regards
Gregor
It looks like SAP has indeed limited licences for trial versions for some reason. there is a update today in SDN regarding this.
Thanks anyway for the wonderful blog.
Regards, Deep
Does this version has /irj url ?
How do I access the Visual config.Nothing much is given abt the portal.I can access thru 5200 port but dont know how to show iviews since irj is not there and the Netweaver Status icon on desktop doesnt work..Any changes required to make it all work?
the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 - Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux - VMware Edition does not contain the Portal. But when you have access to the SAP Service Marketplace and you also have the authorization to download the Enterprise Portal Core (EPC), the installation should be straight forward.
Best regards
Gregor
did you manage to install EP afterward.
Can you tell me how ?
thx
Thomas
I think it should be possible to install the Portal when you have access to the installation files from http://service.sap.com/swdc.
Best regards
Gregor
First tx a lot for your documentation - it went exactly as you specified!!!
Can I logon other clients beside 001?
1.I want to logon with sap* user (for example) to client 000,066? also I want to logon with user DDIC and couldn't.
Can you pls help me here?
2. since I'm very very new to sap, I need to understand - a user is deifined in a client level or in a system level? (actually, I want to understand, if a user sap* on client 001 is the same one as user sap* in client 066 with the same password... and what is the meaning of a client at all?!)
3. How can I reset a password without logging into the sap - is it possible at all? (I want to logon with all the sap standard users: sap*,ddic, earclywatch.)
tx a lot.
s.
I'm using VMware ESX Server 3i Build 110271 and VMware Infrastructure Client Version 2.5.0 Build 103682.
I think all files are downloaded and extracted correct. I didn't change anything. When I try to start the Virtual Machine I get this error:
Failed to open disk scsi0:0: Unsupported and/or invalid disk type 7. Did you forget to import the disk first?Unable to create virtual SCSI device for scsi0:0, '/vmfs/volumes/48e0ce2e-29a9349e-0022190fc0ea/App-SAP/SLES10SP1_Test_Drive.vmdk'
Failed to configure scsi0.
What can I do???
Thanks,
Thorsten
Thanks a lot for a great blog. I am stuck at a point now.
Earlier I had an issue to connect to the internet to download the license. I figured that out. I had to change from option Bridged to NAT. Now I am able to connect to the internet via the firefox in the VM.
But when I tried to login to the SAP I got a message "ivml2005" was not recognised... I changed that to the IP address that I got from doing ifconfig.
Now I am getting a message "Connection refused". Details of this message indicated below:
Error: partner '192.168.88.128:3242' not reached.
Thu Oct 16 23:32:53 2008
Release 700
Component NI (network interface), version 38
rc = -10, module nixxi.cpp, line 2823
Detail NiPConnect2
System Call connect
Error No 111
'Connection refused'
Kindly let me know what the issue is? Is it that the SAP server needs to started or something manually? Appreciate your help. Thanks.
Regards,
Sachin
I´ve got a problem, at point 4.1 you describe how to access the Java Stack. I got the ip adress with ifconfig but when I type "http://ip-address:54200" a message which call "Object not found" come. After that I restart the database with the command "stopsap n4shost" and "startsap n4shost", but not with the user n4shost (because this user doesn´t exist in my system). I restart with the user n4sadm.
My Question is now, does the file stil exist on the site "ipaddress;54200" ?
Or what is my mistake?
Thanks for your help,
Philipp
have you replaced "ip-address" with the concrete IP Address of your vitual machine?
Best regards
Gregor
I replaced "ip-adress" with the ip-address I get with the command ipconfig at windows. There´s a own column which call "Ethernetadapter VMWare:"
Is this the right ip-address?
Cause this one, I choose for the "ip address".
Best regards
Philipp
you have to use the IP Address from the ifconfig command mentioned in "4.2 ABAP Stack". When you use the ipconfig command on your Windows machine, you only get the IP's of the Windows System.
Best regards
Gregor
I´ve tried it with the address from 4.2, but it doesn´t work.
Should I configure the ethernet card in any way?
I have change the option at ethernet from bridge to NAT, but now I get the same failure as Sachin in the comment "Connection refused". When I try to start the the database with "db2start", there is a failure which call "SQL6031N Error in the db2nodes.cfg file at line number "1". Reason code "10". What can I do against this failure?
Do I have to install the Suse new?
Best regards
Philipp
have you tried a ping from Windows to the Linux machine and also vica versa?
Best regards
Gregor
P.S.: Please try to reply to my answers using the Reply link.
yes the ping from windows to the VMWare is no problem. I´ve installed the Linux again and now everything works but with the Java Stack there is still a problem.
I´ve type http://10.1.13.14:54200/
the result is a message on the site:
503 Service Unavailable
Cannot process a request for dynamic resources
Details: Web Container service is currently unavailable
Is the Web Container already exsist?
Thanks for your help,
Philipp
-Can someone send me the file (.txt) with a key license to lucsus@hotmail.com.?
-Thanks.
what is the exact problem at http://www.sap.com/minisap/? Do you get any error message?
Best regards
Gregor
-I had requested a new license yesterday Sunday morning, but the e-mail was not sent.
-Today, Monday, the e-mail with the new license has been sent by sap.
--
Thanks.
Redirection limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested page. This may be caused by cookies that are blocked.
The browser has stopped trying to retrieve the requested item. The site is redirecting the request in a way that will never complete.
If I use IE, then I just get what appears to be an infinite loop of security warnings about being redirected. Where can I successfully get a copy of SLES10SP1VSAP.rar from ?
After power on ,I can't find any file in /netweaver.I delete this harddisk from vmware,then I add this harddisk to vmware again.It is work.
Thanks for the tips and tricks, they sure helped.
I've got a license key (internal) installed and the system starts up (ABAP & Java side).
My problem is with the user DEVELOPER, when I try to create a new ABAP program the system asks for a developer key even though I find an entry in table DEVACCESS for the DEVELOPER user.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Martin
I have this question: You have wrote this: After that I've double-clicked the "SAP NetWeaver 70 - Java and ABAP VMware Trial.part01.rar"-File and opened it with WinRAR. I've extracted all the content to the VMWare sub-folder I've created before.
Ok, is correct but how i can use the other rar part: part02.rar, part03.rar..part08.rar?
Thank's.
Andrea Maraviglia
the other RAR Files are used automatically when you open the first file. The RAR File was split up to simplify the download.
Best regards
Gregor
I got crazy for a while with license installation issues, so here's my solution (I've read also somewhere else, but not so explicitely as I mean to write it).
After you install (appearently successfully) the license, if you get:
- "error in license check" when logging on with DEVELOPER, or
- "disptacher running but no server connected" when accessing the J2EE stack via browser (e.g. http//ivml2005:542000)
>>> PAY ATTENTION <<<<br/>
The story is: YOU MOST PROBABLY NEVER REALLY INSTALLED THE LICENSE!!! Because you waited more than 30 minutes since you started the instance (startsap n4shost).
So my solution, clean one:
1. trx SLICENSE, delete the new (fake) license
2. as n4sadm, stopsap n4shost
3. reboot SUSE OS
4. as n4sadm, startsap n4shost
5. install N4S.txt into the SAP system QUICKLY 😉 that is before 30 mins
6. you're done: you MUST see all the four fields (Active HWD key, Inst Number and so on) with values (i.e. NOT EMPTY) in the main screen of trx SLICENSE.
Cheers,
Alex