Pratap Naidu

July 25, 2017 5 minute read

Solution Manager 7.2 SP05 (Up-to-date) installation and Configuration on SAP HANA Database (MCOS) on Distributed environment

Hello All,

Would like to share my experience about the installation and configuration of Solution Manager 7.2 on SAP HANA SP12 ( MCOS)

As we all know, Solution Manager 7.2 is now based on Netweaver 7.4 and is no longer a Dual-Stack system.The split of functionalities between the ABAP and Java in 7.2 seems to be similar to 7.1, so the Java Stack mainly handles the communications with the various agents. Since the java stack keeps connections open to all the agents

Solman 7.2 supports up-to-date installations. The installation doesn’t have anything special than normal procedure the software DVDs must be downloaded manually but the maintenance planner will enable us to calculate and generate the stack file up to latest SP available in SMP directly without adding the system to SLD/LMDB

– Simply install the ABAP stack then the Java stack. The Java stack will use the ABAP stack for UME (User Management)

– Update the ABAP and Java systems to latest version using SUM

Our environment:

Operating system: RHEL 7.3

HDB Version: 1.00.122.03.1475845474

Solution Manager 7.2 SP05

ABAP SID – SMA

JAVA SID – SMJ

We are installing in distributed environment (Database is on one host, SAP application is another host)

SAP Media:

Download all the Solution Manager 7.2 software’s from Service Market Place and Install the Solution Manager 7.2 system
Calculate the latest (up-to-date) support stack files for update (for eg: SP05) using Maintenance Planner (MP)
Update Solution Manager system to SP05

1.Solution Manager 7.2 installation on SAP Hana Database

I. SMA – HANA Database installation
II. SMJ – HANA Database installation
III. SMA – ASCS Installation
IV. SMA – Database Instance Installation
V. SMA – Primary Application server Instance installation
VI. SMJ – SCS Instance Installation
VII. SMJ – Database Instance Installation
VIII. SMJ – Primary Application Server Instance
IX. Solution Manager 7.2 SP05 update

I. SAP HANA Database Installation(SMA) on the existing SAP HANA Instance. Which means multiple SAP Hana instances on one SAP HANA system

1681092 – Multiple SAP HANA DBMSs (SIDs) on one SAP HANA system

Here we will have to restrict the memory for SID. otherwise single SID could end up consuming whole memory.

II. SMJ – HANA Database installation

SMJ Database could be same as SMA installation as above

III. SMA – ASCS Installation

Install the ASCS on the CI host, by starting the sapinst with SAPINST_STACK_XML option here

IV. SMA – Database Instance Installation

2348162 – Changes to the Naming of the SAP HANA Client Download File

1988071 – “SQL error 1033” occurred during importing package phase of installation with HANA

Downloaded and updated the HDB client (rev 120)

2372790 – R3load error during SWPM export: “SQL file … did not occur in ‘SQLFiles.LST

V. SMA – Primary Application server Instance installation

Note: Here CI instance should be same as SMA – HDB instance number

Here if you would like to add this system to already existing SLD, we could provide the SLD server details

ERROR: JCO RFC error

The JVM reports an exception during execution of class ( com.sap.sdt.ins.component.nw_abap_start_sum.CheckIfThereIsSomethingToDeploy ) and function executeStepClass. DETAILS: The reported error message from JVM is: com.sap.conn.jco.JCoExc

eption: (102) JCO_ERROR_COMMUNICATION: Initialization of repository destination 10 failed: connection closed without message (CM_NO_DATA_RECEIVED)

Solution: Installed UUID deamon

VI. SMJ – SCS Instance Installation
VII. SMJ – Database Instance Installation
VIII. SMJ – Primary Application Server Instance

Steps VI,VII,VIII are the same as steps III, VI,V except few screens..

2. Calculate the latest (up-to-date) support stack files for update (for eg: SP05) using MP

Open the Maintenance Planner

https://apps.support.sap.com/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/support/mp/index.html

For SMJ – Java System

Remaining steps are same as for SMA from here

Add all stack files to download basket and Download and copy files into respective server.

3. Update Solution Manager system to SP05 (SMA and SMJ)

Run the SP05 Update for both ABAP-SMA and Java _SMJ systems with respective stackxxx.xml files.

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Former Member

July 25, 2017 at 10:26 am

Nice and helpful blog !!

Rajani Seelam

July 25, 2017 at 10:29 am

Thanks for the wonderful blog...

Praveena Subramani

July 25, 2017 at 10:29 am

Very Informative 🙂

Shobha Rani

July 25, 2017 at 10:45 am

Dear Pratap,

Awesome! Thorough document with very clear step-wise which is very helpful. Keep posting the good work.

Bhaskar Mamilla

July 25, 2017 at 11:07 am

nice one pratap keep posting ...

Former Member

July 25, 2017 at 11:11 am

Thanks for the detailed blog. Its really helpful.

Richard Pangerl

July 25, 2017 at 1:58 pm

Thanks for the blog!

I am actually installing a new solman system right now. Have you considered using the new sapinst (SWPM SP20)? We had some trouble with the new browser based interface, because it needs the root password. With the old one, a sudo was enough.

Pratap Naidu

Blog Post Author

July 25, 2017 at 3:25 pm

Hi Richard,

No, We have used SWPM19, since it is automatically calculated by the Maintenance Optimizer.

If you have had problem with SWPM20 with browser based, you could still use sapinst with SAPINST_SLP_MODE=false option (old method)

./sapinst SAPINST_STACK_XML=<Path_To_Stack_XML_File>; SAPINST_SLP_MODE=false

Regards
Pratap

Richard Pangerl

July 26, 2017 at 8:10 am

Hi Pratap,

thank you very much! This parameter is currently very helpful for us and presumably the majority of SAP admins too.

I wonder how long the old java sdt method will be supported. With IAAS cloud offers getting more and more used in the SAP environment, I don’t think there can be a “hard cut” any time soon.

BR, Richard

Sourav Brahma

July 27, 2017 at 5:41 pm

Hi Pratap,

Firstly, Thanks for sharing your experience. This is a nice blog.

One question, To connect your managed systems to Maintainance Planner (for generation of stack files), is it mandatory to connect managed systems to newly installed solution manager system and perform "support hub connectivity" in system preparation step of solution manager?

Pratap Naidu

Blog Post Author

July 28, 2017 at 8:47 am

Hi Sourav,

Yes, it is mandatory to perform the step " “support hub connectivity” in system preparation step of solution manager. Going forward this will be only communication channel to sync system details from solution manager to SAP support portal.

https://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/knowledge/preview/en/2359837

""Future SAP Solution Manager Support Packages will include incremental built-in functionalities based on the above. Functions will be migrated
to the new SAP Support Communication Channels, which will completely replace the current SAP OSS RFC communication model.""

Sourav Brahma

July 28, 2017 at 11:18 am

OK..

Many thanks for sharing the knowledge Pratap.

Best Regards,

Sourav Brahma

Former Member

July 31, 2017 at 11:43 am

Thank yo so much for the post. Very helpful.

Cheers

Seshu.

Former Member

September 6, 2017 at 3:06 am

Hi Pratap,

Thank you for this blog. I have a question regarding JAVA stack installation using stack file. I have created SOLMAN SP5 (JAVA) stack file but after starting SWPM SP20 using stack file I see SAP NW 7.4 option not SOLMAN 7.2 SR1 option. Is this obvious/fine? In later screens also it prompts for NW 7.4 SR2 Java media, it doesn’t accept JAVA Component media which I downloaded with SOLMAN 7.2. Has anyone faced this issue?

BR,

Mukul

Pratap Naidu

Blog Post Author

September 8, 2017 at 3:58 am

Hi Mukul,

Yes correct, For Solman Java stack installation, we have to go with SAP NW 7.4 option, it would require SAP NW 7.4 SR2 Java Comp DVD. Please refer to below note

2437303 - Software provisioning manager initial menu option -Business suite or Solution manager 7.2 JAVA vs ABAP stack up-to-date installation with stack configuration file generated from Maintenance planner

Regards

Pratap

Former Member

September 11, 2017 at 1:38 am

Thank you Pratap!

Few other observations from my side. Surprisingly MP calculates SWPM (70SWPM) when planning a system SOLMAN 7.2 SR1 JAVA System. I tried running with 70SWPM also but that also gave me SAP NW 7.4 option to install. your provided OSS Note clears everything. For others...

Snippet from 1680045 - Release Note for Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 (recommended: SWPM 1.0 SP20)

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Up-to-date Installation using STACK_CONFIGURATION_FILE does not match options in welcome screen

Symptom:

You called
sapinst SAPINST_STACK_XML=<your stack.xml>
but there are no options in the product.catalog file according to the information on the UI.

Solution

Check that you used the correct version of Software Provisioning Manager, which was generated and downloaded together with the Stack Configuration File. --> This is what I tried but wrong SWPM calculated (70SWPM)
For example: SAP NetWeaver 7.5 options are only in SWPM*.SAR, but NOT offered in 70SWPM*.SAR.
For general remarks, see also SAP Note 2277574

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2277574 - Central Note for Up-To-Date Installation using Maintenance Planner, Software Provisioning Manager and succeeding update tools

Best Regards,

Mukul SHarma

Irit Gillath

October 10, 2017 at 8:26 pm

This is a great post, how long did it take you to install Soman 7.2 ?

Pratap Naidu

Blog Post Author

October 12, 2017 at 6:51 am

Hi Irit,

Please fyi, it would take 16hrs for complete installation and update.

For installation

ABAP stack - 4hrs

Java stack - 2hrs

For update to latest SP level

ABAP stack update - 8hrs

Java stack update - 2hrs

Regards
Pratap

Former Member

November 9, 2017 at 3:39 pm

Hi Prathap,

How did you do the sizing for HANA.. can you please share the details

Yunianto Yunianto

December 3, 2017 at 4:35 am

Hi Pratap,

have you configured your Solution Manager 7.2 FPS 06?..

I can't save Synchronization connection to LMDB in Infrastructure Preparation. Is there any workaround or information about this?..

My Solution Manager running on Linux and DB2 10.5

Thanks in advanced

Yunianto

Hafiz Khan

December 22, 2017 at 4:08 pm

Hi Pradeep,

Can we install Both ABAP /JAVA stack on one host ( say Host1) and use one tenant HANA DB.

I mean like sybase DB.

Thanks

Amit

Pratap Naidu

Blog Post Author

December 26, 2017 at 9:26 am

Hi Amit,

Yes, it is possible it seems.

Please refer this sap note 2550179 - Does SAP Solution Manager 7.2 supports HANA Tenant Database?

Regards

Pratap

Solution Manager 7.2 SP05 (Up-to-date) installation and Configuration on SAP HANA Database (MCOS) on Distributed environment

1.Solution Manager 7.2 installation on SAP Hana Database

I. SAP HANA Database Installation(SMA) on the existing SAP HANA Instance. Which means multiple SAP Hana instances on one SAP HANA system

II. SMJ – HANA Database installation

III. SMA – ASCS Installation

IV. SMA – Database Instance Installation

V. SMA – Primary Application server Instance installation

VI. SMJ – SCS Instance Installation VII. SMJ – Database Instance Installation VIII. SMJ – Primary Application Server Instance

2. Calculate the latest (up-to-date) support stack files for update (for eg: SP05) using MP

3. Update Solution Manager system to SP05 (SMA and SMJ)

Assigned Tags

VI. SMJ – SCS Instance Installation
VII. SMJ – Database Instance Installation
VIII. SMJ – Primary Application Server Instance