A Visual Installation Guide on Sneak Preview SAP NetWeaver 04 ABAP Edition

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Assumption

• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
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• Physical memory 1024 MB
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• Disk space 60 GB
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• Thai locale at Thailand
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Cautions

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2. Mapped drive might lead to ' Could not create task file' error
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4. J2SE 1.5.0 might not work as expected
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6. In case of error, reset the installation and drop database
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You are able to download Sneak Preview in ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/sdn/devkits/netweaver/abap/ in case of download error.

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2. Do not extract the archive on your desktop or my documents since it might lead to ' style="color: #FF0000">

path too long' problem. See Cannot install database instance for ABAP version

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Password restriction should be turned off or adjust it to (minimum) 5 characters in length. See SneakPreview Installation Problem</li>
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Installation Steps

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Install J2SE 1.4.2_08

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Download Sneak Preview SAP NetWeaver 04 ABAP Edition

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2. Extract the archive to somewhere, e.g. current directory, by clicking right button and choosing ' Extract here'
   

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2. Log off, if need, and log in again
   

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2. Accept license agreement
   

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2. Leave instance host as default
   

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2. Choose installation drive
   

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2. Specify password for nspadm
   

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2. Specify password for SAPservicensp
   

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2. Leave default message port
   

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2. Confirm settings by clicking on ' Start' button
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4. Confirm finishing by clicking on ' OK' button
   

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2. Accept license agreement
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4. Leave instance host as default
   

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2. Choose installation drive (similar to central instance)
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4. Specify password for nspadm (similar to central instance)
   
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6. Specify password for SAPservicensp (similar to central instance)
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8. Specify log size to 150 MB
   

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2. Specify data size to 8000 MB
   

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2. Confirm settings by clicking on ' Start' button
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4. After finished the installation, below dialog will appear
   

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2. Start Instance
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2. Run SAP Management Console
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4. Expand SAP Systems, click right button on NSP, and choose 'Start'
   

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2. NSP started successfully
   

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2. Install SAPgui 6.40 Compilation 3
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Download SAPgui

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2. Extract the archive using WinRAR
   

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2. Choose destination folder
   

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2. Choose components
   

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2. Start installation
   

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2. Finish installation
   

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2. Retrieve license key
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2. Start SAP Logon
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4. Click on ' New Item' button, specify parameters and click on ' Save' button
   

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2. Double click on the new entry
   

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2. Log on as ' DDIC' with password ' minisap'
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4. At this point, you are seeing Easy Access screen
   

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2. Go to SAP License Administration by entering ' /nslicense' in the tcode textbox on the top of page
   

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2. Hardware key is here. In my case, it is T1435316525.
   

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Go to http://www.sap.com/solutions/netweaver/minisap.epx and fill the form<br/>
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2. After getting license in mailbox, come back to SAP License Administration screen and install the key
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4. The email contains a long text like below.
   

Your Hardware key : T1435316525
Your License Key : 012345678901234567890123
License Expiration date: 20051117
SID : NSP
Installation-Nr. : DEMOSYSTEM

For example, my license key is '012345678901234567890123'.

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In SAP License Administration, click on 'Install' button

1. Fill in the form like below. Don't forget to use your own expiration date and license key.
   

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2. New license should be installed successfully
   

Next time you restart the system, new license will be used.