Installation Guide: SAP DB 7.4 

This document describes how to install and register the SAP DB software on UNIX/Linux and Windows NT/Windows 2000 operating systems, how to upgrade existing SAP DB software or perform an update of the SAP DB software for a running database instance.

This guide is not relevant for standard installations or upgrades of SAP systems. The installation or upgrade of the SAP DB software required for SAP systems is described in SAP-specific guides. You can find these guides in the SAP Library.

For general information on the SAP DB database system, see the User Manual: SAP DB.

Conventions

Variables

Operating System Versions

Procedure

Unpack the desired software package. The required installation files and software packages are unpacked.

Installing/Upgrading the SAP DB Software

Follow the procedure described in Installing the Database Server: SAP DB 7.4 or Installation of the Client Software: SAP DB 7.4.

Updating an Existing Database Instance

If certain prerequisites are met, you can perform an update of the SAP DB software for an existing database instance (interactively or in the background) with SDBUPD.

Follow the procedure described in Update of a Database Instance: SAP DB 7.4.

Uninstalling the SAP DB Software

Follow the procedure described in Uninstalling the SAP DB Software.