UNIX: Background Installation with SDBINST 

Background installation of the client software with SDBINST (UNIX/Linux)

On Linux operating systems, you can use the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to install the SAP DB software. If an RPM installation of the SAP DB software has been performed on Linux, you cannot additionally carry out an SDBINST installation or SDBINST upgrade on this host.

Prerequisites

UNIX: Unpacking the Installation Files

Conventions

Variables

Procedure

  1. Log onto your computer as the root user.
  2. Start the installation by running the SDBINST program with the following options:
    ./SDBINST -b -profile <profile> -indep_data <independent_data_path> -indep_prog <independent_program_path> -depend <dependent_path> -o <owner> -g <group>
    Specify the installation profile (<profile>) "Runtime For SAP AS". The quotation marks are required.

Further activities

Check the result of your installation using the log (Logging).

UNIX: Additional Steps