Contentserver installation and configuration

Content Server Installation & Configuration

 

 Contents

Intellectual Property Disclaimer 3

1        Abstract: 4

2        Technical Prerequisites 5

3        Installation Process 6

4        Testing the Connection to the Content Server 26

5        Creating Content Repositories 27

6        Database Manager GUI Installation. 31

7        Backup 35

8        MaxDB and ODBC upgrade 36

9        How to Install IIS role 40

 

 

1      Abstract:

Purpose:

 

Knowledge Provider is a component of SAP Web Application Server and provides the general infrastructure for storing and administrating documents. SAP Content Server is based on the MAX DB and is available on Windows Server (OS Versions are mentioned in PAM).

Both the MAX DB database, which serves as a Content Server, and the Content Server itself are provided with every SAP system installation. This provides the required technical infrastructure for all document-oriented applications and business scenarios that do not require long-term archiving. Because SAP Content Server is integrated via the HTTP interface, the actual storage medium used is transparent to the SAP applications.

 

Need:

 

A content server is an external storage system. It can be accessed via the HTTP Content Server Interface. We can able to move the real data from SAP table to content server repository. The real data type can be anyone on the following format doc,xls,ppt,tiff,gif,jpg,cad etc.

 

Solution:

 

By using this functionality, we will get free space in SAP database level.

 

Benefits:

 

1.    The database is much better suited than a file system to the administration of large amounts of data. Internally at SAP, the SAP Content Server has been used for several release cycles to administrate all documentation

Database administration tools, which are easy to use, are delivered with it. These can be used to make automatic backups.

2     Technical Prerequisites

Hardware:

 

To install the software components, including MAX DB, you need at least 300 MB of hard disk space. You also need as much hard disk capacity as you specified for the data files and the log files for the each partition.

 

Main Memory             : At least 512 MB

Processor                    : Possible: 1 CPU Recommended: 2 CPUs

Network Protocol        : TCP/IP

Software:

 

OS       : Microsoft Windows 2008 Server or Microsoft Windows 2012 Server (with IIS)

Further Information:

 

The SAP System that you want to link to the SAP Content Server must be at least release 4.6C. The hardware platform and operating system used in the SAP System do not limit the SAP Content Server in any way. The HTTP interface ensures that the SAP System is platform-independent.

 

Note:

In the IIS 7.0/7.5, all the roles are not selected during the installation by default,

Please make sure all the below roles are included and IIS 7.0/7.5 is installed.

 

Kindly refer the installation guide to set up the required roles for IIS. We have to install the roles as per the guide before go live of this content server project.

 

 

1      Installation Process

The following sections provide the steps that you have to perform to install SAP Content Server using SWPM.

 

 

 

 

Kindly check with Wintel Team to install the latest IIS on OS level.

 

We  have faced some issues during the installation.Kindly follow the SAP note number 1571945 to fix and move forward.

4     Testing the Connection to the Content Server

 

1. Open a Web browser on a host that is connected to your local network.

2. Navigate to the following URL:

 

Ex: http://<hostname>:<portno.>/ContentServer/ContentServer.dll?serverInfo

 

Output:

 

5   Creating Content Repositories

 

1. In transaction OAC0, create at least one content repository for your Content Server.

2.Go to SE38 and run the report RSCMSPWS to set up the OS level password for your content server.

4.Click on CSADMIN tab or use CSADMIN tcode to set few Content server Repository settings

·         Parameter need to be configure as per our content server configuration.

 

6.  Database Manager GUI Installation

 

kindly Provide the server details & SUPERDBA or CONTROL password to take the admin mode on our content server database.

 

 

·         List of Administration Tasks

7.Backup

Bat file script for backup which need to be schedule every day in task scheduler.

 

dbmcli -d CD1 -u control,xxxxxxxxx -uUTL -c backup_Start DATA_BKUP Recovery

 In this case, we are keeping last two successful backup to restore if necessary.

·         Delete script:

 

del X:\CSBACKUP\fullbkp_old1.bkp

 

·         Rename Script :

 

RENAME X:\CSBACKUP\fullbkp.bkp fullbkp_old.bkp

 

·         Rename1 Script :

 

RENAME X:\CSBACKUP\fullbkp_old.bkp fullbkp_old1.bkp

8   MaxDB and ODBC upgrade

                    Download the MaxDB upgrade guide from service market place.

 

We have two approaches for this DB upgrade:

 

7.5 or later           : In-Place upgrade

7.9                        : patch Installation

 

Here we have MaxDB 7.6, so we are go with in-place upgrade.

 

1. Download the MaxDB 7.9 version and call the DBUPDATE.BAT in cmd.
2. DBUPDATE.BAT –s SAPSID –d CSSID –u SUPERDBA,xxxxxxxxxx

ODBC Upgrade:

9      How to Install IIS role

 

Go to server ManageràRolesàAdd Role servicesàInstall

 

References:

 

·         Installation Guide -SAP Content Server for Windows 2008/R2

·         Upgrade to SAP MaxDB Database 7.9: Windows

·         http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/MaxDB/HowTo+-+SAP+MaxDB+Recovery+with+Database+Manager+CLI

·         http://documentation.commvault.com/hds/v10/article?p=products/sap_maxdb/backup_basic.htm

·         http://documentation.commvault.com/hds/v10/article?p=products/sap_maxdb/backup_adv.htm

·         http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/59/fba637fcf7dc39e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm?current_toc=/en/6e/58593c95403d56e10000000a11405a/plain.htm&show_children=true

·         http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/4c/ff90895b605dc6e10000000a42189c/content.htm?frameset=/en/4c/f8a20fb08b2136e10000000a42189e/frameset.htm&current_toc=/en/65/ea8b7b4a9041ada98be49d3b89ac86/plain.htm&node_id=37&show_children=false