• Windows 2000 oder Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 4 or higher

• Internet Explorer 4.01 or higher

• At least 128 MB RAM

• At least 256 MB paging file

• At least 2.2 GB disk space
  (60 MB DB software, 1.9 GB SAP data, 100 MB SAP Gui + temporary free space for the installation)

• The file C:Winntsystem32driversetcservices must not contain an entry for port 3600 (a possible entry can be excluded by using the symbol '#').

To install and use the system, you must be logged on to your PC as an administrator. The whole installation takes half an hour to an hour, depending on system performance.

Preliminary Remark

The Mini SAP Basis System is delivered on two CDs. The KERNEL CD contains the files for the Kernel and the Frontend (SAPgui). The DATA CD contains the compressed contents of the SAP database.

You install the components of the SAP System in two steps. First you install the application server and the database system including the database data. Then you install the Frontend (SAPgui). You only need to install the SAPgui if you do not have a 4.6D SAPgui on your PC.

The installation is, for the most part, self-explanatory. When you insert the KERNEL CD into the CD drive, an HTML file is automatically opened that displays a summary of this installation guide and references to additional information. If this does not happen, open the file <CD drive>:mini.htm in the root directory on the CD.

This HTML file offers you three buttons for installing the system:

• Start Installation
  Use this button to start the installation of the application server and the database. Alternatively, execute <CD drive>:setup.bat.
  
  

• Resume Installation
  If the installation procedure is interrupted for any reason whatsoever, use this button to continue. Alternatively, execute <CD drive>:resume_setup.bat.
  
  

• Install Frontend
  Use this button to start the installation of the SAPgui. Alternatively, execute <CD drive>:miniguisetup.exe.

If you use the buttons in the HTML file to execute your installations, in the following dialog box choose Run this program from its current location.

Installing the Application Server and the Database

1. Choose Start Installation in the HTML file or execute <CD drive>:setup.bat.
   
   
   

2. The Microsoft SQL Server is then configured. If problems occur during the configuration, try to delete an installation of the SQL Server that possibly already exists by using the Control Panel and then restart the installation. If you are prompted to restart the PC after a successful configuration, do so and then continue with Resume Installation in the HTML file or <CD drive>:resume_setup.bat.
   
   
   

3. The initial screen of the actual SAP installation appears:
   
   
   
   Enter the target directory for the Mini SAP Basis System including the database data and then choose Next.
   Make sure that enough freespace (2 GB) is available in this directory.
   
   
   

4. Now confirm the path for the CDs:
   
   
   
   Choose Next.
   
   
   

5. A dialog box appears in which you are prompted to insert the DATA CD:
   
   
   
   Insert this CD and choose Next. The next step may take a little time. Do not interrupt this step; wait until the installation is finished.
   
   

6. Exit the installation by choosing Exit on the last screen.
   
   

After the application server and the database have been installed, the Start SAP MBS icon for starting the SAP System appears on the desktop. A new program group, Mini SAP Basis, contains all the remaining calls. If you ever deinstall the SAP System, only do so using Uninstall SAP MBS in this program group.

Installing the SAPgui (Frontend)

If you have not yet installed a 4.6D SAPgui on your PC, you can do so using the KERNEL CD. If you have an older SAPgui on your PC, we recommend that you first deinstall it and then restart the PC.

1. Choose Install Frontend in the HTML file or execute <CD drive>:miniguisetup.exe. The installation process is fully automatic and installs all the neccessary components for operating the Mini SAP Basis System.
   
   
   

2. After the installation is finished, restart the PC. A new SAPLogon icon appears on your desktop.
   
   
   

Starting the SAP System

To use the SAP System, you have to start it using the Start SAP MBS icon on the desktop before you call SAPLogon. The Start SAP MBS program appears in the task bar and, if you maximize it, it displays the status of the SAP System:

To stop the SAP System, close the DOS window.

Setting Up SAPLogon and Calling the SAPgui

Before you access the SAP System for the first time, you must set up an entry in SAPLogon:

1. Start SAPLogon
   
   
   

2. Choose New ...:
   
   
   
   
   

3. In the following dialog box, enter the following:
   
   
   
   A description of your choice.
   
   For the Application Server, enter the name of your PC. To find out the name, choose Start®Settings®Control Panel® System® Environment. The PC name is the HOSTNAME.
   
   Enter the System Number exactly as shown as 00.

In SAPLogon the new entry (MBS) now appears. Double-click this entry to start the SAPgui and to log on to your SAP System.

Logging On to the SAP System

On the logon screen, you can use the shown user names and passwords to logon:

Usually you log on as BCUSER. BCUSER is already registered as a developer for the Mini SAP Basis System. As user DDIC you can perform administration tasks.

Note that when you call a program for the first time, all the corresponding components first have to be compiled by the system. This may take a little time.

Generating Example Data

Example programs of the book are contained in the Object Navigator of the ABAP Workbench (transaction SE80). You can execute the program S_FLIGHT_MODEL_DATA_GENERATOR, for example, to fill the practice databases.:

Link to the SAP Library

The part of the SAP Library that is relevant to the Basis is on the KERNEL CD in English in HTML Help Format (direct access: <CD drive>:HTMLHelpHelpdataEn0000001.chm). In the Mini SAP Basis System, the name of the drive is preset to 'D', so that when you choose Help ® Application Help, the system searches on this drive.

If you want to change this setting, proceed as follows:

• In the SAP System, call transaction SR13. Confirm the dialog box ("Table is cross-client") and change the path on the HtmlHelpFile tab:

You can also copy the help files to your disk and change the entry as required.

• Since you are making a change to a default setting (that is, performing Customizing), you are prompted to enter or create a request when you choose Save. Choose Create:

• Enter a Short description:

Save the request and then choose Enter. The changed path is now saved.