Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

1. File System

size(GB)

/(Or all OS realted file system) 30 /sapmnt 25 /usr/sap 25 /oracle 350 /sapmedia 40 2. Swap space 40 3.Kernel Parameters Change the following parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf Paramater Name kernel.msgmni 1024 kernel.sem 1250 256000 100 1024 vm.max_map_count 1000000 kernel.shmmax 0 kernel.shmall 5242880 Activate these settings with the command "sysctl -p". 5.Java needed to be installed. Required rpm for java to be installed IBMJavaSDK-1.4.2-13.5 Download from ibm site ( create userid ) 6.Services should be running on RHEL 5.5 nfs,portmap 7.Root Access required 8.Utilities zip utility in all Linux Hosts FTP/SFTP utility in all Linux Hosts X Window-Manager Please Do read the following Notes before starting SAP installation on Linux platform: Note 1048303 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x: Installation and upgrade Note 171356 - SAP software on Linux: Essential information (import) Note 941735 - SAP memory management for 64-bit Linux systems Note 1172419 - Linux: Supported Java versions on the x86_64 platform ( IBMJava2-AMD64-142-SDK-1.4.2-13.8.x86_64.rpm )

Note 386605 - SAP Memory Management for Linux (32-bit) Note 187864 - Linux: Locale Support on Linux To resolve libxp.so.6 error , install XFree86-libs http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/2408420/dir/redhat_5.x/com/XFree86-libs-3.3.51.5.x.i386.rpm.html

if you get error in creating user for sap system 1.) check the log message 2.) oraadm -- password is wrong 3.) then rechange the password to master password 4.) click retry button Oracle Pacth installation stop all oracle process before patching 1.) unzip 2.) shutdown 3.) ./runinstaller 4.) startup upgrade SQL> STARTUP UPGRADE 5.) run the script catetcrd.sql SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql if open migrate error comes then stop the database and run the catupgrd.sql then start the database stage by stage 1.) STARTUP NOMOUNT (startup mount) 2.) MOUNT (alter database mount ) 3.) OPEN THE DATABASE (alter database open) then click on retry... important notes: OSS-note no. 0112891 (Last-Minute Infos about the IDES-Installation) OSS-note no. 0039228 (Getting Started with IDES) OSS-note no. 0043106 (IDES General Customer Information) Default Users Just as there is a default client, every installed R/3 System contains default users that have specific predefined authorizations Client User Default Password 000 SAP* 06071992 000 DDIC 19920706

001 SAP* 06071992 001 DDIC 19920706 066 EARLYWATCH SUPPORT If You try to delete the user SAP* and DDIC, the password is reset to the password in the R/3 kernel, PASS. The users themselves are retained. This is constitutes a gap in security. To overcome this we user to Restrict the login on USER SAP*. Through SAP Profile Management