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Transport and Installation Guide

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Table of Content

Introduction 41

Other documents1.1 4

Prerequisites1.2 4

Symbols in this document1.3 4

Download of ProNovia Products 52

Installation of ProNovia Basic Library 63

Introduction3.1 6

Preparations3.2 6

Append Transports to Queue3.3 6

Installation/Upgrade of other Products 84

Import 95

De-installation 116

Introduc tion

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1 Introduction

This manual describes the first installation of ProBasicLib on a SAP system.

Further installations of ProBasicLib as well the installation of other ProNovia products canafterwards be made using ProNovia's central product management and is described in detail inthe ProNovia UTI Customizing manual.

1.1 Other documents

All relevant and available documents are found in the ProNovia Support Center: http://support.pronovia.ch.

1.2 Prerequisites

Prerequisites for using ProNovia products:

· ProNovia products to be used must be installed and setup correctly on the relevant systems.

· ProNovia products must be properly integrated, activated and configured. Details see documentProBasicLib, Integration and Enhancement Manual.

· To use ProNovia products, valid licenses for each product must be loaded on each system. Details seedocument ProBasicLib, Integration and Enhancement Manual.

· The necessary permissions for the display and maintenance of SAP objects must be present.

1.3 Symbols in this document

In this document following symbols may be used:

Important or critical hint, to pay special attention to.

Additional information.

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Download of P roNovia P roduc ts

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2 Download of ProNovia Products

ProNovia products can be downloaded from the ProNovia support portal (https://support.pronovia.ch, MyProducts). Every products can be downloaded as a packed zip-file which includes the necessary SAPtransport files. For some products there are multiple zip-files for different purposes available.

Please make sure you check the dependencies and download all the required product kit files.

If there are no ProNovia products installed on the system, please note, that the first ever installation ofthe product UTI needs more manual work and is described in Installation of ProNovia Basic Library .As soon UTI is installed any product can be installed using an import assistant function described inInstallation/Upgrade of other Products .

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Ins tallation of P roNovia Bas ic Library

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3 Installation of ProNovia Basic Library

This section describes the first installation of ProBasicLib on a SAP system.

Further installations of ProBasicLib as well the installation of other ProNovia products can afterwards bemade using an import assistant function. Please step over to section Installation/Upgrade of otherProducts .

3.1 Introduction

For the installation of ProBasicLib, one or several transport orders will be delivered as ZIP-files includingthe required SAP transport order files.

The required files use the filename pattern R<trspnr>.TPD or K<trspnr>.TPD. To retrieve the rightSAP order number the file extensions should be used as a prefix followed by a "K" and thenumber <trspnr> like TPDK<trspnr>.

For example, files can be named "R900149.TPD" and "K900149.TPD", however thecorresponding order number in the SAP system is TPDK900149.

Instead of TPD another file extension may be used. Depending the ProNovia source system,where the package was built. For further information please refer to the product download page.

3.2 Preparations

Files, which are required for the import, must be stored in the following directories of the SAP ERPsystems:

R<trspnr>.TPD This file must be moved to the data directory of the transportsystem.

Example: Unix System /usr/sap/trans/data or Windows F:\usr\sap\trans\data\

K<trspn>r.TPD This file must be moved to the cofiles directory of the transportsystem.

Example: Unix System /usr/sap/trans/cofiles or Windows F:\usr\sap\trans\cofiles\

The path may be different on your SAP ERP system.

3.3 Append Transports to Queue

· Start of transaction Transport Management System (STMS) and branch to import overview.

· Selection of queue (example TPE) .

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· Attachment of transport order via menu Extras Additional transports Add

Number of transport order is generated as described in Introduction 6

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4 Installation/Upgrade of other Products

As soon as the ProBasicLib has been initially installed as described in Installation of ProNovia BasicLibrary , any other ProNovia products (including ProBasicLib) can be installed using a ProNovia uploadfunctionality.

Make sure all downloaded product kits (zip files) are stored in one folder. Do not extract the zip files.

The function "Import product components" can be accessed via the transaction /PRONOVAI/CUST in themain menu under Extras. The functions asks for the folder where the downloaded kit files are stored. Itwill automatically extract the transport files and attaches them to the SAP transport queue.

A version check takes place to ensure that no product without the appropriate requirements will beimported and no newer product version is overwritten. The import queue is displayed after the successfulfinish of the function.

selection of installation files selections of products / product components

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5 Import

The import of ProNovia products requires the import of all transport orders within one single step becauseof technical dependencies. Do not import the transport orders one-by-one.

Also, the transport files of ProNovia product may be very huge and will take some time to import. It ishighly recommended to do the import on off-peak hours or even better during official upgrade windows,when users are locked out.

· Start of transaction Transport Management System (STMS) and branch to import overview.

· Select the right queue

· Select all ProNovia transport orders

· Import the transport orders and make sure the following options are activated:

o Overwrite Originals

o Overwrite Objects in Unconfirmed Repairs

o Ignore Invalid Component Version

Due to the size of the products, the integration into the SAP standard and connectedfunctionality in the Products, there is a certain risk of deadlocks while importing the Productsinto a running System (see SAP Note 1454536). Therefore, it is recommended to import only

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after deactivating any background functionality, interacting with the products (e.g. Jobs) and usea time frame, where affected transactions are not used. This is especially relevant for productivesystems with excessive use of affected transactions which can lead to reoccurring import errorscaused by deadlocks.

It is recommended to activate the import option "watchparallelprocesses" according to SAP Note1454536 to reduce the risk of deadlocks. This is especially valid for parallel imports (see below).

Ensure, that the import programs (tp and R3trans) are up to date, to reduce the probability ofimport problems.

For faster processing, it is possible to activate parallel import functionality, during the import ofthe ProNovia product transports if there is no known contraindication. See SAP Note 1127194 forfurther details.

De-ins tallation

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6 De-installation

The de-installation of ProNovia products is described in following ProNovia Knowledge Base article::

· http://support.pronovia.ch/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/2814

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