SAP Front End Installation Guide
Contents
SAP Front End Installation Guide........................................................7
Part I Introduction ..................................................................................8
Part II SAP GUI for the Windows Environment .................................10
1 Installing the Front-End Components ................................................... 13
2 Distributing the Front-End Components............................................... 14
3 Planning Installation from Installation Server ...................................... 15
4 Setting Up an Installation Server ........................................................... 16
5 Maintaining Installation Packages ......................................................... 20
5.1 Creating a New Installation Package.............................................................................21
5.2 Modifying Installation Packages ....................................................................................22
5.3 Creating Files for use with SMS, Tivoli, and Others ......................................................23
5.4 Event Scripting...............................................................................................................24
6 Installing from a Server .......................................................................... 27
6.1 Installing Packages Using the Logon Script ..................................................................28
7 Upgrading the Front End ........................................................................ 29
7.1 User-Specific Automatic Update....................................................................................30
8 Local Installation from CD...................................................................... 31
9 Patch Deployment ................................................................................... 33
9.1 Applying Patches to Installation Servers .......................................................................34
9.2 Distributing Patches to Clients.......................................................................................36
9.3 Applying Patches to Standalone Clients........................................................................38
10 Checking the Installation...................................................................... 39
10.1 Viewing the Log ...........................................................................................................40
11 Uninstalling the SAP Front End ........................................................... 41
12 Command Line Parameters .................................................................. 42
13 Component List ..................................................................................... 44
14 Supplementary Notes ........................................................................... 50
June 2004