SAP Note 19514 - Change to PC installation process in Rel. 3.0

Symptom:

Change in procedure for installing the SAP software on PCs

Cause and prerequisites

New R/3 functionality in the PC area in Release 3.0

Solution
This customer letter is intended for system administrators and network administrators who are responsible for installing and updating the SAP software on PCs.

In the past, the PC software was treated as part of the UNIX shipment, which was installed on the PCs via a UNIX server. Due to the ever- increasing number of PC presentation servers and the increasing number of PC components in the R/3 environment, the PC installation continues to increase in importance. For this reason, SAP is providing easy-to-use options for PC installation directly from the CD in Release 3.0. Installation via UNIX is no longer necessary.

You will need a CD-ROM drive on at least one PC in your network to install the SAP software. All the other PCs which are able to connect network drives can be installed via the network.

Advantages of the new procedure:

- PC ease-of-use is fully utilized
- Simplified handling of the installation tool
- Software administration tools can be used in the PC network
- UNIX administration tasks no longer required
- TCP/IP connection to UNIX server no longer required for installation

The PC installation tool, SAPINST, already provides an option for installing direct from CD to PC. We recommend that you take advantage of this feature. You can then install and - more importantly - upgrade the PC software without involving the UNIX installation at all. For more precise information, please refer to the guidelines "Installing SAP software for PCs".