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MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Wed, 19 May 2004 12:09:57 GMT

Hi all,

just wondering if anybody has installed minisap. I have tried to install it on an XP machine and it starts the installation by copying the 11 files in the dow prompt window but then just as the first progress bar gets to 100%ish the bar then goes back down to 0 and an error message is displayed in the dos promt window saying there was a problem with the instalation. Anyone got any suggestions as to why this is happening

Thanks in advance

Mart

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Fri, 21 May 2004 18:33:43 GMT

I have installed miniWAS 6.20 in my computer under a XP Professional Edition.

After having some problems I found somewhere in Internet that the File System must be NTFS, not FAT32.

Maybe this could help you.

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Sat, 22 May 2004 05:51:18 GMT

When I installed, I did face the problems.

1. Updated the service Pack.

2. Installed the JDK.

3. Converted the FAT32 to NTFS

It went thru very well.

If you look carefully at the messages it will tell you what is error message.

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Mon, 24 May 2004 09:00:42 GMT

where do i find the messages, all i got was the following error message in DOS: http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/minisaperror.doc.

Then again i have not installed the JDK, does it required this to be installed.

Thanks for your help

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Mon, 24 May 2004 15:29:33 GMT

I have installed MINI SAP 6.10 and it gave me a hard time too.

If you have a previous SAP DATA BASE on your computer, you won't be able to install it. (that was my case).

regards.

Fidel Peralta

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Mon, 31 May 2004 15:49:09 GMT

Seen something like this before. I assume you are trying to install miniSAP 4.6D (MBS) from the ABAP Objects (programming) book. We were trying to install this on a windows 2000 machine, when we has the error.

First check, if you have MS SQLserver on your machine. If you do see the notes else where on the web on how to install on to an existing DB.

If you have MS SQLsever Desktop Engine (MSDE) then you will not have enough space on MSDE to install miniSAP.

If you had a version of MS SQLsever but the license expired, or was deleted. I do not know what to suggest.

Our next attempt was to install WAS6.10 (WA1), however this also failed because of corrupt DLL for the loopback adapter.

We got the system up and running by upgrading to XP, and installing WAS 6.10 (WA1).

So your problem could be an old version of MS SQLsever or a corrupt DLL.

Sorry I cannot be of more help, but maybe this will give you a hint as to where the problem lies.

MattG

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:12:14 GMT

cheers for the info Matthew, I have not manually installed MS SQlserver, is this somthing i need to do? How do i check if i have got it installed or not and where do i get it from if i have not?

Thanks in advance

Mart

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Sat, 05 Jun 2004 02:54:59 GMT

Hello , if you steel have a problems i can help you with in installation of MiniSAP 4.6D.

I did it on my computer with XP OS.

It's was quickly and easy.

Contact my on my e-mail mswerdlik@hotmail.com

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:17:24 GMT

The MSDE version of SQLserver is free and is included in a number of other packages. So you have this and not realise it. A way to see if you have SQLserver installed is to look in the registry. However if it is installed you have to work out where it is used, and how to uninstall it if need be.

You do not need to install SQLserver (MSDE) separately it is installed as part of the main installation process.

One thing you could try is to install MSDE separately, by downloading the latest version from MicroSoft, (50Mb I think). This has the advantage of being free of the Slammer worm, and having a number service packs included. But the license agreement is different. You then go to the tempary file folder, where the 11 file were copied, and run the 'resume install of miniSAP' program. See the documents and notes for installing miniSAP on an existing version of SQLserver. Check <a href="www.it-minds.com/goto/abapobjects">www.it-minds.com/goto/abapobjects</a>. I have not tried any of this so I do not know if it will work.

As I said earlier I could not get this version to install, nor get beyond this first step, on the machine with this problem. The SAP install utility has not even started. When trying the WAS6.10 (WA1) version the DB installed and loaded but we could not get the loopback process to start.

MattG.

Message was edited by: Matthew Gifford

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:06:08 GMT

Thanks to an article at www.SQLserverFAQ.co.uk I found the site <a href="www.microsoft.com/sql/msde">www.microsoft.com/sql/msde</a> this has some info about the effect of XP service pack 2 on the database. One example question is:-

Q)How can I tell if MSDE is installed on my computer?

A)Many non-Microsoft companies also use MSDE in their applications, so all customers are encouraged to verify whether MSDE 2000 is installed.

To verify whether MSDE 2000 is installed on your computer, follow these instructions:

Right-click the My Computer icon.

Select Manage.

Double-click Services and Applications.

Double-click Services.

If MSSQLSERVER is in the list of services, the default instance of MSDE is installed on the computer. Other instances may exist, in which case they will be listed as MSSQL$****, where the asterisks indicate the name of the instance.

Now for my version of MBS this has the default name.

One other thing to look at is the WAS installation forum here at SDN. A recent message was about installing WAS6.20 which had a similar problem. The response given was to look at the security settings on your PC. So this may be another avenue to look into for a solution.

MattG

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:48:33 GMT

Hello All!

This is my first post, how exciting! I'd like to my fans for their never ending support, my agent for ... ok ok j/k.. Quick question, is a version of MINISAP available for free download anywhere? Perhaps here on the SDN? I've got the 6.10 version and it's running wonderfuly but we code monkeys are addicted to this stuff and want the latest technology out there, right?!

Any advise?

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:48:54 GMT

Hi!

I have installed minisap rel4.6D, on WinXP. I have the SQL Server running and can also logon to SAP etc. But in the object Navigator window, I am unable to see the object lists. Is there any network configuration to be done.

Anybody can help??

Re: MINISAP Problems

Former Member — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:08:47 GMT

Hi Van,

I posted the solution that worked for me here.

Let us know if you got it to work.