BOE 3.1 SR3 on Solaris SPARC - how to for Int kit for SAP Solutions ?

[Former Member]

Hi,

this is my first BOE installation and I've just installed the BOE SR3 Enterprise Server on Solaris SPARC with SAP WAS 7.0 and Oracle 11.2.0.2 providing the CMS database location and the Java application server for the BOE applications.

The installation went ok and all BOE Server services are running. I've now got to install the XI 3.1 SR3 BOBJ Integration for SAP Solutions kit and have read the installation and administration guide for this.

The pre-requisites state that the SAP RFC & Java Connector needs to be put in place before deploying. Are these not part of the NW 7 WAS 7.0 Java Server anyway ?

If anyone has any pointers to more detailed instructions for doing Integration for SAP solutions kit other than the guide then please let me know.

Regards,

Brian.

[IngoH · Accepted solution]

Hi Brian,

which files from the SAP Java Connection, which version, and where to put the files is in the installation guide for the SAP Integration Kit.

ingo

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Ingo,

many thanks for your reply, although I'm still confused. My Business Objects 3.1 Enterprise Server runs on the same host as a NW 7 WAS and has it's applications deployed and running on the NW 7 WAS Java instance .According to OSS 549268 you should not use the standalone SAP JCO connector if your applications are running on a SAP WAS - it has it's own integrated SAP Java Connector

"SAP JCo is available for two different environments: there is the standalone version and the version integrated in the SAP J2EE Engine. These two JCo variants have a compatible API but are implemented differently, so you may not mix them together within one environment.

SAP JCo 2.1 is the standalone version and can be used in all Java applications not running in an SAP J2EE Engine environment.

So it seems I don't need to use the standalone Java connector ?

Regards,

Brian.

[former_member136842 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

what you have to do is placing the SAP RFC libaries into your BO installation DIR.

This would be ".../BO_INSTALL_DIR/bobje/PLATFORM_OS_FOLDER/"

With regards to the SAP WAS i`m not quite sure, never deployed it on SAP WAS. Did you checked the installation guide for the SAP ITK?

Regards

-Seb.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Seb,

thanks for your reply. I needed to download the 32 bit Solaris SPARC version of the SAP JCO 2.1.10 and I placed these files in the SAP WAS 7.0 Kernel directory. After creating symbolic links from the BOBJ installation directory to these libraries,which is one of the options the guides suggests, I was able to proceed.

Note though I later needed to implement OSS 1467143 to get the role upload to work. This note is specific to NW WAS 7.1 but fixed my problem when I implemented it on my NW 7.0 WAS. I've informed SAP that this note fixed my issue and they've said they will either update the note or create a new one specific to WAS 7.0.

Regards,

Brian.