Problems with installation SAP Netweaver ABAP 7.0

Question

Hello, can someone give me an adice on installing SAP NetWeaver ABAP 7.0 trial version, please?
After installing the application server and SAP management konsole and stopping the application server following message pops up. The same message pops up after installing SAP GUI and starting the application server again.
Can this be caused by bad installation of MS Loopback Adapter on my Windows Vista?
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============== Stopping System NSP ================
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========= Stopping ABAP instance ====
23.05.2009 15:28:06
Stop
OK
23.05.2009 15:28:16
StopWait
OK
========= Stopping database instance ...
The MaxDB Database Stopper, Version 7.7.04.23
Copyright 2000-2008 by SAP AG
Error! Connection failed to node (local) for database NSP:
-24700,ERR_DBMSRV_NOSTART: Could not start DBM server.
-24701,ERR_EXHNDLR: Could not initialize exception handler.
-24748,ERR_FILEOPEN: Error opening file C:sapdbdatawrkdbmsrv_DATART-PC.err
-24826,ERR_NIERROR: Can not open file 'C:sapdbdatawrkdbmsrv_DATART-PC.err'.
(System error 5; Přístup byl odepřen.)
Error: Error while calling dbmcli
"C:sapdbprogramspgmdbmcli"  -d NSP -u , db_offline -nc
============== Stop database failed !
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Please see how I installed MS Loopback Adapter:
Download the DevCon compressed file, and then extract the files:
a. Visit the following Microsoft Web site for download: DevCon
b. Save the Devcon.exe file to a folder on your computer, and then open the folder.
c. Double-click Devcon.exe.
d. In the Unzip to path box, type the folder where you want to unzip the files, and then click Unzip.
e. Click OK, and then Close to complete the unzip process.
2. Install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter:
a. At a command prompt, change directory to the folder where you extracted the DevCon files.
b. Change directory to the i386 folder.
c. Type devcon.exe install %windir%inf
etloop.inf *msloop, and then press ENTER. You see output that is similar to the following:
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are updated...
Updating drivers for *msloop from C:WINDOWSinf
etloop.inf.
Drivers updated successfully.
Can someone help?
Thanks a lot.
Milan

Answer 1

Hi Milan,
I´m sorry but i think i´m not able to help you so much. I´ve just installed SAP in my Laptop but with XP-Professinal. At first i had some troubles too and at the end i had to reinstall it to make it run properly so i think i cannot help you very much. Sorry.
Despite this, take a look at the detailed instructions of how to set up MS Loopback Adapter when you execute the file start of the SAP installation. You can check if the MS Loopback adaptor is working or not. And do not forget to search messages in relation with errors (-24700,ERR_DBMSRV_NOSTART, etc...)
Maybe it´s a silly question but it´s really stopped the database ? when you open the SAP Console the server and the database are in grey ?
Joaquin Casas Baca-Castex