Mini SAP 7.01 under Windows Vista

Question

Hi every one,
I wanna share my experience with you for installing version 7.01 under Vista. This might help you.
I have installed the newest version ([Message from Klaus Keller| of Mini SAP under Windows Vista and, believe it or not, it all went correct. It is important that you download version Netweaver 7.01, since previous versions are not supported in Vista.
In the download section (http://www.sdn.sap.com/downloads/netweaver/abap/disclaimer.html) you find in file part 1 the description of process in a HTML & PDF file. You must pay much attention to what is described there; otherwise, it might happen that the installation process is not sucessful.
I´m not gonna describe the whole installation process. This is already in the download files. Just a reference of what I did:
1 ) make a backup of your information and have your Windows Vista disk at hand. It might happen that you have to format the computer´s hard disk if something goes wrong (this happened to me a couple of times in previous versions of Mini SAP and Windows XP). This is so, because it is impossible to erase some files and information in the registry (even with the Registry Clean Tool that is also downloadable in SDN). A new installation try was hopeless in those versions.
2) shut the firewall and antivirus off before you start.
3) don´t try to name your computer using special characters like - _ / & % and so on; additionally, name should be max. 13 characters long.
4) you need a user account for windows, even if you´re the only one to use the computer and you must assign a password to that user. You need it once you start the server through the SAP management console.
5) Install the Microsoft loopback adapter
once installed, system names it LAN-connection2 and you must asign a permanent IP address. Press button characteristics for its element Internet protocol version 4, where you enter:
IP-Address 10.10.0.10
Subnetwork mask 255.255.255.0
Don´t touch element Internet protocol version 6 !!
6) file hosts under c:windowssystem32driversetc --> add an entry for the host like this:
#Inicio de insercion
10.10.0.10               jalonso           "<-- this is my computer´s name and host name
You must have administrator rights and change the status write-protected for being able to modify it.
7) Process takes less than 1 hour, mostly without user interference.
8) if desired, install Adobe LifeCycle Designer before starting with SAP GUI. It happened to me once (Windows XP) that the installed SAP GUI was erased during installation of LifeCycle. It all then turned into a big mess and I had better to format the hard disk.
9) install SAP GUI on your computer, which is part of the downloaded files.
If installation was sucessful, it might happen that you experience a problem when starting the application server (start --> SAP Netwaever 7.01 --> NSP --> Start application server). You get a red screen with a couple of error messages ([read my post|;). It is not a very serious problem, ´cause you can start the server with the SAP management console anyway.
Hope this helps you when installing Mini SAP 7.01 in your computer.

Answer 1

I am having a heck of a time with this install.  My OS is Windows Vista Ultimate.
I've read and re-read several forums and tried all the recommendations.
I've tried installing many time now and each time the install runs to 19% and I get a message " stopping Xserver".
Then it runs to 20% and I get a message "preparing packages for installation".
Then it runs for about 3 seconds and I receive the following:
Errors occurred during the installation.
Errors occurred during the installation.
An error occurred and product installation failed. Look at the log file C:\sapdb\NSP\log.txt for details.
An error occurred and product uninstallation failed. Look at the log file C:\sapdb\NSP\log.txt for details.
Below is the text from the log file:
(Nov 4, 2008 10:49:37 PM), Install, com.sap.installshield.maxdb.maxdb_call_sdbinst, err, An error occurred and product installation failed.  Look at the log file C:\sapdb\NSP\log.txt for details.
(Nov 4, 2008 10:49:37 PM), Install, com.sap.installshield.maxdb.maxdb_call_sdbinst, err, ProductException: (error code = 601; message="An Error happened during call of MaxDB Tool sdbinst. Check end of Logfile C:/Users/Ellen/AppData/Local/Temp/MaxDBSAPNWPREV.log")
STACK_TRACE: 22
ProductException: (error code = 601; message="An Error happened during call of MaxDB Tool sdbinst. Check end of Logfile C:/Users/Ellen/AppData/Local/Temp/MaxDBSAPNWPREV.log")
     at com.sap.installshield.maxdb.maxdb_call_sdbinst.install(maxdb_call_sdbinst.java:193)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.installProductAction(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$InstallProduct.getResultForProductAction(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.InstallableObjectVisitor.visitComponent(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.InstallableObjectVisitor.visitInstallableComponents(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.InstallableObjectVisitor.visitProductBeans(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$InstallProduct.install(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.installProduct(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.wizard.service.LocalImplementorProxy.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.wizard.service.AbstractService.invokeImpl(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.GenericProductService.installProduct(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.installAssembly(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.access$900(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$Installer.execute(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.wizard.service.AsynchronousOperation.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
(Nov 4, 2008 10:49:38 PM), Install, com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$InstallProduct, err, An error occurred and product uninstallation failed.  Look at the log file C:\sapdb\NSP\log.txt for details.
(Nov 4, 2008 10:49:38 PM), Install, com.sap.installshield.maxdb.maxdb_call_sdbinst, err, java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -60
STACK_TRACE: 24
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -60
     at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source)
     at com.sap.installshield.maxdb.DBEnumProcessHandler.enumerateForUninstall(DBEnumProcessHandler.java:179)
     at com.sap.installshield.maxdb.maxdb_call_sdbinst.uninstall(maxdb_call_sdbinst.java:362)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.uninstallProductAction(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$InstallProduct.processActionsFailed(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.InstallableObjectVisitor.visitComponent(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.InstallableObjectVisitor.visitInstallableComponents(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.InstallableObjectVisitor.visitProductBeans(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$InstallProduct.install(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.installProduct(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.wizard.service.LocalImplementorProxy.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.wizard.service.AbstractService.invokeImpl(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.GenericProductService.installProduct(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.installAssembly(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl.access$900(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.product.service.product.PureJavaProductServiceImpl$Installer.execute(Unknown Source)
     at com.installshield.wizard.service.AsynchronousOperation.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
I hope that I'm ovelooking something simple and that someone can point me in the right direction to get this up and running.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
Barbara