Portal Installation advice

Hi experts,
We have a Business Intelligence (BW/BI) instance running, with also J2EE part installed.
Now we would like to use the Web BEx , thus we first need to install the Enterprise Portal.
My question is, what should be the preferable approach to install the EP on a BW ABAP+java running environment? Should I use sapinst run from the DVD, or start from the downloading the software from SAP, or some other approach? Which one should be safer/ quicker?
Thanks in advance
Gianni

Hi.
I recommend to read Master Guide and Technical Infrastructure Guide for planning your installation. You can download both of them from [SAP Service Marketplace|https://service.sap.com/installnw70].
Should I use sapinst run from the DVD, or start from the downloading the software from SAP, or some other approach? Which one should be safer/ quicker?
It depends on several factors:
1. an available SR on installation DVD and the level of patches needed to be applied on your system landscape.
2. an availability and stability of the broadband connection to SAP Service Marketplace.
In any case, it's your choice.
Best regards,
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For Portal you need to have separate license with SAP unless and until you are not installing ECC 6.0 dual stack system. Also, from Business Suite 7, you cannot install dual stack system.
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If you are installing portal then Java stack will come in it. I would suggest you to read installation guide.
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