INSTALLATION OF GUI & GUI INITIALIZATION

Installation of GUI:

1. Double click SapGuiSetup.exe and install as normal software.

2. Give the instance entries by click on new entry button and specify application host name, Instance number and SID of the server.

3. If there are more number of entries was present, and then copies the file Saplogon.ini on already existing desktop.

GUI initialization: GUI is initialized by the following INI files.

1. saplogon.ini

2. sapmsg.ini

3. saproute.ini

4. sapdoccd.ini

1. saplogon.ini:- This file consists of the system details like name of the server, SID and instance umber. When we click on new tab in SAP GUI to enter description of the new server after saving it will be entered into this file. Without this file we cannot logon into the system and there will be no entries to logon from SAPGUI.

2. sapmsg.ini:- This file is used to identify least loaded server in the logon group, if logon load balance is configured. This file consists of message server details. (it contains sid &message server host)

3. saproute.ini:-This file is used to communicate with SAP systems over the sap router.

(it contains router host & router port 99)

 

4. sapdoccd.ini:- This file is initialized when the library is accessed.

(It contains the path of library)

Not used as the library is available on the inter net. These are located in windows driver (c:\windows)

In the recent micro soft desktops it is stored in

C:\users\DATA CENTER(user name)\Application data\roaming\SAP