Installing the InfoPrint Manager OMS support when SAP runs on AIX

To allow SAP on AIX to issue the InfoPrint Manager commands, you must install the InfoPrint Manager SAP Client on every SAP server where an SAP application server will issue the commands. This includes every application server with an SWP managing R/3 devices that have been configured to use the InfoPrint Manager OMS. If you have configured your SAP R/3 system to use alternate servers, you must repeat these installation tasks on the alternate servers as well.

To install the SAP Client for AIX on your SAP application servers, use this procedure:

  1. Log into the AIX system as root.
  2. Insert the InfoPrint Manager: Common Clients DVD-ROM, LCD4-5642 into the DVD-ROM reader.
  3. Open a terminal window.

    If you are using the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you can open a terminal window by clicking on the terminal icon contained in the front panel. (The front panel is the task bar that appears at the bottom of the screen.) By default, the terminal icon is contained in a pop-up menu above the text editor icon that appears on the front panel.

  4. The first time you run the Installer, follow this procedure:
    1. Type this on the command line:
      smit cdrfs
    2. Select Add a CDROM File System from the list of choices presented.
    3. Click the List button and select your DVD-ROM device name (cd0, for example).
    4. Type this in the MOUNT POINT field:
      /cdrom
    5. Click OK. The running person will raise his arms to indicate success. If he instead falls down and you see crfs: 0506-909 /cdrom file system already exists, do not interpret this as a failure. (The existing /cdrom file system should be usable.)
    6. Press the F12 key to exit SMIT.
  5. Type this on the command line:
    mount /cdrom
  6. The SAP Client package (ipr.sapclient) is installed at the command line by specifying setup —x.

    During the course of the install, you are prompted to specify values for both PDHOST and PD_SOCKET.

    These environment variables become effective the next time you reboot the system. To start using the OMS support without rebooting, edit these four files that are found in the /usr/lpp/pd/bin directory:

    • ipm_submit
    • ipm_job_query
    • ipm_job_cancel
    • ipm_dev_query
    Locate and uncomment the lines: 
    #export PDHOST
#export PD_SOCKET
    Specify the same values that you specified during the install.

For another way to specify or change the InfoPrint Manager host and socket information to point to another InfoPrint Manager system or server, see Switching InfoPrint Manager servers. You can also provide a failover connection to another InfoPrint Manager server in the same InfoPrint Manager system (see Failing over to other servers in the same InfoPrint Manager system ) and how to send jobs to more than one InfoPrint Manager system at the same time (see Supporting multiple InfoPrint Manager systems).

    Note:
  1. The SAP Client package cannot be installed if other ipr* filesets reside on an SAP application server.
  2. If your installation uses older printers (for example, 4000 printers instead of InfoPrint 4100 printers), the GOCA support can cause the printers to print at less than rated speed. If your applications do not require GOCA support features, such as box shading, you might want to improve performance by turning off the GOCA support. For instructions on turning off this support after installing the SAP Client, see Adding box shading values to printed output.

To complete the configuration, complete the procedures described in Configuring and using the OMS.

    Important:
  • If you are upgrading your SAP client, make sure that you follow these steps:
    1. Use the /etc/rc.iprsap command to start all sap-daemons contained in the /etc/rc.iprsap.daemons file.
    2. Update the /etc/rc.iprsap.daemons file containing the startcbd commands incl. parameters:
      • Access the rc.iprsap.daemons file in the /etc directory.
      • Edit the file and add this command: "/usr/lpp/pd/bin/startcbd SystemName HostName InstanceID User Client Password Language".
    3. Edit the /etc/hosts file and add the host name and the IP address of the SAP server (for example, 192.168.11.109 sapsrv).
    4. Update the inittab file to remove custom startcbd references.
Parent topic: Installing and configuring InfoPrint Manager's OMS