Get SAPCAR.EXE and put it in c:windowssystem32 (or any other folder that persists in the default windows paths) 2. In the same folder make a file SAPCARe.BAT with the following contents: SAPCAR.EXE -xvf%sf1. You are ready, all you have to do is make CAR and SAR files open by SAPCARe. Apr 12, 2012 1. Get SAPCAR.EXE and put it in c: windows system32 (or any other folder that persists in the default windows paths) 2. In the same folder make a file SAPCARe.BAT with the following contents: SAPCAR.EXE -xvf%sf1. You are ready, all you have to do is make CAR and SAR files open by SAPCARe.BAT. Renamed this file as per the sap guide: mv SAPCAR.EXE SAPCAR 3. SAPECC:/saptmp # SAPCAR -xvf SWPM10SP27.SAR bash:./sapcar: cannot execute binary file SAPECC:/saptmp # ls -lrt total 527340-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4574560 Oct 13 02:30 sapcar-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 534877034 Oct 13 03:51 SWPM10SP27.SAR.
Downloading SAP files ……
Target System Information
Use Sapcar Windows
VirtualBox version 6.0 instalaled on the host OS
- Operation System: Windows Server 2012 R2 standard X64
- ERP: EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 IDES
- Database: MS SQL server 2014 Standard
Minimum Hardware Requirements
RAM: 8 GB
HDD: 500 GB
CPU: Intel I5 processor
HDD: 500 GB
CPU: Intel I5 processor
What we need to download from SAP
(all these files takes abou 90 GB on HDD)
- SWPM version 1.0 (Software Provisioning Manager)
- SAP GUI 7.5 (Presentation – 7.50 Compilation 2 Presentation 1)
- IDES EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 – export files
- SAP Kernel 7.45 -UNICODE Windows Server on x64 64bit – NW 7.5
- SAP Kernel 7.45 -UNICODE UPDATE (SAPEXE_800-80000796.SAR,SAPEXEDB_800-80000795.SAR)
- RDBMS MSSQLSRV 2014 SP1 CU1
- SAPCAR ( to extract *.SAR archives)
How to download from SAP
for downloading from SAP you need s-user and login on this page
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html
Now click on “Installation & Upgrades and
Go to “Installations and Upgrades -> E-> SAP ERP-> SAP ERP ENHANCE PACKAGE-> EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0->IDES VERSION->
PLATFORM (PHYS. DELIVERY) -> and select the “Microsoft Windows
“ and “ MICROSOFT SQL-SERVER“
Go to “Installations and Upgrades -> E-> SAP ERP-> SAP ERP ENHANCE PACKAGE-> EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0->IDES VERSION->
PLATFORM (PHYS. DELIVERY) -> and select the “Microsoft Windows
“ and “ MICROSOFT SQL-SERVER“
We have to focuse on description of the files, for our case we need
- for SWPM with description ” SWPM10_IM_WINDOWS_X86_64 “
- for IDES EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 – INSTALL. EXP (files 51053216_1 up 51053216_22)
- for working with SAP we need SAP GUI file (50144807_6)
- for MS SQL SERVER “RDBMS MSSQLSRV 2014 SP1 CU1” ( 51050562_1 and 51050562_2 )
- For SAP KERNEL ” SAP Kernel 7.45 Windows Server on x64 64bit – BS7i2016″
For updated files in SAP KERNEL you have to go on
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html and
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html and
choose Support Packages & Patches/ and go to
By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> K -> SAP KERNEL 64-BIT UNICODE
By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> K -> SAP KERNEL 64-BIT UNICODE
Now we should download file SAPEXEDB.SAR with the highest patch level example “SAPEXEDB_800-80000795.SAR” 800=Patch level
Same level we need for SAPEXE.SAR example “SAPEXE_800-80000796.SAR”
800=Patch level
800=Patch level
We also need SAPCAR for extract SWPM version 1.0
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html and choose Support Packages & Patches/
-> and go to
By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> S -> SAPCAR ->
-> and go to
By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> S -> SAPCAR ->
for extraction SAR files put the SWPM and SAPCAR in the same folder and run folowing command:
Now we have downloaded all files for SAP IDES EHP8 installation
Symptom
![Sapcar Windows Sapcar Windows](/uploads/1/1/8/3/118304860/761775631.png)
'SAPCAR: could not open for writing setup.engine/perl/lib/site_perl/man/man3/XML::sax::Base.3(error 28). The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.' error occurs when extracting .sar of BI4.x.
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Environment
- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 / 4.1 /4.2
- SAPCAR 7.x
- Supported Windows server
Sapcar Utility Windows
Product
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2
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