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BMC Software is releasing version 7.0.00 with fix pack 1 of the Control-M/CM for
SAP product. These release notes provide information about the enhancements and
resolved problems in this release. The information in this document supplements and
supersedes information in the Control-M/CM for SAP product manuals.
Up-to-date, essential installation and service information that becomes available after
this product is released will be placed under solution KA353341 in the Knowledge
Base on the Customer Support website, located at http://www.bmc.com/support.
Before installation, BMC recommends that you check the website for any up-to-date
information and also to determine whether recent patches are available for this
product.
The following topics are discussed:
Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Corrected problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control-M/CM for SAP compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Product distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation on Control-M/EM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Support for Control-M/CM for SAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Enhancements
Enhancements
Table 1 describes enhancements provided by this release.
Table 1
Tracking #
Description
CAR00044300
The device description (device long name), as set in the SAP Logon client,
can now be viewed along with the device short name, type, and the message
when loading Output Device in the SAP Job Editing form in
Control-M/Desktop. This feature requires the installation of SAP support
package SAPKB70014 or later.
CAR00044332
CAR00044333
Job steps for Copy, External, and Original job types can now be viewed in
the SAP Job Editing form in Control-M/Desktop by clicking View Job
Steps.
Corrected problems
Table 2 describes the problems that were reported in earlier releases of
Control-M/CM for SAP that have been corrected in this release. The list of corrected
problems is also available under solution KA353342 in the Knowledge Base.
Table 2
Tracking #
Description
CAR00043637
The SYSOUT of a job displays error messages that are not relevant.
CAR00043790
CAR00043808
Job status is not retrieved when External, Copy, or Original jobs have a
jobcount with the value '00000000'.
CAR00043946
CAR00043952
The Control-M/CM for SAP Account Management utility fails to start with
an error message that the Control-M/Server version is too low.
Table 2
Tracking #
Description
CAR00043987
The following error message displays in logs even when the Control-M/CM
for SAP account is disabled:
Unable to connect to account.
CAR00044004
CAR00044309
CAR00044438
A status file of a job might not be deleted from the PROCID directory when
the job fails to submit.
CAR00044638
The following error message displays for Process Chain, even though the job
ended successfully in Control-M and SAP.
Failed to get status for jobname
This error message can be ignored.
Platform
Versions
Control-M/Enterprise Manager
Microsoft Windows
Windows
7.0.00
6.4.01 (fix pack 3 and later)
6.3.01 (fix pack 6 and later)
7.0.00
6.4.01
6.3.01 (fix pack 2 and later)
7.0.00
6.4.01
6.3.01 (fix pack 2 and later)
NOTE
The minimum RAM required is 256 MB.
Required disk space is:
UNIX: 450 MB
Windows: 150 MB
Version
AIX
5.2
5.3
6.1
7.1
11.11
HP-UX
Oracle Solaris
10
Bits
Compatible processors
64
Power
64
PA-RISC
11.23
11.31
64
8
9
10
64
SPARC
64
x86_64
PA-RISC
Itanium (ia64)
Table 4
Version
Bits
32
Compatible processors
x86
x86_64
64
Itanium (ia64)
5
6
9
10
11
32
x86
64
x86_64
64
Itanium (ia64)
32
x86
x86_64
64
Itanium (ia64)
32
x86
64
x86_64
NOTE
The following RPMs are required for specific Linux versions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 3.0 Intel: compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm
SuSE LINUX, 9.0 Intel: compat-2003.5.12-60.i586.rpm
SuSE LINUX, 11.0 Intel: compat-libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
Operating system
Bits
Compatible processors
32
64
x86
x86_64
x86_64
Product distribution
Product distribution
The following procedures describe how to obtain the Control-M/CM for SAP version
7.0.00 fix pack 1 installation files through EPD, FTP, or the BMC Sales Representative:
Complete installation: Download and save the iso file to a temporary directory
UNIX:
Download and save the relevant file according to your operating system to a
temporary directory.
Additional installation files for the Control-M Control Module Plugin,
Control-M/EM Forms, Transports, and Find and Update support are included
in the PARMC.7.0.00.100_COMMON.zip file. Download this zip file to a Windows
computer and then extract the additional installation files to a temporary
location.
The Control-M/EM Forms must be extracted from the FORMS.exe selfextracting file.
Windows:
Download and save the relevant zip file according to your operating system to a
temporary directory.
The Control-M/EM Forms must be extracted from the FORMS.exe selfextracting file.
4 Type the following command for each copied installation file to ensure that the fix
pack installation has the necessary authorizations (UNIX only):
chmod +x <installation_file>
Installation
The DVD for this version is associated with tracking number LPRMC.7.0.00. Refer to
this number when ordering or requesting maintenance for this product.
Installation
The following topics provide instructions for the installation and uninstallation of
Control-M/CM for SAP 7.0.00 fix pack 1 (PARMC.7.0.00.100) on UNIX and Windows:
NOTE
Before installing fix pack 1 (PARMC.7.0.00.100) ensure that Control-M/CM for SAP 7.0.00 is
installed.
NOTE
If the Control-M/Agent was installed with user root, then log on as user root every time
you start up or shut down the Control-M/Agent throughout this procedure.
If you are using an AIX operating system, you must remove unused libraries from
memory by running the following command:
/usr/sbin/slibclean
2 Stop the Control-M/CM for SAP Extractor process if used, using the following
command:
shut-xt
3 Stop the Control-M/CM for SAP process, using the following command from the
$CONTROLM/cm/SAP/exe directory:
sapcmbe.sh stop
4 Mount the installation DVD (see Product distribution on page 6) and navigate to
the Unix directory.
NOTE
You can change the directory location where the temporary installation files are extracted. For
example, when there is insufficient disk space in the /tmp directory.
You can use the following sample path to extract the files to another directory:
<cdmount>/Unix/setup.sh -d <location>
The <location> variable is the required location.
4 Insert the installation DVD (see Product distribution on page 6) and navigate to
the Windows directory.
NOTE
By default the files are extracted to %temp%. You can use -d<extractPath> to extract the
files to another directory. Ensure that there is no space between -d and <extractPath>.
Otherwise, the fix pack files are extracted to the default location: %temp%.
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NOTE
If you are using Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008, run the silent
installation from a command prompt that was opened with administrator privileges.
6 To view the installation log, click the link provided in the installation screen or
open the trace.log file at the following location:
<CONTROL-M Agent_directory>\Default\install\PARMC.7.0.00.100\trace.log
7 Click Finish.
8 Start the Control-M/CM for SAP Extractor service, if used.
Continue with Installation on Control-M/EM on page 13.
3 Stop the Control-M/CM for SAP process, using the following command from the
$CONTROLM/cm/SAP/exe directory:
sapcmbe.sh stop
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2. Select Remove.
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Installation on Control-M/EM
NOTE
If you are using Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008, run the silent
installation from a command prompt that was opened with administrator privileges.
Installation on Control-M/EM
The following procedures describes how to install Control-M/CM for SAP on
Control-M/EM and must be done in the following order:
1. Importing the SAP form on page 13
2. Do one of the following:
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If the Control-M/EM client is earlier than version 7.0.00.200, and you are using
Windows Vista, Windows 2008 or Windows 7, up-to-date, essential installation
and service information that becomes available after this product is released will
be placed under solution KA329810 in the Knowledge Base on the Customer
Support website, located at http://www.bmc.com/support.
Before you import the SAP form, BMC recommends that you check the website for
any up-to-date information and also to determine whether recent patches are
available for this product.
3 Select the SAP1.xml, SAP_DA.xml, and SAP_BW.xml files, and click Import.
4 Shut down Control-M/EM GUI, and then restart it.
For more information about the Job Editing form, see the Control-M User Guide.
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3 Run the following command and follow the installation instructions provided:
Install_EM_Server_SAP_Plugin.sh
stop_cms
start_cms
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If you are not using Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 2008, continue with
step 7.
4 Copy or map the EM_Server directory and its subdirectories and files to your local
disk.
7 From the command line, run the following file and follow the installation
instructions provided:
Install_EM_Server_SAP_Plugin.cmd
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If you are not using Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 2008, continue with
step 7.
4 Copy or map the EM_Client directory and its subdirectories and files to your local
disk.
7 From the command line, run the following file and follow the installation
instructions provided:
Install_EM_Client_SAP_Plugin.cmd
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Levels of support
BMC supports the following product versions and releases:
Product name and version
Level of support
Full
Full
Full
For information about the latest support policies, see the Customer Support website
at http://www.bmc.com/support.
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