Working with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 

Use

The Software Deployment Manager (SDM) is the deployment tool for an SAP Java development landscape. You normally use an SDM GUI and various SDM servers for deployments on different hosts.

Since the SDM is usually started for deployment by other tools, you yourself need to start it with a script in the <sdm_home> directory. The <sdm_home> directory matches the directory sdm/program in the installation of your SAP Web Application Servers.

 

Prerequisites

The SDM Server must be installed and started on the host that you want to access through a remote connection.

Procedure

To work with the SDM remotely, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Start the SDM GUI in remote mode with the start script:

RemoteGui.bat for Windows hosts

RemoteGui.bat for Unix hosts

in the <sdm_home> directory of your host.

For information about how you can control the SDM using command lines, see the file SDM_Commandline_en_final.pdf in the directory <sdm_home>/doc.

       2.      Choose Connect to SDM Server and enter your password. Choose Login.

The following default password is defined:

¡        Password sdm

In the User Description (Optional) field you can enter a description of the user who is logged on. Any users who are then prevented from accessing the SDM can see this description.

Result

You are now connected to the SDM Server using a remote connection and can work with it using the SDM GUI.

When exiting the SDM, you have the option of choosing Exit SDM to exit the SDM GUI only, or Shutdown SDM Server and Exitto shut down both the front end and the back end.

In remote mode, on the tab page Deployment, you not only have the option of selecting archives using the local file browser, but you can also select archives from the <sdm_home>/inBox directory of the remote SDM Server. To do this, choose Add SCA/SDA (Server-side file browser).

 

Changing the Standard Password

To protect access to the deployment functions of the SDM, you can use  Change SDM Password to change the standard password to a secret password.

If you change the standard password, you must also enter it when the SDM is accessed automatically by other tools, such as the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.