Visual Composer for Dummies part 2

Load Balancing the Portal Server

C 2 concepts in load balancing:
Scenario 1:
You can start a system with many Java dispatchers, for which the SAP Web Dispatcher or a different load balancer is already activated as a Web switch.
Scenario 2:
In the Java Instance the Java Dispatcher distributes the inbound requests to the server processes to which it is connected. The Java dispatcher runs the load balancing when the first session request arrives. The dispatcher ensures that subsequent requests get to the server process that is processing this session.


Now consider a scenario where the CI or the central instance and the dialog instance are in different Operating systems, the portal needs some work and I think this is a very rare scenario where not many clients would adopt this system landscape.
lets consider the possible issues faced on the Portal in this heterogeneous system landscape and provide solutions.
Problems and solutions:
The KM iViews are severely affected and the solution is mentioned below :
Make sure the settings for the cluster environment is not deselected. System Administration > System Configuration > Knowledge Management > Content Management > Global Services > system landscape services.

the secret is here...

· In the portal, choose System Administration ® System Configuration ® Knowledge Management ® Content Management ® Repository Managers ® File System Repository.

· Open the etc entry, and then choose Edit.

· In the Root Directory parameter, enter the following value:

· $(sys.global.dir)/config/cm/etc

· Save your changes by choosing OK.

· To check the changes, open the configuration of the /etc file system repository again. The new operating system-specific path is displayed below the Root Directory parameter.

Restart the portal.

From PCD to KM and finally to PD

The Content in the Portal Catalog easily accessible in Knowledge Management and the same accessed on a Windows Explorer !!

This is a reality and only makes content management more accessible...
The above picture shows a description of how content in the portal catalog can be easily accessible as documents in Knowledge Management. But the interesting fact is that documents can now be handled easily on a windows explorer using the Portal Drive.
Knowledge Management is so much fun working with the Windows explorer. gone are those days when it took several minutes just to copy and move documents around the KM Content.Its so much faster and easy to work with the drive and makes the KM a server rather that using this as a client.
Below are some screen prints captured on my laptop for using the Portal Drive...





























Yes !! that is my cool Matrix desktop and the white oval is the symbol for the Portal drive that can be installed from the service marketplace link PDrive4400_5-10003555.ZIP
The matrix path to find this zip file is shown below:

Support Packages and Patches >SAP Netweaver >SAP NETWEAVER >SAP NETWEAVER 7.0> Entry by Component > Frontend

In the above picture the " synchronization " is the coolest part of this software. If you work offline or online the documents that are edited on the explorer are automatically synchronized in Knolwledge Management. You can also manually synchronize documents by clicking the synchronize now button.....

Visual Composer for Dummies part -1

Lets consider the below scenario:





































Yes !! Its possible using Visual Composer ...learn more

Portal Drive - An easy way to access documents

Check this Video

Do the Evolution

We know how human beings evolved ....



















I guess its important to keep a track of how SAP is evolving ???

UNCAR a CAR file ...

This blog is related to one of the requirements from the GRC team who wanted to UNCAR a CAR file for the installation of the Compliance Calibrator which had a CAR file. here we go..

How to UNCAR a CAR or UNSAR a SAR file.

SAPCAR is an application which can unzip the CAR files

Search for the location where the SAPCAR.exe is located.

Place the SAR or CAR files in this folder.

SAPCAR is an application which can unzip the CAR files.
To do this:
1. Start CMD (Dos Console)
2. Place the CAR file and SAPCAR file in the same directory
3. In your dos console navigate to the above folder
4. Run command: SAPCAR -xvf "*.sar" or SAPCAR -xvf JIDE19_0-10002804.sar

This will extract the CAR file, then go into the extracted dir and run setup file.

You can then deploy them by the SDM tool of Netweaver or use the JSPM to deploy it to the J2ee server.