Welcome to MiniSAP Plus (+)

Why use MiniSAP Plus (+)?
What is MiniSAP Plus (+)?
Overview of MiniSAP Plus (+)
Overview of MiniSAP Plus (+) for Automation
Overview of MiniSAP Plus (+) for ABAP Stack

 

Why use MiniSAP Plus (+)?

To improve your 'Everyday MiniSAP Startup & Shutdown' experience:

• Auto-start the MiniSAP Services after the Guest OS user login.
• An easier 'Stop MiniSAP' sequence for Reboot and Shutdown actions.

 

What is MiniSAP Plus (+)?

'MiniSAP Plus (+)' is a collection of quick-start utilities that improve the MiniSAP System Administrators experience, while learning MiniSAP technologies in Gnome/OpenSUSE on your personal computer.

Configured for use in the Gnome desktop and the OpenSUSE 15.1 (Leap) Linux operating system, using the Desktop Entries (*) specification. Technically, it should work in any Linux operating system where the chosen desktop environment is compatible with the Desktop Entries specification and can execute Bash scripts; however, only Gnome in OpenSUSE 15.1 (Leap) is officially tested.

Intended to be used with these MiniSAP Developer Editions:

• SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.52 SP04
• Released: June 2019
• With SAP Sybase ASE 16.0.30.600 database.


• SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.51 SP02
• Released: August 2017
• With SAP Sybase ASE 16.0.20.500 database.


• SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.50 SP02
• Released: July 2016
• With SAP Sybase ASE 16.0.02.02 database.

Overview of MiniSAP Plus (+)

 The ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ application is a collection of operating system scripts and desktop icons working together to improve the MiniSAP Administrators experience while learning SAP technologies.

“No more need to use a terminal window for NPLADM startup and shutdown tasks”

“Automate the startup of MiniSAP services after user login to guest operating system”

“Manually trigger a clean shutdown of the MiniSAP services and the guest operating system, in just a few clicks”

Installing ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ will add a ‘MiniSAP+’ application to the Gnome desktop application list. These action menu items simplify the management of the ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ installation.

• Use ‘Terminal Window’ to open a new terminal window, giving you access to a command line.
• Use ‘About MiniSAP+’ to read the local help files.
• Use ‘Home MiniSAP+ (Online)’ to visit the MiniSAP Plus (+) homepage in a web browser.
• Use 'Install MiniSAP (ABAP Stack)' to visit the online course that walks through the MiniSAP Developer Edition installation process on your personal computer.
• Use ‘Set Release Lifecycle’ to switch between the Stable, Beta, Alpha and Unstable distributions of MiniSAP Plus (+).
• Use ‘Update MiniSAP+’ to upgrade the version of MiniSAP Plus (+), for the chosen release lifecycle.
• Use ‘Uninstall MiniSAP+’ to delete the MiniSAP Plus (+) scripts and desktop icons.

Recommendation: Add the main ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ application to the Gnome favourite applications list on the left side.

Overview of MiniSAP Plus (+) for Automation

Installing ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ will add a MiniSAP+ Automation application to the Gnome desktop application list.

The ‘MiniSAP+ Auto’ application will automatically start up the installed MiniSAP Developer Edition, right after the user logs in to their guest operating system user account.

The ‘MiniSAP+ Auto’ application is not hooked into the system demons. It will not start when the operating system starts, only after user login.

Following all of the ‘Install MiniSAP on Your Personal Computer (ABAP Stack)’ course tasks and using ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ will simplify the learning adventure.

1. Manually start the virtual machine.
2. User account will auto-login.
3. MiniSAP Developer Edition services will auto-start, due to the ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ advantage.
4. Enjoy the adventure of learning.
5. Manually shut down the virtual machine, using the ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ action menu to include a clean shutdown of MiniSAP services, before the guest operating system is shut down.

All of these action menu items are also available via the main MiniSAP+ application and the specific MiniSAP+ technology stack applications, for ABAP and HANA.

Recommendation: Leave the ‘MiniSAP+ Auto’ application buried here amongst the full list of available applications.

Overview of MiniSAP Plus (+) for ABAP Stack

The ‘MiniSAP+ ABAP’ application is a collection of operating system scripts, easily executed from a desktop icons action menu items. They work together to improve the MiniSAP Administrators experience while learning the SAP ABAP Stack technologies.

Installing ‘MiniSAP Plus (+)’ will add a ‘MiniSAP+ ABAP’ application to the operating system. The Gnome desktop will only show it in the application list after you have installed the official MiniSAP Developer Edition and rebooted the operating system.

These action menu items simplify the execution of common tasks.

1. Use ‘Terminal Window’ to open a new terminal window, giving you access to a command line.
2. Use ‘Set User Name & Password’ to update the operating system username & password details of the user account that controls the MiniSAP services. Like NPLADM and HXEADM.
3. Use ‘Set MiniSAP Auto-start’ to automatically start the MiniSAP services after the operating system user logins in.
4. Use ‘Start MiniSAP Services’ to manually start the MiniSAP services of the installed MiniSAP Developer Edition.
5. Use ‘Stop MiniSAP Services’ to manually stop the MiniSAP services of the installed MiniSAP Developer Edition.
6. Use ‘Reboot Machine’ to do a clean shutdown of MiniSAP services, before the guest operating system is rebooted.
7. Use ‘Shutdown Machine’ to do a clean shutdown of MiniSAP services, before the guest operating system is shut down.

Recommendation: Add the ‘MiniSAP+ ABAP’ application to the Gnome favourite applications list on the left side.

Disclaimer: The MiniSAP+ Automation capability is for MiniSAP Developer Edition installations only. Never use it in a production system because the NPLADM/HXEADM users password is stored in a plain text file. This is intentionally insecure, prioritising convenience over security, for a ‘Developer Only’ installation in a virtual machine on your personal laptop.

To be clear … this is not an Enterprise-grade solution.
Do not use in any commercial organisation environments.