Prerequisites

OutBoard DataTiering installation package
Valid license from your Datavard consultant
SAP NetWeaver 7.4 SP 11 and later

Storage	Type	Min. Version
Sybase IQ	Transparent	16.0.0.809
Hadoop and all the distributions which use Hive and HDFS.	Blob/Transparent	Hive 1.1.0 and higher Impala 2.3.0 and higher Oozie 4.1.0 and higher Verified vendors Cloudera (5.x and higher) Hortonworks (min 2.6) MapR (6.0 and higher) Java Java 7 / Java 1.7.0

Storage

Type

Min. Version

Sybase IQ

Transparent

16.0.0.809

Hadoop

and all the distributions which use Hive and HDFS.

Blob/Transparent

Hive 1.1.0 and higher

Impala 2.3.0 and higher

Oozie 4.1.0 and higher

Verified vendors

Cloudera (5.x and higher)
Hortonworks (min 2.6)
MapR (6.0 and higher)

Java

Java 7 / Java 1.7.0

Installation process of OutBoard DataTiering with SDA+

To install DataTiering with SDA+ interface you should import transports in a specific order to your system. The best practice is to follow the order of transports which is mentioned in the installation package (readme file).
Usually, the readme file contains the following four main transports which are in this order:

Datavard Reuse Library
Datavard Glue
OutBoard DataTiering with SDA+
OutBoard DataTiering with SDA+ Writer

Install a license

Access OutBoard DataTiering by entering the transaction /n/DVD/OFF in your BI system.
Select License in the top menu and click on License.
License screen opens, you have two options:
1. Ask for a license - select in the case you haven't received your license or it has expired. In the next dialog fill in the necessary fields as your Email address, Customer name and Description. By clicking Send the program automatically generates a request e-mail with all the necessary information, which is sent to our Datavard support.
2. Copy to clipboard - copies all the necessary license information, which you may send then to support@datavard.com.
Enter your License key received from our consultants and the calendar date until which the license is valid into Valid to.
Confirm or press Shift+F6 to complete the installation.

Storage Setup (optional)

You may set up the following storages as is described in:

Hadoop for setting up a connection to Hadoop
Sybase IQ Transparent Storage for setting up a connection to Sybase IQ

OutBoard DataTiering with NLS (optional)

If you want to use the NLS interface, it may be installed as an add-on to your SAP system. Please check the installation guide of DataTiering with NLS.

In this section

Prerequisites

Installation process of OutBoard DataTiering with SDA+

Install a license

Storage Setup (optional)

OutBoard DataTiering with NLS (optional)

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