The purpose of this document is to explain to the end-user the process of installing Datavard's OutBoard DataTiering.
This document is aimed at SAP system administrators and BW consultants who should primarily work with OutBoard DataTiering.

Installation

Prerequisites

OutBoard DataTiering installation package

A valid license from your Datavard consultant

SAP Add-On Installation Tool (transaction SAINT) version 33 or higher

SAP NetWeaver 7.01 with SP 6 or a higher version

Storage	Type	Min. Version
DB6	Blob/Transparent	10.05.0004
Oracle	Blob/Transparent	12.1.0.2.0
Sybase IQ	Transparent	16.0.0.809
MS SQL 2012	Transparent	12.0.5207.0
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)

Step-by-step Installation Process

The OutBoard installation package is an add-on which must be imported using the Add-On Installation Tool (transaction SAINT). Use only PAT files related to your BW release. Upload and import the first *.pat file with Outboard SP0 (NSQ0020598870_0000093.PAT) and the last *.pat file with actual SP. Install the tool using the wizard (a detailed guide can be found in the Saint online documentation).
After a successful OutBoard DataTiering installation, the software component DVD 200 will be available in the system.
(SP34) Writer Installation Datavard NLS Writer
Access the OutBoard Cockpit by entering the transaction /n/DVD/OUTBOARD in your BI system.
Select License in the top menu and click on Install License or press F2.
Now enter the calendar date until which the license is valid and your License key in the fields below.
Press F8 to complete the installation.
To make the system aware that DataTiering is available you should complete a registration. This is performed with the transaction RSDANLCON.
To register DataTiering fill in ‘OUTBOARD’ in Near-Line Conn. and fill in ‘/DVD/NLS_CONNECTION’ in Name of Class.
Now it is possible to archive into the Default cluster storage or you can set up your own Storage management profile. More information can be found in the chapter Storage Management Setup.

Congratulations! Now you can use Datavard OutBoard DataTiering for data archiving.
After installation, the next step is to determine which data you should archive. OutBoard DataTiering can automatically help you to analyze this based on best practices from other companies and the size of your database tables. You can immediately archive your data based on this analysis, or you can manually select the data you wish to archive.

Storage Setup

Depending on the storage type, the following configuration from the Storage Management is required.

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