Downloading and Installing the
SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK Libraries
for PowerExchange for SAP
NetWeaver
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Abstract
PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver uses SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries to integrate with SAP. To configure
PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver, you must download the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries from the SAP
Marketplace and install them. This article explains how to download the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries from the
SAP Marketplace and install them.
Supported Versions
• PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver 10.2 or later
Table of Contents
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Downloading the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK Libraries from the SAP Marketplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Overview
PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver uses SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries to integrate with SAP. To configure
PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver, you must download the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries from the SAP
Marketplace. The libraries that you need to download and install vary based on the operating system that you use.
After you download the libraries, you must copy them to the Informatica installation directories and set the required
permissions for the libraries.
Downloading the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK Libraries from the SAP
Marketplace
To download the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries from the SAP Marketplace, perform the following steps:
1. Go to the SAP Service Marketplace: http://service.sap.com/support
2. Enter your SAP Service Marketplace user name and password.
The SAP Support Portal page appears.
3. Click the Download Software icon.
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The following image shows the Download Software icon:
4. Click the Support Packages & Patches tab.
The following image shows the Support Packages & Patches tab:
5. Click By Category from the list.
The following image shows the By Category option:
6. Click Additional Components from the list.
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The following image shows the Additional Components option:
7. Click SAP NW RFC SDK from the list.
The following image shows the SAP NW RFC SDK option:
8. Click SAP NW RFC SDK 7.20.
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The following image shows the SAP NW RFC SDK option:
9. Select the operating system for which you want to download the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries.
The available patches for the selected operating system appear. The following image shows the patches for
Windows 64-bit operating systems:
10. Click the hyperlinked .SAR file to download the SAP NW RFC SDK 7.20 libraries.
The following image shows the hyperlinked .SAR file:
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11. Open the command prompt and enter the following command to extract the downloaded files:
sapcar.exe -xvf <SAR file path>
For example, enter sapcar.exe -xvf NWRFC_40-20004568.SAR
The SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK 7.20 libraries are extracted to the following directory:
<ExtractedFolder>\nwrfcsdk\lib
The following image shows the extracted SAP libraries in a specific folder:
Installing the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK Libraries
To install the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK Libraries, perform the following steps:
1. Copy the SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK libraries to the following directory:
<Informatica Installation Directory>\server\bin
2. Copy the Windows 32-bit client files to the following directory:
<Informatica Installation Directory>\client\bin
3. Set the following permissions for each SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK library:
- Read, write, and execute permissions for the current user
- Read and execute permissions for all other users
4. Download the libsapu16_mt.so library from the SAPEXE.SAR or UCLIB.SAR package that is available as part
of the SAP kernel. You need to download the libsapu16_mt.so library only if you use the UNIX or Linux
operating systems.
5. Copy the libsapu16_mt.so library to the following directory:
<Informatica Installation Directory>\server\bin
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Author
Subhashree Salam
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge Praveen Kumar J, for his technical assistance with this article.
