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System> | <Database>. The software will now be available under Downloads. Select the
DVDs or ZIP files that you would need as per the installation manual by selecting the check
box beside each of the needed media, and click the Add To The Download Basket button at
the bottom of the screen. This will place the selected software in the SAP download basket
for approval. The software in the download basket needs approval from a SAP Solution
Manager system installed at the client site. Use transaction code SOLUTION_MANAGER
to approve the software in the download basket from the Solution Manager system. Once it
is approved, it is available for download using the SAP Download Manager. The SAP
Download Manager is a front-end tool (see
Figure 5-2
) that will allow the downloading of
approved SAP software to your laptop or desktop. Depending upon the number of DVDs or
files that are in the download basket and the network speed, it could take anywhere from a
few to several hours for the software download to complete. One best practice is to down-
load the software directly to the UNIX operating system's SAP software download directory
by installing a Java-based SAP Download Manager on the UNIX system. This will avoid
multiple steps of downloading the software to your laptop and then to your server download
location.
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