Installing Direct Link > Installing the Direct Link add-on

Installing the Direct Link add-on

Note

The following procedure must be completed by your SAP Basis Administrator.

The Direct Link add-on requires SAP Basis release 7.31 or later.

You need to use the SAP Front End to install the appropriate Direct Link add-on for your SAP system.

The Direct Link add-ons are packaged as .SAR files, which are bundled with the Direct Link installer.

Locate the .SAR files

When you run the Direct Link installer, the .SAR files are extracted to the same directory as the Direct Link setup.exe file. The default directory location is C:\Program Files (x86)\DirectLinkV75, or C:\Program Files\DirectLinkV75.

Perform a fresh installation of the Direct Link add-on

To install the Direct Link add-on for the first time:

  1. Copy DL75_AOI.SAR to the SAP server.
  2. On the SAP server, use the SAINT transaction to access the Add-on Installation Tool.
  3. Use the Add-On Installation Tool to install the DL75_AOI.SAR Add-on Installation Package.

Perform an upgrade of the Direct Link add-on

To upgrade from version 6.0, 6.1, or 7.0 of the Direct Link add-on to version 7.5:

  1. Copy DL75_AOU.SAR to the SAP server.
  2. On the SAP server, use the SAINT transaction to access the Add-on Installation Tool.
  3. Use the Add-On Installation Tool to install the DL75_AOU.SAR upgrade.