Software Deployement Manager (SDM)

                                     SDM:(Software Deployment Manager)

Software Deployment Manager is a  tool widely used in WEBAS 640 and replaced by JSPM in Netweaver 7.0 and completely phased out in Netweaver 7.1.

It requires SDM password and port 50018 which runs based on JLaunch process.

it is accessed  by using  /usr/sap/SID/Instance/SDM/program/remotegui.bat in windows and remotegui.sh in Linux operating system.it contains its own startup menu, inbox, log etc.

it is used to deploy and undeploy the support packages, business packages, add-ons etc in Netweaver Java system.it is used to deploy the patches to Java Engine, File System (j2ee/cluster/server/apps) and Database.It requires manual feed(frontend)unlike spam/saint/jspm which reads from EPS/in.

Due to its un-deployment feature it is discontinued from Netweaver 7.1. If a content is selected for un-deployment it does not check the dependencies and the functionality of the deployed content is lost.

it is necessary to redeploy the content which is un-deployed (probably with an older version).

Example: Visual Composer is updated from patch level 12 to 15,but 15 found to be not compatible, so it is un-deployed. un-deploy means the complete content of visual composer is un-deployed and visual composer no more works. So redeploy the visual composer with version 12 or higher version 18

The SPAM/SAINT are incremental and they could not be reverted where as the java patches are cumulative and replaces the content.The SDM deploys the files with extension *.sca,*.sda,*.war,*.ear etc.

sdm starts by reading the profile sdm_jstartup.propertes.it stores the information in sdmrepository.sdc and backup the file in predefined intervals

SDM contains SDM Logs, Documentation, temp directory(used during export and import).