In order for Connect to access data in an SAP system, SAP’s NetWeaver client libraries NW RFC SDK 7.10 with patch level 2 or higher must be on the system and accessible via the appropriate shared library or dynamic link library (dll) paths. They can be downloaded from SAP’s marketplace at http://service.sap.com/swdc. For Windows 64-bit platforms, both the 64bit and 32bit NetWeaver client libraries are required.
| Windows | PATH |
| AIX | LIBPATH |
| HP-UX | SHLIB_PATH |
| Linux | LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| Solaris | LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
On UNIX systems, the variable needs to be set and exported prior to starting the Editor Runtime Service or running Connect tasks or jobs.
The SAP NetWeaver client libraries depend on the corresponding C/C++ libraries that they were built with. The path to the C/C++ libraries must also be included in the library search path.
Windows: Microsoft C Runtime DLLs version 8.0 need to be installed. Refer to SAP Note 684106 at https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/684106. The vcredist_x86 package needs to be installed on all Windows platforms. In addition, the vcredist_IA64 and vcredist_x64 packages need to be installed on Windows IA64 and Windows x64 platforms, respectively.
AIX: AIX C++ library libC.a – usually found in /usr/lib.
HP-UX IA64: HP C++ library libCsup.so.1 – usually found in /usr/lib/hpux64.
Linux: C library version 2.3.4 or higher, libstdc++.so.6 – usually found in /lib/tls and /usr/lib. Refer to SAP Note 1021236 at https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1021236.
Solaris: Sun C++ libraries libCstd.so.1 and libCrun.so.1 for SunOS 5.10 or higher – usually found in /usr/lib/sparcv9 or /usr/lib/64.
If lower versions of these libraries are also on the system, then the path to the libraries of the required version must be before the older versions in the library search path.
On all systems, the path to the DMExpress library must be before the path to the SAP NetWeaver client libraries in the library search path.
The SAP client library must be configured so that it can connect to SAP systems that you want to access from Connect. For example, you can configure the client by defining SAP system aliases in the sapnwrfc.ini file. Please refer to specific SAP documentation for details on configuring the client. Once configured, the directory where the file is located must be set in the environment variable RFC_INI.
The Connect install program assists you with verifying connections to SAP systems.
cd <connect_install>
./SAPSetup