Configuring the SAP BW stage for IPv6

To use the IPv6 protocol, you must enable the set the environment variable SAP_IPv6_ACTIVE on both client and servers.

About this task

On Linux or UNIX operating systems, the environment variables can be specified in the dsenv script. InfoSphere® Information Server installations on Windows operating system do not include the dsenv script.

Procedure

  1. Log in as the DataStage® administrator user.
  2. On Linux, set the environment variable as follows:
    1. Open the dsenv script.
    2. Set the value of environment variable SAP_IPv6_ACTIVE to 1.
    3. Save and close the dsenv script.
  3. On Windows, set the environment variable SAP_IPv6_ACTIVE in the system environment.
  4. Restart InfoSphere DataStage and the RFC Manager service.