SAP BODS JobServer: Enabling IPv6

Product: SAP Data Services

Version: 4.2.x

Overview

SAP BODS product bundled with following 2 software:

• IPS
• Data Services JobServer - I will refer to it as JobServer
• Tomcat

Following are the default ports each listening on

• IPS - TCP port 6400
• JobServer - TCP port 3500
• Tomcat - TCP port 8080

This post mainly write about IPv6, as certain people might have IPv6 setup, and would like to use it.  I won't discuss about Tomcat, as its IPv4 & IPv6 network configuration follows Apache Tomcat's documentation.

IPS has both IPv4 and IPv6 enabled during installation.  However, JobServer only enable IPv4, and the product document does not show how to enable IPv6.  The confusing part is that their product document, and SAP KB have several places that indicate IPv6 is supported, yet no documentation how to enable it.

Enabling IPv6 for JobServer

Follow these steps to enable IPv6 (and keeps IPv4) for JobServer

1. cd $LINK_DIR/bin

2. Append SAP_IPv6_ACTIVE=Y into al_env.sh: echo "export SAP_IPv6_ACTIVE=Y >> al_env.sh"

3. Restart JobServer: svrcfg

3.1. In the menu, choose stop JobServer, then start JobServer

Verify IPv6 enabled for JobServer

When I raised SAP support ticket, SAP keeps saying IPv6 is enabled, so I have to provide proof that it is not.  You can use this command to verify that IPv6 is enable

1. Linux: netstat -an | grep 3500 | grep LISTEN

2. Windows: Run cmd as Administrator

2..1. netstat -an | findstr "3500" | findstr "LISTEN"

Sample output that shows IPv6 works in port 3500

tcp   0    0 0.0.0.0:3500    0.0.0.0:*    LISTEN

tcp6   0    0 0.0.0.0:3500    0.0.0.0:*    LISTEN

The first column, "tcp6"means it is for IPv6, while "tcp" means it is for IPv4