Downloading SAP files ……
Target System Information
VirtualBox version 6.0 instalaled on the host OS
- Operation System: Windows Server 2012 R2 standard X64
- ERP: EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 IDES
- Database: MS SQL server 2014 Standard
Minimum Hardware Requirements
RAM: 8 GB
HDD: 500 GB
CPU: Intel I5 processor
What we need to download from SAP
(all these files takes abou 90 GB on HDD)
- SWPM version 1.0 (Software Provisioning Manager)
- SAP GUI 7.5 (Presentation – 7.50 Compilation 2 Presentation 1)
- IDES EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 – export files
- SAP Kernel 7.45 -UNICODE Windows Server on x64 64bit – NW 7.5
- SAP Kernel 7.45 -UNICODE UPDATE (SAPEXE_800-80000796.SAR,SAPEXEDB_800-80000795.SAR)
- RDBMS MSSQLSRV 2014 SP1 CU1
- SAPCAR ( to extract *.SAR archives)
How to download from SAP
for downloading from SAP you need s-user and login on this page
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html

Now click on “Installation & Upgrades and
Go to “Installations and Upgrades -> E-> SAP ERP-> SAP ERP ENHANCE PACKAGE-> EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0->IDES VERSION->
PLATFORM (PHYS. DELIVERY) -> and select the “Microsoft Windows
“ and “ MICROSOFT SQL-SERVER“

We have to focuse on description of the files, for our case we need
- for SWPM with description ” SWPM10_IM_WINDOWS_X86_64 “

- for IDES EHP8 FOR SAP ERP 6.0 – INSTALL. EXP (files 51053216_1 up 51053216_22)
- for working with SAP we need SAP GUI file (50144807_6)
- for MS SQL SERVER “RDBMS MSSQLSRV 2014 SP1 CU1” ( 51050562_1 and 51050562_2 )

- For SAP KERNEL ” SAP Kernel 7.45 Windows Server on x64 64bit – BS7i2016″
For updated files in SAP KERNEL you have to go on
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html and

choose Support Packages & Patches/ and go to
By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> K -> SAP KERNEL 64-BIT UNICODE


Now we should download file SAPEXEDB.SAR with the highest patch level example “SAPEXEDB_800-80000795.SAR” 800=Patch level

Same level we need for SAPEXE.SAR example “SAPEXE_800-80000796.SAR”
800=Patch level
We also need SAPCAR for extract SWPM version 1.0
https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html and choose Support Packages & Patches/
-> and go to
By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> S -> SAPCAR ->

for extraction SAR files put the SWPM and SAPCAR in the same folder and run folowing command:
SAPCAR_1110-80000938.EXE --xvf *.sar
Now we have downloaded all files for SAP IDES EHP8 installation