Upgrade the Solution Manager 7.1 to the Latest Support Package Stacks

7/17/2019 Upgrade the Solution Manager 7.1 to the Latest Support Package Stacks

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The exercise was completed on below environments,

• Windows Server 2012 64 bit

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 64 bit

• Solution Manager 7.1 ual Stac! "#$#% & '#(#)

So, our aim is to upgrade the Solution Manager 7.1 to the latest support package stacks

available in the SAP Service Marketplace. n this example, we are going to implement

support package stack upgrade !rom SPS"# to SPS"$.

%e!ore we begin, &ou need to download the necessar& media !iles as below,

• Software *+date Manager "S*M) 1.0 S%0, %atc- 2 or -ig-er

• -e latest S#% Solution Manager 7.1 stac! !ernel

• -e latest S#% Solution Manager 7.1 #$#% stac!

• -e latest S#% Solution Manager 7.1 'ava stac!

'aunch the Software Update Manager and enter the username and password. (lick

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1. The +elcome screen o! So!tware pdate Manager. SM will automaticall& detected

an& installed SAP s&stem. (lick -ext.

. /nter the password o! sidadm. (lick -ext.

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0. Select Stack configuration file (XML) and locate the stack !ile director&. (lick

-ext.



#. )pen the SAP -ote provided !rom the installation screen, !ind the ke&word and paste

it to this screen. (lick -ext.



. The next screen will be the roadmap steps. The roadmap is consists o! multiple phases

which

areInitialization, Extraction, Configuration, Cecks, !reprocessing, Executio

n,!ostprocessing and "inalization. 2ou can monitor on each tab, A%AP and 3ava !or

the progress in details.

Initialization.1 The Initialization roadmap step. )nce the step is completed, click -ext to start

the Extractionroadmap step.



Extraction

. The Extraction roadmap step. 4uring this phase, &ou will prompted on below

re5uests,



..1 /nter the password o! 44( user !or client """ and )S speci!ic password

6SAPServiceS4.



.. Provide the latest SPAM version to the /PS8in director&.



..0 2ou ma& appl& some S-)T/6s i! re5uired.

..# /xtraction 9 nitial So!tware /xtraction completed. (lick -ext.



Configuration

.0 -ext, the Configuration roadmap step. 4uring the phase, below actions ma&

re5uired,



.0.1 Tool (on!iguration. (hoose Standard.



.0. ser credentials. /nter the password o! 3//:A4M- and S4M user.



.0.0 n!ormation gathering. Accept de!ault values.



.0.# AS 3ava Super Admin (redentials. /nter the password o! SAP;.



.0. /nter the SAP )S Service sers credentials.



.0.< Appl& the missing (erti!icate =evocation 'ist 6(=' Status.



.0.7 nclude (hange =e5uest. ! &ou do not want to include, leave the !ield empt&.



.0.$ (omponent Status> =eview component status. 2ou can ignore this 9 click (ontinue.



.0.? Modi!ication Ad@ustment. ! no SPA8SP44 transport re5uest 9 click (ontinue.



.0.1" (on!iguration roadmap phase completed.



Checks

.# The Cecks roadmap step. The phase will check the re5uirements !or the SPS

upgrade. -o manual actions re5uired here. )nce this roadmap phase completed, click-ext.



Preprocessing

. -ext step is the !reprocessing roadmap step. Some actions re5uired on this phase,



..1 )pen =epairs 9 'ocked SAP ob@ects have been !ound in open repairs, corrections,

or transport orders. ! these orders are not released, &ou will not be able to ad@ust these

ob@ects i! necessar&.

.. 'ock 4evelopment /nvironment. (hoose option 'ock now.



..0 Per!orm the listed activities and once all are completed 9 Select Actions completed.



..# Per!orm the transaction log backup.



.. The roadmap o! Preprocessing is completed. (lick -ext to proceed on /xecution

roadmap.



Execution

.< Execution roadmap step. The so!tware update manager now per!orming the actual

update in the s&stem.



.<.1 Per!orm a !ull backup o! the database.



.<. /nd o! 4owntime. (lick (ontinue.

.<.0 The /xecution roadmap completed.



Postprocessing

.7 )nce the Execution roadmap step is completed. 2ou will be

on !ostprocessing roadmap phase. This step creates the update evaluation and savesthe log !iles.



.7.1 ! no SPA transport imported, click (ontinue. /lse, get the A%AP and unctional

team to veri!& the SPA.



.7. (lick (ontinue.



.7.0 The Postprocessing roadmap completed.



Finalization

.$ At last, the "inalization roadmap step. -o critical actions re5uired here. (lick -ext.

Summary

<. inall&, the Summar# and E$aluation of te !rocess screen. 2ou will !ind the

in!ormation o! the upgrade !rom here. As !or !eedback, &ou can answer all the 5uestions

provided and send the upgrade overview to SAP. %& doing this, we can help SAP to

improve the SM tool usageB





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