How to Upgrade Netweaver 2004s Kernel (windows mssql 2005) without jspm

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am quite new in the basis site, Please advise how to upgrade the sap kernel from 75 to latest.

i have downloaded 2 file SAPEXE..... and SAPEXEDB.

normally i can use JSPM to upgrade but unfortunately, in this installation only for ABAP Enginee.

Thank You and Best Regards

Fernand

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi ulf

Thank You for your answer.

which one is the kernel directory ?

1.
demopj\sapmnt\ST6\DVEBMGS00\exe

2.
demopj\sapmnt\ST6\SCS01\exe

3.
demopj\sapmnt\ST6\SYS\exe\uc\NTI386

do i need to apply to all ?

and also both SAPEXE and SAPEXEDB have to extarct in the same directory ?

Best Regards

Fernand

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

demopj\sapmnt\ST6\SYS\exe\uc\NTI386

is the one you need to uncar both the exe and exedb file for upgrading the kernal.

Regards,

Vamshi.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Your kernel directory is
demopj\sapmnt\ST6\SYS\exe\uc\NTI386

copy the kernel directory to some other place

extract the sar-files to a temp directory using SAPCAR -xvf <>.SAR

stop the sap-system and all sap- or db-related services

copy all files to you kernel-directory (
demopj\sapmnt\ST6\SYS\exe\uc\NTI386)

start all services

start sap-system

Hope you got your answer.

Regards,

Partha

[Former Member]

Hi,

If your instance is only ABAP engine then follow the process mentioned in earlier posts. But if your instance is having both ABAP+JAVA engine then use JSPM (SAP Recomended).

--Kishore

[Former Member]

- copy the kernel directory to run_old

- extract the sar-files to a temp directory

- stop the sap-system and all sap- or db-related services

- copy all files to you kernel-directory

- start all services (when doing this on windows, i use the chance to reboot the server, never hurts )

- start sap-system

I case of problems, simply stop the services again, rename kernel-directory to run_whatever and run_old to run. Then start the services and your system should run again.

Good luck!

Edited by: Ulf Brinkmeier on Jan 21, 2009 9:14 AM