ECC 6 with EHP system copy

[Former Member]

Hi,

Just a little question :

We Are on a Windows MSSQL environnement

did a fresh upgrade of our landscape ECC6 old SP -> EHP4 stack 5

made a copy of our system -> update on this copy

now I'd like to do 2 things

1 copy of the updated system on a blank computer with different SID (did not have QUAL and I'd like to create one by copying )

2 refresh the original system

For point 1

I thought about doing a basic Sapinst system copy, but everytime I did this before I was using a Installation MasterDVD containing kernel and system description file (xml)

How could I do that ?

What should be the process ?

for point 2 I have in mind to :

stop the instance

detach the DB

replace the old kernel files with the up to date kernel (copy /usr )

attach a copy of the up to date db

Will it work? What should be the process ?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Edouard,

copy of the updated system on a blank computer with different SID

It is better to use SAPINST to do a system copy as your SID changes. The SAPINST will take care of the SID updation in SAP as well as in MS SQL DB.

I did this before I was using a Installation MasterDVD containing kernel and system description file (xml)

If u have the latest kernel downloaded from SAP SMP, you can use that kernel itself by mapping the path in the section SAP Syetem > Unpack Archives in the SAPINST. This will extract the new kernel into the kernel directory and thus avoiding one more manual activity to upgrade the kernel.

stop the instance 
detach the DB
replace the old kernel files with the up to date kernel (copy /usr )
attach a copy of the up to date db

If u r following the afore mentioned steps, this may become unnecessary.

Hope this will definitely help you.

Good Luck. I hope to here from u whether this helped u or not.

Regards,

Varadharajan M

[Former Member]

Thanks it was exactly what I was looking for.

In fact I ddi ran into another problem... it was a Microsoft DLL one : VC++ 2005 SP1 redist problem.

[Former Member]

Hi,

We need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (KB973544) in Windows based servers so that SAP will work with the new kernel as per the [SAP note 1375494|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=1375494].

NB: This has to be done before starting the installation with the new kernel.

Regards,

Varadharajan M

[Former Member]

Yes it was that sapnote.

[Former Member]

I already did several system copy but I was always able to use the MSSQL detach/attach method.

I was always able to make the copy starting from a cd/DVD description

If I do so with my ECC6 EHP4 DB I will get a basic ECC6 kernel ...

Doc did not give me clear answer.

Please Help

Another way would be to find some doc on Sapinst and the way I could give my new kernel description.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Here is very good doc for system copy, please go thr it and i hope it will help you

Thanks,

Sreeni.