NWDI requirement for Portal 7.3

[Former Member]

We are upgrading from Portal 7.0 landscape to Portal 7.3 landscape. Would we be requiring a different NWDI or the existing NWDI running in portal 7.0 landscape would work?

Thanks,

Appachi

[pramod_gopisetty1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You don't need a new NWDI, it's just the runtime systems that are changing. Just make sure if there are components which need to be updated .

Hope this helps.

Cheers-

Pramod

[Former Member]

Thank you all for the solution

[Stefan-EA]

Assuming that the 7.0 NWDI is not on your portal, the 7.0 (SP 14 and up ) NWDI supports content from any NetWeaver version (6.40, 7.0x, 7.1x, 7.2, 7.3). You should create a 7.3 track (look at the [replicate|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/46/5d032c1e661cbee10000000a11466f/frameset.htm] option, which can be used to replicate tracks in the same NWDI) and "retire" the old 7.0 track once you know everything is working 100%.

This blogs explains the above

/people/marion.schlotte/blog/2005/10/25/jdi-software-vs-jdi-content

Here is a guide on using NWDI 7.0 with newer versions of NetWeaver

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/7014086d-3fd9-2910-80bd-be3417810c6f

The 7.3 plugins you will need

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1457908