Homogeneous System copy - NW2004s

[Former Member]

I am trying to perform a homogeneous system copy of NW2004s ECC6 system using sapinst.

Platform info:

OS - HPUX

DB - Oracle

I am using DB specific (oracle) method to restore an offline backup.

When I run the sapinst to import, I get past preliminary information screens and when I select "Homogeneous System Copy (backup/restore)", I am prompted for the location of LABEL.ASC for the migration.

The documentation in the guide "Homogeneous System Copy of NW2004s" is poor and does not address this issue.

I suspect there is a bug in sapinst.

Has anyone come across this issue before?

Thanks,

Sai

[Former Member]

Sai,

You need to run sapinst on the source system to create the export directory structure with labels, archive the SDM and archive application-specific file system content. See the "System Copy for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 2004s SR1 ABAP+Java" page 77.

Cheers, Barry.

[Former Member]

Steps for homogeneus copy :

1. Export of source system using sapinst ( R3load )

2. transfer the file over to target system

3. Do new installation of he system by using the transfered file as you export file.

I gues the menu in sapinst would be additional lifecycle task .