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Update kernel steps for IDES 4.7 - Windows - MS SQL SERVER 2000

Former Member
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Hello,

Concerning updating the kernel - for IDES 4.7, Windows, SQL SERVER 2000 - is there a way to locate exactly the.SAR files - for the database dependent & database independent parts - which are compatible with the used SAP version.

Also, does updating the kernel involve only the following:

- Downloading the .SAR file.

- Taking a backup copy of the exe/run folder's content.

- Stopping the SAP system and all related services.

- Unpacking the .SAR files using the SAPCAR utitilty,

i.e. are there any specific steps to be done after the unpacking ?

Thanks in advance.

Reda Khalifa

IT Department - Almansour Automotive Group - Egypt

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former_member185954
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Hi,

Check the following note:

Note 19466 - Downloading SAP kernel patches

It will give you all the information you need.

Regards,

Siddhesh

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Hi Reda,

I guess You want to upgrade kernel from 6.20 to 6.40.

Go to service.sap.com -> downloads -> SAP Support Packages -> Search for SP and Upgrades -> enter "kernel 6.40" and follow the link "kernel 6.40 32-BIT".

On next window choose from location :SAP KERNEL 6.40 \ Windows Server \ Database independent following SARs (title):

- enq

- disp+work package

- dsrlib

- enserver

- librfc

- MMC (optional)

- Kernel Part I (for Basis 640/620/610) Q1/2007 (very important)

- saposcol

From location:SAP KERNEL 6.40 \ Windows Server \ MS SQL Server choose following SARs:

- Database Library

- R3LOAD

- R3load Control

- Kernel Part II (for Basis 640/620/610) Q1/2007 (very important)

Unpack it to newKernel directory and copy it to \exe\run directory.

Next step Frank Deijkers already wrote.

On the end of upgrade go to \exe\run catalog and run sapstartsrv.exe program for registering new service and COM library.

Regards,

Marcin

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Hello,

First of all, sorry for not replying timely : we underwent a system failure, and we had to go through a new data recovery plan to account for such an event in the future.

( This concerns our legacy application, i.e. we are not running SAP yet.)

Our operational platform for SAP is the IBM iSeries, and as time is pressing, we postponed for the time being the installation of the IDES 4.7 on Windows.

Nevertheless, we will go through the post installation steps for the IDES 4.7 on Windows, and I will feedback you with the results ASAP.

Thank you very much for your concern.

Best regards.

Reda Khalifa

Former Member
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To locate the SAR files, just go to the download section on service.sap.com and drill down to R/3 release 4.7 for your combination of database and OS.

These are the steps I would take:

1) stop SAP instance and DB

2) stop the services SAPOSCol and SAPService<SID>

3) extract all files to a new directory, for example ..\newkernel

4) copy all files in ..\exe\run to a new directory, for example ..\exe\run\oldkernel

5) copy all files from "newkernel" into ..\exe\run

6) start the services

7) start the DB

😎 start SAP

Please note that SAP does not support IDES systems that have been "upgraded"