Upgrading SAP ECC 6.0 NW 7.0 (ABAP) to SAP ECC 6.0 NW 7.4 (ABAP + JAVA)

[Former Member]

Good Afternoon Gentlemen,

I need your help understanding what's involved on a upgrade we need to perform.

Right now we have a SAP ECC 6.0 with the following components:

SAP_BASIS       701                 0012    SAPKB70112

SAP_ABA          701                 0012    SAPKA70112

PI_BASIS           701                 0012    SAPK-70112INPIBASIS

ST-PI                  2008_1_700    0004    SAPKITLRD4

SAP_BS_FND    701                 0012    SAPK-70112INSAPBSFND

SAP_BW           701                 0012    SAPKW70112

SAP_AP            700                 0028    SAPKNA7028

WEBCUIF          700                 0012    SAPK-70012INWEBCUIF

SAP_APPL        604                 0012    SAPKH60412

SAP_HR            600                 0090    SAPKE60090

ST-A/PI              01N_700ECC   0000

All other components are 600 or 604.

We need to do a upgrade to SAP Netweaver 7.4.

In my understanding, the current version is a ECC 6.0 EHP1 on a NW 7.0 (ABAP), except for SAP_APPL which is in EHP4. Since we're being asked to upgrade to Netweaver 7.4 i think that we can't keep the ECC 6.0 components on this level so, we are thinking in upgrading the ECC 6.0 to EHP6.

Can you also point me the direction for the right documentation in order to do this the smoother way possible?

I thank you all in advance.

Best Regards,

Pedro Gaspar

[Reagan · Accepted solution]

You have an ERP/ECC system and at present it on EHP4 (SAP_APPL 604). As this is an ECC system you will need to do an EHP update and if you want the NetWeaver level to be at 7.4 you will need to update the system to EHP7 because EHP7 is based on NetWeaver 7.4

To go to EHP7 you need to have a supported OS and DB. Check PAM for supported OS and DB combination.

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/pam?hash=pvnr%3D01200314690900005013%26pt%3Dt%257CPLTFRM%26ainst...

If you update the system to EHP6 then the system will be on 7.31 release.

EHP6 and EHP7 need a higher version of OS and DB. Once you have the supported DB you need to create a stack file for the upgrade using the Solution Manager MOPZ and download all the packages for the update and start the update using the SUM tool.

The guides are present at https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/erp-ehp-inst

Reagan