MOPZ/Maintenance Planner - Only unicode kernel options offered

[bfewell]

In Maintenance Optimizer (Solman 7.1 sp10) (also in Maintenance Planner), I am planning maintenance for a Stack upgrade to our ECC systems.

The current systems are

     ECC 6.0 Ehp7 Stack 7 using Non-Unicode Kernel 7.42 sp 200

The desired target is

     ECC 6.0 Ehp7 Stack 9 using the current 7.42 or 7.5 Non-Unicode Kernel.

I understand that an upgrade to Ehp8 would incur a unicode migration.  Management has determined that a unicode migration will be delayed to coincide with a upgrade to HANA starting in 2017.  In the meantime, management desires to apply the minimum maintenance required to meet the prerequisite requirements for year-end HR support packs.

Not to my problem.  When I use either MOPZ or Maintenance Planner to create a maintenance transaction, the only kernel options offered are unicode.

Is this in err, and is there anything I can do to influence the choices presented.

Also, are there implications to selecting no kernel file, and manually upgrading the kernel outside of the SUM process.

[manish_singh13]

Hi Bob,

Not sure why maintenance planner is not providing option for non-unicode kernel as it should be. Can you try verify/sync at maintenance planner for this respective system.

Also please check in LMDB if kernel details are correct as non-unicode.

Thanks,

MPS

[bfewell]

Hi Manish,

I've sync'd so many times I've lost count.  Verify is clean in Maintenance Planner.

I see no reference to the kernel version or unicode status in SLD, LMDB or maintenance planner.

Perhaps I just do not know where to look.

Thanks for the help.

Bob Fewell

[georg_salmen]

Hi,

I have the same problem, have you could find a solution.

Kind regards

Georg