Kernel Upgrade Release 640 Patch 175

[Former Member]

Dear Basis Gurus,

We are planning to upgrade SAP Kernel for Release 640 and Patch 109.

We have referred oss note Note 1027100 - CST Patch Collection 08 2007 and this note suggest to go for patch level :

4.6D: 2307

6.40: 171

7.00: 98

I have checked the service market place and I didn't find the Patch Level 171. Instead I foud Patch level 175.

1) Can you please let me know if since Patch Level 171 is not the latest, can I got for Patch level 175 ?

2) Can you also please let me know which files I need to download other than SAPEXE_175-10004469.SAR and SAPEXEDB_175-10004468.SAR ?

Should I need to download dw_193-10004469.sar and R3trans_192-10004469.SAR and tp_193-10004469.sar ? If you see this has the patch level 193 and for R3trans it is 192 ?

How to decide for Patch Level 175, which other files can go ?

Do we really need to replace other files like R3trans, tp ? or only those in SAPEX*.SAR ?

3) What would be the correct approach ? I am planning to replace kernel 1st in Development system, then Consoldiation system and then Test system and then finally Production system ? is this correct approach ?

Any prompt help on this will be highly appreciated ?

Thanks

Best Regards

CK

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

1. You can go for patch 175.If u found any pblms with 175 degrade to 155..before doing all these backup the current kernel

2.Kernel files will be db independant and dependant wat u mentioned is exactly rite.downlad those and also download those latest r3trans,r3load,tp..etc and put it along with 175

3.You can patch it on DEV first and go ahead with QAS and PRD.Downtime should be planned accordingly

Regards

Umesh K

[Former Member]

Hi,

As per your suggestion, I have downloaded following .SAR Files for Kernel Upgrade for AIX System. Let me know if this is ok or should I remove any files or add any.

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SAP KERNEL 6.40 64-BIT -> #Database independent -> AIX 64bit

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SAR SAPEXE_175-20000196.SAR Kernel Part I 175 Info 131545 23.03.2007

(for Basis 640/620/610) Q1/2007

SAR saposcol_75-20000196.sar saposcol 75 Info 331 10.07.2007

SAR startsap_2-20000196.sar startsap 2 Info 12 19.06.2007

SAR tp_193-20000196.sar TP 193 Info 4001 23.07.2007

SAR R3trans_192-20000196.SAR R3trans 192 Info 3068 16.07.2007

SAR dw_195-20000196.sar disp+work pkg 195 Info 42314 06.08.2007

SAR dsrlib_24-20000196.sar dsrlib 24 Info 5474 24.04.2007

SAR enserver_192-20000196.sar enserver 192 Info 6298 19.07.2007

SAP KERNEL 6.40 64-BIT -> ORACLE -> AIX 64bit

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SAR SAPEXEDB_175-20000198.SAR Kernel Part II 175 Info 6683 23.03.2007

(for Basis 640/620/610) Q1/2007

SAR DBATL640O92_45-20000198.SAR DBATOOLS Pckge 45 Info 9272 10.08.2007

for Oracle 9.2.x

SAR lib_dbsl_188-20000198.sar Database Library 188 Info 762 18.06.2007

SAR R3load_90-20000198.SAR R3LOAD 90 Info 2616 10.05.2007

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Thanks to you all for the help.

[markus_doehr2]

This look good!

Unpack first SAPEXE and SAPEXEDB and then after that all the rest. Then you will be up-to-date with your kernel.

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Markus

[Former Member]

Hi,

further to my thread for Kernel upgrade, I have downloaded SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR and SAPEXEDB_175-20000223.SAR file for SUNos.

I have also downloaded dw_195-20000221.SAR file. now I have uncared SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR. and then later I have uncared dw_195-20000221.SAR. The status is as given below:

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-rwxr-xr-x 1 tkwadm sapsys 52865704 Mar 21 21:11 disp+work -> Original from SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR

-rwxrwxr-x 1 tkwadm sapsys 53487040 Aug 5 21:19 disp+work -> Downloaded and uncar from dw_195-20000221.SAR

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My Query:~

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I have requirement to upgrade Kernel to 640 Patch 175. Now should I uncar dw_195-20000221.SAR and patch it as it will be patch 195 ?

What should be the correct approach ?

Is it ok to just go for uncar SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR and do not go for any latest file for R3Trans, DW, tp , enq ? Just go for what is there in this SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR file.

Thanks.

Best Regards,

CK

[markus_doehr2]

You can do both

I suggest though to update to the newest "kernel" (disp+work) - go for 195, this is the newest patch as of today.

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Markus

[former_member204746]

also go get R3Trans, DW, tp , enq and lib_dbsl.

[Former Member]

Hi Markus,

Thanks for the info, I have checked System-> Status and there it says

Unicode System No.

I have checked this earlier. But since in SM51-Sytem information-Release notes it was showing "ICU Version 2.6.1 Unicode Version 4.0" so thought of confirming.

Thanks for all the great help.

Best Regards,

CK

[markus_doehr2]

Those are just the libraries, the kernel itself only "knows", whether it's a unicode kernel or not. They are used if you e. g. communicate via RFC with a Unicode system.

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Markus

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have one query. I am checking the server Release info from SM51. There I am getting the Kernel Release and Patch information.

Below is the details information

SAP R/3 Kernel information

SAP R/3 Kernel 640_REL

Database Client Library OCI_920

created in SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u

created on Dec 11 2005 22:08:29

Support Level 0

Kernel Patch number 104

Source ID 0.104

DBSL Patch No. 104

ICU Version 2.6.1 Unicode Version 4.0

ICU Version is 2.6.1 Unicode Version 4.0 -> Does it mean that my kernel is Unicode Kernel ?

please advise and help.

Thanks

Best Regards,

CK

[Former Member]

Yes, it means that your kernel is unicode.

Here is the display from a non unicode kernel :

SAP R/3 Kernel information

SAP R/3 Kernel 640_REL

Database Client Library OCI_920_SHARE

created in NT 5.0 2195 Service Pack 4 x86 MS VC++ 13.10

created on Feb 12 2007 22:43:20

Support Level 0

Kernel Patch number 170

Source ID 0.170

DBSL Patch No. 142

ICU Version Library Could Not Be Loaded

[markus_doehr2]

Check the status via

System - Status

Is there "Unicode = yes"?

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Markus

[Former Member]

Thanks markus for the quick help and clarification. Will update you all with the status when I upgade my Kernel.

Thanks once again.

[Former Member]

Thanks Umesh and Markus for your prompt help. I appreciate it. I have one more question:

I have downloaded DBATL640O92_45-10004468.SAR, dsrlib_24-10004469.sar, lib_dbsl_188-10004468.sar and startsap_2-10004469.sar files. Is this required for Kernel upgrade Patch Level 175?

[markus_doehr2]

To get to Patchlevel 175 you need SAPEXE-175 and SAPEXEDB-175, this will install the new kernel.

The BR*TOOLS are NOT part of the kernel and are installed and patched separately.

lib_dbsl is the database interface library and comes with SAPEXEDB - but you should patch this up to 188.

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Markus

[markus_doehr2]

You have two files to download for a full kernel patch:

SAPEXE*.SAR

SAPEXEDB*.SAR

All other files, whose creation date is AFTER that, where those two were created, are newer than that.

If you want to go to e. g. patch 193 you will need to unpack this patch AFTER you unpacked the above two.

SAPEXE.SAR includes an R3trans, tp - it's a full kernel whereas dw.193 is just the runtime environment (disp+work, gw, enq, some runtime libraries) without everything else.

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Markus