SAP kernel Upgrade for 4.6D

[Former Member]

Hi,

Question:1

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I am planning to upgrade kernel for SAP 4.6D. When checked in SAP service market place, there are two options:

SAP KERNEL 4.6D 64-BIT

SAP KERNEL 4.6D_EXT 64-BIT

How to confirm my system is 4.6D or 4.6D_EXT ? My disp+work -v shows following output:

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kernel release 46D

kernel make variant 46D

DBMS client library OCI_816_64

DBSL shared library version 46D.00

compiled on SunOS 5.7 Generic_106541-05 sun4u

compiled for 64 BIT

compile time Jun 1 2004 21:08:58

update level 0

patch number 1848

source id 0.1848

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Kernel Release it shows 46D, does it mean I have to go for 46D and not the 46d_EXT ?

Question:2

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I have one HP-UX system for which need to upgrade the kernel and the release is 6.40. When I checked the uname command at os level the out put is :

uname -rsv

HP-UX myhost B.11.11 U 9000/800

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this HP-UX version is HP-UX on IA64 64bit or HP-UX on PA-RISC 64bit ? How to know it is IA64 or PA-RSIC ?

Thanks

best regards

Basis

[fidel_vales · Accepted solution]

Hi,

one addition.

Currently you are using the kernel 4.6D. This kernel uses oracle client 8i.

If you change the kernel to 4.6D_EXT then you will need also to install the oracle client 9i, as this kernel needs it

[Former Member]

Hi Fidel,

My Oracle version is 9.2.0

[former_member204746]

after upgrading your kernel to 46D_EXT, you might need to run SGEN to recompile ABAP loads. This is usually needed when you change kernel version, but not necessary when updating patch level.

[Former Member]

hi Markus,

My OS is showing "5.9 sparcSystem = SunOS". So can I go for 46D_EXT ?

[Former Member]

Hello Basis,

If your OS is 5.9 , you can definetely go for the 46D_EXT

As Fidel said, you will have to install Oracle client 9. It doesn't matter that you have Oracle 9, Oracle client is not dependent on the Oracle database version but rather on the SAP kernel version

Please see notes

539922 - Installing the ORACLE client software 9.2.X for UNIX

Note 1017418 - Installing Oracle 9208 Client software on UNIX

I hope this helps

Andreas

[markus_doehr2]

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The EXT kernels are provided to keep running "older" kernels on newer hardware and newer databases.

If you´re on SunOS 2.7 you need to run 4.6D. If you´re on Solaris 2.8 (or higher) you can also use 46D_EXT.

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HP9000/800 is a PA-RISC CPU.

You can also check that using the "System - Status" menu entry and check on the left bottom side the architecture.

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Markus