How to apply support pack

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are going to apply support pack.Currently we are on support pack SAP_HR & EA_HR 27.Can you please guide how we can check dependency while applying support pack 28 & 29.

Can any one please suggest the method of applying support pack.

Regards

Santosh

[former_member829550 · Accepted solution]

hi,

first of all go to service market place and download the required sup packs.

downloads>support packs->entry by application group and select the required apply group and download the sp's.

in the cmd prompt (in windows) type the directory where u have saved the .sar files.(i.e., sp's).

then type sap -xvf xxx.sar to uncar the files.

after uncar we get .pat and .att files in the eps/in directory.

if the sp < 10mb then apply it through front end else sp> 10mb then application server.

remaining steps r the same as mentioned above by one of our frnds.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

a little to add.. after adding the support packs to your download basket you will see how many are downloadable and how many needs additional approval....

You need to download the support packs using download manager ..

Download manager can be download from www.service.sap.com/swdc->Download basket->get Download manager

You need to approve these support packs for download from Maintenance Optimizer of solution manager.. if you have one installed... or you need to request SAP to approve through a customer message....

Award points to answers if found helpful..

Edited by: Mrutyunjay Rao Dora on May 1, 2008 8:53 AM

[Former Member]

To Apply Support packs first up all you need to download the patches. When you have the downloaded the file i.e.. (*.car ) patch file then you can extract and apply it in two ways.

1. Go to command prompt through cmd (if you are using windows) and go to the folder where you have download these files ( could be in <drive>\downloaded folder\ ) type this command on command prompt without quotes "sapcar -xvf <filename>.sar". Now it will create a folder called EPS and a folder called IN inside EPS. Go to this folder and it will show two extracted files with extension " .att " and " .pat ". Copy this two files into yours trans\eps\in folder which could be something like <drive>\usr\sap\trans\eps\in folder.Then type spam on your session and navigate to Support Package\Load Package\From Application Server and it will ask for Path confirm it Say " YES"Select the patch imported and double click on it and then click on small truck Icon and it start Import.

2. Type Spam on session then navigate to Support Package\Load Package\From FrontEnd \ and Navigate to path where you have downloaded the *.SAR file of Support Pack.Now it will open a popup window and then click on decompress button ( It is front-End process for extracting or decompressing .sar file in .pat and .att extension ) After that click on Display-Define button on right hand side.) Select the BASIS or ABAP patch ( whichever you are applying *) what ever you are after and import it in queue. After that click on Small truck Icon in menu i.e.. (import Queue) and it Starts importing.