SAPDBA upgrade

[Former Member]

Dears,

My SAP version is 4.7,Oracle 9i and OS is solaris.I want to upgrade my SAPDBA.

Can you please suggest how can i do that.Should i upgrade the kernel from 620 to 640 that will upgrade

my SAPDBA or i should follow any other procedure......

Please suggest....

Regards,

Shivam

[Former Member]

SAPDBA can not be upgraded after 6.20 as brtools has been introduced from kernel 6.40.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Kernel 6.40 comes with BRTOOLS. there is no SAPDBA in kernel 6.40.

But, after you upgrade the kernel,t 6.40 you can still use SAPDBA, 6.20 as long you stay with oracle 9i.

When you upgrade to oracle 10g, you will have to use BRTOOLS

Nahum

[Former Member]

Hello.

There's no sense still using sapdba if you can upgrade to brtools.

Rgds.

[Former Member]

Dears,

Thanks for the information but can you please confirm me that after upgrading to kernel 640 should i have to perform some additional activities like setting any parameter to use brtools.

Shivam

[Former Member]

Indeed, you should have a comprehensive planning about this upgrade action. You should have a full backup of your system.

Rember: All the action should be controlled by administrator or basis guy.

Just a common suggestion.

[Former Member]

Hi,

yes you need to upgrade your kernel to 640.

check Note 19466 - Downloading SAP kernel patches

also check following notes

Note 12741 - Current versions of BR*Tools and SAPDBA

Note:113747 - Permissions for DBA tools BR*Tools and SAPDBA

regards,

kaushal

[Former Member]

Hi

I have sap 4.7 with oracle 9i but I have brtool installed not SAPDBA.

Just want to clear whether we need to install BRTOOL if SAPDBA is prsent.

Thanks

Sukrut S