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Former Member
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hi to all ...

please can any one defne breifely......

What is the difference between kernel upgradation or support packege installation.

Answer in different forms are most welcome.

thanks in advance.

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Former Member
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thanks a lot all of you & very well effort

Former Member
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Hi Good day,

I agree with kaushal want to add little info

Kernel upgrade is required to increase run time performance of the system

kernel contans 3 types of executables

OS -

DB -

SAP -

For example when u are starting a sap system sapcpe.exe is trigerred & strdbs.cmd , Msg_server.exe & disp+work.exe

when these executable s are of latest release it will increase the run time performance of the system.

After installation when we execute SICK or SM28 it will check the consistency between OS DB & R3 executables

Support packs are for added functionality specific to that component as more info is provided by kaushal

Former Member
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Hi,

SAP Kernel:

The SAP system consists in general terms of a kernel and applications. The kernel is the central program that is essential to the SAP system applications.

The advantage is that you gain the latest kernel, incorporating the most up-to-date program patches and other improvements, while avoiding the extra effort of a full application upgrade. For example, this is very useful if you plan to do a full upgrade at a later date but still want to benefit from the latest kernel immediately.

SAP support package:

A Support Package contains quality improvements for the SAP system or makes adjustments, due to legal changes for example. The objects in question are replaced in your system.

Each Support Package is valid for only one release (but for all databases and operating systems) and requires an exactly defined number of predecessors. The upgrade in the following release or correction contains all the Support Packages from previous versions that were available up to the delivery of the upgrade.

further check help.sap.com

regards,

kaushal

Former Member
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Thanks dear ....

Can you tell me what is the whole process for kernel upgradation & support pack installation...

Former Member
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Hi,

for kernel upgrade check Note 19466 - Downloading SAP kernel patches

for applying support package check

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/29/ff9036e1e4b603e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm

regards,

kaushal