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Everything you wanted to know about SAP Enterprise Portal Upgrade

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Upgrading your Enterprise Portal to 7.3x / 7.4 / 7.5 release can be a challenging task. As a result of recurring questions from customers we decided to collect all known issues, guidelines, important information that can be helpful before, during and after an upgrade. Read this to get a better idea about the upgrade process.

  1. Why even upgrade? What is the recommended version to upgrade?
  2. Prior to an upgrade, a System Copy is highly recommended.
  3. To create the list of required software components you need to use the Maintenance Planner
  4. The upgrade is performed using the Software Upgrade Manager. Read all about it in SAP release note for SL Toolset 1.0 - 1758266 and also check out this page.
  5. Various Data Base platforms issues .
  6. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal – Upgrade from 04/04S to 7.3 onwards
  7. For finding the appropriate Business Package, take a look here.
  8. For interoperability with other backend systems check the following Wiki:
    Checklist for Netweaver Portal 7.3X, 7.4 and 7.5 upgrade preparation - Software Logistics - SCN Wiki
  9. If you're using KM in your system, read this section.
  10. If you are already using 7.3x / 7.4, and would like to upgrade to 7.5, your custom applications need to be adjusted to JDK1.8. You can follow the following blog for further information: Switching to SAP JVM8 on Enterprise Portal 7.50.
  11. Already upgraded and encountered an issue? check the following blog for a solution:
    Troubleshooting guide after SAP Enterprise Portal Upgrade
  12. You don't have to go through this alone, see what services SAP offers to support customers' upgrade projects.
  13. Still have questions? Post them in the migration and upgrade forum.
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September 14, 2016 at 08:41 AM
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