Monday, 20 January 2014

apply support packages?

Application of SAP Support Packages


Before applying any support packages to your SAP system, release all “repair” change requests to prevent error messages due to locked resources. Repairs are usually advanced corrections obtained from SAP Notes that are eventually accumulated into support packages. So the same objects “repaired” in the advanced corrections will be “repaired” during the application of the support package. Releasing the repair change requests allows the support package to overlay the temporary advanced correction “fix”.
Before you apply the most current SPAM/SAINT, please pull the OSS Note 782140 - OCS: Known problems with Support Packages in Basis Rel.6.20 or for whatever version you are using and review any problems you may have adding the SPAM/SAINT patch.
Once you have loaded the latest support packages into your support
Package manager buffer, you need to apply the packages to your SAP
system.

1. Log on client 000 of the appropriate SAP system using a adminitrator user ID that is not DDIC or SAP*.
2. Go to the SPAM transaction.
3. On the Support Package Manager screen, click the Display/Define button to build your import queue. On the Component Selection popup, click on the Comp. ID having support packages you want to install. The component order support packages should be applied is SAP_BASIS, SAP_ABA, SAP_APPL, and PI.
4. A list of all application support packages for the selected component will appear in the Define Queue popup. Select the support packages you want to apply. See SAP Note 782140 for information on restrictions to grouping support packages into queues. The Package ID with the green √ to the left is the highest support package to be placed in the queue. All lower number support packages for this component will be applied as well. Click the green √ picture-icon to confirm the queue.
5. From the menu bar of the Support Package Manager screen, click Support Package → Import queue.
6. On the SPAM: Import Queue popup, read the displayed information and then click the green √ picture-icon to continue.
7. The progress of the support package application will be displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. These messages look very similar to the messages generated during a change request transport.
8. When the Imported successfully Information popup displays, click the green √ picture-icon to continue.
9. On the Support Package Manager screen, verify that the SPAM status in the Status section of the screen contains a yellow light and the Next action value is Confirm queue. To confirm that your support packages applied completely, click the green √ picture-icon. A Support Package queue was confirmed message will appear in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.
10. You are ready to build another support package queue, or if you have applied all the necessary support packages, you may now leave the SPAM transaction.

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