KERNAL UPGRADATION
IN WINDOWS
1.
Schedule
the downtime .
2.
Download
the executables from Market place in the .SAR
Format from service.sap.com/swdc.
3.
There are two types of kernel files DB
Independent and DBdependent Files
SAPEXE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .SAR (DB Independent)
SAPEXE_DB
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .SAR (DB dependent)
4.
Decompress the files
using
SAPCAR -XVF
SAPEXE xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.SAR
SAPCAR -XVF
SAPEXE_DB xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.SAR
5.
Extract the files to
Newly created to “new run” directory run directory
6.
Take
backup of old kernel executable (Existing
kernel executable).
\usr\sap\SID\sys\exe\run
7.
Stop
all the services( Stop the instances)
Services
: SAPOSCOL, SAP<SID>-<NR>,
SAPROUTER.
8.
copy the executables from NEWRUN executables and replace the executables in
the old run executables(old run
directory).
9.start
the services, instances
10.
check all the startup logs to resolve the startup problems
11.
if the still could not be started then COPY
“OLDRUN” AS BEFORE.
NOTE:
there is a no sequence required for kernel upgrade.