SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Creating Rolling Kernel Switch Configurations

You can configure all kernels centrally that you want to use in your landscape for a rolling kernel switch.

Prerequisites

  • The rolling kernel switch is a protected method of the instance agent.

    For more information, see SAP Note 1474866 Information published on SAP site - Instance Agent Security settings for SAP LVM / ACC.

  • You have prepared the rolling kernel switch media.

    For more information, see Preparing Rolling Kernel Switch Media.

  • Optional: You have created a repository.

    For more information, see Creating Rolling Kernel Switch Repositories.

  • Ensure that each directory contains at least the following archives:

    • SAPEXE_<Patchlevel>-<SWF_GUID>.SAR
    • SAPEXEDB_<Patchlevel>-<SWF_GUID>.SAR

  • You have used command SAPCAR <SAR_ARCHIVE> <FILENAME> to extract the following files from the <SAR> archives to the same directory:

    • sapmanifest.mf

    • sapmanifestdb.mf

  • You have only one kernel patch in each unique volume or directory.

    For more information about checking the compatibility level of the archives, see RKS - Checking Compatibility of Two Kernel Versions.

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation pathInfrastructure Next navigation step RepositoriesEnd of the navigation path.
  2. In the Configuration area, choose Add Configuration.
  3. Choose the provisioning type Kernel Binaries for Rolling Kernel Switch.
  4. Optional: Choose the repository.
  5. Navigate to the Basic Properties step.
  6. Provide the following information:

    Field

    Description
    Name Enter a unique name for this configuration.
    Release Version Choose the release version.
    OS Type Choose the operating system type.
    Kernel Version Enter the kernel version in the following format <version>-<patch>-<build>.
    DB Type Choose the database type of the kernel.
    Unicode If required, select this checkbox.
    Address Space Choose the address space of the kernel.
    OS Arch Choose the operating system architecture.
  7. Navigate to the Installation master step.
  8. You have the following options:

    • If you provide the kernel shares on each host on the same location, you can specify a local path.

    • If the kernel patches are located in an NFS (UNIX) or CIFS (Windows) share, enter the export directory (NFS share) or the UNC path (CIFS share). SAP Landscape Management mounts this directory automatically on the target host at the time of execution.

    • If required, enter the mount options for NFS.

  9. Save your entries.

Next Steps

Using Rolling Kernel Switch
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