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SAP offers a wide range of add-ons that you can use to enhance your standard SAP system. These add-ons can be Industry Solutions, plug-ins, or customer-specific development projects.

SAP Add-On Installation Tool (transaction SAINT) was developed to enable users to install and upgrade add-ons directly from their standard SAP system. You do not need to access the operating system or restart the system. Prior to installation, numerous import conditions are checked to ensure that only add-ons that fit the available SAP system can be installed.

SAP offers Preconfigured Systems (PCS or SAP Best Practices) that can also be installed using Add-On Installation Tool. A PCS reduces the amount of work needed to install and customize an industry-specific solution. You can find out more about preconfiguration with SAP Best Practices in SAP Service Marketplace, under http://service.sap.com/bestpractices.

Prerequisites

The Add-On Installation Tool is delivered in its own Support Package, the SPAM/SAINT Update. We enhance and improve the tool constantly, and recommend that you always import the latest version from SAP Support Portal before performing an installation or upgrade.

Note Note

Note that the SPAM/SAINT Update is available in English and German only. If you are working in any other language, new or updated user interface elements or texts might be displayed in English or German only. We therefore recommend that you logon in either English or German when using SAP Add-On Installation Tool.

End of the note.

As of 2009 you need maintenance certificates to import SAP Support Packages with the Support Package Manager. You can request these maintenance certificates in the SAP Solution Manager and distribute them automatically to the systems that are managed. This does not affect imports of Support Packages for third-party software. You can import these Support Packages without maintenance certificates.

For more information, see the SAP Support Portal under http://service.sap.com/maintenancecertificate and SAP Note 1240265.

Features

  • Add-On Installation Tool checks compliance with import conditions, such as the SAP NetWeaver Release and the Support Package level of the various software components, accepting or rejecting them accordingly.

  • To simplify the import process, the complete installation or upgrade is assembled in the customer system from the add-on package, any required Support Packages, and any Conflict Resolution Transports (CRTs).

  • Installing and Upgrading Add-Ons

    • Restart capability

      The installation itself can be restarted, like the Support Package import process.

    • Special import procedure

      You can use a special import procedure to reduce downtime while importing add-on packages. (See also: Import Mode: Downtime-minimized).

    • Start time definition

      The separate phases in Add-On Installation Tool are grouped into modules. You are free to choose any start time you want for these modules.

    • Background Processing

      You can also schedule the modules with defined start times for background processing.

Activities