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You can make settings in Add-On Installation Tool to influence how the tool behaves when downloading or importing installation packages.

You only have to define the settings once. These are then saved and automatically apply whenever you use Add-On Installation Tool again. These settings also take effect in Support Package Manager.

One exception is the setting for import mode: Downtime-minimized. This does not automatically take effect in Support Package Manager.

Procedure

On the initial screen in Add-On Installation Tool, choose   Extras   Settings  . A dialog box appears in which you can make or check the following settings:

Tab page: Loading Packages

  • Directory on Application Server

    You can check which directory on the application server the OCS packages are located in.

  • Load CAR/SAR Archives from Front End

    • Display Content Before Decompressing

      You can decide whether to display a dialog box with the contents of the CAR/SAR archive before decompressing it. This is the default setting.

    • Delete Archive After Decompressing

      You can choose whether to delete the CAR/SAR archive transferred to the application server after decompressing it. This is the default setting.

    • Save Last Upload Directory

      You can decide whether to save the most recently used upload directory from your front-end host. This directory then appears automatically as the start directory in the archive selection dialog box next time round. This is the default setting.

      You can enter an upload directory of your choosing in the Upload directory field. This upload directory then appears as the start directory in the archive selection dialog box.

Tab page: Defining a Queue

  • Including Modification Adjustment Transports

    You can specify whether the system always checks the queue definition for modification adjustment transports to be included.

    • Include adjustment transports

      During queue definition, the dialog step for including adjustment transports is always performed.

    • Do not include adjustment transports

      No adjustment transports are included in the installation queue. The corresponding dialog step is skipped.

    • Always ask

      After queue definition, the system prompts you to decide whether to include adjustment transports. You can then decide whether the dialog step for including adjustment transports is to be performed or not.

Tab page: Importing a Queue

  • Import Mode: Downtime-Minimized

    You can decide whether to perform the installation in import mode downtime-minimized to reduce downtime. In the default setting, this option is deactivated. The packages are installed using the conventional import method.

    Note Note

    To find the best import mode for your system, check the prerequisites under Import Mode: Downtime-Minimized.

    End of the note.

  • Parallel Import

    You can set the maximum number of parallel import processes that can run in the system at any one time.

    • Number of parallel processes for each R3trans

      You specify the number of parallel processes that are started by R3trans to import transport request data into the database. We recommend you set this to a maximum of 5.

      For more information about the R3trans function, see SAP Note 1127194. To avoid known problems with this function, use the version of R3trans from at least 19.12.08.

      Note Note

      This options affects the import of all packages imported with the Add-On Installation tool.

      End of the note.

    • Max. number of parallel R3trans processes

      You can specify the maximum number of parallel process with which the transport program can import R3trans data into the database at one time. SAP recommends that you enter the value 3.

    • Max. number of parallel background processes

      You can specify the maximum number of parallel background processes for executing the after-import method. SAP recommends that you enter the value 1. If you have enough space in the main memory then you can enter up to 3 processes.

    Note Note

    The options Maximum Number of Parallel R3trans Processes and Maximum Number of Parallel Background Prcesses only affect add-on installation and add-on upgrade packages that actually permit parallel importing, that is, packages that have been prepared accordingly. You can find further details about a specific add-on installation in the relevant installation or upgrade note.

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  • Create New Data File

    You can determine whether the data files are to be unpacked from the EPS parcels during each subsequent import process. This is the default setting.

    If you use a multiple system landscape with a common transport directory, it is best to only activate this option in the first system into which you import packages, and to deactivate it in the following systems. This saves time because the data files do not need to be created again in these systems.

  • Delete Data File After Import

    You can decide whether you want the data files to be deleted after importing the packages. This saves hard disk space and is the default setting.

    If you use a multiple system landscape with a common transport directory, it is best to deactivate this option. This saves you from having to create new data files in the other systems (see the previous option).

  • Create Object Versions During Import (does not apply to PCS)

    You can choose to create versions of the objects in the OCS packages in the installation queue during import. This option is deactivated by default, since it only makes sense to do this if version creation is active for all imports. This can take a long time and uses up a lot of space in the database.

    Note Note

    If version creation is activated in the configuration of the transport profile in the Transport Management System, parameter VERS_AT_IMP must be set as ALWAYS.

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  • ABAP/Screen Generation

    Select this option if you want the programs and screens delivered in the OCS Packages to be generated when they are imported.

    • Never Execute

      If you set this option, the programs and screens are generated only when called for the first time.

    • Always Execute

      If you set this option, the programs and screens are always generated. Note that generation can take a long time and may cause errors.

    • According to SAP Instructions

      If you set this option, the programs and screens are generated if the option of generating during import has been activated by SAP for this OCS package.

SAP Default Settings

Property

Standard value

Display Content Before Decompressing

On

Delete Archive After Decompressing

On

Save Last Upload Directory

On

Include Modification Adjustment Transports

Always ask

Import mode: Downtime-minimized

Off

Number of parallel processes for each R3trans

1

Max. number of parallel R3trans processes

1

Max. Number of Parallel Background Processes

1

Create New Data File

On

Delete Data File After Import

On

Create Object Versions During Import

Off

ABAP/Screen Generation

Never Execute