Importing a Queue 

Use

The SAP Patch Manager offers you 2 scenarios for importing Support Packages or a queue:

Use the Test scenario before actually importing the Support Package or queue to determine if conflicts or problems arise (for example, repairs that have not been released), or if a modification adjustment is necessary.

The scenario enables you to estimate and perhaps minimize the time and energy needed to import Support Packages. In this scenario, no data is imported into the system and if an error occurs, you can also continue the process without correcting the error.

You must choose the Test scenario explicitly.

Note that after the test scenario has run, the queue is empty and must defined once again. Furthermore, you must explicitly choose the Standard scenario afterward.

In this scenario, the Support Packages in the queue are completely imported. If an error occurs, you can only continue and end the application successfully if the error is corrected.

Prerequisites

The queue is already defined.

Procedure

  1. To choose the scenario you want, choose Extras ® Settings.
  2. Choose the scenario.
  3. Choose Support Package ® Import queue.

This function is also used to resume an aborted Support Package import.

The status line informs you of the progress of the application and the current steps of the SAP Patch Manager. You may be taken to modification adjustment (Transactions SPDD, SPAU) during the import.

If you import with the standard scenario, you must adjust Dictionary objects immediately (Transaction SPDD). You can choose to skip the adjustment of Repository objects (Transaction SPAU) and do it later ( modification adjustment).

The session is blocked while a Support Package is being imported. To avoid logging on again, open a second session before you import the Support Package.