Loading A Support Package 

Use

You must load Support Packages before you can import them. SAP provides Support Packages in the following locations:

Prerequisites

Procedure

Loading Support Packages from SAPNet - R/3 Frontend

Before you load a Support Package from SAPNet - R/3 Frontend, maintain the network parameters for logging on to SAPNet - R/3 Frontend. To do this, use Transaction OSS1.
  1. Request the Support Packages you need in SAPNet - R/3 Frontend.
  2. Load the Support Packages from SAPNet - R/3 Frontend into your SAP System by choosing Support Package ® Download.

    3. A list of Support Packages appears. You can then select the Support Packages that you want to load.

    The size of the uncompressed Support Packages is displayed in bytes. You can use the size of the Support Packages to estimate the load time.

  3. Using the status display, check if the load was successful.
  4. To return to the SPAM initial screen, choose Goto ® Back.
  5. Define the queue.

Loading Support Packages from SAPNet - Web Frontend or from Collection CDs

Support Packages from SAPNet or from Collection CDs are in a compressed format. You have to unpack these Support Packages before you can process them further.

  1. Load the Support Packages from SAPNet - Web Frontend or mount the right CD.
  2. Log on using the following user:
    3.

    Operating System

    User

    UNIX

    <sid>adm

    AS/400

    <SID>OFR

    Windows NT

    <SID>adm

  3. Switch to the following subdirectory in your system:
    4.

    Operating System

    Subdirectory

    UNIX and AS/400

    usr/sap/trans/tmp

    Windows NT

    <DRIVE>:\usr\sap\TRANS\TMP

  4. Unpack the archive containing the Support Packages using the following command:
    5.

    Operating System

    Command

    UNIX

    CAR -xvf /<CD_DIR>/<PATH>/<ARCHIVE>.CAR

    AS/400

    CAR '-xvf /QOPT/<VOLID>/<PATH>/<ARCHIVE>.CAR'

    Windows NT

    CAR -xvf <CD_DRIVE>:\<PATH>\<ARCHIVE>.CAR

  5. Place the unpacked Support Packages in the EPS Inbox of your transport directory.
    6.

    Operating System

    EPS Inbox of the Transport Directory

    UNIX

    /usr/sap/trans/EPS/in

    AS/400

    /usr/sap/trans/EPS/in

    Windows NT

    <DRIVE>:\usr\sap\trans\EPS\in

  6. Now load the Support Packages into your system by choosing Support Package ® Upload.

    7. You see a list of the uploaded Support Packages that are now known in the SAP System with all of their attributes. These can now be handled in the correctly by the SAP Patch Manager.

  7. To return to the SPAM initial screen, choose Back.
  8. Define the queue.