Importing SPAM/SAINT Updates (SAP Library - SAP Patch Manager (SPAM) (BC-UPG-OCS))

Importing SPAM/SAINT Updates

Use

SPAM/SAINT Updates (in short, SPAM Update) contain updates and improvements to the SAP Patch Manager and the SAP Add-On Installation Tool. There is always one SPAM update for each maintenance level release. This update is updated accordingly. You can find the version in the short description, for example:

SPAM/SAINT update - version 4.6A/0001

A SPAM update is always the first Support Package in the list of Support Packages in SAPNet - R/3 Frontend.

Make sure you always have the newest version of SPAM before you import Support Packages.

Prerequisites

You can only import a SPAM update successfully if there are no aborted Support Packages in the system.

A dialog box informs you if there are aborted Support Packages. You then have two options:

First import the complete queue and then the SPAM update.
Reset the queue status, import the SPAM update first and then the queue. To reset the queue status, choose Extras ® Reset status ® Queue.

If you reset the queue after objects have already been transported (for example, after an error in step DDIC_IMPORT), your system will be inconsistent. Only reset the queue if the import was aborted before the step DDIC_IMPORT. For more information, see SPAM Steps.

Note that, as of SPAM/SAINT Version 11, you cannot reset the queue once you have reached the step DDIC_IMPORT.

Procedure

Check if the SPAM update offered is newer than the one in your system. (The current SPAM version is displayed in the title bar of the SPAM initial screen.)

To import the newest SPAM update, choose Support ® Import SPAM update.

SPAM updates are automatically confirmed after being successfully imported.