Loading Support Packages from the SAP Service Marketplace or from a CD
Use
You want to load Support Packages from the SAP Service Marketplace or from Collection CDs, so that you can import them with the Support Package Manager.
Procedure
If the archives are on your front-end host, you can copy them directly from the Support Package Manager to the application server, and decompress them (see
Loading Support Packages from the Front End).However, if the archives are larger than 10 MB, proceed as described below.
Support Packages from the SAP Service Marketplace or from Collection CDs have a compressed format. You have to disassemble the Support Packages before you can process them further.
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Operating System |
User |
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UNIX |
<sid>adm |
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IBM eServer iSeries |
<SID>OFR |
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Windows NT |
<SID>adm |
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Operating System |
Subdirectory |
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UNIX and IBM eServer iSeries |
trans |
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Windows NT |
TRANS |
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Operating System |
Command |
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UNIX |
SAPCAR -xvf /<CD_DIR>/<PATH>/<ARCHIVE>.CAR |
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IBM eServer iSeries |
SAPCAR '-xvf /QOPT/<VOLID>/<PATH>/<ARCHIVE>.CAR' |
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Windows NT |
SAPCAR –xvf <CD_DRIVE>:\<PATH>\<ARCHIVE>.CAR |
The unpacked Support Package automatically appears in the EPS inbox of your transport directory (UNIX and IBM eServer iSeries:
/usr/sap/trans/EPS/in; Windows NT: <DRIVE>:\usr\sap\trans\EPS\in).You now 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 correctly by the Support Package Manager.