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      tp addtobuffer <request> <sapsid>

As of Release 4.6A, an explicit addtobuffer command leaves the position of the entry unchanged, if the relevant transport request is already in the buffer. Only the status of the entry is changed:

-         Unconditional modes appearing in the command line are added to the unconditional modes in the buffer.

-         All the steps of the entry are re-initialized.

-         If the entry found is not an initial entry, the import step for the command file is set to *4000.

Note

Before you call this command and its options, consider the effects of changing the import sequence.

      tp cleanbuffer <sapsid>

This deletes successfully imported change requests from the list of requests that are marked for import into the SAP System <SAPSID>. This function is contained in the commands tp import all <sapsid>and tp put <sapsid>.

      tp delfrombuffer <request> <sapsid>

If the specified request is marked for import into the specified SAP System, this flag is deleted from the import list.

Note

Before you call this command, consider the effects of changing the import sequence.

Caution

As of Release 4.6A: If a transport request was only partially imported, you can delete this type of transport request from the buffer. However, if a deleted transport request is placed in the buffer (without having been initially or completely imported), the attributes of the old entry are reactivated. This means the return codes, the unconditional modes and tags of the deleted entry appear in the new entry.

      tp delstopmark <sapsid>

If the list of requests marked for import into the specified SAP System contains a STOP mark, the mark is deleted.

      tp export <request>

This exports the complete request from the source system. This command starts the export of a request from the operating system level. Only use this command in exceptional cases. The SAP System uses the command expwbo to release requests from CTS transactions.

      tp reformatbuffer <sapsid> [options]

This automatically reformats the entire buffer.

As of Release 4.5A, there are 2 different formats for buffer entries. (As of Release 4.5A, tp can work with both formats, and with a buffer containing heterogeneous entries. As of Release 4.6A, tp can work with 3 formats.)

However, in certain cases entries with the old formatting have to be reformatted during the normal run of tp. In this case, the entire buffer is automatically reformatted.

If you use the options downtorelease and Iagreefor command reformatbuffer, you can format the buffer so that its formatting is compatible with an older release:

·         Option downtorelease <Release>

The command reformatbuffer with this option formats the buffer so that the formatting corresponds to the one used in an old release. This is necessary if tp writes buffer entries to the buffer of another system, but uses a buffer format that the transport control programs does not understand in this system.

Caution

Since older formats cannot store the same amount of information as the newer ones, some information contained in the original buffer may not be stored in the unformatted buffer. This may lead to data loss.

To avoid data loss, the original buffer is stored. In addition, you have the following functions:

        Displaying the unformatted buffer (using showbuffer <SID>)

        Displaying the original buffer (using showbuffer buffer=<SID>SAV)

        Accepting the unformatted buffer (using reformatbuffer and the option Iagree yes)

        Resetting the changes (using reformatpuffer and the option Iagree no)

If you call reformatpuffer using downtorelease, tp displays in detail if information was lost by reformatting, and what that information was. tp also names the commands that is has to execute to accept or reject the changes.

Note

If you use the option downtorelease, you must also specify the option Iagree with yes or no. You cannot use the transport system until you decide to accept or reject the changes.

·         Option Iagree

Here are the following values for this option:

Value

Description

yes (true)

Accept the change made by tp reformatbuffer <SID> downtorelease <rel>.
In this case, tp deleted the buffer semaphore file that was lifted for security reasons at the first call of
reformatbuffer

no (false)

Reject the change made by tp reformatbuffer <SID> downtorelease <rel>. In this case, tp copies the backup of the original buffer back and deletes the buffer semaphore file that was lifted for security reasons at the first call of reformatbuffer

      tp setstopmark <sapsid>

A special STOP mark is added to the list of requests registered for import into the specified SAP System. The commands tp import all <sapsid> and tp put <sapsid> only process the requests in front of this mark.

         If there is no stop mark, it is automatically generated by the commands
tp import all <sapsid> and tp put <sapsid>.

         When all the requests in front of the mark have been imported successfully and all the corresponding calls completed, the related entries in the import list and the mark itself are deleted.

A STOP mark can only be placed at the end of the change requests that have already been registered. In addition, it can only be set if no other mark of the same kind already exists.

      tp showparams <sapsid>

This tp function displays which values the individual parameters of the transport profile have for the current SAP System.

      tp verse <request>

Creates versions of the objects in the specified request. This transport step is contained in command export.

As of Release 4.5A, more actions that prepare the export are performed in this step.

 

 

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