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Use

Use these procedures to:

  • Deploy new business packages

  • Upgrade business packages that are deployed on the system to a higher release.

If you want to update business packages that are deployed on the system to a higher support package level, you have to apply them as part of a support package stack or as a single support package. For more information see, Applying a Support Package Stack and Applying a Single Support Package .

Caution

Before you can deploy a business package, you have to update JSPM to the latest support package level that is available by applying it as a single support package.

The update of JSPM does not require a restart of the J2EE Engine and does not affect the system operation.

Prerequisites

  • The AS Java and the database have been backed up. For more information, see Backing Up and Restoring AS Java .

  • If your database is MaxDB, the overwrite mode for the log area has been set. For more information, see Changing Log Settings .

  • The SCAs you want to deploy have been downloaded to the global EPS inbox directory /usr/sap/trans/EPS/in . For more information about SAP products, see SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/swdc .

  • The < SID >adm user has Read permissions for the global EPS inbox directory /usr/sap/trans/EPS/in .

  • The database and the SDM repository have been synchronized. For more information, see JSPM Does Not Update the Versions of the Deployed Components .

  • There is enough disk space. For more information, see Requirements for Free Disk Space .

Procedure

  1. Choose the Deployment tab.

    JSPM will guide you through the process of deploying business packages via a wizard, which consists of the following five steps: Select Package Type, Specify Queue, Check Queue, Deploy Queue, and Completed.

Select Package Type

  1. Select Business Packages .

  2. Choose Next .

    Business packages that are available for deployment from the global EPS inbox directory are displayed.

Specify Queue

  1. Select the business packages you want to deploy.

  2. From the Target Release.SPLevel.PatchLevel dropdown box, select the release you want and choose Next .

Check Queue

In this step, JSPM checks the deployment queue. The status of the selected business packages can be:

  • OK

  • WARNING

    You can go on with the deployment.

    You can view the details about the business package by choosing Show Details .

    You can change the content in the global EPS inbox directory and go back to the Select Package Type wizard step.

  • REVISE

    You cannot go on with the deployment.

    You can view the details about the business package by choosing Show Details .

    You have to change the content in the global EPS inbox directory and go back to the Select Package Type wizard step.

    1. If the status of the selected business package is OK, choose Start .

      Note

      You will be informed if the J2EE Engine will be restarted during the deployment.

Deploy Queue

JSPM starts the deployment of the selected business packages and the status changes to SCHEDULED.

Completed

The deployment of the business packages can finish with the one of the following statuses:

  • DEPLOYED

  • DEPLOYED WITH WARNING

    The business package has been deployed but it is possible that it will not work properly with other deployed software components.

    You can view the details about the business package by choosing Show Details .

    You can also view the details about the business package by choosing the Deployed Components tab (see Viewing the Deployed Components ).

    You can also check the log files (see Viewing Log Files ).

  • ERROR

    An error has occurred during the deployment of the business package. You can proceed as described for a deployment that finished with status DEPLOYED WITH WARNING.

    In addition, if you receive an error during deployment message, you have the following options:

    • If you have corrected the error, but not by changing the content of the global EPS inbox directory, you can choose Resume .

      The deployment is resumed from the Deploy Queue wizard step.

    • If you have corrected the error by changing the content of the global EPS inbox directory, you can choose New Deployment and try to deploy the business package again.

    • You can stop JSPM by choosing Exit .

      Next time you launch JSPM, the Broken Deployment screen appears and you will have two options: to resume the deployment or to start a new deployment.

  • NOT DEPLOYED

    JSPM has not attempted to deploy the business package. You can proceed as described for a deployment that finished with status ERROR.

  • To view some statistics for your patch procedure and to send feedback to SAP about your experience with JSPM, choose Evaluation Form . For more information, see Evaluation Feedback and Statistics Form .

  • If the deployment of the business package has finished with status DEPLOYED, you can choose New Deployment or Exit .

Result

The business packages you have selected are deployed. On the Deployed Components tab page, you can view the details about vendor, release, SP level, counter, and provider of the respective deployed components.

See also:

Troubleshooting