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The installation takes place in a defined import process that is described in detail under General Description of the Import Process.

Procedure

Conventional Import Mode

  1. If you have accepted the standard options without making any changes then the installation starts after you have confimed the start options. The Add-On Installation Tools executes the entire process in dialog. Since the whole import process is run through in this case without stopping, your system must already be non-productive at this time.

    Note Note

    To bring the system to a non-productive status in an orderly way, reschedule all scheduled background jobs using the BTCTRNS1 report and let any background jobs that are running complete, or terminate them manually. Prompt all users to close any transactions they are working in and to log off from the SAP system.

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    If you have selected a start time or Continue Manually for module Import 2, your system can stay in production operation until module Import 2 starts.

  2. After starting installation, Add-On Installation Tool runs through a set series of phases. If errors occur in any of these phases, the installation process terminates, and a description of the error is provided. Once the problem has been corrected, choose Continue to restart the installation process.

    Firstly, the Add-On Installation Tool performs all the preparation and test steps (module Preparation). If any errors in this module cannot be resolved, you can reset the installation with Back.

    Note Note

    For more information on the check steps in the Preparation module, see Checks with Importing a Queue.

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    Then it executes the import steps of the Import 1 and Import 2 modules.

    Caution Caution

    Since the database is already changed in these phases, you cannot reset the installation once the Import 1 module has started. You have to continue it after correcting any possible errors.

    End of the caution.

  3. If you have modified SAP objects but have not included any adjustment transports, or if the included adjustment transports do not cover all objects that need adjusting, Add-On Installation Tool prompts you to perform a modification adjustment during one of the subsequent phases. To do this, proceed as described under Adjusting Modifications.

  4. To complete the installation process, choose Continue.

  5. After you have installed the queue successfully, check the Logs.

  6. If you have already canceled background jobs, you can reschedule them using the BTCTRNS2 report.

Import Mode Downtime-Minimized

  1. If you have selected the import mode downtime-minimized, some of the objects that are to be imported are imported inactively. You can continue using your system productively during this phase.

  2. After starting installation, Add-On Installation Tool runs through a set series of phases. If errors occur in any of these phases, the installation process terminates, and a description of the error is provided. Once the problem has been corrected, choose Continue to restart the installation process.

    Firstly, the Add-On Installation Tool performs all the preparation and test steps (module Preparation). If any errors in this module cannot be resolved, you can reset the installation with Back.

    Note Note

    For more information on the check steps in the Preparation module, see Checks with Importing a Queue.

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    It then runs through the import steps that can be performed during production operation (module Import 1).

    Caution Caution

    Since the database is already changed in these phases, you cannot reset the installation once the Import 1 module has started. You have to continue it after correcting any possible errors.

    End of the caution.

    The development environment is blocked when module Import 1 starts, thus ensuring that modifications do not endanger the consistency of the system. Add-On Installation Tool then displays a dialog box informing you that you need to stop production operation for the next import module (Import 2).

  3. To stop the installation process and change the state of the system, choose Cancel.

    For this, cancel any background jobs using the BTCTRNS1 report and, if necessary, allow any running background to complete, or terminate them manually. Prompt all users to close any transactions they are working in and to log off from the SAP system.

  4. To continue the installation process, choose Continue.

    The next phase activates the inactively imported objects and imports the remaining objects from the Installation Packages in the queue. Once these phases have been completed, Add-On Installation Tool informs you that you can restart production operation in your system.

    Note Note

    This applies only if you have made either no or very few modifications to SAP objects.

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  5. If you have modified SAP objects but have not included any adjustment transports, or if the included adjustment transports do not cover all objects that need adjusting, Add-On Installation Tool prompts you to perform a modification adjustment during one of the subsequent phases. To do this, proceed as described under Adjusting Modifications.

  6. To complete the installation process, choose Continue.

    In the subsequent installation phases, program code and program texts that have been made obsolete by the imported objects are physically deleted from the database. The installation process is complete.

    Note Note

    You can restore productive status in parallel to this import module, or you can start with the preparation activities for restoring productive status (for example, execute ABAP Mass Generation with the SAP Load Generator). You can schedule the previously canceled background jobs using the BTCTRNS2 report.

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  7. After you have installed the queue successfully, check the Logs.