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Upgrade

You need to upgrade the following units:

SAP NetWeaver Data Orchestration Engine (AS ABAP)

Software Components of AS ABAP

Component to be updated

SP File Name

Tool used to apply SP

SAP Kernel Non-Unicode/Unicode

Version 60 or higher is required

None

SAP IGS 7.10

SAP ABA 7.10

SAPKA710 <SP>

SPAM/SAINT

SAP Basis 7.10

SAPKB710 <SP>

SAP BW 7.10

SAPKW710 <SP>

PI_BASIS 2006_1_710

SAPKIPYN <SP>

SAP NetWeaver Mobile Client

Software Components of NetWeaver Mobile Client

Component to be updated

SP File Name

Tool used to apply SP

SAP NetWeaver Mobile Client

NWMCLIENT.SCA

Archive Upload Tool SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator

SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator

NWMADMIN.SCA - Includes the EP content.

NW Mobile Client Drivers (optional)

DRIVERS.ZIP - This software component provides several peripheral drivers for mobile devices.

NW Mobile Client Agents (optional)

NWMAGENTS.ZIP - This software component provides several mobile client agents. Agents are optional components for customers who want to remotely configure and monitor mobile clients.

NW Mobile Open Device Mgmt (optional)

NWMODM.ZIP - This software component provides several software parts necessary to integrate SAP NetWeaver Mobile with third party device management solutions such as MicroSoft Systems Management Service (SMS)

Mobile Development Plug-Ins

Software Components CE Developer Studio

Component to be updated

SP File Name

Mobile Applications for Laptops

IDE PLUGIN

Mobile Applications for Handhelds

IDE PLUGIN

Mobile Development Kit (MDK)

IDE PLUGIN

The system performs the updates to SAP NetWeaver Data Orchestration Engine and SAP NetWeaver Mobile client when implementing support packages. You can find the available support packages in the SAP Support Portal at   http://service.sap.com/swdc   Software Downloads   Support Packages and Patches   Entry by Application Group   SAP NetWeaver and complementary products   SAP NETWEAVER MOBILE   SAP NETWEAVER MOBILE 7.3  

Upgrading SAP NetWeaver Mobile Client

Assign the full patch or delta patch to the devices by using NetWeaver Mobile Administrator. When the devices connect to the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE) to synchronize, the client upgrades to the corresponding support package. We recommend that the device user synchronize data with the DOE before uninstalling the clients to ensure that the data from the device is transferred to the DOE. Therefore, you must upgrade the DOE to the corresponding support package only after clients have synchronized with the DOE. This is because, if you upgrade the DOE to a support package before you start the upgrade of mobile clients, the clients cannot exchange data with the DOE.

Upgrading SAP NetWeaver Data Orchestration Engine (AS ABAP)

Apply support package to the SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP based software components

You can update the SAP NetWeaver application server ABAP and all ABAP-based software components running on it using either the standard update or the downtime-minimized update

Note Note

If a particular support package stack requires the installation or upgrade of add-on components, you must use the ABAP Add-on Installation Tool (SAINT) instead of the ABAP Support Package Manager (SPAM). In this case, SAINT is able to import both the add-on components and the related support packages of ordinary SAP components. The procedures described below are similar.

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Standard Update: This consists of:

  • Updating the ABAP kernel and the SAP Internet Graphic Service (IGS).

  • Starting the system after the kernel update.

  • Importing ABAP support packages with the ABAP support package manager.

Downtime-Minimized Update: This makes use of the downtime-minimized mode of the ABAP support package manager to reduce the system downtime during the update. It consists of the following steps:

  • Enable the downtime-minimized mode in the SPAM transaction by choosing menu item Extras ® Settings. On the tab Import queue, activate the option Import mode: Downtime-minimized.

  • Import support packages into the system in an inactive state, in the downtime-minimized mode during system uptime.

  • Update the ABAP kernel and the SAP Internet Graphic Service (IGS).

  • Start the system after the kernel update

  • Complete the support package import.

Caution Caution

The system cannot carry out business transactions in the downtime-minimized mode.

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Note Note

Due to the dependencies of some of the support packages on a particular kernel patch level, the downtime-minimized update does not work in rare cases. In these cases, the support package manager notifies you of the update required to the ABAP kernel before importing the support packages. You must proceed with the standard update procedure.

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ABAP Support Package Manager and Add-On Installation Tool

The support package manager imports ABAP support packages into an ABAP system. The SAINT enables you to install and upgrade add-on components. You can use SAINT to import add-on components with their prerequisite ABAP support packages in a single import queue.

Recommendation Recommendation

We recommend that you always use the latest version of the support package manager. You can download it from the SAP service marketplace at service.sap.com/spmanager ® Download SPAM/SAINT Update.

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Procedure

To import support packages or add-on components:

  1. Log on to the SAP NetWeaver AS system with client 000.

  2. Start the support package manager with the transaction code SPAM Or start the Add-On Installation Tool with the transaction code SAINT.

  3. Load the relevant support packages or add-on installation packages

  4. Define an import queue.

  5. Perform the import of the defined queue.

Note Note

If you modified SAP objects in your system that are included in the support packages, you must adjust the modifications during the import using the transactions SPDD and SPAU.

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Post Upgrade Activities

Refer to SAP Note 1481533 for information on the post upgrade activities. After applying the support package to the DOE, you must regenerate all the data objects that are part of the SAP Basis 7.10 software component version (SWCV) along with other application-specific software component versions.

Implementation Considerations

Note Note

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  • MAXDB version MAXDB_WINDOWS_I386_7_7_07_18

  • To upgrade SAP NetWeaver Mobile client from 7.10 to 7.3, Java 1.6update7 or a higher version has to be installed.

  • Refer to SAP Note 1121247 for information on DB2e version. This is relevant to SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.3.