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Two methods are available to update your software to a higher SP:

  • You can deploy product stacks. This method automatically considers technical dependencies between selected product versions.

  • You can deploy an update of a single product version.

In addition, patches are provided for the latest SP.

  • You can deploy patches of delivery units.

The following section describes these methods in detail.

Recommendation

SAP recommends that you always update your entire product version and all required product versions to the latest SP when you update or patch your application. To do so, SAP recommends that you use SAP Solution Manager.

Deploy product stacks

  1. In SAP Solution Manager, run transaction lmdb. On the Product Systems tab, select your product system and choose Display.

  2. In the navigation tree, click on the top node (Product System).

  3. On the Maintenance Transactions tab, under Maintenance Optimizer Transactions, choose Create Transaction.

  4. Under Choose File Selection Mode choose Calculate Files Automatically and then choose Continue.

  5. On the Operations tab, under Change Options, select change option Support Package Stacks – Implementation of Support Packages and choose Continue.

  6. If you are not yet running SPS 08 or higher, set it as your target stack under Select Target and choose Continue.

    Note

    This will update your SAP HANA DB to SPS 08 or higher.

  7. Confirm the Major Target by choosing Continue.

  8. To choose your products, note the following:

    Note

    If you are using Maintenance Optimizer 3.0, the Add-On Product List is created dynamically. You initially see only add-ons that can be installed directly on the SAP HANA database. If you want to install an add-on that requires another add-on to be installed, you must first select the required product version on which the product you want to install is based.

    Example

    You want to install the product version SAP WORK CAPITAL ANALYTICS 1.0. For this product version to be listed, you must first have selected SAP HANA ANALYTICS FOR ERP 1.0.

    To find out the required product version of your product, see Installation Information for Virtual Data Models.

    If you product has several instances, you must select the instances you want to install manually. When your instance is selected, choose Apply.

  9. Follow this procedure for all products you want to install. When you are done, choose Continue.

  10. Under Select OS/DB-Dependent Files, expand the instance node under File Name. Select SAP HANA database and choose Continue.

  11. Under Select Files for Add-on Products, choose Continue.

  12. Under Select Stack-Dependent Files, under File Name, new database patches are pre-selected by default. If you do not want to install these patches, de-select them. You must not deselect OS-DB if you are upgrading your SAP HANA databse to HANA SPS 08. Choose Continue.

  13. Confirm the download basket by choosing Continue.

  14. On the Stack Files tab, download the System-Specific XML for SLM. Save and close the Maintenance Optimizer windows. Then download the calculated files using SAP Download Manager from SAP Service Marketplace. Make the downloaded files and XML files available on your SAP HANA appliance.

  15. As the SYSTEM user in the SAP HANA studio, right-click on the server node in the navigation pane, and select Lifecycle Management.

  16. Select Apply Support Package Stack under Update SAP HANA System.

  17. Choose Manually downloaded content, then browse to find the content you downloaded in step 5 and run the installation and update procedure.

Deploy update of a single product version
Note

You must have updated your SAP HANA appliance to SPS 08 or higher.

Ensure that you have installed the required product versions. The sequence of the zip-files installation must be done according to their dependencies. For this, the information Required Product Version, given in the tables in section Installation Information for Virtual Data Models, is relevant.

  1. Go to the Software Download Center at https://support.sap.com/swdcInformation published on SAP siteStart of the navigation path Installations and Upgrades  Next navigation step Browse Our Download Catalog  Next navigation step SAP In-Memory (SAP HANA)  Next navigation step SAP HANA Add-ons  Next navigation step <select your add-on> Next navigation step Installation End of the navigation path.

  2. Download the ZIP files for the SAP HANA Live installation you require.

    Note

    The ZIP file format used in the section Deploy patches of delivery units differs from the ZIP file format used in the section Deploy update of a single product version.

  3. As the SYSTEM user in the SAP HANA studio, right-click on the server node in the navigation pane, and select Lifecycle Management.

  4. Select Deploy HANA Content under Manage SAP HANA Applications Content.

  5. On the screen Deploy SAP HANA Content choose the option From an accessible share or From a Personal Computer.

  6. Under Path of remote HANA content ZIP archive, browse to the zip files you have downloaded. You can select and deploy only one zip file at a time. Choose Next.

    Ensure the correct installation sequence.

  7. When you are done, choose Run.

  8. Repeat steps 5, 6 and 7 for each SAP HANA Live product you want to install.

For more information about how to configure the SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager, see SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/hana_applianceStart of the navigation path Installation and Upgrade Information  Next navigation step SAP HANA Update Guides  Next navigation step SAP HANA Update and Configuration Guide End of the navigation path.

For a detailed description regarding the deployment of SAP HANA content, see the section SAP Service Marketplace in Download and Deploy Content Package.

Deploy patches of delivery units
Note

You must have updated your SAP HANA appliance to SPS 08 or higher.

Ensure that you have installed the required patches, if they are mentioned in the respective SAP Note. The sequence of the ZIP-file installation must be done according to their dependencies. For this, the information Required Product Version, given in the tables in section Installation Information for Virtual Data Models, is relevant.

  1. Go to https://support.sap.com/swdcInformation published on SAP siteStart of the navigation path Installations and Upgrades  Next navigation step Browse Our Download Catalog  Next navigation step SAP In-Memory (SAP HANA)  Next navigation step SAP HANA Add-ons End of the navigation path. Under Related Topics for your add-on choose Support Packages and Patches, then choose Comprised Software Component Versions. Select your component, choose OS independent, then choose SAP HANA database.

  2. Download the ZIP files for the SAP HANA Live product. Make the downloaded files available on your SAP HANA appliance.

    Note

    The ZIP file format used in the section Deploy patches of delivery units differs from the ZIP file format used in the section Deploy update of a single product version above.

  3. As the SYSTEM user in the SAP HANA studio, right-click on the server node in the navigation pane, and select Lifecycle Management.

  4. In the SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager, choose Apply Single Support Packages.

  5. Select the type of the system (either “Normal”, “Primary”, or “Secondary”).

  6. Choose Manually downloaded content, then browse to find the content you downloaded earlier.

  7. When you are done, choose Run.

For more information about how to configure the SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager, see SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/hana_applianceStart of the navigation path Installation and Upgrade Information  Next navigation step SAP HANA Update Guides Next navigation step SAP HANA Update and Configuration Guide End of the navigation path.

Ensure that you update all delivery units of the complete stack (delivery units of the product version and of the required product version).