Support Package Manager Settings 

To make general settings for Support Package Manager, choose Extras  → Settings . These settings affect how the system responds when loading and importing different types of Support Packages. SPAM/SAINT updates are an exception here, as certain default settings cannot be changed.

You only have to define these settings once. They are saved and can be used each time you call Support Package Manager. Note that these settings also apply to Add-On Installation Tool.

One exception is the setting for import mode downtime-minimized. This does not automatically apply to Add-On Installation Tool.

You can set or check the following attributes.

Tab: Load Packages

●      Application Server Directory

You can check which application server directory the Support Packages are located in.

●      Load CAR/SAR Archives from Front End

○       Display Content Before Decompressing

You can decide whether to display a dialog box with the contents of the CAR/SAR archive before decompressing it. This is the default setting.

○       Delete Archive After Decompressing

You can choose whether to delete the CAR/SAR archive transferred to the application server after decompressing it. This is the default setting.

○       Save Last Upload Directory

You can decide whether to save the most recently used upload directory from your front-end host. This directory then appears automatically as the start directory in the archive selection dialog box next time round. This is the default setting.

You can enter your own choice of upload directory in the Upload Directory field. This upload directory then appears as the start directory in the archive selection dialog box.

Tab: Define Queue

●      Queue Calculation Initial Screen

You can specify the queue calculation method that you want to be provided with by default upon entering the queue definition screen.

○       Queue calculation for a vector of software components

The Support Package queue calculation takes place for multiple software components based on the target Support Package level that has been defined for each software component (see Defining a Queue Based on Multiple Software Components).

○       Queue calculation for one software component

The Support Package queue calculation takes place by selecting one software component and the highest Support Package for this software component (see Defining a Queue Based on a Software Component).

●      Including Modification Adjustment Transports

You can specify whether you always want the system to check the queue definition for modification adjustment transports to be included.

○       Include adjustment transports

The dialog box for including adjustment transports is always displayed while you are defining the queue.

○       Do not include adjustment transports

No adjustment transports are included in the Support Package queue. The corresponding dialog box is not displayed automatically.

○       Always ask

While you are defining the queue, the system asks whether you want to include adjustment transports. You can then decide whether you want the dialog box for including adjustment transports to be displayed.

Tab: Import Queue

●      Scenario

When choosing the scenario, you determine which activities you want to be performed when the Support Package is imported.

○       Standard

You use the standard scenario to import Support Packages completely. All steps are performed.

■       Import Mode Downtime-Minimized

If you choose the standard scenario, you can also choose import mode downtime-minimized to reduce the downtime. In the default setting, this option is deactivated. The packages are imported using the conventional import method.

To find the best import mode for your system, check the prerequisites under Import Mode: Downtime-Minimized.

○       Test

Use the test scenario to determine if a modification adjustment is required before the Support Package is actually imported, or if any conflicts need to be resolved before the import. No data or objects are imported into your SAP system during the test scenario.

There is no test scenario for SPAM/SAINT updates. If you select the test scenario for a SPAM/SAINT update, the system will ignore your selection.

●      Create New Data File

You can determine whether the data files are to be unpacked from the EPS parcels during each subsequent import process. This is the default setting.

If you use a multiple system landscape with a common transport directory, it is best to only activate this option in the first system into which you import Support Packages, and to deactivate it in the following systems. This saves time because the data files do not need to be created again in these systems.

●      Delete Data File After Import

You can determine whether to delete the data files after the Support Packages have been imported. This saves hard disk space and is the default setting.

If you use a multiple system landscape with a common transport directory, it is best to deactivate this option. This saves you having to create new data files in the other systems (see Create new data file above).

●      Create Object Versions During Import

This option does not apply to SPAM/SAINT updates.

You can choose to create versions of the objects in the Support Packages in the queue when they are imported. This option is deactivated by default, since it only makes sense to do this if version creation is active for all imports. This can take a long time and uses up a lot of space in the database.

If version creation is activated in the configuration of the transport tools in the Transport Management System (transaction STMS), parameter VERS_AT_IMP must be set as ALWAYS.

●      ABAP/Screen Generation

Select this option if you want the programs and screens delivered in the Support Packages to be generated during the import.

You cannot change the generation settings for SPAM/SAINT updates.

○       Never Execute

If you set this option, the programs and screens are generated only when called for the first time.

○       Always Execute

If you set this option, the programs and screens are always generated. Note that generation can take a long time and may cause errors.

○       According to SAP Instructions

If you choose this option, the programs and screens are generated if the option for generating them while importing these Support Packages has been activated by SAP.

Default Settings in Support Package Manager

Option	Global Setting
Display Content Before Decompressing	On
Delete Archive After Decompressing	On
Save Last Upload Directory	On
Queue Calculation Initial Screen	Calculation for a component vector
Including Modification Adjustment Transports	Always ask
Scenario	Standard
Import Mode Downtime-Minimized	Off
Create New Data File	On
Delete Data File After Import	On
Create Object Versions During Import	Off
ABAP/Screen Generation	Never Execute