Transport Profile

Definition

The transport profile is a global parameter file for the program tp and is managed by the SAP system using the Transport Management System (TMS).

The profile is in the transport directory bin.

The profile name follows the convention TP_<domain>.PFL, where <domain> is the name of the transport domain configured in TMS. (You can find the domain in the initial screen of transaction STMS.)

Use

You control the program tp using the transport profile.

Each time tp is started, it must know the location of this file. You can specify the location with pf=... (see Using a Special Transport Profile under tp Options).

Example

UNIX:

tp pf=/usr/sap/trans/bin/TP_DOMAIN_PRD.PFL import all P11

Microsoft Windows:

tp pf=\\<HOST1>\sapmnt\trans\bin\TP_DOMAIN_PRD.PFL import all P11

IBM IBM i:

tp 'pf=/usr/sap/trans/bin/TP_DOMAIN_PRD.PFL import all P11'

If the transport profile is not specified in this way, tp searches for the transport profile in the current directory.

Structure

The transport profile contains the following information:

Databases from various target systems
Parameters describing the frequency of the transport
Additional information for system maintenance

Note
Every line in a transport profile that is not preceded by a # contains a parameter definition.

The various parameters in the transport profile have the following validity:

Global (for all SAP systems in your network)
Local (only for one SAP system)
Operating system-dependent
Database-dependent

If a parameter does not have a specified value, the SAP system uses the default value. Global parameters override defaults. Local parameters override global parameters. You can therefore specify a parameter value for all but one SAP system and a different value for one particular system.

Parameters specified in a command line call with option -D override parameters of the transport profile (see tp Options).

Global

Pure parameter definitions such as <parameter>=<value> are always evaluated. However, you can limit the validity of the SAP system parameters in different ways. You can set restrictions for a particular SAP system, an operating system or database system. tp reads transport profile from beginning to end and skips all the entries that are not relevant. If a parameter for the current environment (<SAPSID>, operating system, and database system) occurs more than once, the last value read is used.

SAP System-Specific

If a parameter is preceded by an SAP system name, this assignment is only valid for this SAP system. The way in which the SAP system name is separated from the parameters indicates that the name used in the prefix is the name of an SAP system. SAP system names and parameters must be separated by /: <sapsid>/<Parameter>=<value>

Example

C11/dbtype=ora

Operating System-Specific

You can also restrict the use of a parameter value to a certain operating system. You must place an acronym for the name of the operating system in front of the parameter. In this case, the special separator is the | character: <cpu>|<parameter>=<value>

Example

wnt|transdir=....

Acronyms that are supported for the different operating systems are: aix, hp-ux, osf1, sinix, sunos, wnt (Microsoft Windows), and as4 (IBM IBM i).

Database-Specific

You can restrict the use of the value to a particular database by placing an acronym for the name of the database system before the parameter. In this case, the special separator is the : character.

Example

<db>:<parameter>=<value>

Acronyms that are supported for the different database systems are:

ora (Oracle), inf (INFORMIX), ada (MaxDB), mss (Microsoft SQL-Server), db2 (DB2 for z/OS), db4 (DB2 for i5/OS), and db6 (DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows).