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PostedbyMurtuza
InthisblogwelookatastepbystepproceduretoimportHRsupportpackages(HRSp16to20)&
(EAHR16to20)intoaECC6systemwithEHP4.

Themostimportantpartoftheinstallationisthepreparationwork.Thisisabsolutelycriticalthat
sideeectnotes,relevantbasisnotesandpatchesareappliedbeforeapplyingthesupportpackages
(seeappendix).99%Preparation,1%perspiration!

RememberyoucanonlydownloadSPsfromSolutionmanager(wellsortof).WhatSolManreally
doesisgeneratethelinkforyoutodownloadtheSPs.Onceyouhavethelinkgenerated,youcanjust
callthelinkfromyourbrowserindependentofSolMan(seeappendixonprocess).

AnotherpointIwanttohighlightisinthisscenario,wearesimplyupdatingasubsetofSupport
packagesi.eHRsupportpackagesandnottheSupportPackStack.Whilstitisrecommendedto
applythestack,thisisnotalwayspracticalandfeasibleduetoresources,availabilitytotestandother
complexitiesinlargeSAPlandscapes.

1.1Checkallprerequisitesaremet,e.gfilesystemspace,SAPnotes,locked
users,etc.Seeappendixbelowforchecklistofwhattodo.

1.2LogintoClient000withaSuperUser(SAP_ALL/SAP_NEW)

1.3EnsurealltherequiredSPshavebeendownloadedfromtheSAP
Marketplaceandhavebeenunzipped/uncarredintothe./EPS/infolders.The
processofidentifyingwhichSPstoloadandtheinterdependenciesisa
separatetaskonitsonandusuallyconductedinconjunction/directionofthe
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1.4LoadSPsfromAppserver(youmustfirstdownloadthe*.SAPCARfiles
andextractitinusr/sap/trans/EPS/in

1.5DefineQueue.EssentiallywhatyouaredoinghereistellingSAPwhich
SPsyouwanttoimport.Itisintelligentenoughtocalculateinterdependencies.

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LoadtheSPsfromtheApplicationserver(afteryouhaveunzippedthemintothe../EPS/infolder).
PickthehighestSPnumber.(ItwillautomaticallyincludedotherSPsordependencies.).Ifyouare
importingSPfordierentmodulese.gHR,Finance,etc,thenyoumayneedtobuildthequeueand
changetheseingstoCalculationforaVectorofcomponents.

Queuecalculationforavectorofsoftwarecomponents:

TheSupportPackagequeuecalculationtakesplaceformultiplesoftwarecomponentsbasedonthetarget
SupportPackagelevelthathasbeendenedforeachsoftwarecomponent(seeDeningaQueueBasedon
MultipleSoftwareComponents).

1.6CheckSPAMsettings:

Youcanschedulemoreparallelprocessesifyoulikeandifyousystemcansupport.Thesearethe
typicalseingsIusewhenimportinginitiallyintoadevelopmentsystem

CheckiftheSPAMseingsareasfollows:

SectionImportqueue
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SectionImportqueue

Createnewdatale=Yes(onlyinDEVELOPMENT)

Deletedataleafterimport=No

SectionABAP/ScreenGeneration

Generatescreen=Never

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1.7ImportSupportPackages(Shift+F7)

ThissteponwardsbasicallykicksstartstheSPimportprocess.Fromnowonwards,thereisnogoing
back(wellalmost).

PleaserefertolinkonSAPHelpbelowforknownerrorsduringimport:

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GenerallyIRunphase1indialogmodeandallotherphasesinbackgroundmode
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GenerallyIRunphase1indialogmodeandallotherphasesinbackgroundmode

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ThesearethevariousphasestheSPAMgoesthroughduringtheimportprocess.Youwillseethe
phaseschangeintheStatussectionintcodeSPAM:

PreparationModule

1.PROLOGUE

ThisphasecheckswhetheryouareauthorizedtoimportSupportPackages.

2.CHECK_REQUIREMENTS

ThisphasechecksvariousrequirementsforimportingaSupportPackage,forexample,whetherthe
transportcontrolprogramtpcanlogontoyoursystem.

3.DISASSEMBLE

ThisphaseunpackslesfromtheappropriateEPSparcelsandsavesthemtothetransportdirectory.

4.ADD_TO_BUFFER

Thisphaseplacesthequeueinthetransportbuerofyoursystem.

5.MODIFY_BUFFER

Thisphasepreparesthetransportbuerforcorrectprocessingofthefollowingimportphases.

6.TEST_IMPORT

Thisphaseperformsatestimportforthequeuewiththetransportcontrolprogramtp.Thesystem
checkswhetherthereareobjectsthatareinopenrepairsandthatareoverwrienduringtheimport,
orwhetherotherconditionspreventtheimportofanobject.

7.IMPORT_OBJECT_LIST

ThisphaseimportstheobjectlistsfortheSupportPackagesinthequeueintothesystem.
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ThisphaseimportstheobjectlistsfortheSupportPackagesinthequeueintothesystem.

8.OBJECTS_LOCKED_?

Thisphasecheckswhetherthereareobjectsthatareoverwrienbytheimport,andthatarestillin
unreleasedrequests.

9.ADDON_CONFLICTS_?

Thisphasecheckswhetherthereareconictsbetweenobjectsinthequeueandanyinstalledaddons.

10.SCHEDULE_RDDIMPDP

Thisphaseschedulesthetransportdaemon(programRDDIMPDP).

Import1Module

11.CREATE_VERS_BEFORE

ThisphasegeneratesversionsoftheobjectsthatarecontainedintheSupportPackagesinthequeue
(ifthisoptionisset).

12.SPDD_SPAU_CHECK

Inthisphase,thesystemchecksifamodicationadjustmentisnecessary(transactionsSPDD/SPAU).

13.DDIC_IMPORT

ThisphaseimportsallABAPDictionaryobjectsinthequeue.

14.AUTO_MOD_SPDD

ThisphasecheckswhetherallmodicationstoABAPDictionaryobjectscanbeadjusted
automatically.

15.RUN_SPDD_?

Inthisphase,youareaskedtoadjustyourmodicationstotheABAPDictionaryobjectsbycalling
transactionSPDD.

16.LOCK_EU(onlyforimportmodedowntimeminimized)

Thisphaselocksthedevelopmentenvironment.

17.INACTIVE_IMPORT(onlyforimportmodedowntimeminimized)

Thisphaseimportsprogramcodeandprogramtextsinaninactivestate.

18.DDIC_ACTIVATION

ThisphaseactivatestheimportedABAPDictionaryobjects.

Import2Module

19.IMPORT_PROPER

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ThisphaseimportsalltheRepositoryobjectsandtableentriesiftheywerenotalreadyimportedin
theINACTIVE_IMPORTphase.Thisisprecededbyactionssuchastableconversionandactivationof
thenametabs.

20.PREPARE_XPRA

ThisphasepreparestheexecutionoftheXPRAsandafterimportmethods.

21.UNLOCK_EU(onlyforimportmodedowntimeminimized)

Thisphaseunlocksthedevelopmentenvironment.

22.AUTO_MOD_SPAU

Thisphasecheckswhethermodicationscanbeadjustedautomatically.

23.XPRA_EXECUTION

ThisphaseexecutestheXPRAsandafterimportmethods.

24.ABAP_GENERATION

ThisphasegeneratestheruntimeobjectsfortheimportedRepositoryobjects(ABAPsourcetextsand
screens).

CleanUpModule

25.RUN_SPAU_?

ThisphasepromptsyoutoadjustyourmodicationstoRepositoryobjectsbycallingtransaction
SPAU.

26.CLEAR_OLD_REPORTS(onlyforimportmodedowntimeminimized)

Thisphasedeletestheobsoleteversionsofprogramcodeandprogramtextsinthedatabase.

27.EPILOGUE

Thisphasecompletestheimport.Amongotherthings,itcheckswhetherthequeuehasbeen
processedcompletely.

1.8MainImportPhasesandActionsrequired.

Inthefollowingstepsbelow,Ionlyhighlightonlythemainphasesandthenecessaryactions
required.Generallyifyouhavedoneyourhomeworkandcheckedandmetallprerequisites,you
shouldarelativelysmoothimportprocess.

1.8.1SPDDAdjustmentHandovertoDeveloper

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SPAM>Goto>StatusQueuetoconrmadjustmenttoproceedtonextphase

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1.9SPAUAdjustment

AftertheSPDDiscompleted,itwillgothroughanumberofphasesandeventuallypauseatSPAU
adjustmentphase(RUN_SPAU).Nowagain,askthedeveloperstocontinuewiththeSPAU
adjustments(ThisisonlydoneinDevelopmentsystems.Forchangestotakeplaceinalldownstream
systems,transportsarecreatedandimportedintoe.gQAandPRODandusuallyaftertheSPsare
applied).

OncedeveloperscompletetheirSPAUadjustmentssuccessfully(bepatience,thiscantakefrom
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OncedeveloperscompletetheirSPAUadjustmentssuccessfully(bepatience,thiscantakefrom
severalhourstoaweekormoredependingonsizeoflandscapeandamountofcustomising),simply
resumei.eGotoSupportPackage>ImportQueue(similartoSPDDsteps)

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1.10TailendEPILOGUE

Finally,itallgoeswell,thelastphaseistheEPILOGUEasshownbelow.Thisshouldnottakethat
longandoncecompleted,youproceedtoconrm(orcomplete)theimportwiththenextstep

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OnceEPILOGUEcompleted,theStatuswillturnYellow.YoumustthengotoSupportPackages> 9/16
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OnceEPILOGUEcompleted,theStatuswillturnYellow.YoumustthengotoSupportPackages>
Conrm(ShiftF6)tocloseoorcompletetheSPimplementation.

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1.11Lastly,CONFIRMqueue

Methodtoconrmqueueshownbelow.

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2PostStepsSGEN

Onceimportiscompleted,proceedtorunSGENtorecompileallthenewimportedobjectsbefore
releasingthesystem.Stepsshownbelow.

RunSGENwithoptions

Regenerationofexistingloads

Onlygenerateobjectswithinvalidloads

Waituntilnished!

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AppendixAdditionalInfo

2.1ChecklistbeforeImportofSPs

Thisismychecklistbutothersmayhavemoretoadd(orremove!)

1.ConrmandsignothesupportpksandcombinationofSPsthatwillbeappliedandproject/test
teamavailablefortesting
2.Verifyallfunctionalandcrosssystemdependenciesaremet.MustreviewandOSSnote822379
(netweaver7version)
3.EnoughDiskspaceandatleast85%freespaceonsapdatalesystem
4.Checkiflesystem/usr/sap/trans/dataand../EPS/inhasfreespace,ifnotcleanupoldsupport
packagedatalesorPatlesinEPS/in
5.Postasystemmessage&aloginscreenmessageindicatingtheoutage(refertoprocedure
ApplyingSupportPackages).
6.Checkifnotablespaceisover85%full
7.Verifyifyouhavearecentbackup.,ifnotscheduleafullonlinebackup.Ifproduction,havea
backupjustbeforeSupportpkgstobesafe.
8.UnpackallrequiredSPsandthenloadthemintoSPAMandverifythatallqueuesareOKe.g
SAPCARxvf/sapcd/sp/XXXXXXX.CARV

9.UpdateSpamwithlatestversionfromServicemarketplace.AlsoensurebinariesR3transandtpare
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9.UpdateSpamwithlatestversionfromServicemarketplace.AlsoensurebinariesR3transandtpare
updatedifnecessary.Ifyouarenotsure,usuallyitwillnothurttoupdatetheseanyway.

10.DeneQueueandperformTESTimportandreportanySPDD/SPAUconictsto
project/developers

2.2UsingSolMantodownloadSupportPackages

Calltcode/nsolutionManager

SelecttheSolutionSAPSolutionifyouaregoingtodownloadSPsforECC6.0SAPSystemforyour
environment.

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CreateanewMaintenanceOptimizeroruseexisting

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HereyoucanselecttheSPstodownloadeithermanuallyandautomatei.eLetSAPdecide

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AWebbrowserwindowwillpopupandyouneedtomanuallylookforandselectthee.gHR
supportpkgs.

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ManasNandi|May4,2013at1:57pm
Namaskar
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Namaskar
DearBrotherMurtuza

Itisreallyaverynicearticle.Manythanksforyourservice(seva)work.
SelfrealizationandservicetohumanityBABA

Keepitup.

Fraternallyyours,
ManasNandi
Kolkata

AdeelKhan|June23,2013at8:13am
ThanksMurtazaitreallyhelps.

reddy|August2,2013at11:16am
NicePostThanksalot

HrishikeshDeshpande|February25,2014at6:00pm
GreatWork!!!!

pooja|March19,2015at12:23pm
Hi,
Canweskiponenotewhenweareimportingthesupportpackage,
manythanks
Pooja.

Murtuza|March20,2015at4:48am
ItdependsbutIsuggestnotto.Justimplementthenotetoavoiddelays.

AbdulRahman|February17,2016at12:26pm
WonderfulWork!Thanks.

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