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Kernel Upgrade
KERNEL UPDATE Send a System Message in the SAP system using sm02. Shutdown SAP Login to Dialog Server Login with your own id sudo ? <sid>adm stopsap ps ?ef | grep ?i <sid>

Kill all open processes for <sid>adm if still running cleanipc <instnumber> remove saposcol -k Remove Shared memory files cd /dev/shm ps ?ef | grep ?i <sid>adm Delete all files with owner as <sid>adm Login to CI

Login with your own id sudo ? <sid>adm stopsap ps ?ef | grep ?i <sid>

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Kill all open processes for <sid>adm if still running cleanipc <instnumber> remove saposcol -k

Remove Shared memory files cd /dev/shm

ps ?ef | grep ?i <sid>adm

Delete all files with owner as <sid>adm

On CI Host Take Backup of Current Kernel login as urself cd /sapmnt/<SID> sudo cp -pr exe exe_<Rel><UC/NU>.<yyyymmdd>

Confirm the Directory size sudo du ?sh *

Copy Extracted file in EXE directory

sudo cp -pr /mnt/hostname/sap-kernel/<Kernel-Dir>/* /sapmnt/<SID>/exe/. Change Permissions

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cd /sapmnt/<SID>/exe sudo chown ?R <sid>adm:sapsys * sudo ./saproot.sh <SID>

Start SAP CI (Only) sudo su - <sid>adm startsap

** IF you find problem with Memory check if ZAMM needs to be implemented.

Delete Message SM02 Delete message Check System Login to SAP and run transaction SICK Check status of Kernel level it should be 109 using SM51 Check Update Status using sm13

Check Update diagnosis sm12 ( Extras - > Diagnosis in Update)

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Start SAP on Dialog Instances

sudo su - <sid>adm startsap

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Download Latest SAP kernel From Service Market Place: 1. Copy the patch into a temporary directory on your system. 2. Unpack the patch using SAPCAR. 3. Stop the SAP System. (With NT you may also have to stop the SAP services using the Control Panel). 4. Save the kernel directory by backup or by copying into a separate backup directory.UNIX: /usr/sap//sys/exe/run NT: :usrsap\sysexerun If you use a 4.6D-based SAP system (64-bit, non-Unicode) or a SAP system 6.20 or higher (32-bit or 64-bit, Unicode or non-Unicode), there are also the following kernel directories:NT: :usrsapsysexenuc (Non-Unicode)NT: :usrsapsysexeuc (Unicode) 5. This way, you will always have the option to return to the old kernelversion if problems occur with the new patch. 6. Copy or move the unpacked programs into the SAP kernel directory. For Complete Info Follow SAP NOTE 19466 Kernel Upgrade on Unix Systems: A lot of people have questions ? answer are even available... but still... even experienced basis admin having trouble now with Kernel Upgrade Here I am Sharing My Experience To Upgarde Kernel On Unix! 1) stopsap 2) clean shared memory 3) saposcol -k 4) ps -ef grep sapstartsrv 5) kill 6) cleanipc 7) lsnrctl stop 8) backup your kernel 9) cd /sapmnt/ 10) cp -pr exe exe.001 11) extract new kernel 12) cd exe 13) SAPCAR -xvf 14) Start saposcol 15) startlistener 16) startsap That's all but still sometimes there are some issues and all of you are welcome to share your views.......

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