Question Re: Sap kernel upgrade Roadmap in Technology Q&A

Sap kernel upgrade Roadmap

pnagar — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:07:09 GMT

Hi Experts,

Thanks to all in advance!!!

I have to make kernel upgrades and update in my landscape. But i have to make strategies like which system needs to be upgraded to which version of kernel. How can i decide that ??

Many Thanks
I AM PRASHANT NAGAR!!!

Re: Sap kernel upgrade Roadmap

former_member13912 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:30:01 GMT

Hello Prashant

Good practice to upgrade a kernel or any other SAP component is to go for Latest -1 ,so you will have a option to fall forward in case you encounter the issues after kernel upgrade. Also for good housekeeping it is advisable that as much as possible , apply same kernel patch to all the systems in you environment as long as they are supported eg you can apply same kernel 753 Patch to all NW 740 and 750 systems in your landscape and so on.

I hope that helped .

-Thanks

Mamta Chauhan

Re: Sap kernel upgrade Roadmap

Isaias_SAP — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:19:19 GMT

Hello Prashant,

From the SAP perspective, the recommendation is to go for the latest SAPEXE + SAPEXEDB kernel patches, to ensure that you have the fixes for all known issues.

You could also follow Mamta's suggestion, of course.

In the end, this is really each customer's choice :-).

Regards,

Isaías

Re: Sap kernel upgrade Roadmap

prithvirajr — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:53:26 GMT

Hi Prasant,

In addition to the above recommendation, please refer to the following links as well

https://support.sap.com/content/dam/support/en_us/library/ssp/products/sap-netweaver/deployment-strategies-for-the-kernel-of-the-sap-application-server-abap.pdf\

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SI/SAP+Kernel%3A+Important+News

Regards,

Prithviraj