Support packages prerequisites

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Hi Experts, I want to apply support packages in all systems. I had 3 landscape arch as ECC,BI and EP.

1.what are the major prerequisites followed to apply support packs?

2.Can I stop batch jobs during the patch process?how?

3.Is there any impacts to STMS transport with the patch process?(SPAU and SPDD phase)

Kindly give your opinions on this.

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Before updating the service packs find your Current SPAM Update and Support Package Level

Find the Most Current SAP SPAM Update

Download SPAM\SAINT Updates from http:
service.sap.com\patches.

Before applying any support packages to your SAP system, release all u201Crepairu201D change requests to prevent error messages due to locked resources. Repairs are usually advanced corrections obtained from SAP Notes that are eventually accumulated into support packages. So the same objects u201Crepairedu201D in the advanced corrections will be u201Crepairedu201D during the application of the support

package. Releasing the repair change requests allows the support package to overlay the temporary advanced correction u201Cfixu201D.

Before you apply the most current SPAM\SAINT, please pull the OSS Note 782140

Once you have loaded the latest support packages into your support Package manager buffer, you need to apply the packages to your SAP system.

For ABAP patches take a full database backup.For Kernel upgrades make a backup of the folder usr/sap/sys/exe.

When you upgrade the patch it will not effect any zprograms & ztables

After upgrade run the tcode sgen

[Former Member]

thanks