oss notes

[Former Member]

hi guru's,

About OSS notes?

How do you entered into Client-environment?(Through VPN)

thanks in advance

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check the below link :

http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/tips/tips_snote.htm

http://www.saptechies.com/category/basis/oss/

goto SNOTE Transaction -> click on download note -> enter note number -> it will ask request number.

Regards,

Priyanka.

[Former Member]

<b>What is mean by OSS how to work on that?</b>

OSS are online sap support notes. These notes are available online for solving critical problems in sap system.We may use the already existing notes or may add our own quaries.

<b>Manually Applying OSS note on SAP Standard Program</b>

In order to apply any OSS note, you have to be authorized by your company and be assigned an OSS ID and password.

For any SAP standard program modification, you are required to login to OSS and request for a repair program Access key.

Follow this step to obtain the Program Access key:

Menu Path: System -> Services -> SAP Service (Transaction code OSS1)

Login in with your OSS ID and Password

Click the Registration button

Click Register Object

Double click R/3 Value Contract

Fill in the Object Registration for Installation:

For e.g.

PGMID/Object/Name: R3TR FUGR MIGO

SAP release: 46C

Finished, click the Register button

Select the Key number and use the Copy and Paste short key to copy the Access key

You are now able to modify the SAP standard program.

Finished the modification, do remember to transport it to the production system after all the necessary testing.

<b>How to apply OSS notes to my R/3 system?</b>

In order to fix one of the problem in R/3 system, SAP will asked you to download an OSS notes which is a “.car” file.

To work with a CAR File do the following at OS Level:

Get into OS as < sapsid >adm

Copy the .CAR file to a Temporary Directory.

Uncompress the file with SAPCAR

Copy the the data file generated in the data transport directory

( ej: = /usr/Sap/trans/data).

Copy the the cofile file generated in the cofiles transport directory

( = ej: /usr/Sap/trans/cofiles).

Run transaction STMS

Upload the support package with SPAM transaction and the support package will show “New support packages”.

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Examples of CAR command :-

1) UNIX only: Log on as user adm. cd /usr/sap/trans CAR -xvf tmp/.CAR -V 2) Windows NT only: Log on as user ADM. cd USRSAPTRANS CAR -xvf TMP.CAR

This Will create two(2) FILES

After you run SPAM you MUST run STMS and check the transport queues

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As per 315963 note you can direct made the changes in the program or you can apply the support pack.

a) If you want to apply correction then first you need to register the object in SAP, so that you will get the Access key and then you can make the changes.

b) If you want to import the support pack then you need to down load from SAP market-place. and this is in CAR file. and then you need extract the same using CAR utility.

ex: CAR -xvf abc.car

or

you can directly apply the patch from SAPGUI, login to 000 client and then you can load the patch from Presentation server.

Also check what is your current basis patch level?

For example if you want to apply patch 07 and you are having 05 then you need to apply 06 and then apply 07.

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Things to take note of:-

It would definitely be better to apply the latest spam/saint spam manager, tp, R3trans and possibly a new kernel patch.

This is not a simple task to complete on the fly. By applying SAP support packs, you may run into problems with SPDD and SPAU adjustments. Also include the fact that the support packages may break one of your transactions. You may want to test this in your sandbox environment, if you have one, before tackling it.

In most situation when you apply support packages, it can takes about 3 weeks to fully test the support packages before you can apply them to the production system.

Do test your “golden” transactions to make sure that they are not broken. If you are not familiar with SPDD and/or SPAU adjustments than do not attempt to load support packages.

You may be better off just to modify the SAP object in question via OSS note.

<a href="http://www.sappro.com/downloads/References&Notes.pdf">Link 1</a>

<a href="http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci989635,00.html">Link 2</a>

Regards,

srinivas

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[Former Member]

Hi,

OSS -

Online Service Support

.

OSS typically contains notes(explanations) for

each isseus or they provide tips.

On-line Service System that helps in users to get fast and effective help from SAP. The user may log-in to OSS system to find a possible solution for a 'bug'. Get the patch ,if any, download and apply to correct the problem.

Implementing OSS Notes Using the new Transaction Code SNOTE

In this document we will see how to implement an OSS note using the SNOTE

transaction code.

The transaction code SNOTE is used to implement OSS Notes. With the SNOTE

transaction, it is no longer necessary to register ABAP objects such as report function

modules etc. manually. But data dictionary objects such as screens, tables need to

be modified manually by registering them in OSS system.

In order to use the transaction code SNOTE, the relevant transport which implement

this transaction in the system need to be transported. Please refer to the SNOTE

guide available at http://service.sap.com

Execute the Transaction code SNOTE

One of the first steps to do is to upload the note into your system.

Follow Goto à SAP Note Download

You can also use the SAP Note upload if the note has been saved in your local

machine

SAP R/3 Document : Using Transaction SNOTE

http://www.sappoint.com

In the following box that you get, enter the note number. We will take Note 388732

as an example

and click on the Execute icon. You will get the note number displayed in the list of the

OSS notes

In the above screen, we have two notes listed.

By double clicking on or on the note number you can display the OSS note.

You can also check the Status of the note by clicking on the Check SAP Note icon

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Select the note and click on Check SAP Note icon. In this case we have selected

note number 388732.

If the note is not implemented as part of some support pack as per the support pack

level of your system, you should get the following pop up box.

Select the note number that you want to implement and goto Edit à Select/deselect

node

To implement the OSS note click on the Implement OSS Note icon

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You will get a confirmation box like the following

Click on Yes

Click on the Continue icon

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You will be prompted to enter a change request number.

Click on the Create Request icon

Enter a brief description of for the note and click on the continue icon

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A change Request number is created for the change that you are making

Click on the continue icon

The system will display the objects that are going to be modified during the process

of note application.

In our case, Report LTXW0F10 and RTXWCHK1 are going to be modified.

Click on the Continue icon

For while the system will show the note in IN PROCESS status

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After a while, select the note and click on the Check SAP Note icon on the application

toolbar

But still the Status of the note is displayed under In Process category.

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You can also check the status of the note by checking the meaning of the icon next

to the note number.

To check the legend, follow Utilities à Color Legend

As you can see from the legends box, means Implemented Correctly.

Since the note is implemented, you can change the status of the note from In

Process to Completed manually.

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Select the note and click on the Set Processing Status icon

In the Pop up box that you get, select the Completed radio button

And click on the Continue icon

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The note number is removed from the list

ü You can also check the logs of the activities performed during the OSS note

implementation by clicking on the Logs icon on the application toolbar. The log

information will contain all the steps that were performed from the point of

downloading the note will its implementation is completed.

ü If there are any pre-requisite notes for the note that is being applied, the

system will prompt you to load those notes too into the system. Depending on

their applicability to your system, the system will prompt you accordingly to

apply the pre-requisite notes.

ü You can register the manually implemented SAP notes by executing the report

SCWN_REGISTER_NOTES.

ü SNOTE cannot change or modify data dictionary objects. If there is a note

which requires changes to be made to a structure or a screen then SNOTE will

not help. Such objects have to be registered and modified manually.

Few more links

http://www.sappoint.com/basis/osssys.pdf

http://www.sappoint.com/basis/ossnote.pdf

http://www.sappoint.com/basis/snote.pdf

http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/tips/tips_snote.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/basis/oss-notes.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/basis/manually-applying-the-oss-note.htm

Regards,

Padmam.

[Former Member]

Hi Raju,

SAP OSS notes are either solutions/patches/ updates for a frequently occuring poblems, which either SAP provides a solution or anyone who got the answer to it.

You need a Marketplace User name and Password to enter the site. You can approach your basis guys for the same.

http://service.sap.com/notes

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Regards

Gokul

[kiran_k8]

Surendra,

Regarding OSS notes you have got enough replies.Coming to point of how to connect to the servers using VPN is as follows:-

It depends on what kind of routers the client has used in establishing the landscape.If you consider the case of CISCO,we will get a keypad(similar to caluculator) which will be having a unique ID.When you switch on that keypad you will be getting a password which you use to connect to server located at a remote place.This password keeps on changing everytime you log in.

Mind you this process may vary from company to company or say client to client.There is no hard and fast rule that the process will be the same everywhere.

K.Kiran.