production server

[Former Member]

Hi All,

We are having around 15 interfaces running on production server. All interfaces are using the File, JDBC and IDoc adpaters.

Now BASIS team to apply the patch to the XI production server.

For this whether we have to stop all the communicaiton channels mannually or we can directly stop the adapter engine and integration engine then apply the patch.

If they stop all the communication channels, after activating all the cc, is it work from previously stoped position?

While stopping the AE, IE if any recording are in middle of processing then what about processing records in Integration server?

What are the steps we need to follow in this ?

Please give any input on these?

I know this is BASIS related but as part of XI I want to know.

Regards

Sridhar Goli

Edited by: Sridhar Goli on Oct 21, 2008 8:59 AM

[Former Member]

Hi Sridhar,

Are you goin to aplly abap patch, java patch or both?

If you are going to apply any patch by means of JSPM, your java stack will be restarted.

It means that your XI system will not work for several minutes.

The best way to do a stop of a XI system is by stopping the jobs or whatever that sends messages from a sender system

to a XI system.If you do that you don't need to stop Communication Channels, because they will not be processing any message. Once XI system is not processing any messages and all the queues are empty, you can apply the patchs.

After applying patchs, restarts jobs or whatever and check in XI that messages are processed properly.

Hope this helps you.

Carlos

[Former Member]

Hi Carlos,

Thanx for your reply,

BASIS team is going to apply ABAP patch.

Now If I stop the Jobs in the Production server, If any records are in middle of processing then what about status of those records after stopping?

After applying the patch do we need to reprocess those records once again?

Regards

Sridhar Goli

[Former Member]

Hi Sridhar,

Stopping jobs doesn't mean that the messages are not proccessed.

You must stop the jobs or whatever in the sender systems, not in XI System.

After that, go to SXMB_MONI in XI and have a look if there is any message

in Scheduled status. IF so, wait until the messages are processed completely.

Now you can stop XI Server because at this moment there is no message being proccessed.

Exceptions: (For every Sender Communication Channel which works with pool intervals)

If you have Sender File Adapter, stop it first you stop XI.

The same for the Sender JDBC adapter.

Carlos

[Former Member]

Hi Carlos,

That mean if I am using File and JDBC as sender then first I need to stop those communication channels, after processing all the messanges then we have to stop the SAP XI server right?

Regards

Sridhar Goli

[Former Member]

Right.

Carlos