Upgrade AIX OS for existing SAP ECC 6.0

[Former Member]

Hi,

We have an SAP system(ECC 6.0) running on AIX OS (Version 5.3). We are planning to upgrade our system os to AIX 6 or AIX 7 versions.

So inorder to upgrade do i need to have any changes to my SAP system? Can i run my existing SAP smoothly without any issues with the upgraded AIX.

Kindly suggest me the changes to be done or to be followed for running SAP.

Regards,

Dilip

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

you should check PAM to make sure your version of SAP is supported for AIX 6 or 7.

for AIX 7.1 check the following notes , they have some pre-reqs.

Note 1458918 - Support for AIX 7.1

Note 1541935 - Using SAP systems with AIX 7.1

Regards

Amit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Amit,

I want to know the prerequisites to be done for existing SAP to run on AIX 7 from AIX 5.3

Regards,

Dilip Kumar Raju

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

if you will check the above two notes they have the pre-reqs that needs to be completed on your SAP system before it can run on AIX 7.1.

you will have to compare your exsiting kernel , db versions etc to the minimum requirements for AIX 7.1 and then make a decision on what needs to be upgraded before the O.S upgrade happens.

a small extract from the above note which tells you to be on one of these kernel versions or higher to run on aix 7.1

a) Minimum SAP Kernel/SCSCLIENT patch level:

• 7.20 patch level:  56

• 7.11 patch level:  93

• 7.10 patch level: 207

• 7.01 patch level: 101

• 7.00 patch level: 264

• 6.40 patch level: 337

• SAP Netweaver 2004 AS JAVA

                    AIX_64 

                    SCSCLIENT64 patch #10 

                    SCSCLIENT64UC patch #11

I hope i was able to address your question.

Regards

Amit