SAP Software Update Manager 

The Software Update Manager is a multi-purpose tool, which supports various processes, such as performing a

release upgrade, installing enhancement packages or applying Support Package stacks.

Traditionally for applying SPS we use SPAM for ABAP & JSPM for Java. Some of the benefits of using SUM tool

over these tools among others are

Two different tools are not required to apply SPS. One SUM tool is used.

No need to uncar the SAR files.

Minimum downtime (Single downtime for both ABAP & Java combined).

Simultaneously the SPS are applied to both the stacks.

This document contains a demo scenario where we are the SUM tool is used to apply a support package stack to

a PI 7.1 system SP04 to take the system to a targeted release of PI 7.1 SP08.

For the scenario we have a PI 7.1 SP4 system installed on Linux (RHEL). Database used is Oracle 10.2.0.2. We

will be updating the system from SPS4 to SPS8 (Including Kernel upgrade).

You can use the SP stack application in SAP Service market place to know which support packages you need.

For this you need to put in the SP stack application source stack and target stack. In Source stack you need to

put SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 SPS04 and in the Target stack you need to put SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1

SPS08. You also need to download the stack.xml file

Once you have downloaded the packages dump the files and the stack into a download directory. The SUM tool

will pick the required files from the download directory only.

Note: In SMP the current SUM package is SUM 1.0 SP02 (SUM10SP02_-*.SAR)

This is a two part article. This article contains demonstration until Check Phase of the Roadmap.

 

Demo: Support Package Application using SUM tool

 

In this section we will use the SUM tool to apply the Support Package Stack in a PI system. The source system is

in PI 7.1 SP04 & the target System is PI 7.1 SP08. It is a dual stack. Normally we use SPAM to apply the ABAP

part of SPS and JSPM to apply the Java SPS part. Let us start the SPS application using SUM tool.

Once you have downloaded & extracted the SUM tool, start the SUM tool:   ./STARTUP

 

The SDT server and Program starts. You can now go to web browser and start the Installation GUI. To start the

GUI from a browser, enter the following Internet address: http://<host name>:4239. Replace <host name>

with the name of the host on which the installation program is running.

Once you open the URL, the SDT GUI is automatically launched.

Ensure that you have installed JRE for the SUM GUI to run

You need to provide a username and the password for the user (Administrator & not Observer mode) who is

running the SUM GUI.

The SUM tool detects the source system information and displays the information. The SUM tool can be used to

Upgrading to SAP NetWeaver 7.3 including enhancement package 1

Upgrading to SAP NetWeaver 7.3

Upgrading to SAP Business Suite 7 Innovation 2011

Updating to SAP Business Suite 7 Innovation 2011 (enhancement package installation)

Applying Support Packages Stacks

Installing additional Java technical usages or usage types on top of existing Java systems on SAP

NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1

Note: Check SAP Note 1557404 - Central Note - Software Update Manager 1.0 SP02

[lmt_007] for more information

The GUI provides you with functions for monitoring and navigating through the roadmap steps of the procedure.

The complete procedure consists of several roadmap steps that contain modules, which in turn consist of the

individual phases.

In the next screen provide the complete path to the stack.xml (including the xml name)

Once you have provided the stack.xml. The SUM tool evaluates the xml and determines the target release (In

this case the target is also PI 7.1).

Provide the Keyword (Refer to the SAP note mentioned in the screen)

Once you click next the target release is confirmed. In the next screen the roadmap appears.

Click Next to Initialize.

Once you click next to go to Extraction Phase, the Extraction phase will extract the relevant files from the

download directory.

Before you start the SUM tool do ensure that

Latest Kernel is applied to the Source System

Latest SPAM patch is applied.

 

Provide the DDIC password for the Client 000 & DB password for the SUM tool to connect to the system and

database.

Clone Mode: The Software Update Manager checks the tables in the database which will be cloned to the

shadow system later on during the update. Here a shadow instance will be created with tables copied from

source system.

Next input screens will ask for SPAM update.the SPAM was already updated, we choose to ignore the SPAM

update.As in case of other tools such as SAPup & EHPI tool, SUM tool will also prompt for any missing notes that

should be applied

Clicked next to start configuration. The Java configuration steps also starts.

With SUM tool you can choose to automatically update the additional dialog instances if any. In older times we

had to manually uninstall and install dialog instances

Java is also in parallel running

For ABAP stack in configuration phase the following options comes up

As in case of SAPup or EHPI tool where you can import only one transport request here in SUM tool you can

import multiple custom transports

You can also enter the SPDD & SPAU transport numbers. Earlier you had to manually enter the SPDD & SPAU

transports in umodauto.lst file.

Here in SUM tool in addition to the ABAP Shadow instance entires you can also enter the Java Shadow Instance

& SCS Shadow instance numbers. In addition to this if you have used the SUM tool procedure in any previous

system you can use the generated profiles there for the Shadow system. In case you want to use this feature,

copy and put the profiles under the subdirectory <save>

The Configuration phase ends. Clicking next starts the CHECK phase. The CHECK Phase is same as in case of

SAPup and EHPI tool.In this demo installation, we do until check phase, rest of the phases are PRE-

PROCESSING, DOWNTIME, POST-PROCESSING & FINALIZATION.

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Software Update Manager (SUM) 1.0 introductionRead this short blog to get a general understanding on what the Software Update Manager is and when to use it.

 

 

System Maintenance

 

The Software Update Manager 1.0 is the tool for system maintenance: Release uprade (major release change) System update (EHP installation) applying Support Packages (SPs) / Support Package Stacks applying Java patches correction of installed software information combine update and migration to SAP HANA (DMO: Database Migration Option)

The term update is the generic term for all of these activities, and it is used in the SUM documentation as well.

SUM is used for all SAP NetWeaver based systems, so systems either based on AS ABAP, or AS Java, or based

on a dual-stack system.

 

  Note :

"Software Update Manager for SAP HANA" was a different tool

(see Distinguish SUM and SUM for SAP HANA).

 

 

Successor of other tools

 

The Software Update Manager replaces tools for upgrade, update, and implementing SPs:

SAPehpi: SAP Enhancement Package Installer

SAPup: tool for upgrading ABAP-based systems

SAPJup: tool for upgrading Java-based systems

JSPM: Java Support Package Manager

CEupdateManager: tool for updating Composition Environment systems

SolManUp: tool for updating and upgrading SAP Solution Manager systems

 

 Note:

For maintenance activities that are supported by the SUM, the usage of the substituted

tool is no longer supported (except for SPAM) starting Q1 2013, see SAP Note 1589311.

 

 

Availability

 

The Software Update Manager 1.0 is available since 2011

as part of the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0

in the Maintenance Optimizer download list

frequently updated (approximately three times a year)

SUM 1.0 SP13 is available since April 2015

 

Software Logistics Toolset:

Read The Delivery Channel for Software Logistics Tools: "Software Logistics Toolset 1.0" for an overview

on the SL Toolset. Check service.sap.com/sltoolset to find the latest versions of the tools, the

documentation, and the appropriate SAP Note.

 

 

Overview on SUM procedure

 

1. Plan your maintenance activity (Maintenance Optimizer on your SAP Solution Manager)

2. Download the SUM and the documentation from service.sap.com/sltoolset

3. Extract the archive to a folder on the primary application server (central instance) of your SAP

system

4. Start the tool on the primary application server

5. Connect from your local PC via browser (a java web start application starts)

6. Configure the SUM, especially point to the stack.xml as result of Maintenance Optimizer

Transaction

7. Execute the maintenance on your system

8. If adequate, provide feedback to SAP using the prepared form in SUM