1. SAPUp: Are standard SAP upgrade tools coming in two flavors:
a. For ABAP Stack – SAPup
b. For JAVA Stack - SAPJup
It
consists of two programs:
a. Upgrade program – performing the upgrade
b. Control program - so called GUI to upgrade process (Upgrade GUI of SDT
GUI)
Upgrade GUI is user interface where you can see the upgrade phases/progress via roadmap steps. With this tool you can perform Combined Upgrade (CU) and Unicode Conversion (UC) as well.
2. SAP Enhancement Package Installer (SAP EhPi): Primarily used for Enhancement package (EhP) installations.
EhP are aimed to enhance functionality of SAP Business Suite 7 and higher and SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and higher based
systems. Used for systems based on both ABAP and JAVA Stacks. Moreover you can
upgrade dual stack based system via synchronized procedures. You can also use
SAPehpi for SAP Support Packages only.
SAP introduced its enhancement package
strategy for SAP ERP as a means to simplify the way customers manage and
deploy new software functionality. Customers can electively implement these
software innovations from SAP and activate the software upon business demand. As a result,
customers can isolate the impact of software updates and bring new
functionality online faster through shortened testing cycles.
Learn here more about the enhancement package concept which is the first of its kind in the industry, offering customers greater long-term value and an easier methodology for managing software innovations.
Learn here more about the enhancement package concept which is the first of its kind in the industry, offering customers greater long-term value and an easier methodology for managing software innovations.
When is the best time to install an enhancement package?
SAP strongly recommends installing the
enhancement package for SAP ERP when performing a regular SP stack
implementation. The installation of enhancement packages and the application of
the SP stack should be done together in one queue in the SAP add-on
installation tool (known as transaction SAINT) or the SAP enhancement package
installer. This reduces the downtime and manual effort for the whole
installation procedure. In addition, you can leverage synergies concerning
modification adjustment as well as regression testing for all software
components at that time.
Note: Effectively as of 21.4.2011 SAPehpi
7.10 is replaced by Software Update Manager (SUM) see below.
3.
Software Update Manager – SUM (Software Logistics Toolset) – Software
logistics tool
for different kinds of implementation processes.
The
Software Update Manager 1.0 is the tool for system maintenance:
·
Release
upgrade (major release change)
·
System
update (EHP installation)
·
applying
Support Packages (SPs) / Support Package Stacks
·
applying
Java patches
·
correction
of installed software information
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 Net Weaver based systems, so systems either based
on AS ABAP, or AS Java, or based on a dual-stack system.
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
·
SUM 1.0 SP10 is available since
March 2013
4. SPAM / SAINT / JSPM: tools to be used
for installation and upgrade of add-on, Support Packages, subsequent installation of
additional technical usages of EHPS. Coming again in two flavors:
a. For ABAP Stack – SAINT and SPAM
b. For JAVA Stack - JSPM
SPAM and SAINT are hosted directly by ABAP AS and therefore are platform in depended.
SPAM and SAINT are hosted directly by ABAP AS and therefore are platform in depended.
SPAM: Support Package Manager.
If you are upgrading the patches of your
existing components to the latest or to your required patch level, we will do
it by using SPAM.
Ex: SAP_BASIS is on pl 9 .for upgrading
this to latest(pl 13 or 14)
We will do this from SPAM.
SAINT: Add-On Installation Tool
If you want to install a new component in
your system, which is not there in the system we will do this by SAINT.
For ex: ST-PI is not existing in your
system want to install then u need to install the add-on for that component by
SAINT.
After the installation you have to patch
this to latest by using SPAM.
If you want to upgrade the release of the
component we have to perform this by using SAINT.
Ex: PI_BASIS is on 2003_1_640 if u want
upgrade this to 2004_1_640 then u need to perform this by using SAINT
5. Application Specific Upgrade (ASU) – Tool hosted by ABAP Stack to collect all before /
after upgrade activities, tasks etc.
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