Client Export/Import

Prerequisites

1.Space on usr drive should be minimum 50GB to 100GB on both source as well as target system. This space is required as the requests which re created during client export will be saved in usr drive.Those requests again moved to the target system,hence the same amount of space required on target system.

2.Temporary database size should be minimum 3GB

3.Space on target system for data files should be 600GB

4.Log file size n target and source system should be more than 50GB.If required backup pf the same to be taken frequently.

5.Parameter PHYS_MEMSIZE should be 70% of the Physical Memory size.

6.During client export and import,it is important to suspend the background jobs on both servers source and target systems.

7.If the system is not in landscape.TMS needs to be configured on the system.

Client Export

1.Logon to the source client enter scc8.Choose the required profile. And click on target system.

2.Click on Schedule in background

3.if SAP_ALL  Profile is selected then change documents are not copied from the source system to target system as per profile SAP_ALL    click ok.

4.Click on Immediately and unclick No Printer Dialog and schedule job

5.Click continue.

6.The popup which appears will show the requests which are going to be created.

7.Click on OK.

8.The pop up screen appears on confirmation for the background job.

9.go to SCC3 and check the log for the same.

10.Detailed log in SCC3

11.In log , the requests numbers will be shown once the detailed analyzing is thru.

12.RO*,RT*,RX* files would be created in data file.RO* is for cross client,RT* is for client specific data and RX* for forms and Text.RO* will not be available if we choose the profile SAP_ALL while exporting the data.In the snapshot logs only RT* and RX* as the profile chosen for export was SAP_ALL.

/usr/sap/trans/data

13.KT* and KX* files would be created in data file

/usr/sap/trans/cofile

14.Log files can be viewed in .\trans\log folder

15.Finally the client export will complete  as per logs.

16.The data file size would be 15 GB Approx takes 8hrs.

/usr/sap/trans/data

Client import

1.Logon to the Target system àExecute STMS

2.Add the requests KT00009 and KX00009 into queue.SID of the source system to be aced along with this.EX:RK1KT00009.

3.Import should be on sequential basis

First KT* and KX* ,if KO is available then KO* imported first.Here KO* will not be available as the profile chosen is SAP_ALL.

4.Other requests àAdd

5.Enter the Request no.Click yes

6.Check the queue

7.Click on  ‘Import Request’ and the following screen appears

08.Enter the target client and click on import.

09.Import will start on the target system now.

10.Monitoring the import.Enter t-code DB02 and check for DB Growth.

11.Goto \usr\sap\trans\temp\RP11T00009.tmp file to see the current status of  import.

Also SLOG file which will give the phase of the import. This file would also give you the import parameters being considered for this import.

12.Once the first request is imported successfully and then import the next request.

13.Add the next request RP1KX* into the queue and start the import.

14.Now the second request starts importing and completes.

Client Import –Post processing

1.Enter the t-code SCC7 and by default you will see the RP1T* transport appears there for Post processing activity.

2.Click on the background job option, Click on continue

3.Check for logs SCC3.

4.once SCC7 complete successfully, DB Consistency check to be done, the complete CUA needs to be reconfigured., All transports  requests which are imported in quality server after production client export needs to be imported again on quality server and background jobs needs to be checked.