SAP NetWeaver Portal Upgrade 7.0 to 7.4
NW Portal Upgrade 7.0 to 7.4
Agenda:-
- Understanding System landscape
- Custom and Standard application
- Check Compatibility
- What’s new -Netweaver 7.4?
- Option for installation/upgrade -NW 7.4
- Major issues
- Help -SAP Notes
Understanding System Landscape
Check below points while before Upgrades system from 7.0 to 7.4
- Portal
- OS, Kernel and DB
- Business Packages (SRM/ESS-MSS/BI etc)
- Backend Systems (ECC/SRM/BI/PI):
- Federation
- Third party integration
- Add-ons (Trex/Load Balancer/IDM)
- Device/Browser
Custom and Standard Application
Check below points while before Upgrades system from 7.0 to 7.4
- Different types of custom applications
- Different types of standard applications
- Dependent Applications
- External JAR’s
- EJB/Webservice/ARFC Models
- Log on and Log off Pages
- Theme and Branding
Check the Compatibility
- Upgrade Dependency Analyzer
- FPN Compatibility
- Browser Compatibility
- Business Package Compatibility
- Backend Compatibility
- SAP Upgrade Equivalence
Upgrade Dependency Analyzer
Upgrade Dependency analyzer tool (http://service.sap.com/uda)
SAP Note:
1793938 – Main Browser Note for NetWeaver 7.4:- SAP Note 1793938 – Main Browser Note for NetWeaver 7.4
1730102 – Release Restrictions for SAP NetWeaver 7.4
1909625 – SAP Netweaver 7.4 Portal upgrade – which XSS packages to use
VI matrix – FPN Compatibility
Browser Compatibility for 7.4
Browser Compatibility for 7.4 – Cont.
PAM Details:-http://www.cubeserv.com/dateizentrale/dateiverwaltung/newsletter/2014_1_quarterly/PAM_740_Stand_03.03.2014.pdf
Product Availability Matrix – PAMs
Business Package Compatibility
How to guide Link: http://service.sap.com/solman-mopz
- Use the maintenance optimizer (MOPZ) to determine the packages which fit together
- Check PAM
What’s New – SAP NW Portal 7.4
SAP NetWeaver Portal leverages SAP’s latest HTML5 UI libraries (SAPUI5)
Unified Framework Page
- New framework page and visual design of the portal client
- Based on SAPUI5 framework and UI controls
- Compliant with modern browser’s standards mode
Integration of SAPUI5 applications
- Supports integration of SAPUI5-based applications via new iView template from the portal’s GPAL repository
- Enterprise-ready content management solution
- Enhanced mobile consumption
- PCM as best-of-breed document management solution
- Fully integrated with portal andworkspaces via pre-configured iViews, SSO, universal worklist and search
- Easily upgradable to SAP Extended ECM by OpenText
- Foundation for SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA
- Embedded NetWeaver Gateway and SAP UI5 capabilities
- Enhanced custom development in the context of SAP HANA
- Improved development of mobile apps (smart phones/tablets)
- UI Theme Designer Easy theming of the portal experience
What’s New – SAP NW Portal 7.4/7.3
The UI Theme designer is connecting to the Portal theme repository and reads the available themes
Theme can be Published in the Portal repository
Application rendering is also saved in the portal repository
When you launch an application from the Portal it will use the branding stored in the portal repository
Full theme integration between the Portal and other SAP applications
- New Theme solution in the Portal
- Organized Administrator menu structure
- Easy PCD creation
- No PAR files
- PAR Migration Tool
- Enhanced use of Ajax framework
- No Visual Admin tool
- No SDM GUI
- No SDM GUI password for deployment
SAP Upgrade Equivalence
| SAP EHP 1 NW 7.0 |
SAP NetWeaver 7.4 |
|---|---|
| SPS 13 (or lower) | SPS 02 (or higher) |
| SPS 14 (or lower) | SPS 04 (or higher) |
| SPS 15 (or lower) | SPS 06 (or higher) |
SAP Note 1751237 Add. info about the update/upgrade to SAP NetWeaver 7.4
SAP Note 1850327 SP Equivalence for update/upgrade to SAP NW 7.4
Options for installation/upgrade- NW 7.4
Major Issues
http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW73/SPS05/
- Import missing errors
- First, locate the relevant JAR or class file and then find out the package for 7.3 or 7.4
- You can search for the new jars inside the eclipse plugin folder and add to Java build path as an external JAR.
- Using the Component Properties perspective you can add the required DC to your project.
- After that you might have to re adjust your code import class path.
Major Issues
- Deprecated methods and APIs
- Adjustment in PortalApp.xml
Private Sharing reference should be made via the facade DC rather than directly to the components
com.sap.portal.htmlb > SAPJ2EE::library:com.sapportals.htmlb
In SAP NetWeaver 7.3, references should be made via the facade DC rather than directly to the components.
For portal applications you should convert the DC name to reference.
For example, if the DC name in the Javadocs is [sap.com] tc/epbc/prt/api, the reference
should be com.sap.tc~epbc~prt~api. For a J2EE library, the prefix should be SAPJ2EE::library:.
Adjusting Code to Support JDK 1.6
com.sapportals.htmlb.enum* > com.sapportals.htmlb.enums*
Key points for Upgrade
- The use of EHP1 for SAP Solution Manager 7.0 (SP 23 or higher) is now mandatory for running the upgrade (need to further analyze )
- Be aware of the dependencies to other components such as Development Environment or backend release when using Business Packages
- Before upgrading to SAP NetWeaver 7.3 or higher, SAP recommends to split any optional dual-stack systems. For more information, see the dual-stack split
- Manual content transport: Due to restrictions in the export mechanism of SAP NetWeaver 7.0, you cannot simply export, transport and import content and related properties or configurations into a fresh new system (e.g. some KM services). Check the transport information in documentation for KM 7.0KM 7.3
- Please note that portal applications have a slightly different directory structure now. They include additional files and are packaged in WAR format, which are ZIP files with a .war extension. WAR (Web Application Archive) is the standard format for packaging web components for Java EE servers. The portal provides a migration tool
- Customers can adjust the visual appearance of the portal and integrated applications (e.g. colors, fonts, padding, images) via the classic “Portal Theme Editor” and the new UI Theme Designer.
Useful Links:
Migration of WD DCs from NW 7.0 to 7.31 & handle common migration issues
Everything you wanted to know about SAP NetWeaver Portal Upgrade
Migration of Web Dynpro Java DCs from 7.0 to 7.31 – Stepwise procedure and troubleshooting
SAP NW 7.3 Portal Upgrade Approach http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10b84b1f-9d37-2f10-bc9e-e61d943bfa7a?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true&53648436494622
Lesson’s learned in Upgrading to Portal 7.3 – Part I
Locating Relevant JAR Files When Migrating Custom Applications to SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3
Error importing *.SCA file into NWDS: Import (into source SC) not possible
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal – Upgrade from 04/04S to 7.3 onwards
How To… Migrate Custom Portal Applications to SAP NetWeaver 7.3: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10b84b1f-9d37-2f10-bc9e-e61d943bfa7a?QuickLink=index&…
Help – SAP Notes
- Browser Compatibility – Note 1793938, Note 1590563, Note 1785100, Note 1903267
- Add. info about the update/upgrade to SAP NetWeaver 7.4 – Note 1751237
- SP Equivalence for update/upgrade to SAP NW 7.4 – Note 1850327
- Equivalent ESS MSS Business Package – Note 1909625
- Release Restrictions for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 – Note 1730102
- SAP Business Suite for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 Hub-Systems – Note 1874939
- 1503649 – SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.30 DCs and References
Hope this is helpful All !!!
Regards
Vijay Kalluri
Thanks a lot Vijay....It would be very useful blog.....
Its very usefull Vijay.....
Hi,
Nice blog. The steps to migrate webdynpro java Dcs from 7.0 to 7.4 portal, is it same as it was for 7.0 to 7.3? Is there any documentation that details out steps specifically for migration of wdj applications from 7.0 to 7.4?
Regards,
Navya
Please look at this blog, mean while i will check with other team in my Company.. they are doing same migration work.
Migration of Web Dynpro Java DCs from 7.0 to 7.31 – Stepwise procedure and troubleshooting
Migration of WD DCs from NW 7.0 to 7.31 & handle common migration issues
Regards
Vijay
Hi Vijay,
Firstly, a great blog. Thank you for that.
I have the same question as Navya above. We are currently evaluating on upgrading our 7.0 WDJ DCs to 7.4. Hence do the above mentioned steps hold good for 7.4 as well?
Or is there a separate guide to go from 7.0 to 7.4?
Thanks,
Aravind
Hi Vijay,
can you elaborate how to upgrade sap ep 7.3 to 7.4
your assistance highly appreciated
regards,
Ibrahim
Hi! Vijay,
We are also upgrading our NW portal system from 7.01 to 7.4 but stuck at one major issue.
Our 7.01 portal implementation, we are using HCM form and Process.with help of Web dynpro JAVA application sap.com/mss~hras/EmployeeSelectionApp which is used to display the employee selection view portal. The Object and Data Provider provides the list of employees from which the manager can select the employee. After Selecting the employee from Employee selection view, this employee is passed to asr_process_exceute which executes the HCM form for selected pernr. After upgraing it to 7.4 this form is not wokring....and now SAP is asking us to move it to Webdynpro for ABAP...But this has huge impact on the system....
Can you suggest any solution for this..?
Regards,
M.D.Sahu