SAP ST-PI and ST-A/PI Patch Update Steps
SAP ST-PI and ST-A/PI patch update
Summary :-
This document will show you how to update the ST-/PI and ST-A/PI in SAP with help of service preparation check RTCCTOOL .
Author: Brindavan Mookaiah
Designation: SAP BASIS Consultant
Tabls of content
- 1) EWA report
- 2) Run RTCCTOOL
- 3) Implement the ST-A/PI and ST-PI
Step 1)
Check the EWA report about the ST-PI and ST-A/PI patch to update.SAP will recommend upgrading the new version based on SAP Application.
Steps 2)
Once if you able to see that the ST-A/PI & ST-PI need to update and SAP recommeded. Then login into SAP and go to T-code SE38 and then execute program ‘RTCCTOOL ‘.
Download the latest ST-PI and ST-A/PI from service market place http://www.service.sap.com
Once you downloaded the required file(ST-PI& ST-A/PI) from market place and copy the file into the server. Mostly this file will be SAR file.
Login in to OS level with SIDadm and extract the file using SAPCAR.
,After the files are extracted, place the files into directory “/usr/sap/trans/EPS/in”.
Then login into SAP level and go-t-code SAINT –> click Installation package –> load package –> from appliaction server
click go back to the pervius menu and select the ST-A/PI –> click start
Click No
SPAU adjustmnet can be done later. You inform to ABAP team to fix if any SPAU adjustment is there.
Once the ST-AP conmpleted successfully, then upadte the ST-PI.
ST-PI need to update in T-code SPAM
Login into SAP and go-t-code ‘SPAM’
Then click Display/define–> select the compent ST-PI
and start implement once you select the complenet ST-PI and click–> support package —> import queue
it will take 15 to 20 mintues to complete.
once the ST-PI completed, Click–> support package–> confim the queue
Note: ST-A/PI need to update in T-code SAINT and ST_PI need to update in t-code SPAM.
Nice Doc Brindavan 🙂
Thanks Manas....
is this nice docu still valid for all netweaver installations ? for example: NW-7.31 and NW-7.40 ?
or
shall we have to install new updates of addons (ST-PI and ST/A-PI) only with SUM ?
and that means:
no longer usage of SPAM + SAINT for updating ? 😯 😯 😯
Hi Christoph,
I think you are asking for SAP Note 🙂
1803986 - Rules to use SUM or SPAM/SAINT to apply SPs for ABAP stacks
I hope it helps.
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Hi,
thanks for the note-no and other links
(the 2. link to scn.sap.com did not work)
correct is: Software Logistics
but sapnote 1803986 says nothing about update of ST-PI and ST-A/PI components/add-ons
if i want to update only these 2 components ( as in early-watch report required )
is it in NW-7.40 ABAP still possible to do that with SPAM/SAINT ?
as in sapnote http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/539977
there is mentioned SPAM as update-tool for ST-PI
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Christoph
Hi Christoph,
We had the very same question here, and the answer is that yes, you can still update ST-PI & ST-A/PI with SPAM/SAINT, however, if the version of SPAM/SAINT is not recent enough to apply ST-PI & ST-A/PI (if you try, you'll get an information message to this effect), then you must first update SPAM/SAINT with SUM.
Regards,
Ross
its was helpful Brindavan thanks
It's a really detailed doc. My question is: any way to upgrade these plugins via SolMan or with any way, I mean I need to upgrade all of our systems to the newest ST-/PI and ST-A/PI version and I don't want to install these plugins one by one. As I know - maybe wrongly - there is a way to upgrade from centrally to spread to all systems.
Hi!
You can do via SZENPLUGIN transaction in SolMan.
There you can check all your child systems, and distribute the Service Tools Plugins -it is also one by one, but it is faster, and it works with a transport request that is moved automatically.
Here you have a procedure:
https://blogs.sap.com/2013/10/08/distributing-the-cts-plug-in-to-managed-systems-for-charm-downgrade-protection/
Regards, Lautaro.