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Short history of DMO
This blog offers a chronological list of features for database migration option (DMO)
of Software Update Manager (SUM), starting with SUM 1.0 SP09 up to the latest release.
As a prerequisite, you should read the introductory document about DMO:
Database Migration Option (DMO) (sap.com)
Check this page once in a while for updates with new SUM SPs.
Always check the restrictions and conditions for a specific feature in the respective SAP Note,
the actual SAP Notes are listed on the following SAP Support Portal page:
https://support.sap.com/en/tools/software-logistics-tools/software-update-manager.html
Maintenance Strategy:
- SUM 2.0 SP 17: released March 26th 2023, maintenance planned until SP 18 is available
- SUM 1.1 SP 01: released February 13th 2023, maintenance planned until SP02 is available
- SUM 2.0 SP 16 is in phase patch-on-request
- See PDF “Maintenance Strategy” attached to SAP Note 3268170 on SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 38
| SUM 2.0 SP 17 |
Details | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Homogenous DMO | Homogenous DMO: SAP HANA to SAP HANA | DMO Guide, Blog post |
| DMOVE2S4 | DMO move to SAP S/4HANA (on hyperscaler) as alternative to “DMO with system move” | DMO Guide, Blog post |
| SUM 2.0 SP 16 |
Details | More Information |
| (no news) | ||
| SUM 2.0 SP 15 |
Details | More Information |
| DMO to SAP HANA DB | SAP HANA client archive is expected in download directory | |
| SUM 2.0 SP 14 |
Details | More Information |
| DMO | New default schema name “SAPHANADB” (instead of SAPABAP1) for target on BASIS higher than 7.52 | |
| DMO | Row count after migration is now optional | |
| DMO | SAP HANA log mode handling adapted: SUM sets log mode to overwrite before the migration | (see blog post) |
| SUM 2.0 SP 13 |
Details | More Information |
| DMO with system move | “Move from Linux OS to Windows OS” is supported again | |
| DMO with system move | In parallel mode, using delivered synchronization script: Process Control Center (in SUM Utilities) shows a daemon process for script execution |
DMO guide |
| SUM 2.0 SP 12 |
Details | More Information |
| Migration case | New scenario (standalone option) to check cluster tables | DMO guide |
| DMO with system move | Reset on target landscape now works out of the box, using the UI menu (no backup of SUM folder required) | DMO guide |
| SUM 2.0 SP 11 |
Details | More Information |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO can be combined with “DMO without system update” now | |
| SUM 2.0 SP 10 |
Details | More Information |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports SAP ASE as source database type | News List |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized conversion available for educated consultants | Separate Page |
| SUM 2.0 SP 09 |
Details | More Information |
| No news on migration scenarios | ||
| SUM 2.0 SP 08 |
Details | More Information |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports IBM Db2 for z/OS as source database type | |
| DMO with System Move | DMO with System Move now supports a conversion target version SAP S/4HANA 1909 | |
| Shadow repository | “Shadow repository on target” for all migration scenarios independent of target release or target database | |
| SUM 2.0 SP 07 |
Details | More Information |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports MS SQL as source database type | |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports target version SAP S/4HANA 1909 | |
| SUM 2.0 SP 06 |
Details | More Information |
| Shadow repository | DMO to SAP S/4HANA 1909 uses shadow repository on target database | Guide & blog |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO is generally available | Guide & blog |
| SUM 2.0 SP 05 |
Details | More Information |
| (no news) | ||
| SUM 2.0 SP 04 |
Details | More Information |
| (no news) | ||
| SUM 2.0 SP 03 |
Details | More Information |
| Win OS | Scenario “DMO with System Move” now supports Windows as target OS | DMO guide |
| SUM 2.0 SP 02 |
Details | More Information |
| Win OS | Scenario “DMO with System Move” now supports Windows as source OS (not as target OS) | DMO guide |
| SUM 2.0 SP 01 |
Details | More Information |
| new folder doc | New folder doc for static UI content, parallel to htdoc | SUM guide |
| SUM 2.0 SP 00 |
Details | More information |
| Prereq. check | New scenario: prerequisite check for System Conversion | SUM conversion guide & this blog |
| R3load | R3load now provided as part of SUM 2.0 | SAP Note 2472835 |
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| SUM 1.1 SP 00-01 |
Details | More information |
| (no news) | ||
| ————————— | ||
| SUM 1.0 SP 21-28 |
Details | More information |
| (no news) | ||
| SP 20 | Details | More information |
| DMO with System Move | Change the host of PAS instance during DMO | DMO guide & this blog |
| SP 19 | Details | More information |
| DMO without software change | DMO to SAP HANA possible without system update, so no stack.xml is required |
DMO guide & this blog |
| DMO for SAP Solution Manager | DMO to be used for upgrade & migrate SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to 7.2 on SAP HANA database (procedure is now generally available) |
SAP Solution Manager 7.2: Simplified Upgrade and Migration to SAP HANA |
| HANA partitioning via file | Partitioning information can be provided via file | DMO guide section 4.3.8 |
| HANA schema: SAPABAP# | HANA schema will be SAPABAP# (instead of SAP<SID>), i.e. like SWPM names the schema. | |
| SP 18 | Details | More information |
| target db type | Target database type SAP ASE is available (without registration); target database type DB6 is available on request | |
| Migration monitoring | Realtime Migration Graph allows to adapt the number of R3loads for migration directly | |
| SL UI | Buttons for Reset and for Cleanup are now only available via menu “More” | |
| SP 17 | Details | More information |
| DMO for SAP Solution Manager |
DMO to be used for upgrade & migrate SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to 7.2 on HANA (available on request) | SAP Solution Manager 7.2: Simplified Upgrade and Migration to SAP HANA |
| Sub progress bar | Shown for some phases (like migration phases) | |
| Migration Preparation | Illustrates table split result, available in menu Utilities | |
| Notification icon | On main UI on “failed buckets”, with link to bucket process monitor | |
| SP 16 | Details | More information |
| Process Monitor | Restart of broken packages is possible without the need to wait until migration phase is done | |
| Observer mode | Allows to monitor the process with non-<SID>adm user (“just look, don’t touch” possible) | |
| SP 15 | Details | More information |
| 7.50 support | SUM SP 15 is exclusively for scenarios targeting SAP NetWeaver 7.50 based systems, and is available parallel to SUM SP 14. SAP Note 2161396 is relevant for DMO with SUM SP 15. | |
| SP 14 | Details | More information |
| MS SQL as target | The list of target database types is extended to MS SQL. Like with SAP ASE as target database, this is only available on request. (For a request, create an incident on BC-UPG-TLS-TLA). | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| MDC support | Support for Multi Database Containers (MDC) on SAP HANA DB | DMO guide section 4.5.5 |
| non-UC SCM | Support for non-Unicode SAP SCM systems | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| Monitoring | Improved monitoring for R3load usage | DMO guide section 4.2 |
| Test cycle | Test cycle option for quick migration repeat | DMO guide section 4.5.2 |
| DMO notes | The SAP Notes on DMO are now SP-specific: SAP Note 2161397 is specific for DMO with SUM SP 14 (SAP Note 1813548 was for DMO with SUM up to SP 13). | – |
| SP 13 | Details | More information |
| Benchmarking | Benchmarking tool for testing migration performance | DMO: introducing the benchmarking tool |
| R/3 as start | Start release SAP R/3 4.6C is now supported. | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| ROWID export | ROWID-based export for Oracle source database. | – |
| Win: pipe mode | Pipe mode for R3load is now also used for SUM on Windows OS | DMO: comparing pipe and file mode for R3load. |
| SUM on AAS | It is possible to run SUM (and DMO of SUM) on an Additional Application Server (AAS, fka DI). Restrictions are described in the SAP Note for DMO, e.g. it is only supported if your system has a separate ASCS instance. |
Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| New SL UI |
The “DMO UI” is replaced by the “Software Logistics User Interface” (SL UI). Note that the URL suffix has changed from /doc/gui to /doc/sluigui. |
DMO guide section 6.1 |
| Duration files | Table duration files can now simply be put into the download folder to be considered for the next DMO run. | DMO guide section 2.3 |
| SP 12 | Details | More information |
| SAP ASE as target | SAP ASE is a possible target database type for DMO, apart from SAP HANA – this is available on request. Check the SAP Note on DMO for details and restrictions, e.g. it is only supported if you have a separate ASCS instance. | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| SP 11 | Details | More information |
| Table comparison | With table comparison, it is possible to optionally compare not only the number of rows for the migrated tables, but also the content of tables during a DMO run. It should not be used for the DMO run on a productive system as it increases the downtime. | DMO guide section 4.5.1 |
| SP 10 | Details | More information |
| Unicode Conversion | It is now possible to include the Unicode Conversion (for single code page systems only) as part of the DMO procedure. The manual activities required before the actual technical conversion remain the same. | SAP Note 2108396 |
| Reset button | The reset button is now shown on all dialogs. Previously, it was only available on a roadmap switch dialog, like from Preprocessing to Execution. | – |
| SP 09 | Details | More information |
| DMO available | Database Migration Option (DMO) is available as a new scenario for Software Update Manager (SUM). It offers the combined update/upgrade of the SAP software with the database migration to SAP HANA DB. DMO is available for SAP Business Suite systems, SAP NetWeaver systems, and for SAP BW systems. | Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM – Introduction |
Hi Boris,
Thanks for sharing.
Can you please help me understanding when start release 4.6 C is supported from SP14 means can we upgrade and migrated with Single step to ECC 6 EHP8 with target database MSSQL with SUM DMO SP17 ,Also seems SAP Note 2161397 is not released to customers,Please any updates when the note will be released
Thanks,
Avinash
Hi Avinash,
thanks for asking.
1) Any path that targets a product version based on SAP_BASIS 7.50 has to be on Unicode already (see Why EHP 8 is different). Even though the Unicode conversion can in general be covered by DMO, this is not possible for targeting EHP 8.
2) SAP Note 2161397 is no longer visible as it is outdated, I will adapt the text. Actual SAP note for DMO with SUM SP 17 is SAP note 2257362.
Regards, Boris
Thanks Boris for the reply.
So when my system start release 4.6C using SUM SP17 with single step can we go for target database HANA and Product EHP 6 SAP ERP 6 with combine unicode conversion,upgrade and Migration as in blog it updates SUM SP13 -R/3 as startStart release SAP R/3 4.6C is now supported
Thanks,
Avinash
Hi Avinash,
in general start release 4.6C is supported, and DMO can cover the unicode conversion. Still you have to check all requirements and restrictions listed in the relevant SAP Note (e.g. 2257362 for DMO with SUM SP 17) to know whether your scenario works. As an example, the Unicode conversion of DMO requires a single code page source system.
Regards, Boris
Really nice Boris, I hope you will keep on updating this blog.
One suggestion, it would be nice to have the release date mentioned as well for the individual SPs as many of the notes related to the SPs are not released for customers anymore (looking at the older versions).
Thank you for the proposal - I have now listed the status for the actual SUM SPs on top of the table, to show which SUM version is currently supported. Hope that this fits to your proposal.
Thank you for the blog Boris.
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Regards,
Yuksel AKCINAR
Hi Boris
We are facing performance issues in the DMO. EU_CLONE_MIG_DT_RUN phase is running for more than 5 days now (with Downtime minimized strategy). It is a combined migration of NUC to UC, Oracle to HANA & EHP6 to EHP7. System details are given below.
Source system : ERP 6.06, NW 7.31, Non-Unicode, Oracle 12c (OLTP compressed), DB Size 4.5TB, HP rx6600, 4CPU (8 core, 1.6GHz), 64GB RAM, HPUX 11.31 & 2Gb Ethernet.
SUM Host : SUM is run in AAS, HP rx2600, 2CPU (4 core, 1.6GHz)), 32GB RAM, HPUX 11.31 & 2Gb Ethernet
Target system : ERP 6.07, NW 7.4, Unicdoe, HANA 2.0, HP BL460c G9, 2 CPU (28 core), 512GB RAM, SLES 12 SP2, 20Gb Ethernet
SUM version : 1.0 SP 21 (PL5)
R3load : 749 Patch 301
No. of R3load processes : 16 (80 to 90% CPU load in SUM host)
There is no resource bottleneck in CPU, Memory, Disk & Network in Source DB server, SUM host & Target HANA DB.
Cluster tables like RFBLG, CDCLS etc. are transferred at very slow rate.
In the export log, the PIPE time is very high compared to DB time as below (one example). DB time : 25668 sec & Pipe time : 41360 sec.
We are unable to figure out where exactly the issue is as there is no bottleneck in Hardware resource.
Can you pl help us to isolate the issue?
Thanks
Suresh
Hi Suresh,
sorry to read that you are experiencing issues.
Unfortunately I do not have the capacity to analyze such issues, so hopefully you have meanwhile created an incident.
Thanks, Boris