Need to change before its too Late!!!

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Dear Experts,

My Self SAP R/3 4.0B who was supported by Solaris 5.1 and Oracle 8.1. We have been together for a long time supporting each other to full fill the requirement of our co-workers. But now i am looking for change and growth in the valley of SAP. During the time i have read the below phrase and decided to have a change!!!

                                                             Change is the law of life.

                              And those who look only to the past or present are

                                               certain to miss the future.

                                                                       BY John F Kennedy

                    So i want to upgrade by self to the new platform and yes i know without a struggle there will be no change.

                    Raodmap which i have chosen to upgrade myself is tuff but feasible to achieve it. So here i go with a ray of hope.

  Source System Configuration

Environment	Version
SAP System	SAP R/3 4.0B
Operating System	Solaris 5.1
Database	Oracle 8.2

Target System Configuration

Environment	Version
SAP System	EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0
Operating System	Linux Suse SLES11
Database	Oracle 11g

Migration Path Chosen by me for my New Destination

I have divided my journey in two parts which has  2migration_2SAP upgrade_1Oracle upgarde.

First migration consist of below environment and steps.

We have checked the SAP note 149065 for the below feasibility.

1. Performed system copy of source system to the below environment as per the sapnote 149065 (Export/import method)

2. After the system copy , Upgrade the system to 4.6C

3.  After the upgrade of the SAP system , Upgrade the oracle

Environment/System Copy	Version
SAP System	SAP R/3 4.0B
Operating System	Linux Suse SLES8
Oracle	Oracle 9.2.0
SAP system Upgrade	Upgrade the system from SAP R/3 4.0B to SAP R/3 4.6C
Oracle Upgrade	Upgrade the oracle to 11g

Second Migration consist of below Environment and Steps.

1. Performed another system copy using backup/restore method as per the sapnote 1487754 and on the environment mentioned in the below table.

2. Upgrade the SAP System from SAP R/3 4.6C to EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0

Environment	Version
SAP System	SAP R/3 4.6C
Operating System	Linux Suse SLES 11
Oracle	Oracle 11g
Upgrade the SAP System	Upgrade the SAP System from SAP R/3 4.6

                                                           Overall Plan for my Change in the Valley of SAP

Requesting all the Experts to share their views on this.

With Regards

Ashutosh Chaturvedi