Solution Manager 7.2 SPS update - what order?

[garethreeceuk]

Hello,

I have inherited a SolMan 7.2 environment that is on a pretty old SPS level.  It isn't used for anything mission critical but I'd like to get it updated to the latest SPS.

OS is Windows, DB is Oracle - both ABAP & Java in the same DB.

My question is simply - what order should I update them?  ABAP then Java?  Java then ABAP?  Both in parallel?  What are the implications for each SID when one is updated and the other isn't done yet?

Thanks!

[mamartins · Accepted solution]

Usually, the JAVA stack depends on the ABAP one (ex.: user authentication), so it should be first. Also, higher software releases should connect to lower ones for retro compatibility, the opposite can't be guaranteed.

First, you should stop all activity on the ABAP side (jobs, users, ...) to avoid any call to the JAVA stack services. Then you update de JAVA stack. After validation on the JAVA side, you then proceed to update the ABAP one.