Usage 'sap.com/AS' cannot be found in the mapping

[former_member182313]

Trying to upgrade Portal from NW 7.0 to NW 7.3.

SUM Versions used:  1.0     

SP: 6    Patch Levels: I tried both 0 and 1

Error messages:

1. Could not deserialize the value of type StringTable. Syntax error on elemen/attribute: ColumnName expected. See screenshot First_error.png. Further analysis showed this as possible source: See First_error_source.png
   1. First_error.png

First_error_source.png

       

1. When I repeated, SUM continued and triggered second error during BIND_SUPPORT_PACKAGES phase: Usage 'sap.com/AS' cannot be found in the mapping. And before displaying this error, it displayed: (UsageMapping.xml not found)

Dec 23, 2012 4:06:41 PM [Info]:        com.sap.sdt.j2ee.tools.appl.ApplPackFile
          Loader.loadUsageMapping(ApplPackFileLoader.java:365) [Thread[main,5,main]]: Mapp
          ing file /usr/sap/EPA/SUM/java/config/UsageMapping.xml not found, will return em
          pty map.

Documents Reviewed:

1. wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERP6/SAP+Netweaver+7.3x+hub+systems+upgrade
2. Notes reviewed:   

• Note 1707161 - Central Note - Software Update Manager 1.0 SP06 [lmt_007]
• 1766130 - No UTL Description for active source product {sap.com/ERP=, sap.com/SRM=}!
• Note 1111316 - Deployment failed because of missing manifest attributes
• Note 1468349 - SAP Business Suite 7 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 hub systems
• Note 1532805 - Add-On Compatibility of SAP NetWeaver 7.3
• Note 1602543 - Error during BIND_SUPPORT_PACKAGES for MDM_JAVA_API
• Note 1656036 - SUM functionality for checking sapstartsrv patch level
• Note 1659363 - SolMan 7.1 upgrade fails during the PREPARE_JSPM_QUEUE phase

Solution Manager Configuration: See attachment for LVSM output:

Solution Manager configuration for the LVSM output:

1. PoRTAL ADD-ON SAP NW 7.0 EHP1
2. SAP EHP1 FOR SAP NETWEAVER 7.0
3. SAP SRM 7.0 / NW7.01

When I tried to add SAP ERP 6.0, it produced an inconsistency and also LVSM showed warning; however 3 products as shown above displays no error.

I've tried several options with no luck. I also tried to download stack.xml more than once with different configurations ending up with the same error message.

Does anyone know possible reason for this situation?

Thank you,

Bala

[former_member182313 · Accepted solution]

Update:  I reviewed ABAPProductUsages.xml (located in SUM/java/config directory) and found ASS instead of AS. I deleted one S, repeated the pahse, continued before running into 'sap.com/BI' cannot be found error. Currently investigating why. Will update.

I reviewed more documents on definition of Products, Product instances, Product Systems, Software compnonent versions, Hub versus Sidecar etc. Based on review, I changed the Landscape pattern from Hub to Sidecar because the portal is used by

SRM system but not ECC. I ran LVSM, and it returned Green. The configuration seems correct but when I try to run MOPZ, it seems running forever while calculating "Target Constellation". Here is the screenshot:

When I set the landscape pattern to Hub or blank, it triggers the error message I menioned in my original post. I believe Sidecar seems like correct setting for how we use Portal but not able to create stack file. Any thoughts?

The documents listed below were useful to get a good understanding on terms products, product instances etc.

1. http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8935
2. http://scn.sap.com/people/ping.tong/blog/2011/01/06/how-to-configure-product-system-and-technical-sy...
3. http://scn.sap.com/people/wolf.hengevoss/blog/2011/06/21/products-product-systems-product-instances-...
4. http://sapinsider.wispubs.com/article.cfm?id=5446

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

HI Bala,

Did you found solution to "sap.com/BI"not found ?.

Thanks

KK

[former_member182313 · Accepted solution]

Kush,

Yes, this blog provided all details on portal upgrade. I reviewed my Portal system, configured it as sidecar to SRM system-details in the blog, generated stack.xml, and then performed the upgrade. The upgrade took about 15 hours for portal.

And I published this blog titled "Tips on Portal Upgrade".

Good luck.

Bala