I wanted to add some extra instructions to Christoph's list. Edited version below.
Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Bautz, Christoph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Why are 7.4 upgrade problems and questions being ignored? [snip] For now a description how to update to SAP DB 7.4.3, if you use SDBUPD: 1.) database version is 7.3.00 Build 25 or higher, instance type is OLTP database is in state WARM, system tables are loaded, database parameters have not been changed since last restart ** only a single database instance is in created on the 7.3 install 2.) stop the database 'dbmcli -d <dbname> -u <usr,pwd> db_offline' 3.) start database in COLD mode 'dbmcli -d <dbname> -u <usr,pwd> db_cold' 4.) ** start a utility session. 'dbmcli -d <dbname> -u <usr,pwd>' 'util_connect' make a complete data backup or alternatively as of SAPDB 7.4.03 Build 012 or higher a incremental backup and a log backup. Example backup to hard drive: 'medium_put <medium> <outputfile> FILE DATA 0 8 YES' 'dbmcli -d <dbname> -u <usr,pwd> backup_start <medium>' 5.) run SDBUPD, you must not start the database after the backup './SDBUPD -d <dbname> -u <usr,pwd> 6.) Your database is updated to 7.4.3 _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
