Hello all, I have some problems updating to 7.4 I am currently running Suse81 and 7.3.0. Like it is written in the document "Database upgrade from 7.3 to 7.4" I first installed the database software itself:
On Page 11 there is written upgrading with an rpm package. I logged in as "root" * stopped all db instances * stopped Vserver (** made a copy of all known folders used by sapdb) * executed rpm -Uhr sapdb*.rpm this wouldn't run. (it says that if running in root arguments to --root (-r) must begin with a /) I took rpm -Uhv sapdb*.rpm instead this gave me errors, which I cannot recall. Ok, already sweating :-(, I tried to start the Vserver. It didn't work! After several useless attemts of repairing the installation, I deinstalled the rpms and copied the old folders over new ones, then I deleted the rest of the 7.4 files and luckily got the db up and running again. Where did I go wrong? I looks like at one point of the migration path both databases have to run. Is this possible? Can I run them in a productive environment parallel? Or can I install them on one machine and run one of each? This would be great since I need this kind of environment! But to migrate to 7.4: Is it enough to make a COLD BACKUP? In the migration documentation there is an additional step written down: * util_execute migrate (It doesn't run on my 7.3 only installation.) It is also done before util_connect. Can this be? But can I restore a COLD BACKUP of 7.3 in 7.4 without this step? Some helpful ideas would be nice. Regards, Manfred ______________________________________________________________________________ Mit der Gruppen-SMS von WEB.DE FreeMail erreichen Sie mit einem Klick alle Freunde gleichzeitig! http://freemail.web.de/features/?mc=021180 _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
