DB upgrade

[former_member51786]

Situation:

In performing the upgrade for MSSQL database from MSSQL 2005 SP4 to MSSQL 2012. 

Current ECC system is ECC 6.0 EHP4 SP6/ Kernel  720 Patch 500 Unicode/Windows 2008R2/MSSQL 2005SP4.

Question:

Do we need to update SP stack and kernel to update database to 2012?

Thank you and best regards,

Jie

[Reagan · Accepted solution]

Hello

I believe you will need to update the kernel to 720_EXT.

Please check these SAP notes.

1651862  - Release planning for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

1676665  - Setting up Microsoft SQL Server 2012

1732161  - SAP Systems on Windows Server 2012 (R2)

The first note will give you the information about the minimum SP level required.

Regards

RB

[sunny_pahuja2]

Hello,

No, it is not required. If system release is supported for database release then it is not required. But in case of Java system, you might need to update JDBC drivers.

Thanks,

Sunny