When we patch our Windows based servers, we deploy the patches with SMS, then we manually:
- Shutdown all of the SAP services (first ensuring that they are not in use - no automated jobs running, etc.)
- Restart the server
- Start the SAP services
The SAP services/components we have include R/3, BW, HR, ME, EP6, EP7, Solman, Content Server, etc.
Everything runs on Windows and uses MS SQL.
Is it possible to perform the 3 steps listed above using SMS?
Thanks.