Hi Friends,
I have a doubt about the unicode conversion. We have R/3 4.6c non-unicode(Single code page) on DB2 6.1 and we want to upgrade to ECC 6.0 unicode. For the upgrade it's mandatory to upgrade DB2 6.1 to V8.1, then we can upgrade to ECC 6.0 non unicode. After the upgrade we want to convert to unicode. Now I have read (one server strategy) that I have to do export (R3load), delete the ECC 6.0 non-unicode, install an unicode database and then import with R3load. My doubt is about the deletion of ECC 6.0 non unicode. Why? When I upgrade the DB2 from 6.1 to 8.1 I can (New Function mode) convert the DB2 catalog to unicode so after the upgrade to ECC 6.0 non-unicode I can to convert to unicode only with an export (R3load) and subsequent import (R3load) without any deletion. Obviously I must to change the SAP kernel with a unicode one. Is it correct?
Many thanks for your help
Cheers
Bob