Kernel 6.40 patch is not updated after kernel upgradation

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

I have tried to upgrade the kernel 6.40 patch level from 21 to 196.The patch level is updated to 196.But after restarting sap it is reverted back to 21.Could you help me solve this problem?

Our Environment:

SAP Version 4.7 IDEAS

OS:Windows 2003 server

Database: Oracle 9i

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Thanks in Advance,

Naresh

[Former Member]

Hi,

I stopped SAPOSCOL before updating the kernel files and I checked all log files in work directory and found everything fine.

Thanks,

Naresh

[Former Member]

Hi Naresh,

Can you open the sapcpe.log file at your \usr\sap\<i>SID</i>\<i>DVEBMGSxx</i>\work\ dir?

Please, post the first & the last 20 lines (aprox), and/or look for any error there...

Best Regards,

JC Llanes.

[Former Member]

Hi Kaushal,

No luck.I have already tried your option.

Thanks,

Naresh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Have checked the log files and also the dev* files in work directory.

Please also check any errors found in the work directory. some times due the saposcol problem , sysem will not release the complete memory.

As you are on windows, please stop saposcol service and then, replace your new kerenals .

Try to restart the sap.

Hope this will help you.

Regards

Upender Reddy

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Thank you Eric for your prompt reply.

I have already tried your option updating the kernel files in the directory X:\USR\SAP\[sid]\sys\EXE\nuc and restarted the SAP instance.But my doubt here is, the subdirecory of nuc is NTi386 which was updated.Did i go wrong?

We have windows 32 bit environment.

Thanks,

Naresh

[Former Member]

Hi,

yes update the new kernel in X:\USR\SAP\[sid]\sys\EXE\nuc\NTi386 as well

regards,

kaushal

[Former Member]

Hi,

Before coping the kernel, you should bring down SAP, then stop SAPOSCOL, then stop the sapstartsrv. and then clean all the semaphores owned sidadm. here is the steps

stopsap all

stopsap sapstartsrv DVEBMGS<abap instance no>

stopsap sapstartsrv SCS<java instance no> ( If java stack available)

saposcol -k

cleanipc <abap instance no> remove

cleanipc <java instance no> remove

slibclean ---> execute this command as root.

Then after executing all the commands then copy the kernel to run directory.

Sudha

[former_member204746]

nice try Sudha.. but he`s on Windows...

[former_member204746]

where have you updated your SAP kernel?

do you have this directory? X:\USR\SAP\[sid]\sys\EXE\<b>nuc</b>

if so, update your kernel in this directory and restart your SAP instance.

the startup profile caqlls a program called SAPCPE which copies the kernel from this directory to X:\USR\SAP\[sid]\sys\EXE\run