Difference between client Export/Import and a system refresh

[roopesh_injamuri]

Hi Experts,

I would like to know the diffrence between client Export/Import and System refresh.

Actually i have done client export from our production system and imported it into our quality system, I have asked our functional consultants whether the production data is now available in Quality. They replied me saying whole data of production system is available in Quality system as off date i have copied the export.

The size of the export was around 8GB, How can this have all the data of Production system which is around 600 GB.

In this way what is the use of System refresh which is done by database level ( changing the cntrl file etc... ), As i am getting all the data by doing Client Export/Import.

Thanks & Regards,

Injamuri

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Injamuri,

The following will help you:

http://www.sap-img.com/bc049.htm

Thanks!

Preethi

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is system refresh when and why it is done?

The system refersh is nothing but the deletion of the client and replacing the data from other client. For example : you have clients 100, 200 and 300. Suppose when you want to refresh the client 100 you remove the client 100 and replace it with 200 0r 300 as per your reqiurement.

Mostly the refresh of clients will be happen at the time of development stage.

System Refresh is a simplified term to Client Copy. Client Copy means copying the production client on to the quality to test the real data. As recommend by SAP this need to carried out every 3 months.

The process to carry out the same is as follows:

1. Create a client on quality system using txn scc4

2. Create a RFC between Production system and Quality System (need to create on quality system)

3. Login to the newly created client using sap* and pass as a password

4. Txn sccl to start the client copy.

You can test the client copy by selecting the test run option. (test run will estimate the time taken for the activity).

Anil