system copy and upgrade questions

[Former Member]

dear gurus

i have one production box

R/3 version 4.6c

kernel 4.6D sp 1913

DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0

OS version Solaris 9

1st QUESTION

if i want to do system copy to new box

with

R/3 version 4.6c

kernel 4.6D sp 1913

DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0

OS version Solaris 10 (changed from solaris 9 to 10)

do i need to do homogenous system copy or heterogenous ?

is there any issues between 4.6c and solaris 10 ?

2nd question

if 1st question above is not possible, I want to do homogenous system copy with

R/3 version 4.6c

kernel 4.6D sp 1913

DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0

OS version Solaris 9

after that i will upgrade Oracle to 10 and SAP to ECC 6, is it possible to use ECC6 and Solaris 9 ? or do I need to upgrade to Solaris 10 ?

thanks

[Former Member]

Going from Solaris 9 to 10 is considered by SAP as homogeneous system copy so you should have no problem at all.

Just do the Homo system copy in Solaris 10 and then upgrade Oracle to 10 preparing for the upgrade process.

Edited by: AC on Dec 11, 2008 2:07 PM

[Former Member]

Hi AC thanks for your reply, anyway from other forum I got the answer already. please see quote below

but anyway i have another plan b that I need to ask.. just in case the new box is installed with Solaris 10

can you please let me know what is the best approach to do the upgrade, please if possible follow my approach in quote below

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 i have one production box
R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit
kernel 4.6D sp 1913
DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 64-bit
OS version Solaris 9 64-bit
activities in new box
install Solaris 9 64-bit + patches
install Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 64-bit + patches
install R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit (with DB Load from dump from system copy, there is another option to move data file only)
update kernel to latest 4.6d before installing DB instance
upgrade Oracle 2 steps two Oracle 10 + patches
update kernel to 4.6dEX2 (in order to run with Oracle 10)
start SAP
upgrade to ECC6 sr2 + patches (sr2 because we dont want unicode, sr3 installation must be unicode)

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[Former Member]

 install Solaris 9 64-bit + patches 

I would prefer Solaris 10 but 9 is not a problem

 install Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 64-bit + patches
install R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit (with DB Load from dump from system copy, there is another option to move data file only)
update kernel to latest 4.6d before installing DB instance

You could update kernel to 4.6D EX2

upgrade Oracle 2 steps two Oracle 10 + patches
update kernel to 4.6dEX2 (in order to run with Oracle 10)
start SAP
upgrade to ECC6 sr2 + patches (sr2 because we dont want unicode, sr3 installation must be unicode)

I have not used upgrade SR3 but in the guide (for SR3) explain that you can do upgrade to non Unicode. If you go SR2 the system will loose too much time due the SP's you will need and if you plan to use EHP3 you can include it during upgrade.

That´s just my opinion,

Good luck

Edited by: AC on Dec 12, 2008 1:50 PM

[Former Member]

Hi AC,

thanks for the reply !

since we already decide to use the approach below (for system copy)

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source system

R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit

kernel 4.6D sp 1913

DB version Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 64-bit

OS version Solaris 9 64-bit

target system

install Solaris 10 64-bit + patches

install Oracle 10.2.0.4 64-bit + patches

install R/3 version 4.6c 64-bit (central instance)

update kernel to latest 4.6d_EXT or 4.6d_EX2 before installing DB instance

install db instance (using R3load dump from system copy

start SAP

upgrade to ECC6 sr2 + patches (sr2 because we dont want unicode, sr3 installation must be unicode)

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I have another question.. where to download latest r3setup ? i read in note that we must use latest r3setup for solaris based system.

the path in service.sap.com/swdc a bit confusing

thanks !

[Former Member]

Hi,

can we run ECC 6 on Solaris 9 ?

You can run ECC6.0 on solaris 9, it is possible.

can we run 4.6c on Solaris 10

You can run 4.6C on Solaris 10. It is possible.

Please let me know if you need more information on the same.

Thanks

Kishore

[Former Member]

thanks ! i just check with PAM

4.6c is supported with Solaris10 but need 4.6dEx2 or EXT kernel

[Former Member]

Hi,

If you have already installed SAP in your new Box, configure RFC and copy the client u required.

Regards,

Karthik

[Former Member]

your answer doesnt connect with my questions

ok lets make it simple..

can we run ECC 6 on Solaris 9 ?

can we run 4.6c on Solaris 10 ?

thanks !