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SAP System copy

Former Member
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Hi,

I am very new to System copy procedure and i am trying to build a SAP Shell system builder. I have gone through various SAP links of SAP System copy step-by-step procedures. For example: <<>>

I am not able to clear my doubts after gone through those procedures. I need to build this shell system by utilizing the control.xml file which i have got very little knowledge.

Please help me to know good info or links to my following questions:

1. what is control.xml file and who provides it and can we change it?

2. I need to copy only the minimum and must required tables/data to the new shell system(target system). do we need to install SAP same version also in the target system? or can we copy even the installation as part of system copy? and even i have the same question about the data base. do we need to install DB in the shell or target system or it also can be copied from the source system and automatically install using SAPInst?

3. i heard by using SAPInst we can do Export and Import. Is this control.xml file being used while Import function in the target system? If so is this the file genrated while export is done in the source system or this file will be same?

Thanks and regards,

Ramesh.

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Former Member
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Hi Ramesh

There are many threads in this forum which may be of help to you. for example the following thread -

Regarding your queries -

1) I do not know anything about control.xml file there is nothing like this involved in shell creation. How ever as a first step of shell creation process we have to create control files using the tool R3LDCTL.EXE.

2) On the target system SAP should have been installed along with the database before doing shell. Both the systems should be homogeneous i.e. same OS, DB combination.

3) Yes to implement Shell you have to use SAPINST to first export data from the source system and then import it into the target. Export step will create a data dump, which will not be a single file but a set of files.

P.S: For documentation for shell refer to the activity documentation in the shell process tree. There is a documented associated with each activity if you double click on any row for the activity you will see the documentation.

I hope this helps

Regards

Pankaj