Difference between service pack and Patch in XI

[Former Member]

What is the difference between Service Pack(SP) AND Patch ??

e.g SP12, Patch8.

Is it like that when there is a major change they will issue SP and

for a small change they will issue patch ?? or after number of patches

they will issue SP combining all the patches ??

Service Pack level can be seen from SAP gui system..>status.

But Patch level where can we see ?? what is the Tcode for that ?? or just we got

to go through below links ??

http://<host>:<j2ee_http_port>/sap/monitoring/ComponentInfo

also

http://<host>:<j2ee_http_port>/sap/monitoring/SystemInfo for core system info (J2EE or JVM patch level, etc.)

thanks

kumar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

A service pack (in short SP) is a collection of updates, fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package. Service packs are usually numbered, and thus shortly referred to as SP1, SP2, etc. It is notable that they may bring, besides bug fixes, entirely new features

A patch (sometimes called a "fix") is a quick-repair job for a piece of programming. During a software product's beta test distribution or try-out period and later after the product is formally released, problems (called bug) will almost invariably be found. A patch is the immediate solution that is provided to users; it can sometimes be downloaded from the software maker's Web site. The patch is not necessarily the best solution for the problem and the product developers often find a better solution to provide when they package the product for its next release.