Microsoft Windows: Upgrading the Server (Interactive) (SAP Library

Microsoft Windows: Upgrading the Server (Interactive)

You can perform an interactive upgrade of the database software (server and client) on Microsoft Windows operating systems with the installation file SDBINST.

Conventions

Variables

Prerequisites

You have administrator rights for your host.

You have unpacked the required installation files.

Procedure

Stop all SAP DB database systems (including VServer).
You can use the following commands at the command prompt to do this:
dbmcli –d <database_name> -u <userid>,<password> db_offline
dbmcli –d <database_name> -u <userid>,<password> x_server stop

Start the upgrade by executing the SDBINST.EXE program in the command prompt.

Choose the installation profile by entering the appropriate profile ID.

Server for the SAP DB OLTP database instance type

APO LiveCache for the liveCache database instance type (for the SAP APO System)

All of the existing installations are listed. If there is more than one, choose which of the installations you want to upgrade.
Enter the number of this installation.

Result

All the required data has been specified and checked. The software packages are installed and registered. You can check the result of your installation using the log (Logging).

Next Step

Stop and restart your Microsoft Windows system, so that all changes take effect.