Procedure documentation Microsoft Windows: Upgrading the Client (Interactive) Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

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

Conventions

Variables

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Stop all SAP DB database systems (including VServer).
  2. Start the installation by executing the SDBINST.exe program in the command prompt.
  3. Choose installation profile Runtime for SAP AS by entering the appropriate profile ID.
    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.
  4. Confirm the installation of the software packages by choosing y.

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.