Solution Manager 7.2 - Upgrade - II - Actual Upgrade Process

Hello Friends,

Hopefully you have read my first document Solution Manager 7.2 - Upgrade - I - Technical Checks and Preparations. Now you have your solution Manager ready to upgrade new version. " Isn't that exciting?" Lets begain our ride to upgrade Solution Manager

Install minimum support pack stack 01 in to your existing solution manager 7.1 before start upgrading to Solution manager 7.2

Take the good backup of your existing Solution Manager system

Upgrade Wily Introscope Enterprise Manager to latest version

Upgrade Guide can be found at link below

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/TechOps/IntroscopeEMUpgrade

SAP reference Note: 797147 - Introscope Installation for SAP Customers

Make sure LMDB have no errors and Solution manager system verification check successfully completed.

Transaction Code: LMDB

Upload all System data in LMDB to SAP Support Portal

Troubleshooting

http://scn.sap.com/community/it-management/blog/2015/07/27/uploading-accessing-and-trouble-shooting-system-data-in-the-customer-profile-used-for-planning-changes-in-your-it-landscape

SAP Notes:

2002546 - CP: Direct upload of landscape data to the customer profile

2177157 - Uploading system data in Solution Manager 7.2 SP01

1891878 - "Upload to SAP Support Portal" in LMDB does not send data

1784080 - System information upload from LMDB to Support Portal fails

Check your existing solution manager system preparation, Basic configuration and Managed system configuration up-to-date

Upgrade CR_CONT in SLD to latest available version

SAP reference Note: 669669 - Update of SAP System Component Repository in SLD

After fully synchronization completed deactivate synchronization

Part 1

Part 2

Set SLD to read only mode

Change diagnosis agents’ authentication via certificate (SolMan SPS 11 or High)

2013578 - Diagnostics Agent cannot connect to the Solman using certificate based method - Solman 7.10 SP11/SP12/SP13/SP14

P4 Port settings

Generate Certificate

Before

After

Restart System and check all Agents are connected

http://Javahost:port/smd/AgentAdmin

Note: Make sure all Diagnostic agent JVM is higher that 1.6

Use Maintenance Planner to create stack file and download STACK Files

Perform Content Activation as required

For more information, please look at: http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/SAP+Solution+Manager+7.2+Content+Activation

If you have use none of functionality in solution manager 7.1 you can skip “Content Activation”

Data and Applications Affected:

Solution Documentation.

Change Request Management

Quality Gate Management

IT Portfolio and Project Management

Test Management

Business Process Monitoring

Start SUM and Upgrade SAP Solution Manager

Apply Notes as per SUM list

NW_JAVA source Media Number : 51050526

Note: During Deployment remove any 7.02 deploy version from JAVA calculated queue as per SAP note: 2227300

BI_MMR 7.02	Can not upgrade	Remove
BI_UDI 7.02	If definitely need upgrade to	BI_UDI 7.40
ETPRJSCHEDULER 7.02	If definitely need upgrade to	SAP CPS FOR NW 7.40
KM-KW_JIKS 7.02	If definitely need upgrade to	SAP CPS FOR NW 7.40
LM-TOOLS 7.02	If definitely need upgrade to	SAP IKS 7.40
SWLIFECYCL 7.02	If definitely need upgrade to	LIFECYCLE MGMT TOOLS 7.40
CAF 7.02	If definitely need upgrade to	SAP CAF 7.40