§... Acknowledgments ... 19§§... Introduction ... 21§§1 ... Project Planning ... 27§§1.1 ... Why Upgrade? ... 27§§1.2 ... Estimating the Effort ... 30§§1.3 ... Pre-Upgrade Considerations ... 42§§1.4 ... Factors Influencing the Complexity of an Upgrade ... 43§§1.5 ... The Project Team ... 65§§1.6 ... The SAP Upgrade Project: Steps ... 71§§1.7 ... Outlining the Upgrade Plan ... 74§§1.8 ... The Testing Phase ... 81§§1.9 ... SAP Solution Manager and the SAP Upgrade Roadmap ... 88§§1.10 ... Summary ... 89§§2 ... Technical Information and Planning ... 91§§2.1 ... The SAP NetWeaver Architecture ... 91§§2.2 ... An Overview of SAP ERP and SAP Releases ... 95§§2.3 ... The System Switch Upgrade ... 102§§2.4 ... Upgrade Strategy and Runtime ... 104§§2.5 ... Database-Specific Aspects ... 107§§2.6 ... The SAP Landscape during the Upgrade ... 109§§2.7 ... Upgrading the Frontend Software ... 116§§2.8 ... The Application-Specific Upgrade Toolbox ... 116§§2.9 ... Upgrade of Dual-Stack Systems ... 117§§2.10 ... Upgrades in an MCOD System Landscape ... 122§§2.11 ... Summary ... 124§§3 ... Preparing for the Technical Upgrade ... 125§§3.1 ... Upgrade Documentation ... 126§§3.2 ... Upgrade Services ... 137§§3.3 ... Hardware and Software Requirements ... 141§§3.4 ... The Upgrade Directory ... 149§§3.5 ... The Upgrade Media ... 154§§3.6 ... Support and Enhancement Packages ... 158§§3.7 ... The Download Directory ... 165§§3.8 ... Summary ... 166§§4 ... A Guided Tour of the Upgrade Tools ... 167§§4.1 ... Obtaining the SUM ... 168§§4.2 ... Setting up the SUM ... 175§§4.3 ... Using the SUM ... 193§§4.4 ... Special Features of the SUM ... 200§§4.5 ... Summary ... 204§§5 ... Upgrading the ABAP System ... 205§§5.1 ... Planning the ABAP Upgrade ... 207§§5.2 ... ABAP Upgrade Timeline ... 209§§5.3 ... The Shadow Repository and Shadow Instance ... 220§§5.4 ... The ABAP Upgrade Directory ... 220§§5.5 ... SAPup ... 223§§5.6 ... Starting the ABAP Upgrade ... 228§§5.7 ... Initialization Roadmap Step ... 232§§5.8 ... Extraction Roadmap Step ... 239§§5.9 ... Configuration Roadmap Step ... 244§§5.10 ... Checks Roadmap Step ... 259§§5.11 ... Preprocessing Roadmap Step ... 263§§5.12 ... Execution Roadmap Step ... 291§§5.13 ... Postprocessing and Finalization Roadmap Steps ... 299§§5.14 ... Upgrade Postprocessing Activities for ABAP ... 306§§5.15 ... After the Upgrade ... 320§§5.16 ... Troubleshooting ... 320§§5.17 ... Summary ... 325§§6 ... Upgrading the Java System ... 327§§6.1 ... Planning and Preparation ... 328§§6.2 ... Starting the Upgrade ... 333§§6.3 ... Upgrade Process ... 334§§6.4 ... Postprocessing ... 362§§6.5 ... Summary ... 363§§7 ... Modification Adjustment ... 365§§7.1 ... Modification Adjustment Transactions ... 365§§7.2 ... Run Transaction SPDD ... 367§§7.3 ... The SPDD Object List ... 370§§7.4 ... How to Handle Modifications ... 376§§7.5 ... Post-Modification Steps ... 386§§7.6 ... Modification Adjustment with SPAU and SPAU_ENH ... 387§§7.7 ... Summary ... 388§§8 ... Upgrading SAP Business Warehouse ... 389§§8.1 ... Software Components ... 390§§8.2 ... SAP Business Warehouse Architecture ... 391§§8.3 ... Specific Upgrade Tasks for SAP BW ... 392§§8.4 ... The Preparation and Upgrade Process for SAP Business Warehouse ... 406§§8.4.2 ... During the Upgrade ... 408§§8.5 ... Upgrade Postprocessing for SAP Business Warehouse ... 409§§8.6 ... Summary ... 412§§9 ... Upgrading SAP SCM ... 413§§9.1 ... SAP APO Components ... 414§§9.2 ... SAP SCM Architecture ... 416§§9.3 ... Dependencies between SAP SCM and Backend Systems ... 419§§9.4 ... Functional Aspects during the Technical Upgrade ... 420§§9.5 ... Technical Upgrade Preparation, Documentation, and Media ... 421§§9.6 ... The Technical Upgrade Process for SAP SCM ... 423§§9.7 ... /SAPAPO/OM_LC_UPGRADE_70 Section A ... 427...§§