ECC-600 EHP4 upgrade with VIRSAHR 520 700 - PREP_EXTENSION/ADDON_QCALC

Question

Hi
We are getting following error at phase PREP_EXTENSION/ADDON_QCALC in the ECC 6.0 upgrade:
3 ETN256 You want to install the following add-on components:
3 ETN248 Component: "VIRSAHR" rel. "520_700", Support Package
level: "0" (component type "A")
3 ETN248 Component: "VIRSANH" rel. "520_700", Support Package
level: "0" (component type "A")
2 ETN085X"2. Adding Add-on Installation Queue" " " " " " "
3 ETN262 Calculating queue part for add-on "VIRSAHR" rel. "520_700"
3 ETN490 Use the Add-On installation package "SAPK-523EXINVIRSAHR"
(type &4"AOX") for Add-On &2"VIRSAHR" rel.&3"520_700"
3 ETN245 The following import prerequisites of OCS Package "SAPK-
523EXINVIRSAHR" have not been met:
3 ETN264 In the (alternatively) Requirement set "01":
3WETN491 Required software component "SAP_HR" rel."600" is not installed2WETN543 OCS package "SAPK-523EXINVIRSAHR" does not match the current
software component vector
1 ETN214X."**************************************************"
We have alreacy checked note 1002147, which clearly states that we have to include SAPK-523EXINVIRSAHR in the upgrade. SAP_HR is part of the upgrade.
We have included SAP_HR and other Support Package as per the queue generated by Solution Manager, but we did not include VIRSAHR & VIRSANH Packages until we got to this phase. We then included these support packages in eps\in directory, but we are now getting this error now.
Any ideas?
Regards
Chandu

Answer 1

Hi
This is what the solution provided by SAP Support:
Quote:
we have finally found the problem, it's a bug in the package upload
functionality used by the upgrade. The consequence of this bug is that
Support Packages whose EPS files (.PAT files) have a certain string in
the name, namely the string 0000000 after the _ and before .PAT
extension, are not properly uploaded to the ABAP system and hence are
not visible or known to the upgrade.
This bug will be fixed in the next upgrade tool fix, but in the meantimeyou can use the following workaround:
Check your EPS/in directory after the CAR/SAR Archives of the SPs are
extracted and rename all .PAT and .ATT files, which have a name like
*_0000000.PAT (or *_0000000.ATT), by changing the string 0000000 to
9000000. For example, for the VIRSANH SP SAPK-52302INVIRSANH rename the
file VS30020106486_0000000.PAT to VS30020106486_9000000.PAT
Afterwards, the upgrade will upload the informations about the SP
properly and the SP can be included into the upgrade.
Files:
31/01/2007 07:32 329 VS30020106486_0000000.ATT
31/01/2007 07:32 554,073 VS30020106486_0000000.PAT
If these two files are renamed to e.g.
VS30020106486_9000000.ATT
VS30020106486_9000000.PAT
the affected VIRSANH SP2 is uploaded correctly by the upgrade
functionality and the SP inclusion of the VIRSANH SPs works.
Sorry, as of now I cannot promise you a date when the tool fix will be
available. I have found this bug only today in the evening (german time)and will discuss this with the responsible colleagues tomorrow.
Afterwards, I will know more...
Unquote:
Hope this helps. We have decided against upgrading to 530_700 as it will involve upgrading GRC system and also new version has lot of new functionalities, which we like explore it after the ECC upgrade.
Also, I would not suggest deleting VIRSAHR as all the config and customising done for VIRSAHR will be lost.
Regards
Chandu
Edited by: Chandu Cheeti on Jan 17, 2010 11:19 AM