Moving the .sec file during upgrade

Hello, Im upgrading Essbase versions 6 to 7. I need to preserve security. I intend on replacing the new .sec file with the old one via the file system. I understand this may not be the recommended approach. Do you see any issues here? Thanks. Kizi.

As I remember, I had no problems on the upgrade from 6.5.4 to 7.0.1 (We're now on 7.1.3). I uninstalled 6.5.4 on the server and then installed 7.0.1. Now while this worked for us without difficulty, I want to remind you that I took a number of precautions that would allow reconstruction if there was a problem. <UL>We did a full file system backup of %ARBORPATH.</UL><UL>Made separate copies of security and configuration files.</UL><UL>MAXL Display commands to dump all of the security information (and wrote scripts to reload if necessary.)</UL><UL>Used the Security Manager (found on the utilities section of this site) to export all users, groups, filters. (It can also be used to import the information back in.)</UL><UL>Scheduled the installation on the test server several days before the production server. It worked!</UL> By the way, this is a good time to review security and purge obsolete groups, users, and filters. If you plan to rebuild the security file from scratch, don't forget that you will have to go through a recreation of all apps. (They are still in the app directory, the create app, create database simply brings them into the security file. And don't forget that you also have to deal with the API and Runtime modules and client software. While the 6.5 client will continue to work without difficulty, you should also plan to roll out the upgrade to your user community, first testing all of the critical business applications (including spreadsheets) that run on the current release. If you are not currently using Essbase Administrative Services instead of AppManager, install an instance of it on your PC and get used to it. EAS is much more powerful that AppManager and allows you do use features and commands that fail to verify in AppManager. I always make a plan that allows us to back out of an install and return to original configuration in case of problems. Essbase installs are generally trouble-free; I can't say the same for Analyzer and anything that requires a web app server. So plan, test, review before installation on production. The insurance value alone is worth the time.

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Hi,
Can anyone give details about the Unicode conversion during SAP Upgradation fro 4.6C to ECC6.
Waiting for quick response
Best Regards,
Padhy

Hi,
These are the few points i gathered during my upgradation project.
Before starting any upgradation project, it is necessary to take up the back-up of the existing systems. As we are going to upgrade the entire system, we will be changing so many things and if something happens, without back-up, we will be in a trouble.
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Apply the Version 4.7 CD provided by SAP over the E1B System.
Now check whether all the functionalities that was in E4B system works fine with E1B system also.
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1. SAP Upgradation with the help of the CD
2. Manual Upgradation.
1. SAP Upgradation with the help of the CD
This is nothing but after taking the copy of the existing system into a new system, the upgradation CD from SAP is applied over the new system.
2. Manual Upgradation.
This Manual Upgradation involves
2.1 Upgradation of Standard Objects
2.1.1 SPAU Objects
2.1.2 SPDD Objects
2.2 Upgradation of Custom Objects.
Upgradation of Custom Objects can be placed under the following three categories.
Unicode Compliance
Retrofit
Upgrade
Please Find below some of the common Unicode Errors and their solutions
1. Error:
In case of Translate Error; Dangerous use of Translate in Multilingual system.
Correction:
To correct the Error occurring on TRANSLATE statement use this additional statement before the Translate statement.
SET LOCALE LANGUAGE sy-langu.
This statement defines the Text Environment of all the programs & internal sessions in the language specified in the LANGUAGE KEY, which in this case is sy-langu, i.e. the log on language of the user.
2. Error:
In case of Open Dataset Error; Encoding Addition must be included.
Correction:
This Error occurs only when the MODE is TEXT.
To correct the Error occurring on OPEN DATASET statement use this statement instead.
OPEN DATASET dataset_name FOR access IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
Where: dataset_name NAME OF THE DATASET.
Access INPUT or OUTPUT or APPENDING or UPDATE.
DEFAULT - Corresponds to UTF-8 in UNICODE systems &
NON_UNICODE in NON-UNICODE systems.
3. Error:
In case of the usage of the Obsolete FM UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD or WS_UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD; Function module UPLOAD is flagged as obsolete.
Correction:
The FM GUI_DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD is used.
The variations to be made in the parameters of the FM:
1. Filename It must be of STRING type.
2. Filetype DAT is not used any longer, instead ASC is used.
3. Field Separator The default value SPACE is used, incase for a TAB separated file X can be used.
4. Error:
In case of CURRENCY/UNIT Addition Error; Use addition CURRENCY/UNIT when outputting.
Correction:
The CURRENCY addition specifies the currency-dependant decimal places for the output of the data objects of type i or p. To obtain the currency-key, the field CURRKEY of the table TCURX is used. The system determines the number of the decimal places from the field CURRDEC of the selected CURRKEY.
To correct this error follow the following method:
WRITE: /3 'TOTAL',' ', TOTAL.
WRITE: /3 TOTAL, , TOTAL CURRENCY 2. --- Where 2is the Currency Key for Getting 2 decimal places.
5. Error:
In case of TYPE X Error; Variable must be of C, N, D, T or STRING type.
Correction:
We need to change all the Type X (Hexadecimal) variables to Type C with their values unchanged.
So the method to be followed is:-
1. Load the definition of the class CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE or CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES.
2. Declare the variable as Type C, and use the method UCCP(XXXX) of the class CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE where XXXX represents the 8-bit Hexadecimal value and incase the variable holds a Hex value for a Horizontal Tab , then the Attribute HORIZONTAL_TAB of the class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES can be used directly instead of using the method UCCP.
E.g.:
i) *DATA: TAB TYPE X VALUE 09, Tab character
CLASS: CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES DEFINITION LOAD.
DATA TAB TYPE C VALUE CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
ii) * DATA: CHAR TYPE X VALUE 160.
CLASS: CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE DEFINITION LOAD.
DATA CHAR TYPE C.
CHAR = CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE=>UCCP(00AO).
(Here 00A0 is the Hexadecimal equivalent of the decimal 160).
3. Incase the TYPE X Variable has a length more than 1, then an internal table must be created for the variable.
E.g.:
CLASS: CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE DEFINITION LOAD.
DATA : LF(2) TYPE X VALUE 'F5CD'.
DATA : BEGIN OF LF,
A1 TYPE C,
A2 TYPE C,
END OF LF.
LF-A1 = CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE=>UCCP('00F5').
LF-A2 = CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE=>UCCP('00CD').
6. Error:
In case of the Character -Error; The Character -cant appear in names in Unicode Programs.
Correction:
The Character -(Hyphen) appearing in Variable names is replaced by the character _ (Under Score) for Unicode/Upgrade Compliance.
E.g.:
*wk-belnr LIKE bkpf-belnr,
*wk-xblnr LIKE bkpf-xblnr,
*wk-date LIKE sy-datum,
*wk-wrbtr LIKE bseg-wrbtr,
*wk-name1 LIKE lfa1-name1,
*wk-voucher(8) TYPE c.
wk_belnr LIKE bkpf-belnr,
wk_xblnr LIKE bkpf-xblnr,
wk_date LIKE sy-datum,
wk_wrbtr LIKE bseg-wrbtr,
wk_name1 LIKE lfa1-name1,
wk_voucher(8) TYPE c.
7. Error:
In case of The SUBMIT-TO-SAP-SPOOL Error; you should not use the statement SUBMIT-TO-SAP-SPOOL without the WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO addition.
Correction:
1. Declare variables of type PRI_PARAMS, ARC_PARAMS, and a variable of TYPE C which would be used as a VALID FLAG.
2. Call the FM GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS:
CALL FUNCTION 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
EXPORTING
ARCHIVE_MODE = '3'
DESTINATION = P_DEST
IMMEDIATELY = 'X'
IMPORTING
OUT_ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS = archive_parameters
OUT_PARAMETERS = print_parameters
VALID = valid_flag
EXCEPTIONS
INVALID_PRINT_PARAMS = 2
OTHERS = 4
3. Use the SUBMIT-TO-SAP-SPOOL statement.
E.g.:
 submit zrppt500
 using selection-set 'AUTO3'
 with res_no eq lo_rsnum
 with sreserv in preserv
 to sap-spool destination p_dest
 immediately 'X'. "print immediate
DATA: print_parameters type pri_params,
archive_parameters type arc_params,
valid_flag(1) type c.
CALL FUNCTION 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
EXPORTING
ARCHIVE_MODE = '3'
DESTINATION = P_DEST
IMMEDIATELY = 'X'
IMPORTING
OUT_ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS = archive_parameters
OUT_PARAMETERS = print_parameters
VALID = valid_flag
EXCEPTIONS
INVALID_PRINT_PARAMS = 2
OTHERS = 4
Submit zrppt500
Using selection-set 'AUTO3'
With res_no eq lo_rsnum
with sreserv in preserv
to sap-spool
SPOOL PARAMETERS PRINT_PARAMETERS
ARCHIVE PARAMETERS ARCHIVE_PARAMETERS
WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO.
8. Error:
In case of Message Error; Number of WITH fields and number of Place Holders are not same .
Correction:
Split the statement after WITH into the same number as the place holder for that Message ID.
E.g.:
1. * MESSAGE E045.
MESSAGE E045 WITH '' ''.
2. in program ZIPI0801
 Start of change for ECC6
 message e398(00) with 'Could not find access sequence'
 'for condition type:'
 p_ptype.
message e398(00) with 'Could not find '
'access sequence'
'for condition type:'
p_ptype.
 End of change made for ECC6
9. Error:
In case of Move between 2 different Structures; The structures are not mutually convertible in a Unicode program.
Correction:
Make both the Data Types compatible and then assign the contents.
E.g.:
The statement move retainage_text to temp_text. Gives an error, where RETAINAGE_TEXT is an internal table and TEMP_TEXT is a string of length 200.
A Feasible solution for this is to specify from which position to which position of the string, the fields of RETAINAGE_TEXT should be assigned.
TEMP_TEXT+0(1) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-DQ1.
TEMP_TEXT+1(1) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-HEX.
TEMP_TEXT+2(20) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-FILLER1.
TEMP_TEXT+22(15) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-AMT_DUE.
TEMP_TEXT+37(8) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-TEXT.
TEMP_TEXT+45(10) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-DUE_DATE.
TEMP_TEXT+55(1) = RETAINAGE_TEXT-DQ2.
10. Error:
In case of no description found; add a GUI title.
Correction:
In this type of error gui title is generally missing so add a GUI title to the module pool.
11. Error:
In case of writing internal or transparent table
Correction:
Write individual fields.
E.g.:
WRITE: / EXT. --> EXT should be a character type field
WRITE: / EXT-ZZSTATE, EXT-LINE_NO, EXT-LINE_TXT, EXT-AMT, EXT-ZZSKUQTY.
12. Error:
In case of combination reference table/field S541-UMMENGE does not exist
Correction:
Was due to error in reference table S541. TABLE S541 has errors
1)Foreign key S541- ZZMARKET (ZZMARKET AND KATR2 point to different domains)
2)Foreign key S541-ZZACQUIGRP (ZZACQUIGRP AND KATR8 point to different domains)
Changed the domain of ZZMARKET (from ZMKCODE to ATTR2)
And that of ZMKCODE (from ZACCODE to ATTR8)
13. Error:
In case of KEY does not exist
Correction:
The reference table for field KBETR was KNOV earlier changed it to RV61A as KNOV was in turn referring to RV61A.
14. Error:
Incase of WRITE statement, Literals that take more than one line is not permitted in Unicode systems.
Correction: To correct this error, we need to align the spaces accordingly so that the statement doesnt go beyond the line.
15. Error:
Incase of Data statement, The data type ZWFHTML can be enhanced in any way. After a structure enhancement, this assignment or parameter might be syntactically incorrect..
Correction: To correct this error, instead of like in the Data statement, use type.
16. Error:
Incase of DESCRIBE statement, DESCRIBE can be used only with IN BYTE... Or IN CHARACTER mode in Unicode systems.
Correction: To correct this error, use additional text, IN BYTE MODE / IN CHARACTER MODE along with this statement.
CHARACTER MODE is added when the data object is of flat/ character type.
BYTE MODE is added when the data object is a deep structure.
Syntax: DESCRIBE FIELD data_obj : LENGTH blen IN BYTE MODE,
LENGTH clen IN CHARACTER MODE.
Where blen and clen must be of type I.
17. Error:
Incase of DO-LOOP Error, In Do loop range addition needed
Correction:
An internal tables is declared and the two fields (VARYING field and NEXT field) were
Included inside the internal table
E.g.: In program SAPMZP02
DO 11 TIMES
 VARYING STATION_STATE FROM STATION1 NEXT STATION2. ECC6
CASE SYST-INDEX.
WHEN 1
STATION_STATE = STATION1.
WHEN 2
STATION_STATE = STATION2.
WHEN 3
STATION_STATE = STATION3.
WHEN 4
STATION_STATE = STATION4.
WHEN 5
STATION_STATE = STATION5.
WHEN 6
STATION_STATE = STATION6.
WHEN 7
STATION_STATE = STATION7.
WHEN 8
STATION_STATE = STATION8.
WHEN 9
STATION_STATE = STATION9.
WHEN 10
STATION_STATE = STATION10.
WHEN 11
STATION_STATE = STATION11.
18. Error:
Incase of the parameter QUEUE-ID Error, QUEUE-ID is neither a parameter nor a select option in program rsbdcbtc.
Correction:
The parameter in program rsbdcbtc is QUEUE_ID and so is changed in this program
E.g.: In program Z_CARRIER_EDI_INTERFACE
 submit rsbdcbtc with queue-id = apqi-qid and return. "ECC6
 The parameter name changed by replacing '-' with '_' as in program rsbdcbtc "ECC6
Submit rsbdcbtc with queue_id = apqi-qid and return. "ECC6
19. Error:
Incase of EPC Error, Field symbol <TOT_FLD> is not assigned to a field .
Correction:
This error couldn't be rectified as the error occurs in a Standard SAP include- LSVIMF29.
The OS Note - 1036943 needs to be applied.
Error:
OPEN DATASET P_FILE FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE.
Correct:
OPEN DATASET P_FILE FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
Error:
Constants : c_tab type x value '09' .
Correct:
Constants : c_tab type abap_char1 value cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab .
Error:
Data : begin of output_options occurs 0 . Include structure ssfcompop.
Data : end of output_options .
Correct:
Data : output_options type standard table of ssfcompop with header line .
Error:
PARAMETERS : NAST TYPE NAST .
Correct:
PARAMETERS : NAST TYPE NAST NO-DISPLAY .
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Issue:
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Solution:
we should use move-corresponding or field by filed we need to move it.
If database structures are different in 4.6c and ECC6.0,
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Also Check this link.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/62/3f2cadb35311d5993800508b6b8b11/frameset.htm
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http://saurabhsinhainblogs.blogspot.in/
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that's why you should do it as step#1 after purchasing a new drive
done ...-

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Glad it worked, but permit, if you will, some observations:
-- Bloated Previews are a known Aperture bug, which came and went within a few updates in Aperture 3. Getting them back to the proper size is simply a elegant step to take.
-- A Preview set to your largest screen size and a quality of 6-8 should be all but indistinguishable from the Master at 72-100 dpi screen image. (Not print resolution.) I REALLY doubt you are going to loose any quality.
-- While using a symlink to stick the Previews on a HD is clever, it may also defeat the whole purpose of using your SSD. Previews are read a lot and are, I suspect, used for all adjustments at less than full resolution. (N.B. I could be VERY wrong on this.) Thus, depending on the amount of RAM on your Mac, you could end up reading and rereading your Previews over a slower link and doing this a lot. You own use will quickly determine if this is an issue or not.
I have blathered on, at length, about what I think matters for size and speed here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17959625#17959625. Some of this may be of use.
I went through a lot of these issues when I tried to fit everything on a 128 GB SSD, so I know some of the issues you are facing. As I noted before, you really only need a Library (minus most Masters) of about 30 GB and that is with large, high quality Previews.
I actually took the SSD out and stuck it in an ancient MacBookPro (in preparation for a trip to Blighty this summer) and have not noticed a huge drop in Aperture speed. (I do miss the speed of applications launch, restart, however.) One thing that I did find that made a small, but nice difference, was keeping all of the Masters on a separate, dedicated drive. Once defragged, etc. that was very fast. Don't know if you could achieve the same results by partitioning a larger drive, but it might well be fun to find out.
DiploStrat

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The requirement is to read the date of the inbound file (passed to the XI pipline by the file adapter) and populate the same in the outbound mapping structure.
Any idea about how to do this?
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Hi Anand,
I posted the same question a time ago, without any help....
Can I find out the full filename of input file in message mapping?
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I am trying to move the .pdf files from drop-off library to custom library.
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OS i am using is HP-UX.
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Laura Gaigala wrote:
This is not actually HPUX forum, but if You would use cp instead of mv and for first copy file to the new directory then take tablespace online and only after that deleted the old file - then probably space would be reclaimed.
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We are doing upgrade from 9i to 10g and we are trying to unzip bin files but strange,we are not able to unzip files.Can any one let me know how to unzip and what might be the problem,
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Canon 7D .mov files running at 23.976 fps 1920x1080
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1TB mirrored disk
Intel i7 975 running at 3.33Ghz
Windows 7 64-bit
Ndivia 285 Videocard
Windows Experience Index rating 1 to 7.9 (highest)
Processor 7.6
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Graphics 7.4
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I kind of thought about that. Although it is strange that it "leads" you down that path via
1. having the option to do so
2. actually putting you through an 8 hour export rendering process (for a 2 hour series of clips) and
3. producing a file that looks rather large.
Other portions of the CS4 suite like Adobe Encore says you cannot use it in trial mode.
If this is the case, I would like to get some confirmation that Canon 7d .mov files will work before I shell out over 1K for the CS4 suite (especially is CS5 is most likely several months away...I could hunker down and wait)

Problem in loading the kernel files during kernel upgrade

Gurus ,
we are usinf solman 7.0 . our current patch level is 70 we are upgrading it to 159 . but when i try to uncar the files i get the error as ,
"SAPCAR: could not open for writing ABAP.pad (error 28). Permission denied"
the file ABAP.PAD has full prmission ....
how to get rid of this ..kindly help us .... we are strucked

Hi!
Even not knowing which platform you are working on, first off try to create a file in the directory you are unpacking to. (create an empty textfile in windows or "touch test" when using unix). If this works, you need to check if your user got permissions to overwrite/delete the files in the kernel directory.
If touch fails then you need to adjust the permissions of the directory itself you are working in.
Also make sure the files are not in use.
Regards
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