Regarding Go Live ( Upgrade Project )

HI All
Good Day
We are having Cutover on 18th and will go until 21st. On 22nd of this Month we are going to decide whether to Go Live or Not.
What i would like to know is
What are the important guidelines for Going Live
what are the important considerations for Going Live or No Go after Cut Over.
What factors incluence the decision.
If the Go Live is delayed what the steps need to be taken
Thanks & Regards
Janardhan Kumar

Hi Janardhan,
Check these threads. These might help u...
Pre-go live activity..?
Pr-go live activities..?
/message/1280426#1280426 [original link is broken]
Re: PS Cut over document
cut over process
/message/1280426#1280426 [original link is broken]
Re: Go live strategy
Re: Steps for improvement once after GO LIVE - please help
Re: Go/No go criteria for an Upgrade Project.
Regards,
KK.

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Regarding information on Upgrade Project

Hi Experts,
I would like to know more details about Upgrade Project. What are the technical and functional tasks will be there in the process of Upgrade.
Please help me this because i'll be starting my work in Upgrade Project in another 2 days.
Thanks in advance
Tanveer

Hi,
first of all upgrade is nothing but
Upgrade is nothing but installing a new version of software which have more functionality earlier version.
in Upgrade mainly three types
1.Technical Upgrade
2.Functional Upgrade
3.Strategic upgrade
Technical upgrade : is a fast upgrade without additional functionality but with minor user interface changes, to ensure business continuity. This upgrade type includes a cleanup of the system without implementing additional functionality, as well as technology upgrade with the opportunity to eliminate not used modifications and custom developments.
Functional upgrade : Is built on the technical upgrade, the functional upgrade provides in addition the opportunity to implement new functionalities in area like FI,HR,Logistics ..,this upgrade type also represents an opportunity to maximize the use of SAP standard functionalities by replacing custom modifications and consolidate instance or systems.
Strategic upgrade: Is driven by enterprise SOA to provide more flexibility to business process innovation. This type of upgrade approach represents a significant technology improvements step by leveraging SAP Net weaver functionality to standardize, adapt, and enable new business processes and optimized scenarios.
The major stages of a technical upgrade can be:
System preparation and stack level patch upgrade u2013 Basis Team
SPDD Phase u2013 ABAP and Functionals
Up gradation of the system u2013 Basis Team
SPAU Phase u2013 ABAP and Functionals
DBACOCKPIT for indexing u2013 ABAP TEAM
Unicode check
Issues during upgrade
For Further clarification in this regard, Do let me know.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Abdur Rafique

Going live check for SAP upgrade projects

Hello,
I am interested in "going live check" service and procedures for my upgrade projects. May I find any documentation? Do I have to pay for it?..
Thanking you in advance and a happy new years!
Kind regards
Nilüfer Çalışkan

Hi Nilufer,
The following Input as follows :
Source : http://www.thespot4sap.com/upgrade_guide_v2.pdf
This service is included as part of your annual maintenance fee.
The underlying concept of the SAP GoingLive Functional Upgrade Check is
to ensure smooth operation of your mySAP.com solution by taking action
proactively, before severe technical problems occur.
The GoingLive Functional Upgrade Check is made up of three sessions
(Planning, Analysis and Verification)two sessions (Planning and Analysis)
before the upgrade and the other (Verification) after the upgrade.
Planning Session: This session should be performed as much in advance as
possible when the upgrade is first being considered.
Analyses compatibility for the target release with regards to connected
systems in the Solution Landscape, OS version, DB version, installed Add-
Ons, Plug-ins, Country Versions, and so on.
Analysis Session: It is generally performed two months before the
production upgrade (consider lead time for hardware procurement).
The focus is on resource planning and system configuration.
There is a high-level hardware plausibility check (this is not a hardware
sizing exercise).
Potential resource bottlenecks are identified.
Necessary changes will be recommended to prepare the system for the
productive use of the new release.
38 SAP Upgrade Guide | Simplifying Your Upgrade
Verification Session: Generally performed four to six weeks after the
production upgrade, and the recommendation from the analysis session
implemented.
Comparison of performance with results prior to upgrade
Recommendations on configuration and optimization
More information and ordering . For more information, see the GoingLive
Functional Upgrade Check web page at:
<b>http://service.sap.com/goinglive-fu</b>
To order a GoingLive Functional Upgrade Check, contact SAP Customer Care
Center at least eight weeks prior to the planned upgrade of your production
system.
For customers of value-added resellers (VARs) such as CBS customers in the
US, special conditions apply. Contact your VAR.
Remote Upgrade Service
Remote Upgrade Service is a technical upgrade that is performed by SAP
remote consultants. Pricing is based on the complexity of the customers
environment.
SAP performs the technical upgrade of your system, allowing you to focus on
the functional and training side of the upgrade. You are still responsible for
resolving object conflicts.
See SAP Notes 106447 and 84044.
The Remote Upgrade Service is an attractive option for CBS sized customers
with small or non-existent mySAP Technology group.
For more information see the Remote Upgrade Service web page at:
http://service.sap.com/remoteupgrade
Resources
The following list shows some of the resources you can use as you prepare for
your upgrade of SAP. These resources include:
Your installation partner
Customers and others you have networked with at customer functions and
conferences such as:
ASUG
Hope this Info helps you.
<i>Advanced New Year wishes.</i>
Br,
Sri
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Regarding Upgrade project

Hi I want to know about upgrade project from 4.7 to ECC 6.0.
The points to be known is........
1. What are the steps to be followed during upgradation?
2. Any phases are there in an upgradation?
3. In an ABAP program run what are the statements giving the problem (Few examples)?
Help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Ramesh

Hi Ramesh,
When we go for upgradation, first we read upgrade guide thoroughly and implement accordingly then we will do very fast and with out problem. Please ready carefully and implement.
Regards,
Anil

Info regarding upgrade project

Hi Experts,
am going to join to do upgrade project (ECC6.0) till now i ve worked on up to 4.7 only, so what is required knowledge for upgrade project.
and what is unicode is it required for this?
Thanks in advance.
sudha.

Hi,
ECC 6.0 does not support MDMP installations. For those systems, a Unicode
conversion needs to be done before the upgrade to ECC 6.0. A combined Unicode
conversion / release upgrade is another possibility. In such a project, the system is
upgraded to ECC 6.0 and migrated to Unicode in one step.
All this does not apply to your environment. Non-Unicode, single code pages systems
are still supported in ECC 6.0. You have to option to an upgrade to ECC 6.0 and migrate
to Unicode at a later stage. If you want, you can also do a combined Unicode
conversion / release upgrade project which does both in one step.
I cannot predict the expected downtime as it depends on many different factors such as
the database size, size of the biggest table, number of CPUs and amount of memory in your system.
OR Check these links....
http://searchsap.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,289625,sid21_gci1242699,00.html
http://www.saptechies.com/upgrade-from-sap-47-x110-to-ecc6/
for upgradation project guide.....
http://www.sappressbooks.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H2903
Reward points if useful....
Regards
AK

4.6 C to ECC 6.0 Upgrade Project Timeline Sheet in MPP format

Dear all,
We are now proposing our customer for the 4.6c to ECC 6.0 Upgrade.
Our customer is currently in 4.6c/oracle 9i/HPUX 11 i. He wants to move to ECC 6.0.
If you have the project timeline for the above Technical Upgrade, can you pl send it to me.
If you don't have in MPP format atleast send me the Work Breakdown structure with timelines.
I shall modity the same to our customer and submit
Thanks & Regards
Senthil
[email protected]

Preparation Phase* 6 days
Kick Off Meeting 1 day
Upgrade Project Procedures Preparation 1 day
Prepare Upgrade Project Plan 1 day
Technical Requirements Assessment 3 days
Assess Training needs of Key-users & End-users 1 day
Prepare Detailed Basis Activity List for DEV, QA & PRD 1 day
Business Blueprint Phase 6 days
Develop System Landscape Upgrade Plan 1 day
Functional Requirement Checklist 1 day
ABAP Development check list 1 day
Develop detailed Training Procedures & Documentation for Key Users & End Users 1 day
Identify Testing Scope & Scenarios 1 day
Identify Authorizations Conversion to Roles for SAP ECC 6.0 2 days
Develop Documents as per Basis Activity List 1 day
Develop Authorization Matrix for Activity Groups to Roles Conversion 2 days
Prepare Upgrade Deliverables Checklist 1 day
Realization Phase 28 days
Installation of Solution Manager 3.2 System 1 day
Creation of New Development System for Upgrade Project (Homogenous System Copy - PRD) 2 days
Upgrade to AIX & Oracle 10g, SAP ECC 6.0 on New Development Server 3 days
Upgrade Frontend Software 4 days
Perform SPAU & SPDD Corrections 5 days
Perform ABAP Development & Corrections 10 days Perform Authorizations Conversions and corrections after upgrade 8 days
Perform Upgrade Testing for each Application Module 7 days
Perform Unit & Integration Testing 6 days
Perform Training to Key Users & End Users (Generic & Specific) 3 days
Upgrade to AIX, Oracle 10g, SAP ECC 6.0 on Quality System 1 day
Homogenous System Copy of PRD to New Quality & Upgrade to AIX, Oracle 10g & SAP ECC 6.0 2 days Perform Testing in Quality System 3 days
Testing by end users on Quality System 1 day
Production Realization & Go-Live Phase 6 days
Upgrade to Production System Operating System to AIX (after close of business hours - 23:00) 1 day
Oracle Upgrade to 10g (after close of business hours - 23:00) 1 day
SAP Release Upgrade to ECC 6.0(Downtime Minimized - Downtime occurs in non-business hours) 2 days
User Acceptance Testing 1 day
Production System Go-Live 1 day
Post Go-Live Support 14 days
Post Go-Live Support 14 days Note: This is high level plan subject to change during Business Blue Print Phase 0 days
This is taken from a post in Ittoolbox, May be this is generic. Hope you can tailor this to meet your requirements.

SAP Upgrade project

Hi Experts,
I need some inputs to do SAP upgrade from 4.& to ECC 6.0.
Generally the steps involved in the Upgrade project?
What is the role of ABAPer in Upgrade project?
What us the role og Functional consultant in project?
How the configuration kind of stuff take care?
Can anyone send me the best document to understand the process..?
Regards,
Sekhar.J

Hi,
Upgrade Overview
The objective on SAP Technical version upgrade would be to bring in enhanced SAP functionality while retaining the custom development in the original system. The enhanced functionality is not necessarily implemented during the upgrade. The upgraded system is tested for all the functional scenarios existing in the original system and the custom objects are tested for its functioning as in the original system.
Upgrade project consists of 5 phases:
1.     Project Preparation
2.     Blueprinting
3.     Realization
4.     Production Preparation
5.     Go Live & Support
ABAPer Role
a) Syntax Correction
b) Upgrade Correction (Replacement of obsolete statement)
c) BDC Program correction
d) BDC to BAPI conversion
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Test Scripts preparations for Changes
Regards
Praneeth

Difference between implementation, support & upgradation projects

Hello Friends,
I am new to SAP. Can anyone tell me what are implementation, support & upgradation projects..what are the differences between those projects? what is role of ABAP developer in these projects?
Regards,

Hi,
SAP Implementation: SAP Implementation is the whole of processes that defines a complete method to
implement SAP software in an organization. It is based on best practices and case studies from various
literature sources and presents a collection of processes and products that make up a complete
implementation method to allow any organization to plan and execute the implementation of SAP (ERP)
software.The SAP implementation process is made up out of four main phases, i.e. the project preparation
where a vision of the future-state of the SAP solution is being created, a sizing and blueprinting phase
where the solution stack is created and training is being performed, a functional development phase and
finally a final preparation phase, when the last tests are being performed before the actual go live.
ABAP Developer Role is to prepare the Technical Specification (based on a Functional Specification given
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Sometimes ABAPer may be asked to do a technical research for an optimal solution.
SAP Support: After a go live, the application needs a maintenance/support to resolve the issues/tickets raised by the users when using the application.Ticket is like a request for changes/bug fixing or a request for a new
ABAP Developer Role includes bug fixing/change the existing code due to new requirements/build a new code etc.
SAP Upgrade: SAP Upgrade is nothing but upgrading the software with a superior version which has got more advantages when compared to the earlier version.
ABAP Developer Role is to go through transactions SPAU/SPDD to compare the old and new version of the change and finally need to activate the relevant one.Some times might need to work on SAP notes too.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Srinivas

New Development project in the middle of ECC EHP7 upgrade project

Hi All,
We are performing ECC EHP7 upgrade project in our project system landscape and i have already started Dev system upgrade.Suddenly our development team wants to perform new project which required to install add-on product from third party application. Installing new add-on will require us to regenerate stack.xml file right? if that is the case do we need to perform re upgrade to Dev right?. As per my knowledge this is not recommended to perform parallel project with upgrade project.
Is there any best practice or recommended method to perform multiple projects with upgrade project at the same time.
Thanks,
Raghu

Hi Raghu,
First here i would like to suggest you & your development team i.e during an upgrade project dual maintenance is required as per SUM guide,as per SUM guide you need to maintain parallel systems to perform regular activities, for same you could refer SUM guides and follow the standard procedures.
Installing new add-on will require us to regenerate stack.xml file right?
Yes you need to regenerate the stack.xml file .
if that is the case do we need to perform re upgrade to Dev right?
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Try to avoid perform multiple projects with upgrade project .
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Gaurav

Text Determination Error in Upgrade Project

Hi All,
I am working on Upgrade Project from 4.6C to ECC 6
I encountered the error like the Text Determination is missing in all the Documents like Sales Order, Delviery and Billing Documents in ECC6.
But the same is appearing in 4.6 C.
I am getting the error " Error in Text Formating ".
Message No.VX201.
Could you please give your valuable inputs on this.

Hi,
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Saurabh

Solaris 10 5/08 live upgrade only for customers with serviceplan ?

Live upgrade fails due to missing /usr/bin/7za
Which seems to be installed by adding patch 137322-01 on x86 according to release notes http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4078/installbugs-114?l=en&a=view
But this patch (may also be the case for Sparc patch) are only available for customers with a valid serviceplan.
Does this mean that from now on its required to purchase a serviceplan if you would run Solaris 10 and use the normal procedures for system upgrades ?
A bit disappointing ...
Regards
/Flemming

Live upgrade fails due to missing /usr/bin/7za
Which seems to be installed by adding patch 137322-01 on x86 according to release notes http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4078/installbugs-114?l=en&a=view
But this patch (may also be the case for Sparc patch) are only available for customers with a valid serviceplan.
Does this mean that from now on its required to purchase a serviceplan if you would run Solaris 10 and use the normal procedures for system upgrades ?
A bit disappointing ...
Regards
/Flemming

Live upgrade - solaris 8/07 (U4) , with non-global zones and SC 3.2

Dears,
I need to use live upgrade for SC3.2 with non-global zones, solaris 10 U4 to Solaris 10 10/09 (latest release) and update the cluster to 3.2 U3.
i dont know where to start, i've read lots of documents, but couldn't find one complete document to cover the whole process.
i know that upgrade for solaris 10 with non-global zones is supported since my soalris 10 release, but i am not sure if its supported with SC.
Appreciate your help

Hi,
I am not sure whether this document:
http://wikis.sun.com/display/BluePrints/Maintaining+Solaris+with+Live+Upgrade+and+Update+On+Attach
has been on the list of docs you found already.
If you click on the download link, it won't work. But if you use the Tools icon on the upper right hand corner and click on attachements, you'll find the document. Its content is solely based on configurations with ZFS as root and zone root, but should have valuable information for other deployments as well.
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I'm trying to figure out how to do a Live Upgrade from Solaris 8 (SPARC) to 10 and still keep my Oracle available after the reboot.
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I have M800 server running global root (/) fs on local disk and running 6 local zones on another local disk. I am running solaris 5.10 8/07.
I used live upgrade to patch the system and created new BE (lucreate). Both root fs are mirror as RAID-1.
When I ran lucreate, it copies all 6 local zones root fs to the global root fs and failed no enogh space.
What is the best procedure to use lu with local zones.
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I have been trying to use luupgrade for Solaris10 on Sparc, 05/09 -> 10/09.
lucreate is successful, but luactivate directs me to install 'the rest of the packages' in order to make the BE stable enough to activate. I try to find the packages indicated , but find only "virtual packages" which contain only pkgmap.
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Cutover Activities for Upgrade Project

Experts
What are the cutover support activities for the administration of the ECC 6.0 (SAP) upgrade project. Also please do let me know how to prepare cutover strategy , and how do we develp cutover plans.
Regards,
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Hi,
Check this thread.
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