SYSTEM COPY/ SYTEM REFRESH

Hi,
Can any one plz explain me the steps to perform System Copy/ Refresh for XI system
Thanks in advance.

Hi kobby
Client Copy:
Note that SAP delivers the software with standard clients 000 and 001. You may not work in client 000. However, SAP recommends that you begin R/3 implementation by creating a new client as a copy of client 000.
Transactions used:
SCC4--> To create a client
SCCL-->To do client copy.
Types of Client Copy:
Local client copy between clients in the same R/3 System
Remote client copy between clients in different R/3 Systems
Client transport between clients of different R/3 Systems
System Refresh:
A system refresh is in most cases rebuilding the quality assurance or acceptance system from a backup of the productive system. More accurate test data is made available in the quality assurance system for the developers and customizing consultants to test their ongoing developments and roll-outs.
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For system copy and system refresh u can view this link for clarity:
http://www.sap-img.com/bc049.htm
Also,
http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci1224022,00.html
This link from SAP Help explains about various kinds of System copy-
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/a2/2f0c173a5e43d19585724239ff4de7/content.htm
hope this will clear you the concepts
regards
sandeep sharma
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'Homogeneous system copy' in a few minutes ?

Hi,
I have seen on DSAG congress how an Administrator has done a technical Homogeneous system copy for refreshing a QA System, in 7 minutes. (And the new SAP System was running). Without reworking in the running SAP-System.
This is done in a WIN/Oracle environment wit NETApp Storage with the function SNAP from netapp.
I want to ask if there is a possibility, to speed up the homogeneous system copy on iSeries?
Normally you need hours for deleting the library. You need hours for restoring data. And some time for SAPInst.
kind regrads,
Carsten

Hi Carsten,
this is definetely NOT possible on iSeries. It can only be done on a platform wit snapshot technology, that can be mounted on a different system. If the SID or the hostname changes, there ARE suggested post steps - most of them are not needed for pure ABAP systems, but at least would be useful.
As you know, i5 uses the disks "AS ONE" and therefore cannot create snapshots & mount them on another partition. I know, that external storage systems are able to create snapshots on i5 as well, but they are "just" used for backup and NOT for mounting on a different system.
In my eyes, the only option to achieve this would be an iASP environment, that becomes detached and then run different. But, if you want to rename the SID, you need at least a lot more time than 7 minutes as you have to stop journaling, rename the lib and then start journaling. It would be a significant time improvement for the copy - but for a pretty high price in my eyes ...
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ECC - homogeneous system copy

Hi,
I'm planning an homogeneous system copy to refresh the QA system with the PRD database (ECC/ERP).
Both systems are based on OS/400 and DB2 database.
Where can I find instructions to do this copy?
thanks
Antonio

Hi Antonio,
try these links/notes:
https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/systemcopy
SAP Note 926085 (Homogeneous and Heterogeneous System Copy for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 2004s SR1)
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System copy post DB refresh error

Hi,
I am doing a post db refresh (Oracle/Solaris) and while creating control file getting error
SQL> CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "XXX" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG;
CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "XXX" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
ORA-01565: error in identifying file '?/dbs/[email protected]'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ALSO
SQL> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 2214592512 bytes
Fixed Size                  2053640 bytes
Variable Size            1174407672 bytes
Database Buffers         1006632960 bytes
Redo Buffers               31498240 bytes
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SP2-0310: unable to open file "control.sql"
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Hi Anshul,
First please refer System copy guide for successful procedure http://www.basisconsultant.com/j/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=1&Itemid=185 .In addition please follow SAP Note 546006 - Problems with Oracle due to operating system errors
and try to execute SQL command create spfile from pfile ; ( ORA-01565: error in identifying file &#8216;?/dbs/[email protected] )
Regards,
Gaurav

SAP ECC 6.0 EHP5 with Opentext VIM 7.0 - Question on System Copy / Refresh

Hi
We are planning to perform a system refresh of our QA systems (platform: Windows / SQL 2005). The ECC system has Opentext Vendor Invoice Management 7.0 on it.
I was looking for some documentation explaining the Pre and / or Post system copy (refresh) activities specific to Opentext VIM, but could find none so far.
I have tried on Opentext website, SAP SMP and Google.
Are there any VIM specific tasks for system copy ?
Is there any documentation that you can lead me to ?
Any help / lead is appreciated.
thanks
Sree

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RB

SLT refresh/system copy

Hi,
We would be going for a SLT refersh from production to Acceptance.
Please do share any documents related to this.
Thanks,
Rajiv

Hi Rajiv,
Early last year I discussed with my customer approaches how such a refresh could be realized and what needs to be considered.
I can share my thoughts with you, however I have to emphasize that we never tested the procedures in detail. And in nowadays versions of SLT some transactions might be different.
So please keep them as a hint but not as a guideline.
How-to refresh QAS from PRD in SLT scenario?
Landscape:
Production landscape consist of ERP-system PRD, with replication to HANA-database HAP via SLT-server SLP
Quality landscape consist of ERP-system QAS, with replication to HANA-database HAQ via SLT-server SLQ
Scenario:
QAS system should be refreshed with recent PRD data
Approaches:
A. Refresh QAS from PRD, clean HAQ, repeat replication
B. Refresh QAS from PRD, HAQ from HAP and SLQ from SLP
A. Detailed steps for approach A: Refresh + repeat replication
** not tested **
1. Backup PRD
2. Stop the master replication job in HAQ (transaction LTR -> jobs tab -> Edit -> Stop)
3. Refresh QAS from ERP backup
4. Clean up old replication
a. Delete old configuration in HAQ (transaction LTR)
b. Delete triggers in refreshed QAS system
i. Call transaction IUUC_REMOTE à Expert Functions à Delete Triggers à Enter the names of the replicated tables à Execute
If step i. is successful, continue with step c., otherwise go on with next step ii.-iv.
ii. Determine all triggers
iii. Execute function module DB_DROP_TRIG in transaction SE37 for every trigger (specify EXEC = X, TABNAME = tabname and TRIG_NAME = trigger name)
iv. Verify that no triggers remain
Alternative: You can also write a sqlscript for all tables/triggers and run it on db level
c. Delete logging tables in refreshed QAS system:
d. List all logging tables: transaction SE11, enter /1CADMC/* à press F4 key; then copy the logging table names to notepad; copy all names into the clipboard
i. Call transaction IUUC_REMOTE à Expert Functions à Delete Logging Tables à copy the trigger names from clipboard to the input selection à Execute
ii. Verify that all logging tables have been deleted (as in i.). It seems that the logging tables for DD02L and DD02T will still exist; in this case drop the two logging tables in DB level.
e. Cleanup SLT server HAQ:
i. IUUC_REPL_CONFIG: Should be empty
ii. IUUC_REPL_CONPAR: Should be empty
iii. IUUC_REPL_HDR Should be empty
iv. IUUC_REPL_MAP Should be empty
v. IUUC_RS_STATUS Should be empty
vi. IUUC_RS_ORDER Should be empty
vii. IUUC_TABLES Should be empty
viii. DMC_COBJ Should be empty
ix. DMC_MT_TABLES Should be empty
x. IUUC_LOGTAB_ID Will be filled, so delete the entries with transaction SE16
xi. DMC_STRUC_ID Will be filled, so delete the entries with transaction SE16
xii. DMC_ACT_REC Will be filled, so delete the entries with transaction SE16
xiii. Run report DMC_CLEANUP_USAGE in transaction SE38 with flag ‘delete all kinds of zombies’
xiv. Run report DMC_CLEANUP_USAGE in transaction SE38 with flag ‘delete all kinds of zombies’ and subproject = ZIUUC_<MTID> with <MTID> is the name of the mass transfer id of the configuration
xv. DMC_MT_HEADER Will be filled, so delete the entries with transaction SE16
f. HANA Studio connect with SYSTEM user to HAQ, go to Catalog > Authorization > Users and delete the user of the replication (cascade option)
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b. Transaction LTR: Create new configuration
c. In the studio, check schema created in HAQ
d. In the studio, data provisioning, verify that tables DD02L, DD02T and DD08L are replicated
e. Prepare a text file with all tables to be replicated
f. In the studio, data provisioning, load the text file and add the tables to the replication
B. Detailed steps for approach B: Consistent Refresh all Systems
** not tested **
1. Backup all systems
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b. Backup first PRD, then HAP and finally SLP
c. Start the master replication job in HAP again (transaction LTR)
2. Refresh QAS from ERP backup, no BDLS
3. Refresh HAQ from HAP backup
4. Refresh SLQ from SLP backup
5. Adapt SLT configuration, i.e. RFC connection to QAS in SLQ
6. Adopt hana server name in SLT configuration(/LTR), can be done inside db connection to HANA(/DBCO)
7. Update table “SYS_REPL”.”RS_REPLICATION_COMPONENTS” in hana and change the server name and configuration for the SLT replications.
8. Start the master replication job in HAQ again (transaction LTR)
9. Run BDLS in QAS to change logical system name (SLT will replicate the changes to HANA)
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System Refresh/ System Copy

Hello All,
Can you some body suggest me the steps for system refresh & System copy with Oracle 9i as database.
Please provide me with the step by step details. I need to do the refresh from my production to QA system.
i am using NW04 > BW3.5> Oracle 9i--> Windows 2003 server and HP Unix .
I need to do this in both the OS.
Please provide me the entire steps .
Thanks,
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Hello Veera ,
Check the link's
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-basis/quality-refresh-331999
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/69/c24c4e4ba111d189750000e8322d00/c\
ontent.htm
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System copy and database refresh

Can any one nagotiate me about system refresh and databaswe refresh.

Hi,
System Copy means copying the contents of the system into another including data i,.e Table Data. It comprises entire user settings, data will be copied.
In the database refresh, table contents (data) are refreshed.
Good thread discussion:
http://www.sap-img.com/bc049.htm
Re: client refresh procedure
Thanks,
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Differene between system copy and system refresh

Hi all
can you please tell me the difference among SYSTEM COPY,SYSTEM REFRESH and DB REFRESH

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CUA setup for a refreshed system copy

IF I copy a system that is under CUA, do I have to remove CUA first?
Or can I copy the system and on the target system, delete the CUA?
What is the best practice for system refreshed and CUA?
Thanks
Weyland

Hi,
Yes, you have to detach the CUA first, before starting with client copy to avoid inconsitency..
Like Client Copy profile includes User Master Records from the source client (SAP_ALL or SAP_USER profile), you should deactivate CUA in the target client.Otherwise, the users in the target client will remain untouched. If you
don't need to copy the User Masters from the source, use a client copy profile that excludes User Master Records,
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Homogeous system copy for machine refreshment

Hello SAP expert,
I'd like to migrate our sap system() from power5 to power7, and the host name and the ip address will be kept unchanged on the power7 machine. We want to use homogeous system copy for db6 to migrate the sap system for testing. And after the testing, we want to just use db2 backup/restore to replace the database without system copy again. I know there are several steps in sapinst after db restore when I do a system copy, but the hostname, ip and user are unchanged, so I think there is no need to do a system copy again. Could someone help confirm that?
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Hi Sunny,
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System copy of GTS - Productive to Test - How to ?

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(already the next question form me, sorry for this
I am executing a sysetm copy (DB-refresh) on ASE using SWPM.
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TRACE 2015-03-25 11:05:00.320
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TRACE 2015-03-25 11:05:06.122 [iaxxgenimp.cpp:638]
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<html> <head> </head> <body> An error occurred while processing option SAP Enhancement Package 1 for SAP N
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ove( Last error reported by the step: Assertion failed: Unable to load database <SID>.). You can now: <ul>
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ation about the error. </li> <li> Stop the option and continue later. </li> </ul> Log files are written to /t
mp/sapinst_instdir/NW731/SYB/COPY/SYSTEM/STD/AS-ABAP/REF. </body></html>
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Waiting for an answer from GUI
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|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_CreateDBandLoad|ind|ind|ind|ind|createdbandload|0|NW_CreateDB|ind|ind|ind|ind|createdb|0|NW_S
YB_DB|ind|ind|ind|ind|SYB_DB_CONTEXT|0|syb_step_setup_preload was executed with status ERROR ( Last error reporte
d by the step: Assertion failed: Unable to load database <SID>.).
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Creating file /tmp/sapinst_instdir/NW731/SYB/COPY/SYSTEM/STD/AS-ABAP/REF/__instana_tmp.xml.
INFO 2015-03-25 11:05:00.307
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Hello Kiran,
I did a few tests again yesterday, and it was really a stupid mistake from myside.
The error message did mean, that there wasn't enough space.
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Activating data in DSO got dump SAPSQL_EMPTY_TABNAME after BW system copy

Hi all,
We had an issue after system copy.
After a system copy the data in the standard DSOs(all of them) cannot be activated. The DOSs themselves are active, the transformations are active but if one attempts to load data and activate u2013 it does not work. The job terminates with shortdump SAPSQL_EMPTY_TABNAME.
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for the system refresh.
We also restored all source systems in RSA1 inlcuding the refreshed BW system own in the post-refresh steps.
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Heming

Hi Arun, as you say two change log tables it´s strange. In fact in my opinion it´s not right but the problem is that the second change log table appears after executing std SAP report RSDG_ODSO_ACTIVATE in order to be able to activate the DSO. So the solution provided by SAP it works but i´m not sure if the right one. Besides this the original change log table is full of data while the second one is empty... for new loads which are gonna a be filled by the activation process ? I suppose the second one... will this have some impact with the data stored in the first one... not in theory but.... i do not feel confortable with the consequences of this report.
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Good Day
We are doing a BI Quality System Refresh from our BI Production System.
we are on Windows 2003 R2 Server & Database MS SQL 2005 Server.
We followed the Standard System Copy / Migration (Load Based) Installation method.
We finished the SAP installation positively up to the 13th Phase, while in the "IMPORT ABAP Phase" we are getting the following errors.
Loading of 'SAPSLOAD' import package: OK
Import Monitor jobs: running 0, waiting 5, completed 102, failed 10, total 117.
Import Monitor jobs: running 1, waiting 4, completed 102, failed 10, total 117.
Import Monitor jobs: running 2, waiting 3, completed 102, failed 10, total 117.
Import Monitor jobs: running 3, waiting 2, completed 102, failed 10, total 117.
Loading of 'SAPUSER' import package: OK
Import Monitor jobs: running 2, waiting 2, completed 103, failed 10, total 117.
Loading of 'SAPDODS_13' import package: OK
Import Monitor jobs: running 1, waiting 2, completed 104, failed 10, total 117.
Loading of 'SAPDODS_6' import package: OK
Import Monitor jobs: running 0, waiting 2, completed 105, failed 10, total 117.
Import Monitor jobs: running 1, waiting 1, completed 105, failed 10, total 117.
Loading of 'SAP0000' import package: OK
Import Monitor jobs: running 0, waiting 1, completed 106, failed 10, total 117.
TRACE 2011-05-01 11:58:56.355
Function setMessageIdOfExceptionMessage: nw.programError
WARNING[E] 2011-05-01 11:58:56.355
 CJSlibModule::writeError_impl()
CJS-30022 Program 'Migration Monitor' exits with error code 103. For details see log file(s) import_monitor.java.log, import_monitor.log.
TRACE 2011-05-01 11:58:56.433 [iaxxejsbas.hpp:483]
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JS Callback has thrown unknown exception. Rethrowing.
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FCO-00011 The step runMigrationMonitor with step key |NW_ABAP_OneHost|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|NW_Onehost_System|ind|ind|ind|ind|1|0|NW_CreateDBandLoad|ind|ind|ind|ind|10|0|NW_ABAP_Import_Dialog|ind|ind|ind|ind|5|0|NW_ABAP_Import|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|runMigrationMonitor was executed with status ERROR .
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<html> <head> </head> <body> An error occurred while processing option SAP NetWeaver 7.0 including Enhancement Package 1 Support Release 1 > Software Life-Cycle Options > System Copy > MS SQL Server > Target System Installation > Central System > Based on AS ABAP > Central System. You can now: <ul> <li> Choose Retry to repeat the current step. </li> <li> Choose View Log to get more information about the error. </li> <li> Stop the option and continue with it later. </li> </ul> Log files are written to C:\Program Files/sapinst_instdir/NW701/LM/COPY/MSS/SYSTEM/CENTRAL/AS-ABAP/. </body></html>
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 CGuiEngineImp::acceptAnswerForBlockingRequest
Waiting for an answer from GUI
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INFO: 2011-05-01 11:57:57 com.sap.inst.migmon.LoadTask run
Loading of 'SAPDODS_6' import package is successfully completed.
TRACE: 2011-05-01 11:58:26 com.sap.inst.migmon.LoadTask run
Loading of 'SAP0000' import package is started.
TRACE: 2011-05-01 11:58:26 com.sap.inst.migmon.LoadTask processPackage
Task file generation for 'SAP0000' import package:
K:\usr\sap\FBQ\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\R3load.exe -ctf I E:\Backup\ABAP\DATA\SAP0000.STR "C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\NW701\LM\COPY\MSS\SYSTEM\CENTRAL\AS-ABAP\DDLMSS.TPL" SAP0000.TSK MSS -l SAP0000.log -o D
TRACE: 2011-05-01 11:58:26 com.sap.inst.migmon.LoadTask processPackage
Loading of 'SAP0000' import package into database:
K:\usr\sap\FBQ\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\R3load.exe -i SAP0000.cmd -dbcodepage 4103 -l SAP0000.log -loadprocedure fast
INFO: 2011-05-01 11:58:26 com.sap.inst.migmon.LoadTask run
Loading of 'SAP0000' import package is successfully completed.
WARNING: 2011-05-01 11:58:56
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WARNING: 2011-05-01 11:58:56
10 error(s) during processing of packages.
INFO: 2011-05-01 11:58:56
Import Monitor is stopped.
Kindly Do the needful.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Deepak

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