Updating SAP-Kernel

Hello!
We are trying to find out why our cluster has a fail over every couple of days on a ressource. So we updated the kernel last week, but the problem is still there. We also learned today that there is more than one kernel folder on the windows server machine:
1) i:\usr\sap\prd\sys\exe\uc\ntamd64 (the one we updated)
2) c:\windows\sapcluster (here are some exe files, all outdated)
3) c:\usr\sap\prd\d01\exe (seems to be a copy of 1)
How important is 2)?
regards, Peter

Hi,
When updating the kernel it is important to update also the sapcluster folder but I don't think this is an explanation for the lost I: drive. You should ask your SAN team to investigate on the subject.
Regards,
Olivier

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> 4. Compare the original kernel and the backup
> du -sk /sapmnt/SID/exe/ --> 840413 /sapmnt/SID/exe
> du -sk /SIDkernel_10102007 --> 841992 /SIDkernel_10102007
On Unix system you can get help for specific commands by using
man <commandname>
If you execute "man du" you will see, that "du" means "disk usage" and options "-s" and "-k" means "sum of directory" and "in kilobyte". The numbers are the sizes of the directories.
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I have to update SAP kernel release 6.40 patch level from 43 to 71 but not able to do.I am running solution manager 3.2 on Oracle 9i and Win-2003 OS.
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SAP R/3 Kernel information
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Source ID 0.043
DBSL Patch No. 172
ICU Version 2.6.1 Unicode Version 4.0
libsapu16 Version 2.0023 Nov 4 2004 20:04:27
Supported environment
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Database ORACLE 9.2.0..
ORACLE 10.1.0..
ORACLE 10.2.0..
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