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SAP Kernel Update on Windows

Created by Adam Csaba Goetz, last modified on Jan 17, 2018

Purpose
To offer some help with kernel update.

Overview
CHECK BEFORE
DOWNLOAD
EXTRACTION, UPDATE
CHECK AFTER

CHECK BEFORE
Check the current kernel version:
1. System > Status:

2. Operating system level:

DOWNLOAD
Download kernel from Support packages and patches ---> By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) ---> K ---> SAP kernel <bit> <uc> ---> SAP kernel <release> (...) ---> There
choose <operating system> ---> both #Database independent and <database specific> archives

Example:

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EXTRACTION, UPDATE
1. Change to profile folder:

2. Find the instance profile

3. Find DIR_CT_RUN by "sappfpar check pf=<instance pf with full path> DIR_CT_RUN"

4. Copy kernel folder, in this case NTAMD64 as NTAMD64.bak

5. Copy SAR files one level above, in this case to "<drive>:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\exe\uc":

6. Stop SAP at this point. Also stop sapstartsrv processes of this SAP system. Refer to Starting and Stopping SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver
7. Extract kernel archives by "sapcar -xfj <SAR archive> -R <destination folder>". First extract SAPEXE and SAPEXEDB SAR files and then the rest (dw
sar, lib_dbsl sar, etc):

8. Start SAP start service SAP<SID>_<instance nr> from Windows service manager or by sapcontrol -nr <instance nr> -function StartService <SID>
command
9. Restart SAP:

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10. Restart SAP Start Service:

CHECK AFTER
Check the new kernel version:
1. System > Status:

2. Operating system level:

Related Content
Starting and Stopping SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver

Related SAP Notes/KBAs

SAP Note 19466 : Downloading SAP kernel patches
SAP Note 2576697 : Web Dispatcher in SCS instance: system start after kernel switch fails

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