SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Performing and Checking Transports
The central transport directory is physically stored on a server in the
system landscape (the “transport host”), to which all systems in the system
landscapemusthaveaccessusingashareormount.Theprofileparameter
DIR_TRANS specifies for each system where the transport directory to be
used, which is called /usr/sap/trans, isstored.
Import
The transport administrator usually starts the import manually in the
receiving systems using the Transport Management System, which you
can call with transaction STMS.
Figure 73: Working with the Import Queue
In the receiving system, you can see which change requests are queued for
import into the system in transaction STMS. From a technical point of
view, in a three-system landscape, the change request is flagged for import
into the receiving system (quality assurance system) during the export
from the development system. You can view this flagging of the change
request for import into the receiving system in the Transport Management
System (transaction STMS) by choosing Overview → Imports. This displays
the import queue for the relevant systems. To display details about the
queues, choose Import Queue → Display.
There are a number of methods available to you in the TMS import queue
for importing requests into the target system. The most important import
methods are import all requests (import all) and Import Individual
Requests (single import). You can perform an import in dialog or schedule
an import in the background with any of the methods. The best import
method for you to use depends on your system landscape and your
transport strategy.
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