SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Updating the Tools
239 Exercise 15: SPAM Update
Exercise Duration: 20 minutes
Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Successfully perform a SPAM update
Business Example
Importing Support Packages often first requires an update of the system
programs used to perform the import, so that all of the control information
for the new Support Packages can be read.
Task Import a SPAM Update
Import a SPAM update
Caution: This exercise must be performed by the DEV group first
and then by the QAS group.
In the first step, a SPAM update is imported into the SAP system DEV.
After this import has been successfully completed, the SPAM update is
imported into the SAP system QAS in a second step.
The files required for the SPAM update have already been requested and are
on your host in the directory G:\Additional_Files\ADM100\SPAMUpdate.
1. Check whether a SPAM update has already been imported into your
system. If yes: which version?
2. Unpack the file that contains the SPAM update at operating system
level.
Remember that this step must only be performed once for each
transport directory.
3. Log on to the correct client.
4. Load the patch using transaction SPAM; that is, inform the SAP
system about the file.
5. Import the SPAM update into your system. Note any possible errors.
6. Check the log for the import process for errors.
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