The Software Update Manager 2.0 in Brief

The Software Update Manager is the tool for the software maintenance of your SAP systems. In the following, you get a short overview about the tool.

The Software Update Manager is part of the Software Logistics Toolset (SLToolset) and a multipurpose tool that supports various software maintenance processes, such as:

Performing release upgrades
Installing enhancement packages
Applying Support Package Stacks
Installing add-ons
Updating single components
Performing system conversions to SAP S/4HANA

The Software Update Manager 2.0 supports among others the following system maintenance processes that are relevant with regard to SAP S/4HANA:

Upgrading or updating your SAP S/4HANA version
Upgrading or Updating to SAP Business Suite 7 Innovation 2016 based on SAP NetWeaver 7.5 or higher
Upgrading or Updating to SAP NetWeaver 7.5 or higher
Applying Support Packages Stacks to systems based on SAP NetWeaver 7.5 or higher

If you want to migrate your source database to a new database, you have to perform in addition a database migration. SAP introduced a one-step procedure that combines the system update and the database migration. This is provided with the Database Migration Option (DMO) feature of the SUM tool. For more information, see the DMO Guide related to your SUM version.

The main benefits of DMO are:

Simplified migration steps
System update and database migration combined in one tool
Reduced business downtime
The source database remains consistent, thus a fast fallback is possible

For more information about the SUM tool and the Software Logistic Toolset, you may see the following blogs in the SAP Community:

See also the SAP Support Portal at http://support.sap.com/sltoolset Information published on SAP site Start of the navigation path System Maintenance Next navigation step Software Update Manager (SUM) for <version> End of the navigation path to find the latest version of the tool, the appropriate documentation and SAP Note.