By means of a dialog sequence at the beginning, the Software Update Manager collects the needed information for the wanted scenario to get the roadmap.

In the first dialogs, you specify the scenario category. That is, you decide if you want a scenario with or without stack.xml configuration file, and what kind of scenario (such as release upgrade, system conversion, or DMO without System Update). If you plan a scenario with stack.xml configuration file, you have to provide the path to the download directory with the stack.xml.

In a next step, the Software Update Manager checks the database of your source system. If it is not SAP HANA database and the database migration is not mandatory, a dialog prompts you to decide on the target database.

Depending on the scenario category and the decision on DMO, you can select the scenario strategy, such as Standard or Downtime-Optimized.