In addition to this document, you also require other information such as the current central SUM Note or the following documents:

• Upgrade Master Guide – SAP NetWeaver <Release>

• Upgrade and Update Guide for ABAP – SAP NetWeaver <Release>

  The Upgrade Master Guide guides you through the complete update process and refers you to the required documentation for each step.

  The Upgrade and Update Guide describes application-specific preparations and follow-up activities, which you have to perform when you update your SAP NetWeaver ABAP system. It supplements the SUM Guide and refers to various SAP NetWeaver applications such as SAP Business Warehouse or Application Server ABAP.

  You can access the latest versions of these documents on the SAP Help Portal

  • for SAP NetWeaver 7.5 at: http://help.sap.com/nw75 Implement

  • for SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP 7.51 innovation package at: http://help.sap.com/nw751abap Implement

  • for SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP 7.52 at: http://help.sap.com/nw752abap Implement

  Choose then for every version Installation and Upgrade Information.

• SUM Guide: Updating SAP <technology> Systems on <operating system>: <source database>

  This document describes how to update SAP systems based on SAP NetWeaver using the Software Update Manager (SUM). It includes general planning, preparation and follow-up activities, information about using the SUM, and troubleshooting information.

  You can access the latest version of this document on the SAP Support Portal at:

  http://support.sap.com/sltoolset System Maintenance    Software Update/Upgrade with SUM 2.0 SP<version>.

• System Copy Guide for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver Application Server 7.1 and higher (for ABAP)

  This document is relevant among others when you want to:

  • use the stand-alone Table Comparison tool (see also Table Comparison

  • prepare the SAP ASE database as mentioned in Preparing Target Database SAP ASE.

  You can access the latest version of this document on the SAP Support Portal at http://support.sap.com/sltoolset System Provisioning    System Provisioning Scenarios    Copy a System using Software Provisioning Manager    System Copy Option of Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP <version>.

• Dual-Stack Split Guide

  This document explains how to use Software Provisioning Manager, which is a tool of the SL Toolset, to split a dual-stack (ABAP+Java) system into one ABAP and one Java stack each with its own system ID.

  You can access the latest version of this document on the SAP Support Portal at http://support.sap.com/sltoolset System Provisioning    System Provisioning Scenarios    Split a System using Software Provisioning Manager 1.0    Dual-Stack Split Guides