Specifying the Scenario to Get the Roadmap

A dialog sequence at the beginning collects the information to determine the wanted scenario.

Context

After you have started the Software Update Manager as described in Starting or Restarting the Software Update Manager, it displays as a first dialog the Welcome page, in which you are prompted to specify the scenario category. Depending on your selection, further dialogs follow. For more information on the scenario determination, see Initial Dialogs for the Scenario Specification (Get Roadmap).

In a first step, you decide whether you want to use the stack.xml configuration file provided by the SAP Maintenance Planner or not.

Note

Invalid stack.xml file

If a stack.xml file is not valid for the SUM procedure, you are informed by the following message: The specified stack file is not valid for system ID <system ID> and installation number <inst.number>.. In this case, specify a valid name and path to the stack.xml file.
Digitally Signed and Modified stack.xml file

If a valid stack.xml file calculated in the SAP Maintenance Planner does not contain a validation hash, which may be the case with older files, the Software Update Manager does not perform a modification check. You are warned by the following message: Warning: The specified stack file is not digitally signed.

However, if the stack.xml file contains a validation hash, a modification check is performed. If the stack file has been modified in the meantime, you are warned by the following message: The specified stack file is not the originally calculated stack file. It has been modified.

In both cases, either cancel the procedure and calculate a new original stack.xml file, or confirm that you ignore the warning about the modified or non-digitally signed stack file and continue. Note that errors can then occur in the subsequent SUM procedure.
Missing scenarios

If desired scenario strategies are not displayed for selection in the following dialogs, see the log file SELROADMAP.LOG for more information about the reasons.

Procedure

Specify the Scenario Category

Decide, whether you want to use a scenario with or without stack.xml configuration file.

If you want to use a configuration file, enter a valid name and the path to it. Alternatively, you can browse for the file.

Afterwards, choose Next and continue with Making Entries for Scenarios with Configuration File.
If you opt to use no configuration file, the field for the stack file name is hidden. Choose Next and continue with Making Entries for Scenarios Without Configuration File.

Results

After all selections have been made, SUM starts the wanted scenario. It is displayed for your information on the SUM UI under the tool name and version. See also SUM User Interface (SUM UI), → item 1.

The next roadmap step is the Extraction roadmap step, in which you have to make entries and specifications, if necessary. For more information, see Important Entries for the Extraction Roadmap Step.