Starting or Restarting the Software Update Manager

This section describes how you start the SUM user interface and the SUM back-end process, or alternatively how you restart SUM if an error, a terminated step, or a system failure occurred.

Prerequisites

You have met the requirements for the update.
The SAP system and the database have been started.
You have registered SUM in SAP Host Agent as described in Registering SUM in SAP Host Agent.
The SAPCAR version that is referenced in the environment variable PATH is identical with the one that is located in the kernel directory. In addition, no reference to any other SAPCAR version must exist in the PATH variable.
You have downloaded and unpacked the latest version of the Downloading and Unpacking the Software Update Manager and the software packages that you need for the update.
When using Internet Explorer, you have to make sure that the URL relevant for your system is listed in the “Trusted” security zone. To do so, proceed as described in the Internet Explorer documentation.
In case of a SUM restart, you have corrected the errors as described in section A.2 Troubleshooting of the SUM Guide.

Procedure

Open a web browser window.
In the address bar, enter the following URL: https://<fully qualified hostname>:1129/lmsl/sumabap/<SID>/slui
Note
- Replace <SID> with your system ID.
- The system ID in the URL must be written in uppercase letters. Otherwise, errors can occur in the user interface.
- 1129 is the https port of the SAP Host Agent.
- If the SSL has not been configured, use http instead of https at the beginning of the URL and use port 1128 (http://<fully qualified hostname>:1128/lmsl/sumabap/<SID>/slui).
  
  When using SAP Host Agent 7.22 with patch level 52 or a higher version, the URL is automatically redirected to https. For more information about this SAP Host Agent, see Registering SUM in SAP Host Agent.
In the dialog box that appears, enter the user name <SID>adm and the password.

The SAP Host Agent starts the Software Update Manager, and its user interface is displayed in the web browser.

Note

In case of a restart, SUM continues from the point where it had previously stopped.
Start Options: By default, the Software Update Manager starts without any special parameters, and you can skip the field Start Options. If you want to start with special parameters provided by SAP, enter them in the field Start Options and choose Next.