Conversion to SAP S/4HANA using SUM: ABAP Systems on UNIX and Linux

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:

  • Converting SAP systems to S/4HANA

  • 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 your source database is another database than SAP HANA, you have to perform in addition a database migration to SAP HANA database, since SAP S/4HANA runs on this database only. To smooth the way to the SAP HANA target database, 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 (see also The DMO Concept).

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/sltoolsetInformation published on SAP siteStart 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.