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High-Level Timeline

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3 - Plan, create/update test scripts in ALM. (SAP Business Areas)

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2023 to be used to refresh SF3 environment

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2023 to be used to refresh SH1 environment

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2023 to be used to refresh SH2 environment

Refer to calendar for detailed time frames

2023 SAP Support Pack Upgrade - Calendar View

Oct

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5: SAP releases year-end support pack versions

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18: SF3 upgrade

Oct

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16:  SH1 ready for use

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20 at 5PM: start of SF2 restricted window

Oct 21-24

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: SF2 upgrade

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24 at 5PM: start of SH2 restricted window

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Oct 31: SH2 refresh and upgrade

Nov 2-3

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: IS&T Controlled Payroll Test

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28: SH2 business testing

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29 -Dec

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1 - Uptime Production Cut-over Activities -

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3 - Go-live weekend! (start Friday at 5pm)

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4 - Upgraded  PS1 is ready for use

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SAP Scheduled Upgrades - Ancillary Systems

ERP (systems SF3, SF2, SH2, PS1):

-- EHP8 for SAP ERP 6.0 SPS 19 w/21 with HR SP 01110124 (a.k.a. B1) (systems SF3, SF2, SH2, PS1)C4)

---- SAP KERNEL 7.53 54 64-BIT UNICODE PL 1035200

---- SMERP  630_740  SP 00100012

---- SMFND  630_740  SP 00100012

NetWeaver ADS (systems DSD, DST, DSP):

-- NetWeaver 750 SPS 25 28 with SAP JVM 8.1.090095 (or higher)

NetWeaver/GRC :-- NetWeaver/GRC (systems ACD, ACT, ACP):

---- SAP KERNEL 7.53 54 64-BIT UNICODE PL 1000200

---- NetWeaver 7.52 SPS 11 13 (estimated to be available by October 28th16th)

---- GRC Access Control 12.0 SPS 1822

SAP Business Technology Platform (formerly SCP) HANA DB:

-- HANA 2.00.059.04 09 or higher

SAP Mobile (TBD):   Work Manager recently upgraded on 10/12/2022.  Confirming timing on Inventory Manager upgrade (Facilities Stockroom) :   N/A for 2023

Ancillary Systems:  IAAS applications

BSI, SFTP, OpenText  -  BSI (OS and Server in scope); SFTP (not in scope);  OpenText (HANA DB update, DB OS in scope | App Server OS and migration not in scope).  

Details below on schedule:

OTP (OpenText IaaS server) Disk Scale Up 10/07 Done (expedited maintenance)

PS1 (ERP Prod DB server) Physical to Virtual Migration 10/07 Done

ACD (NetWeaver/GRC) Application Software Update  10/16 17:00 -> 10/18 01:00

DSD (NetWeaver/ADS) Database Software Update 10/17 Done

DSD (NetWeaver/ADS) Application Software Update 10/17 15:00 -> 10/18 22:00

HAN (OpenText Non-Prod DB server) Operating System Update  10/23 18:00 -> 20:30

DST (NetWeaver/ADS) Database Software Update 10/24 18:30 -> 21:30

HAN (OpenText Non-Prod DB server) Database Software Update 10/26 18:00 -> 22:00

DSP (NetWeaver/ADS) Database Software Update 11/04 01:45 -> 05:45

HAP (OpenText Prod DB server) Operating System Update  11/04 01:45 -> 04:30

PS1 (ERP Prod DB server) Database Software Update 11/04 01:45 -> 05:30

HAP (OpenText Prod DB server) Database Software Update 12/02 03:00 -> 08:00

DST (NetWeaver/ADS) Application Software TBD

DST (NetWeaver/ADS) Application Software TBD

ACT (NetWeaver/GRC) Application Software Update  TBD

ACP (NetWeaver/GRC) Application Software Update  TBD

Note: 

The OpenText DB server maintenance is independent of the OpenText IaaS migrations to new SLES 15.4 servers, which are considered out of scope.