High-Level Timeline
By end-of-day Nov 1 - Plan, create/update test scripts in ALM. (SAP Business Areas)
End of day production snapshot from 9/16/2024 to be used to refresh SF3 environment
End of day production snapshot from 9/16/2024 to be used to refresh SH1 environment
End of day production snapshot from 10/21/2024 to be used to refresh SH2 environment
Refer to calendar for detailed time frames
2024 SAP Support Pack Upgrade - Calendar View
Oct 10: SAP releases year-end support pack versions
Oct 14-18: SF3 upgrade
Oct 21: SH1 ready for use
Oct 21 at 5PM: start of SF2 restricted window
Oct 21-23: SF2 upgrade
Oct 21 at 5PM: start of SH2 restricted window
Oct 22-Oct 29: SH2 refresh and upgrade
Oct 31 - Nov 1: IS&T Controlled Payroll Test
Nov 4-26: SH2 business testing
Dec 4 - 6 - Uptime Production Cut-over Activities -
Dec 6 -Dec 8 - Go-live weekend! (start Friday at 5pm)
Dec 9 - 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 21 with HR SP 0124 (a.k.a. C4)
---- SAP KERNEL 7.54 64-BIT UNICODE PL 200
---- SMERP 630_740 SP 0012
---- SMFND 630_740 SP 0012
NetWeaver ADS (systems DSD, DST, DSP):
-- NetWeaver 750 SPS 28 with SAP JVM 8.1.095 (or higher)
NetWeaver/GRC (systems ACD, ACT, ACP):
---- SAP KERNEL 7.54 64-BIT UNICODE PL 200
---- NetWeaver 7.52 SPS 13 (estimated to be available by October 16th)
---- GRC Access Control 12.0 SPS 22
SAP Business Technology Platform (formerly SCP) HANA DB:
-- HANA 2.00.059.09 or higher
SAP Mobile: N/A for 2024
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 10/05 Done (expedited maintenance)
PS1 (ERP Prod DB server) Physical to Virtual Migration 10/05 Done
ACD (NetWeaver/GRC) Application Software Update 10/14 17:00 -> 10/16 01:00
DSD (NetWeaver/ADS) Database Software Update 10/15 Done
DSD (NetWeaver/ADS) Application Software Update 10/15 15:00 -> 10/16 22:00
HAN (OpenText Non-Prod DB server) Operating System Update 10/21 18:00 -> 20:30
DST (NetWeaver/ADS) Database Software Update 10/22 18:30 -> 21:30
HAN (OpenText Non-Prod DB server) Database Software Update 10/24 18:00 -> 22:00
DSP (NetWeaver/ADS) Database Software Update 11/02 01:45 -> 05:45
HAP (OpenText Prod DB server) Operating System Update 11/02 01:45 -> 04:30
PS1 (ERP Prod DB server) Database Software Update 11/02 01:45 -> 05:30
HAP (OpenText Prod DB server) Database Software Update 11/30 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.
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