1. Login as root
2. Make new backup directory
cd /
mkdir SIDkernel_10102007
3. Create latest kernel backup
cp -pr /sapmnt/SID/exe/* /SIDkernel_10102007
4. Compare the original kernel and the backup
du -sk /sapmnt/SID/exe/ à 840413 /sapmnt/SID/exe
du -sk /SIDkernel_10102007 à 841992 /SIDkernel_10102007
5. Make new shadow kernel directory
cd /
mkdir newkernel_175
6. Copy the new downloaded kernel files into /newkernel_175
7. Unpack the new downloaded kernel in folder /newkernel_175
SAPCAR -xvf SAPEXE_175-20000221.SAR
SAPCAR -xvf SAPEXEDB_175-20000223.SAR
8. Login as sidadm
9. Stop the SAP System
stopsap
10. Stop saposcol
saposcol -k
11. Login as root
12. Go to the current kernel directory
cd /sapmnt/SID/exe
13. Copy all extracted support packages into this folder
cp -pr /newkernel_175/* /sapmnt/SID/exe
14. Copy back the original file saproot.sh into this folder.
cp -p /SIDkernel_10102007/saproot.sh /sapmnt/SID/exe
15. Go to the current kernel directory
cd /sapmnt/SID/exe
Then run:
./saproot.sh SID
16. Login as sidadm
17. Start the saposcol service
saposcol
18. Start the SAP system
startsap
