SAP Transport tools guide for system administrators

SAP provides utilities for controlling Release upgrades and transports among SAP Systems. This section explains how to use the transport programs tp and R3trans to transport SAP system objects between SAP Systems.

Contents of this SAP Transport tools guide for system administrators

Transport Tools (BC-CTS-TLS) 6
Transport Control Program tp………….. 7
tp Attributes……… 8
Installing the Transport Control Program tp…….. 9
Preparing the SAP Systems…………. 10
Preparing Operating System Users.. 11
Preparing the File Systems ………….. 13
Maintaining the Transport Directory…………. 14
Maintaining the Transport Subdirectory ……. 16
Maintaining the Transport Directory bin ……. 17
Integrating New SAP Systems ……… 18
Controlling Imports using tp ………….. 19
The Route of a Request into the Target System……………. 20
Planning Imports…………. 21
Performing Imports ……… 23
Automatically Starting Customer-Defined Actions …………. 26
Transporting Client-Specific Data….. 27
Performing Special Transports……… 28
tp Information Commands 30
Calling Online Help for tp… 31
tp: Additional Functions …. 32
Cleaning Up the Transport Directory 33
tp Commands 34
tp Options …… 37
Synchronizing Buffers ….. 40
Transport Profile……………. 42
Variables in the Transport Profile ….. 45
Parameter TRANSDIR …. 47
Parameters for Setting Up the Database Connection …….. 48
Global Parameters………. 56
Parameters for Distributing Transports …………. 60
Parameters for Controlling R3trans.. 61
Parameters for the Transport Daemon………….. 64
Parameters for Buffer Synchronization …………. 66
Parameters for the tp Function PUT. 67
Parameters for the tp Function CLEAROLD ….. 69
Example of a Parameter File………… 70
How tp Works…. 72
File Structure for tp ……… 73
File Naming Conventions for tp …….. 75
Example of File Names for tp ……….. 77
tp: Return Codes ………… 78
R3trans Calls . 79
Utility Calls….. 80
Log Hierarchy 81
Log File SLOG……….. 82
Log File ALOG……….. 84
Communication Between tp and ABAP…………. 86
Table TRBAT…………. 87
Table TRJOB…………. 90
The R3trans Program…….. 91
Versions of R3trans……….. 92
Calling R3trans . 93
R3trans Return Codes……. 94
Unconditional Modes …….. 95
Export 96
Import 99
Automatic Conversion with R3trans 102
Automatic Character Set Conversion with R3trans ……… 103
Transporting Language-Dependent Data……… 105
R3trans and Clients ……… 108
Recommendations for R3trans …….. 110
Transport Control under Windows NT …………. 112
Transporting Between UNIX and Windows NT Systems. 113
Required Software and Tools……… 114
Configuring with TMS Under Windows NT…… 116
Configuring Without TMS Under Windows NT 118
Example of a SAMBA Configuration File……… 120
Example of a Heterogeneous Transport Profile …………… 121
Specifying the Central Transport Host…………. 122
Transporting to a Private Transport Directory . 124

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