Updating an Existing Database Instance 

You can perform an update of the SAP DB software for an existing SAP DB database instance with SDBUPD. You can perform the update interactively or in the background, with the specification of the appropriate SDBUPD options.

Prerequisites

To be able to perform the update of the desired database instance, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:

Procedure

Start the update of the database instance as described in Update of a Database Instance: SAP DB 7.4.

The update program SDBUPD performs all required checks and selects the suitable update strategy.

The corresponding update is logged.