---
Today I am going to view about Client Copy using Client Export and Client Import procedure. It’s easy and safe way than direct client copy.
Client Export Steps:
1. Run SCC8
2. Select Profile for desired copy type (Usually All
SAP_ALL or user master only SAP_USER. You will need direction from the
requester as to the correct selection here. Use Profile -> Display Profile
to display profile details.)
3. Select target System (or group)
4. De- Select “Test Run” (If selected)
5. Run Export
- Up to 3 requests are created, depending on the data
selected and available:
1. “SIDKO00353" for transporting client-independent data,
if you have selected this
2. “SIDKT00353" for transporting client-specific data
3. “SIDKX00353" for transporting client-specific texts,
provided texts are available in this client
6.Monitor TP logs for errors and export files for growth
Client Import Steps:
1. Create client (scc4)
2. Login to client (sap* – pass)
3. Manually add “O” transport then “X” then “T” to TMS
buffer
4. Highlight #1 and use “Request -> Import” to launch
import tool
5. Monitor “I” file in OS “/usr/sap/trans/tmp” dir for
progress info
6. After Import is complete perform “post processing
steps” from client tool (SCC7)
So, if you have 3 transport requests and the data has been exported successfully then go for an import in quality system.
This would help you to refresh QA server with PRD server data and settings.
Note:
About client copy from PRD to QAS through export-import, is it possible to do it in office hour (while all users are still active) and do I have to lock them first? Right now I have 164 GBs of data in the database, how long does it take. I use SUSE Ent v10 as the OS, what command should I use to increase the FS just in case the space is not enough.
Answer:
You need un-peak hour to do client copy since this process would take most of your server resource. I didn’t know how long it going to take time since it depend on your server hardware specification and your SAP config.
If you are using LVM and using ext3 or reiserfs than this would be simple step.
Steps when using reiserfs :
#lvextend -L +size /dev/volume_group/logical_volume
#resize_reiserfs -L +size /dev/volume_group/logical_volume
Steps when using ext2/ext3 :
#lvextend -L +size /dev/volume_group/logical_volume
#resize2fs /dev/volume_group/logical_volume
Just make sure you would contact your OS and hardware vendor before resizing of fs.
