It is very easy to obtain the patch level of some core R/3 executables such as:
disp+work, tp and r3trans.
Many people would like to know how to do this. Here, I will show you how to do it for R/3 systems running on Windows and SQL Server environments.
1. Go to the command prompt.
2. Change to the "run" directory of your SAP instance (cd\usr\sap\<SID>\sys\exe\run).
3. Run the following three commands:
dsp+work -V | find "patch number"
tp -V | find "patch number"
r3trans -V | find "patch number"
If you want to see all the release information, then do not filter for the patch number.
Now that you know how to do this, you can get creative
and write a little script that reads the names of all your SAP servers
from a text file and then it runs the three commands listed above. In this
way, you can get the patch level of all your systems by just running a
script. This becomes in handy when you're consulting or putting reports
together.
How to check the version of TP and R3TRANS?
You can Telnet to your system and type R3trans -v to check R3trans version
for TP: type tp -v..
Ex: tp -v:
This is tp version 372.04.29 (release 701, unicode enabled)
Ex: R3trans -v :
This is R3trans version 6.14 (release 701 - 14.05.13 - 17:05:00)
For example:
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R3trans information
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| kernel release | 701 |
| kernel make variant | 701_REL |
| DBMS client library | MAXDB_760_b02 |
| DBSL shared library version | 700.08 |
| compiled on | Linux GNU SLES-9 x86_64 cc4.1.2 |
| compiled for | 64 BIT |
| compilation mode | UNICODE |
| compile time | May 19 2013 21:08:27 |
| update level | 0 |
| patch number | 0 |
| source id | 0.000 |
supported environment
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database (SAP, table SVERS) 700
701
DBMS server
MaxDB 7.6
MaxDB 7.7
operating system
Linux 2.6
