Host agent upgrade procedure

Debsankha Ghosh

Accenture

DocumentTitle :

Host agent upgrade procedure

Document Purpose: This document describes how to upgrade hostagent

Document Owner:

Author Position/Responsibility

Debsankha Ghosh Basis Team Member

Reviewer Position/Responsibility

Priyabrata Sinhababu Basis Associate Manager

SAP Host Agent upgrade procedure (patch 73 to 95)

1. You have to download the required target release version of package (patch 95) SAPHOSTAGENT95_95-20005731.SAR from SAP Service Marketplace.

2. Current patch is 73.

3. Target patch is 95.

Procedure

1. Extract the downloaded SAPHOSTAGENT95_95-20005731.SAR package to a temporary directory as follows:

mkdir hostagent_update

cd hostagent_update

Now extract like below:

The archive contains the saphostexec program.

2. Switch to the root user.

4. Run the command . /saphostexec -upgrade.

5. Check hostagent version

Note: User should have root authorization.