Update Management: SM13

Use Update Management (transaction SM13) to check the following:

 Is the update active? If not, was it deactivated by the system or by a user?

 Have any updates been canceled (with status Error)? (Make sure that you enter "*" in the user field.)

 Is there a long queue of pending updates older than 10 minutes?

Monitoring

The graphical Alert Monitor (transaction RZ20) automatically issues warnings about all update problems.

The Alert Monitor is always likely to be active as a standard component of your computer desktop. (The monitor should be started in a separate session since it blocks the SAP session in which it is started).

Error Analysis

If canceled updates (status Error) are output in the Update Requests screen, or if update problems are reported in the Alert Monitor, you can determine the cause of the error using Update Management and the system log.

Repeating Canceled Updates

Whenever update problems occur, you should check the Update Requests screen (transaction SM13) for canceled updates. Canceled updates are assigned the status Error in the list.

It is essential to repeat canceled updates, otherwise data is not written to the database and is lost.

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