There is a new Kernel option for those of us running 7.x kernels. Once again SAP have changed the IBM i SAP kernel structure.
I am interested if people have opinions about the best usage of this new option.
Below is the start of note #1632754
With SAP NetWeaver 2004s and associated products and with the application
basis 7.0x together with the 7.20 kernel, SAP introduces a new directory
structure with IBM i; you can use this to maintain a kernel while the
instances of the system are active. This minimizes the amount of time for
which the system is unavailable.
With the new directory structure, the SAP kernel is installed in a central
directory (indicated by the profile parameter DIR_CT_RUN). From there, the
kernel is copied during the system start to the instance-specific kernel
directories (indicated by the profile parameter DIR_EXECUTABLE). The kernel
is replicated using the program sapcpe. Each SAP instance then uses the
kernel from its own instance-specific directory.
So it looks like we can set DIR_CT_RUN to update the kernel from a central location.
Anyone got any plans or thoughts on this option?
Thanks
Matthew