Downloading SAP Kernel Patches

1. Open a web browser window and link to the SAP Marketplace using http://service.sap.com/patches.
2. If a Client Authentication popup appears, click the OK button.
3. On the SAP Service Marketplace popup, type in your User name (OSS ID) and Password in the spaces provided. Click the OK button.
4. Click on My Application Components in the navigator tree on the left.
5. Click oIn the navigator tree on the right-hand side of the My Application Componentsscreen.

For R/3, expand as follows:

SAP R/3 Enterprise
SAP R/3 ENTERPRISE 47X200
SAP R/3 Enterprise Server
SAP KERNEL 6.20 32-BIT
NT/I386
MS SQL Server

6. This produces a list of MS SQL Server dependent kernel patches. Scroll down the Download screen until under the File Name column you find SAPEXEDB_.SAR. Click on the Info hyperlink to the right of SAPEXEDB_.SAR. On the SAP Download Area – Info File popup, find the patch number value. This is the patch level of the latest kernel. If the kernel patch level is higher than your current kernel patch level, you may need to apply the newer kernel patch. Close the SAP Download Area – Info File popup.
7. To download a kernel patch, click on the SAPEXEDB_.SAR hyperlink. Click the Download button. On the File Download popup, click the Save button. On the Save As popup, select a location to store the kernel patch and click the Save button.
8. Now backup a step and instead of clicking MS SQL Server, click #Database independent. The full path would look like this:

SAP R/3 Enterprise
SAP R/3 ENTERPRISE 47X200
SAP R/3 Enterprise Server
SAP KERNEL 6.20 32-BIT
NT/I386
#Database independent

9. This produces a list of database independent kernel patches. Scroll down the Download screen until under the File Name column you find SAPEXE_.SAR. Click on the Info hyperlink to the right of SAPEXE_.SAR. On the SAP Download Area – Info File popup, find the patch number value. This is the patch level of the latest kernel. If the kernel patch level is higher than your current kernel patch level, you may need to apply the newer kernel patch. Close the SAP Download Area – Info File popup.
10. Use the same instructions in step 7 to download the patch. Make sure that the version number of your database independent files matches the version number of your MS SQL Server dependent file.
11. Once you have downloaded the kernel patch, you may leave the SAP Marketplace.