Use the Software Update Manager 1.

0 SP15 for maintenance

processes such as upgrades or updates with the following target
releases:
SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ........................................................................... 2
Further Maintenance Processes ......................................................... 3
Support Package Stack Update ................................................................................................................ 3

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Maintenance Processes with Software Update Manager 1.0 SP15

SAP NetWeaver 7.5

Source Release

Maintenance Process

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (with SP 14 or higher) or SAP NetWeaver 7.0

including enhancement package 1 or 2

Upgrade

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.1 (for banking services from SAP 7.0 and
8.0)

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 or SAP NetWeaver Process

Integration 7.1 including enhancement package 1

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1, SAP NetWeaver

Composition Environment 7.1 including enhancement package 1, or
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.2 (production edition)

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver 7.3 or SAP NetWeaver 7.3 including enhancement

package 1

Upgrade

SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Java Hub systems which have SAP Business Suite
7i2013 applications installed on top

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1 Java Hub systems which have SAP Business
7i2013 applications installed on top

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver 7.0-based Java hub systems which have Business Suite
7 applications installed on top (enablement on SAP NetWeaver 7.5)

Upgrade

SAP NetWeaver 7.0-based Java hub systems which have Business Suite
7i2010 applications installed on top (enablement on SAP NetWeaver
7.5)

Upgrade

SAP NetWeaver 7.0-based Java hub systems which have Business Suite
7i2011 applications installed on top (enablement on SAP NetWeaver
7.5)

Upgrade

SAP NetWeaver 7.3-based Java hub systems which have Business Suite
7 applications installed on top (enablement on SAP NetWeaver 7.5)

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver 7.3-based Java hub systems which have Business Suite
7i2010 applications installed on top (enablement on SAP NetWeaver
7.5)

Update/ EHP Installation

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Maintenance Processes with Software Update Manager 1.0 SP15

Source Release

Maintenance Process

SAP NetWeaver 7.3-based Java hub systems which have Business Suite
7i2011 applications installed on top (enablement on SAP NetWeaver
7.5)

Update/ EHP Installation

SAP NetWeaver 7.4

Upgrade

Note
Note that depending on whether your system is ABAP-based or Java-based, "updating" here
means performing a release upgrade or enhancement package installation (on the technical level,
this is handled differently on ABAP vs Java stack).

Further Maintenance Processes

Support Package Stack Update
Use the Software Update Manager to apply Support Packages Stacks to the following systems:

Systems based on SAP NetWeaver 7.5 (including Business Suite applications on SAP HANA on top)

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Maintenance Processes with Software Update Manager 1.0 SP15