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Afaria 7 - Update to SP6

By Tobias Hofmann September 24, 2015 Posted in SAP

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Blogs with content referred to by this blog:

  1. Install Afaria Server πŸ”—
  2. Install Afaria API Service and Administrator πŸ”—
  3. Install Self Service Portal πŸ”—
  4. Install Enrollment Server πŸ”—
  5. Install Package Server πŸ”—
  6. Validation of Afaria 7 SP6 πŸ”—

Afaria 7 SP6 update

Afaria 7 SP6 is available πŸ”— as of 11. September 2015 and can be downloaded from SAP Support Portal πŸ”—. The pre-requisite for installing SP6 is having SP5 installed πŸ”—. Its a 326MB download. The size already implies that you cannot install SP6 without having Afaria 7 already installed.

Download the file (AFARIA70006_0-21010386.zip) and copy it over to your Afaria 7 server. The ZIP contains all the files for all the components going to be updated.

Before starting installation check that your current Afaria 7 SP5 installation is working:

Start update

Run setup.exe

Choose language

Check your license key

Readiness check

If your license is OK, start the readiness check

Select what you want to test and start the test by clicking on β€œTest Now”.

The tests are executed. This can take some while to finish.

If the test finishes, you should see as a result that all requirements are satisfied.

Install/Upgrade to Afaria 7 SP6

From the setup, select the Install option.

This will show you a screen with all the components that can be upgraded with the installer.

From this screen on you`ll have to start the update process for each component you have installed on your server.

  1. Install Afaria Server πŸ”—
  2. Install Afaria API Service and Administrator πŸ”—
  3. Install Self Service Portal πŸ”—
  4. Install Enrollment Server πŸ”—
  5. Install Package Server πŸ”—

Additional Installations and Resources

Select what you need to install.

VALIDATE UPDATE

  1. Validation of Afaria 7 SP6 πŸ”—