#MAIN_NEWBAS/XPRAS_AIMMRG

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SAP SUM stuck in MAIN_NEWBAS/XPRAS_AIMMRG

Another day another play..... at this moment i'm making an update to SAP ERP 6.0 SPS 22 but during downtime in step 5.6 (execution) phase MAIN_NEWBAS/XPRAS_AIMMRG receive a series of errors that in no way to proceed with SUM, the errors are type:

XPRA ERRORS and RETURN CODE in SAPR702XPRA90000008.DG1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 ETP109 version and release : "380.05.19" "738" 1 ETP198 2 EPU126XPost-import methods for change/transport request: "SAPK702XPRA90000008" 4 EPU111    on the application server: "dg1" 2 EPU122XPost-import method "/BOBF/CONF_CTS_AFTER_IMPORT" started for "BOBF" "L", date and time: "20130305043445" 1AETR012XProgram terminated (job: "RDDEXECL", no.: "04344400") 1AEPU320 See job log"RDDEXECL""04344400""DG1" 1 ETP111 exit code           : "12"

As always, the times are short and after defeat another problems during weekend and are very close to goal this can't be happen, I'm scrub, i think! Search in forums, Google, sap notes and nothing, ok, i'm really scrub, next and paining step, send message to SAP support, during the process for create a new message SAP first "ask you" if you have revised notes and playing with SAP Knowledge Base i found the note 1664235 (Investigating errors in XPRAS phase) and after read and follow the "resolution", new errors are displayed, now and are a lot of dumps, all with common error:

The following syntax error occurred in program "CL_SHM_AREA===================CP " in include "CL_SHM_AREA===================CM00V " in line 1: "The kernel module "AB_SHMKMPROPAGATEAREA" is not registered for the implementation of method "_PROPAGATE_AREA" of class "CL_SHM_AREA"."

OK, let's find a solution...... ok there is neither in Google or SAP notes but the word "kernel" shines for me, let's make a try, KERNEL DOWNGRADE!!!! My instance have the last version in branch 7.x (7.38), i downloaded the kernel 7.20 (i consider it more stable than others), decompress, copy  and "startsap r3" .... Instance on host dg1 started, test a SAPlogon connection, all ok Click in button next on SUM.... after a few minutes, SUM continues. Now i'm making the last backup and after finish this post i will try to sleep a little.

Update (01/05/2014): At this time for me the kernel 7.21 it's more stable and repair some old issues.