Overview Of Patches in SAP

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Overview Of Patches in SAP

Patches are used to fix the bugs in the system. The transaction used for patch administration is SPAM.

Patches are always applied in 000 client.

There are 4 different types of patches
                       ABAP (SAPKA620XXXX)
                       BASIS (SAPKB620XXXX)
                       HR  (SAPKE470XXXX)
                       APPLICATIONS  (SAPKH470XXXX).

These are also called as Support packs.

They should be administered in the following sequence 
                    BASIS (SAPKBXXXXXXX), 
                   ABAP (SAPKAXXXXXXX), 
                  APPLICATIONS (SAPKHXXXXXXX)
                  HR (SAPKEXXXXXXX).

All patches start with SAPK.

Patch levels should be the same in DEV, PRD & QAS.

SPAM is the tool which is used to apply the patches. It has its own version. You should always have the latest SPAM version. 

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