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(Un)lock the Standard Instance

Created by Laszlo Herbert, last modified on Nov 18, 2016

Symptom
You have to unlock the SAP system to perform correction(s) during an upgrade.
You get the message "Upgrade in progress: no login is possible" when trying to logon.

 How to unlock the shadow instance (e.g. in SPDD, ACT_UPG phase) is described in the wiki page (Un)lock the shadow instance

Solution

 The steps documented here is a replica of the steps found on the Software Update Manager (SUM) guide.
The steps can be found in the Appendix under "Evaluating the ELG Log Files".

1. To unlock the standard instance, enter the following commands:

( here <transport_profile> or DEFAULT.TPP is the transport profile of the transport domain to which the system is connected
UNIX:
cd \<update directory>/abap/exe
tp unlocksys <SAPSID> pf=../var/DEFAULT.TPP
tp unlock_eu <SAPSID> pf=../var/DEFAULT.TPP
WINDOWS:
<drive>
cd \<update directory>\abap\exe
tp unlocksys <SAPSID> pf=..\var\DEFAULT.TPP
tp unlock_eu <SAPSID> pf=..\var\DEFAULT.TPP

2. Log on to the standard instance and correct the error.

3. To lock the system again, enter the following command:

UNIX:
cd \<update directory>/abap/exe
tp locksys <SAPSID> pf=../var/DEFAULT.TPP
tp lock_eu <SAPSID> pf=../var/DEFAULT.TPP
WINDOWS:
<drive>
cd \<update directory>\abap\exe
tp locksys <SAPSID> pf=..\var\DEFAULT.TPP
tp lock_eu <SAPSID> pf=..\var\DEFAULT.TPP

Related SAP notes/KBAs

SAP KBA 1901463 - How to unlock the SAP system to perform correction(s) during an upgrade.
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