In the Extraction phase of SUM activity, below message is prompted,
SAP Kernel requested
No suitable SAP Kernel archive for platform WINDOWS_X86_64 was found in the download directory “D:\EHP8_Media”.
Please check the attributes of the SAP Kernel archives at the download directory and make sure that the SAP Kernel archives are at least at the same release and patch level than what is currently installed on your system before you continue.
Please see “KERNELPRE.LOG” for details.
In the KERNELPRE.LOG file, you found below message,
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Check kernel source directory: E:\usr\sap\DEV\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64
Kernel in 'E:\usr\sap\DEV\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64' has release 722 patch level 900 not suitable for target release '750' not copied!
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Executing action 'COLLECT_KERNEL'
Selecting kernel archives for target 'exe'.
No kernel yet in 'exe'.
Found only DB-dependent archive(s) for release 753 - ignored!
Nothing found to put in 'exe'!
Checking for suitable DB-independent patch archives for type 'exe'
Checking for suitable DB-dependent patch archives for type 'exe'
Setting attributes for all archives.
Selecting suitable kernel for 'exe' failed
Solution
- Search for the same kernel version used for the target OS/DB and select the source OS and the DB dependent kernel archive.
- Download and place it in the SUM download directory where the other stack archives are provided for SUM.
- Repeat the SUM phase
Reference
- 2547410 – “No suitable SAP Kernel archive was found in the download directory” during upgrade
- 2811310 – SUM phase PREP_INPUT_CHECK/KERNEL_PRE error: No suitable SAP Kernel archive for platform
