Dear experts,
We are now planning the upgrade from the ECC 6.0 EnhP 4 for HCM version to the newest ECC 6.0 EnhP 7 for HCM / HR Renewal 2.0.
As soon as our Development (DEV) environment is upgraded, we will put in place a backup of DEV (DEB) in order to support potential incidents in Productioin that cannot wait the Upgrade timelines.
If this happens, the process would be:
- Implement the fix in DEB and deploy the fix to the next system in same version.
- Reproduce the fix in DEV and deploy the fix to the latest system upgraded.
In practice this means a dual maintenance that increase significantly the cost during the upgrade period.
Having said the above, would you be so nice to support me in questions below:
- Is there any process recommended by SAP different than the one above to support Production during the time in which DEV is in a higher version?
- Is there any way we can avoid or reduce the dual maintenance allowing transports from DEB to DEV for specific objects / configuration?
I've trying to find a "Best practices" document in SAP site with strategies supported by SAP during this Upgrade periods, but did not find anything.
Thanks all in advance for your feedback.
Best regards