How to import SAP profiles (as part of post installation / post refresh steps)?

When it is required to import profiles in SAP?

Generally, we import SAP profiles under 2 circumstances:

• After new SAP system installation (as part of post installation steps)
• While performing system refresh activity (as part of post refresh steps)

After system refresh, the target system will have SAP profiles of source system. So, we need to delete the old profiles and import new SAP profiles of the target system.

How to delete existing SAP profiles after system refresh?

To delete existing profiles of SAP system, go to transaction RZ10 and select the profile to be deleted as shown below:

After selecting the profile to be deleted, navigate to Profile -> Delete -> All Versions -> Of a profile (as shown below). This will delete the profile

Please carry out above step for all the old profiles (Default, Start profiles, Instance profiles) that are existing in the system and delete all of them

How to import SAP profiles (as part of post installation / post refresh steps)?

RZ10 tcode is used for importing SAP profiles. Go to RZ10 transaction and navigate to Utilities -> Import Profiles -> Of active servers (as shown below) 

This will import all the profiles of active servers in the SAP system and below profile check log will be displayed. This log contains details whether all profiles are imported correctly or not.

How to check all consistency of profiles in SAP system?

To check consistency of all profiles of active servers, we have go to transaction RZ10 and

navigate to Utilities -> Check all profiles -> Of active servers

This will display profile check log with details of any inconsistencies.