RPT_MOPZ_COPY_STACK_XML: Create Stack Copy File

Symptom

In your current SAP system landscape, you have 3 systems which are development, quality and production. You have completed an upgrade of the SAP development system. Now, you are planning to upgrade the SAP quality and production system.

In the SAP development earlier, you have also generated the stack.xml file which is required during the SAP upgrade. As for SAP quality and production system, you will need the stack.xml file as well for each of the SAP system. Instead of manually generate the stack.xml file again, you are looking for another way to generate the file faster.

Solution

In the SAP Solution Manager itself, there is a report called RPT_MOPZ_COPY_STACK_XML which you can use to generate a copy / identical stack.xml file for other system (in 1 landscape). Meaning here, the other SAP system should have a same support packages / components, database and operating system.

1. Execute transaction code SE38 and run the report RPT_MOPZ_COPY_STACK_XML. Click on Upload Template Stack XML to upload the stack.xml from SAP development system. Once uploaded, enter the SID of the SAP system you which to generate the stack.xml file, example, PRD. You will also notice under System Mappings tab, the hostname of the SAP development system appear. Press Enter or Execute (F8).

2.Select the hostname of your PRD system under the System Mappings tab. Now, click on Download XML Copy to get the new stack.xml of your PRD system.