Find your Current Kernel Patch Level

Find your Current Kernel Patch Level

Method One:

1.  Log on to your SAP instance, any client.

2.  Go to transaction SM51.

3.  On the SAP Servers screen, click on the server for which you need the

    information and then click on the  Release Notes button.

4.  On the SAP Release Information from Server screen, look down the SAP R/3

    Kernel information section until you find Kernel Patch number.  To the right,

    you will find the current patch level of your current SAP instance.

Method Two:

1.  Log on to the SAP instance sever using a Telnet session as user <sid>adm.

2.  Change the Telnet windows properties to use a Screen Buffer Size of 9999.

3.  At the Linux prompt, type:

 disp+work –v

    and press ENTER.

4.  Scroll back up the listing to where you entered the command in step c.

5.  Scroll down the listing untill you find a line beginning patch number.  To

    the right is the patch number for the SAP instance hosted on this server.