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2081323 - Service Content Update failure - short dump "IMPORT_FORMAT_ERROR"

Symptom

Symptom 1:
You have upgraded to SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP11 and encounter the following dump when applying the service content:

Category                      ABAP Programming Error
Runtime Errors               IMPORT_FORMAT_ERROR
Except.                        CX_SY_IMPORT_FORMAT_ERROR
ABAP Program               SAPLAGS_DSWP_GENERAL
Application Component   SV-SMG-SER

The exception, which is assigned to class 'CX_SY_IMPORT_FORMAT_ERROR', was not caught in procedure "AGS_DSWP_APPLY_SERVICE_UPDATE" "(FUNCTION)", nor was it propagated
by a RAISING clause.

When attempting to IMPORT the object "INSERT", there was a format error.
Unable to read an IMPORT dataset.
The dataset may have been processed using SQL and is
thus no longer readable for the IMPORT.

Symptom 2:
You are facing a daily dump on JOB SM:SERVICE CONTENT UPDATE or every time you try to apply updates through transaction AGS_UPDATE.

Category               ABAP Programming Error
Runtime Errors         CONNE_ILLEGAL_TRANSPORT_HEADER
Except.                CX_SY_IMPORT_FORMAT_ERROR
ABAP Program           SAPLAGS_DSWP_GENERAL
Application Component  SV-SMG-SER

Symptom 3:

Category               ABAP Programming Error                                                      
Runtime Errors         CONNE_IMPORT_WRONG_COMP_TYPE                                                
Except.                CX_SY_IMPORT_MISMATCH_ERROR                                                 
ABAP Program           SAPLAGS_DSWP_GENERAL

Error when attempting to IMPORT object "DELETE".

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Environment

SAP Solution Manager 7.1

Product

SAP Solution Manager 7.1

Keywords

SCU, CONNE_ILLEGAL_TRANSPORT_HEADER, CX_SY_IMPORT_FORMAT_ERROR, SAPLAGS_DSWP_GENERAL, AGS_DSWP_APPLY_SERVICE_UPDATE , KBA , SV-SMG-SER , SAP Support Services , SV-SMG-OP , Solution Directory , Problem

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