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2338784 - SUM error: Environment variable 'dbms_type' does not exist

Symptom

  • During an Upgrade with Software Update Manager (SUM), the tool stops with the following errors:

[SAPupConsole.log]
======= This is SAPup release lmt_005 V53.000 - all engines are running =======
Target SAP system is '<SID>.
Running module 'MOD_SELROADMAP' to select correct roadmap.
> 2017/04/27 13:02:59 BEGIN INITIAL MODULE Select roadmap
>> 2017/04/27 13:02:59 START OF PHASE MOD_SELROADMAP/SUMCHK_EXTBUILD
<< 2017/04/27 13:03:00 END OF PHASE MOD_SELROADMAP/SUMCHK_EXTBUILD
[PHASES.LOG]

1 ETQ200 Executing actual phase 'MOD_SELROADMAP/SUMCHK_EXTBUILD'.
1 ETQ399 Phase arguments:
2 ETQ399 Arg[0] = 'EXTBUILD'
1EETQ399 Last error code set is: Environment variable 'dbms_type' does not exist
1EETQ204 Upgrade phase "SUMCHK_EXTBUILD" aborted with severe errors ("20170427130300")
  • Check the Screenshot below for the error that appears in the SUM tool:


Error 3.png


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Environment

  • SUM SP 14, SP 16, SP 17 and SP19
  • SAP Netweaver Process Integration
  • SUM DMO upgrade to HANA

Product

SAP NetWeaver 2004 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

Keywords

"Environment variable 'dbms_type' does not exist" "SUMCHK_EXTBUILD" "SUM Error" "dbms_type" "SUM Error" , KBA , BC-UPG-TLS-TLA , Upgrade tools for ABAP , BC-UPG-TLS-TLJ , Upgrade tools for Java , Problem

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