Symptom
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When trying to upgrade SAP ASE with saphostctrl, the following error message happens and upgrade fails.
Error: Command execution failed. : Server message: Number 9616, Severity 16, State 1, Line 22, Server SID --- Message string: Database 'sybsecurity' is at an older version '16004040' than ASE server version '16004060'. . (fault code: 127)
Operation ID: 6539718C1A281EEFB69D1E5721810642----- Log messages ----
Info: saphostcontrol: Executing LiveDatabaseUpdate
Error: sapdbctrl: Server message: Number 9616, Severity 16, State 1, Line 22, Server SID --- Message string: Database 'sybsecurity' is at an older version '16004040' than ASE server version '16004060'. .
Error: saphostcontrol: LiveDatabaseUpdate failed (sapdbctrl exit code = 1 - Following an ASE update, the databases are upgraded to the newly installed patch version but, sybsecurity fails to upgrade and encounters the following errors:
Database 'sybsecurity' appears to be at an older version '16.0 SP04 PL04' than the present installation at version '16.0 SP04 PL06'; ASE will assess it, and upgrade it as required.
00:0002:00000:00002:2025/01/22 19:41:47.42 server Database 'sybsecurity': beginning upgrade step [ID 1809]: executing SQL statement ("if exists(select 1 from sysauditopt...")
00:0002:00000:00002:2025/01/22 19:41:47.42 server Error: 3461, Severity: 20, State: 1
00:0002:00000:00002:2025/01/22 19:41:47.42 server Database 'sybsecurity': upgrade could not install required upgrade item '1809'. Please refer to previous error messages to determine the problem. Fix the problem, then try again.
00:0002:00000:00002:2025/01/22 19:41:47.42 server Error: 3451, Severity: 20, State: 1
00:0002:00000:00002:2025/01/22 19:41:47.42 server Database 'sybsecurity': upgrade has failed for this database. Please refer to previous messages for the cause of the failure, correct the problem and try again.
- Before upgrade
installsecurity 16.0 SP04 PL04 HF1/EBF 31044 XXX/P/x86_64/SLES 12.4/ase160sp04pl06x/3636/64-bit/OPT/ Incomplete
- The 'UPDATE_FORCE' option is not helpful to resolve the issue.
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Environment
- SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0 for Business Suite.
- SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7 for Business Suite.
- SAP NetWeaver (NW) - All versions.
- SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN) - All versions.
Product
Keywords
installsecurity, sybsecurity, Error 3461, Error 3451, older version , KBA , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Problem
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