SAP SE
Zero downtime upgrade of systems with database-side replication

Abstract:

Implementations include providing, by a deploy tool, clone data components in the first database system, each clone data component being a copy of a data component, defining, by the deploy tool, a source-side green access schema in the first database system, the green access schema providing views to the clone data components, providing, by a replication system and based on statements received from the deploy tool, consumer-side clone data components in the first database system, each consumer-side clone data component being a copy of a respective data component, defining, by a replication system and based on statements received from the deploy tool, a consumer-side green access schema in the first database system, the green access schema providing views to the source-side clone data components, and, during execution of the upgrade, replicating, by a handler of the replication system, data from at least one source-side data component to a consumer-side component.