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and contains negative list of tables, views and indexes, assignment of TABARTs to storeage unit and
next extent size of table/index. TABART stands for a data class. For more information, see SAP Note
46272 (SMP login required).
SAP<TABART<.STR contain table/index definitions from the ABAP Dictionary.
SAP<TABART.CMD contain definitions of path and names for
corresponding STR, TOC, EXT files,DDL<db_type>.TPL, export directory, block and file sizes.
SAP<TABART>.<nnn> (<nnn> = 001, 002, ...), so called dump files, contain the data of all tables
of a tabart in a non-platform-specific file format. These are binary files and they should never been
changed/edited!
SAP<TABART>.EXT contain initial sizes for tables and indexes. Not applicable to some
SAP<TABART>.TOC contain position of table data within the corresponded dump file, name of
the dump file, time stamp of unload, and table rows number. TOC files must never be changed without
approval of SAP support.
SAP<TABART>.log contain log file information in case of errors and for restarting.
SAP<TABART>.TSK are files used by R3load - for more information, see SAP Note 455195 (SMP
login required).
Tools used at the export on the source system must have the same version as on the target
system.
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Tools used must all have the same kernel version (do not mix up kernel tools of different
releases, as otherwise, different versions of the called programs - such as R3load - might be used for
export and import).
Tools must have the same kernel release as the system that is migrated.
These rules should be applied, unless specified otherwise in an installation/migration SAP Note or documentation.
Keep this in mind when downloading a patched version of any mentioned tool from SAP Service Marketplace!
The Java system copy tools do not depend on the kernel version and you can always use the latest version of
these tools.
For more information about dependencies to kernel versions for ABAP and Java systems, see SAP Note
784118(SMP login required).