All - Our company has installed EHP4 with the broad approach (all tech usages) across all systems (Sandbox, Dev, QA, Prod) and is slowly selecting the Business Functions (BFs) they want to utilize. I'm pushing for Sandbox Modeling before we ever activate BFs in Dev and the other systems on the production transport path as the sandbox is completely separate and not on the transport path to Prod. However in the tech FAQ for EHP install, the following statement concerns me...
From FAQ -
8.2 Is it possible to transport between two EHP4 systems that have different business functions activated?
As a general rule, transports are only supported between systems that share the same activation states in transaction SFW5. However, there are some situations where certain kinds of transports might still work.
Individual recommendations about the transport strategy for systems with differing activation states are considered a consulting service. Please contact SAP for additional information.
Does this mean that an EHP project requires a "true freeze" where no transports can be initiated in Dev if the BFs active in Dev are not also active in QA/Prod? Normal path would be sandbox, then Dev for design/unit test phase, then QA for integration test, then Prod at "Go Live" release date. This takes time (weeks/months).
If in the interim an emergency config change/code change is needed in Prod, can transports not be initiated from Dev? Is direct config/code in Prod the only way?
I may be mis-reading this note, so wanted to see if anyone had information to this end...appreciate any input/advice in this space.
Cheers!
CK