How To Fix UG171 - ADDON: Transport & was already archived and cannot be read (see longtext)

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UG - Messages for Repository Switch

• Message number: 171

• Message text: ADDON: Transport & was already archived and cannot be read (see longtext)

What causes this issue?

To determine the objects which need to be rescued during the upgrade,
RDDIT006 needs to read different transport requests. In this system
table entries of table E071K were already archived and thus the needed
information is not available in the system anymore.

System Response

SUM stops with error message.

How to fix this error?

Check note 1901786 and restore the entries for the mentioned transport.
After that repeat the phase within SUM.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

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