IMPLEMENTING SAP BUSINESS SUIT

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4932-1257-6
Verlag: SAP PR

Buch, Englisch, 597 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1246 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch

If you're thinking about moving your SAP Business Suite to an SAP HANA database, this book will serve as your go-to guide. Understand and complete all steps of the migration process, from planning the transition to making the move and going live. Then discover how to optimize your system for SAP HANA by activating enhancements and installing SAP S/4HANA Finance (SAP Simple Finance) and SAP HANA Live. Detailed instructions and guiding screenshots will help get your new platform up and running in no time!

Migration Planning and Process
Find out what you need to do to migrate SAP Business Suite to SAP HANA, from planning to execution. Understand how to perform the migration, and get to know the various migration tools and options available.

Go Live
Learn how to test your new system with SAP Solution Manager and third party tools. Discover how to monitor your database using SAP HANA Studio, SAP Solution Manager Technical Operations, and more.

Optimization
Discover the enhancements you can make to ensure that you get the most out of your database on SAP HANA, from optimized ABAP code to updates for SAP ERP Financials.

Highlights:

- Landscape assessment

- Migration dependencies

- Security planning

- Migration via DMO or SWPM

- Change management

- Regression testing

- Monitoring

- SAP Administration Cockpit

- Downtime planning

- ABAP optimization

- Cutover planning

- SAP Simple Finance

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pytel, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP

Inhaltsverzeichnis

… Introduction … 13

… Acknowledgments … 17

PART … I Preparation

1 … SAP HANA, SAP ERP, and SAP S/4HANA … 21

1.1 … What Is SAP ERP on SAP HANA? … 23

1.2 … What Is SAP S/4HANA? … 26

1.3 … SAP HANA and the Relational Database Management System. 28

1.4 … In-Memory Database versus Caching … 30

1.5 … SAP HANA Architecture Options … 32

1.6 … Summary … 37

2 … Establishing Project Scope … 39

2.1 … Upgrade and Migration Dependencies … 40

2.2 … Landscape Planning … 60

2.3 … SAP Solution Manager Tools for Establishing Scope … 70

2.4 … Resource Planning … 105

2.5 … SAP Best Practices. 114

2.6 … Summary … 117

3 … Infrastructure Planning. 119

3.1 … Enqueue Server. 120

3.2 … Dual Stack Split. 125

3.3 … Sizing. 139

3.4 … Backup and Recovery. 150

3.5 … Summary … 161

4 … Security Planning. 163

4.1 … Risk-Based Approach. 164

4.2 … Initial Security Implementation … 165

4.3 … Application Security … 171

4.4 … User Security … 173

4.5 … Ongoing Security Management … 181

4.6 … Summary. 183

PART II … Migration

5 … Migration Tools and Options. 187

5.1 … Migration Tools … 188

5.2 … Migration Options … 260

5.3 … Summary … 269

6 … Migration Using the Software Update Manager with the Database Migration Option … 271

6.1 … Prerequisites … 271

6.2 … Executing the Software Update Manager with Database Migration Option. 272

6.3 … Postprocessing … 295

6.4 … Troubleshooting and Tips … 305

6.5 … Summary. 307

7 … Migration Using the Software Provisioning Manager. 309

7.1 … Prerequisites. 310

7.2 … Preparation. 324

7.3 … Execution. 331

7.4 … Troubleshooting. 366

7.5 … Summary. 367

PART III … Go-Live

8 … Test and Change Management Strategy. 371

8.1 … Regression Test Strategy. 372

8.2 … SAP Solution Manager Business Process Change Analysis. 377

8.3 … SAP Solution Manager Testing Tools. 395

8.4 … Change Management with SAP Solution Manager. 417

8.5 … Summary. 428

9 … Proactive Monitoring. 431

9.1 … SAP HANA Studio. 432

9.2 … SAP HANA Cockpit. 440

9.3 … SAP Database Control Center. 447

9.4 … SAP Solution Manager Technical Operations. 451

9.5 … SAP Database Administration Cockpit. 462

9.6 … Summary. 467

10 … Cutover Planning. 469

10.1 … Building Cutover Plans. 470

10.2 … Cutover Support Resources. 477

10.3 … Summary. 481

PART IV … Optimizations

11 … ABAP Optimizations. 485

11.1 … Noncompliant Code. 486

11.2 … Optimization Opportunities. 496

11.3 … Summary. 503

12 … SAP Business Suite Optimization. 505

12.1 … Technical Check. 506

12.2 … Functional Enhancements. 510

12.3 … Enhancement Discovery. 516

12.4 … Summary. 518

13 … SAP S/4HANA Finance. 521

13.1 … Why SAP S/4HANA Finance?. 522

13.2 … Requirements. 524

13.3 … Installation. 529

13.4 … Summary. 545

14 … SAP HANA Live. 547

14.1 … Installing SAP HANA Live Content. 549

14.2 … SAP HANA Live Explorer. 559

14.3 … SAP HANA Live Authorization Assistant. 561

14.4 … SAP HANA Live Extension Assistant. 564

14.5 … Summary. 567

… Appendices … 569

A … Project Documents. 571

A.1 … Project Charter. 571

A.2 … Communication Plan. 578

A.3 … Risk Plan. 580

A.4 … Cutover Plan. 581

B … Glossary. 583

C … The Author. 587

Über Autor(innen)

Pytel, Michael
Michael Pytel is currently the chief innovation officer and co-founder of NIMBL, an SAP implementations consulting firm. He has more than 14 years of hands-on technical experience with SAP solutions, including SAP HANA.