SAP SUM tool phases overview

SAP SUM TOOL PHASES OVERVIEW

There the five phases in SAP SUM Tool.

• Extraction
• Configuration
• Checks
• Pre-processing
• Execution
• Post Processing

Extraction:

Following activities performed in this phase:

1. DDIC username and password
2. Scanning of download directory where all the patches are placed
3. Extract files to move to EPS/in
4. Check SPAM version.
5. <SID>adm credentials
6. Mapping of table classes to container
7. Pre-upgrade note list implementation

Configuration:

Following activities performed in this phase.

1. Main upgrade configuration, where you will give input parameters for -Advanced (expensive downtime optimizes, higher complexity, high resource assignment)
2. Keep database archiving on
3. Execution strategy for transaction SGEN
4. Maximum number of processes to be used for load generation. SGEN Processes
5. Batch Process(Uptime)
6. Batch Process(Downtime)
7. Maximum number of DDL processes (Uptime and Downtime)
8. Number of parallel import processes (R3trans -Uptime and Downtime)
9. Parallel Phases (Uptime and downtime)
10. Update Instances
11. Enhancement package inclusion
12. Add-On selection
13. Modification Adjustment (SPDD transport request and SPAU transport request)

Checks:

Following activities performed in this phase:

1. Insufficient space in database, Create four table spaces with script
2. Space checks
3. BW checks and phases
4. Activation and conversion checks
5. Modification support
6. Preliminary upgrade processing
7. List Locked SAP objects

Pre-Processing:

This is the pre-downtime phase where all the pre-tasks need to complete by SUM like

1. Check for locked objects
2. ABAP Workbench locking
3. Run shadow system for preparation of new release (ACT_UPG, PARDIST, SGEN)
4. SPDD Adjustments

Execution: 

Sum tool downtime is called as execution where actual are copied from Shadow to Main Instance and system were unavailable during the downtime.

1. Merging of shadow and Real Instance
2. system upgrade
3. Table conversion

Post Processing: 

This is post processing step of SUM just after downtime.

1. SPAU change
2. Backup

SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 Changed Features

SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 Changed Features:

Not supported for saplogon.ini and related configuration files

As of SAP GUI for Windows 7.60, the old configuration format for SAP Logon entries (saplogon.ini, sapmsg.ini, saproute.ini) is no longer supported by SAP GUI for Windows. SAP GUI for Windows can still handle this old format for compatibility reasons, because there may be external applications needing this old format, but using SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 with the old format is not supported. Therefore, all installations of SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 and newer must use SAP UI Landscape. 

Changed integration with SAP Business Client

If SAP GUI for Windows and SAP Business Client are installed together, the SAP Logon (Pad) Desktop icon and the Business Client Desktop icon are installed. Additionally, file associations for SAP Shortcuts are created for both SAP Logon (Pad) as well as SAP Business Client. When starting an SAP Shortcut, the user can decide which program to run. With this, the old installation component Install SAP GUI Desktop Icon / Shortcuts even though SAP Business Client is installed is obsolete.

Reference by : SAP Help

SAP Basis - All about SAP GUI

SAP Basis - All about SAP GUI

SAP Basis - All about SAP GUI

SAP GUI is a client tool which is used to access remote central server and runs on different operating systems like Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac, etc. This is used to manage and access SAP applications like SAP ECC, S/4HANA and SAP Business Intelligence System.

Some Features in SAP GUI are:

1. A single face GUI for accessing all SAP components such as SAP ERP,SAP S4HANA, BI, CRM, SCM, XI, and SRM.

2. Users are allowed to login with their preferred language, as the same GUI can be used in different languages like(English, Germany).

3. This module is downward compatible for supporting all SAP applications that are below the current GUI Version. In other words, the latest version of GUI supports the lower versions of SAP components with ease.

4. SAP GUI offers role based and easy to access SAP menus for reducing the GUI load.

5. It allows access across low speed connections and displays screens without graphics/logos as they tend to consume more network traffic.

GUI SAP boasts of ergonomically designed interfaces for configuring GUI font size, colors, logos, visual designs and custom layouts.

Supported Available SAP GUI for Different Platforms

The following are the supported available versions for different platforms −

• SAP GUI for the Windows environment
• SAP GUI for the Java(TM) environment
• SAP GUI for HTML / Internet Transaction Server (ITS)
• SAP GUI has been released separately for Windows and Java support and the latest version for Windows and Java is 7.6.

SAP Basis - Overview

                       SAP Basis refers to the SAP BASIS Administrator or SAP Netweaver Administrator of SAP system that includes activities like installation, Upgrade and configuration, load balancing, and performance of SAP applications running on SAP ABAP Stack and SAP Java stack. This includes the maintenance of different services related to database, operating system, application and web servers in SAP system landscape and stopping and starting the system. This tutorial will help you through the Basic information of SAP Basis.

The key responsibilities of SAP Basis Administrator include:

• SAP System installation, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP    systems.
• SAP configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• SAP scheduling and executing the SAP transport system, design of interfaces     between SAP and external systems.
• Load balancing on servers and Performance management of different                   components.
• Managing servers and different services

With the help of SAP Basis, different SAP modules like FI,PP,MM,SD,PS and other modules can integrate and communicate with each other.

SAP Basis supports the installation and configuration of SAP applications on different operating systems like Windows, Unix, Linux, etc. and different databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2, HANA, MAXDB for back end database.

SAP BASIS Administrator Tasks Performed under Different Roles:

1. SAP Transport Admin

   => Change control across SAP landscape

2.  SAP Interface Analyst

 

  => Analyze and Monitor

  => Interfaces within SAP landscape

3. SAP System Admin

 =>Maintain system health

 =>Monitor and tune system performance

4. SAP Data Base Administrator (DBA)

 =>Manage integrity of SAP database objects

 =>Manage backups and restore

5. SAP DDIC Manager

 =>Manage changes to SAP data dictionary

6. SAP ABAP Specialist

 =>Troubleshoot and tune ABAP programs

 =>Apply correction to program

7. SAP Security Specialist

 =>Design, monitor, and manage System access to SAP landscape

8. SAP Batch Administrator

 =>Create and manage batch jobs across landscape

9.  SAP Solutions Specialist

 =>Installation of Application / Add-On

 =>Migrate Operating System / Database 

 =>Upgrade SAP version

 =>Archiving of SAP Data

SAP Basis Tutorial - Techrelam

 Learn SAP Basis

SAP BASIS Tutorials

      SAP Basis refers to the SAP BASIS Administrator or SAP Netweaver Administrator of SAP system that includes activities like installation,Upgrade and configuration, load balancing, and performance of SAP applications running on SAP ABAP Stack and SAP Java stack. This includes the maintenance of different services related to database, operating system, application and web servers in SAP system landscape and stopping and starting the system. This tutorial will help you through the Basic information of SAP Basis.

Viewers: 

     This tutorial is designed for all those readers who are willing to learn SAP Basis administration in simple and easy steps.

Prerequisites:

    The Tutorial is designed for beginners with little or no SAP Basis experience. But you need to have a basic understanding of SAP BASIS basics to make the most of this tutorial.

Content:

• SAP BASIS - Home
• SAP BASIS - Overview
• SAP System Architecture
• SAP BASIS - All about SAP GUI

SAP ERP Server Architecture

SAP ERP Server Architecture:

There are three Types architecture in SAP ERP.

• R/1 : Single tier Architecture.
• R/2 : Two tier Architecture.
• R/3 : Three tier Architecture.

Here!, "R" stands for Real Time Data Processing.

R/1 : Single tier Architecture:

            SAP Single tier architecture is a Single Layer Architecture application in which all three components Presentation, Application and Database are merged and installed in one Server.

R/2 : Two tier Architecture:

          SAP Two tier architecture is a Two Layer Architecture application in which all three components Presentation, Application and Database are merged and installed in two Servers.

In two tier model, Presentation component is installed in one Server and Application component and Database component is installed in other server.

R/3 : Three tier Architecture:

        SAP three tier architecture is a Three Layer Architecture application in which all three components Presentation, Application and Database are installed in three Servers.In Three tier model Presentation component is installed in one Server and Application component is installed in other server. Database component is installed in other server.