Manual operations are now a thing of the past! This much anticipated book helps you discover how to automate process chains in your IT systems and optimize the performance of your most important business applications.
After a comprehensive technical introduction to the origin of rulesbased, decentralized job schedulers, readers learn about the requirements and interfaces, which allow external job schedulers to work with SAP applications, including the key advantages and disadvantages of each of these solutions. You'll then be introduced to the powerful new centralized job scheduling functionalities provided by SAP NetWeaver with "SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood" (as of SAP NetWeaver 2004 SP9, SAP Web AS 6.40). With practical advice about the installation and deployment processes, and complete details on the objects and principles used by this solution, the authors ensure that all of your toughest questions are answered. In addition, readers uncover critical architectural details and exclusive technical/operational insights that cannot be found elsewhere. The authors provide operators, as well as developers, with practical, realworld advice to drastically enhance standard installation and configuration guides. Best Practices and lessons learned from customer case studies ensure that this book leaves no stone unturned.
Highlights include:
Technical basics of job scheduling
Decentralized and centralized job scheduling solutions (CCMS, SAP BI, mass activities)
SAP job scheduling interfaces, including the new Java scheduling interface
Installation aspects, hints and tricks
Principles and processes of SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood
Best practices for long-term operation of your job scheduling solution
Customer case studies
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Höhe: 24 cm
Breite: 16.8 cm
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978-1-59229-093-2 (9781592290932)
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Kees Verruijt was one of the co-founders of Redwood Software in 1993. Kees has a proven track record in developing infrastructure and business software. He developed and sold his first software product at the age of 14. Before 1993, he worked in the Oracle Gateway Technology group, where he was involved in two-phase commit protocols and SQL gateway development. With this background, Kees has been visionary in developing the Redwood flagship product that is his brainchild, Cronacle.
Throughout the existence of Redwood Software, Kees has continuously im-proved the technology regarded as the leading event-driven and realtime job-scheduling technology in the industry. He also has driven the development of Cronacle for an open-standard technology, Java. Leading industry analysts have recognized the latest version of Cronacle as the only product with a clear vision of J2EE application server platforms and emerging technologies such as Web Services.
Arnoud Roebers is a SAP Technical Team Lead at Deloitte Consultancy in the Netherlands, with multiple SAP technology and SAP NetWeaver Portal certifications, as well as being Microsoft and Solaris certified. He is very experienced in large SAP NetWeaver implementations as well as with multiple components and systems such as SAP R/3, SAP BI, mySAP CRM, mySAP SRM, SAP NetWeaver Portal, and SAP Solution Manager.
Arnoud has more than 12 years of experience in IT, with more than eight years in ERP. He has worked with SAP for more than six years and advises Deloitte customers on how to deploy SAP applications.
Anjo de Heus joined Redwood Software in 1998 to head up the German subsidiary. In October 2000, he was made responsible for Business Development and Strategic Alliances, focusing on international growth through strategic alliances. Anjo has been the driver behind the relationship with SAP, resulting in OEM and co-development agreements with SAP AG, announced in March 2005 and the global reseller agreement between SAP AG and Redwood Software, announced in January 2006. Anjo has previously served in international management roles for several software companies.
As head of Redwood's Business Development group, Anjo is responsible for identifying new growth initiatives and overseeing Redwood's alliance relationships with global companies. His efforts ensure that Redwood provides a seamless global interface to these valuable partners, so that Redwood can best lever-age its global scope and Redwood's entire portfolio of products and services for the benefit of customers.
Foreword ... 13
Preface ... 15
1. General Job Scheduling ... 19
... 1.1 Organizational Uses of Job Scheduling ... 19
... 1.2 The Origin and Evolution of Job Scheduling ... 27
... 1.3 Job-Scheduling Functionality ... 41
2. Decentralized SAP Job Scheduling ... 61
... 2.1 CCMS Scheduler ... 62
... 2.2 SAP BW ... 85
... 2.3 Mass Activity Scheduling ... 90
... 2.4 Information Lifecycle Management ... 94
... 2.5 SAP NetWeaver Java Scheduling ... 98
3. SAP Job Scheduling Interfaces ... 111
... 3.1 External Batch Processing Interface ... 112
... 3.2 BW-SCH Interface ... 119
... 3.3 BC-XAL and BC-XMW Interfaces ... 120
... 3.4 JXBP Interface ... 121
4. Centralized SAP Job Scheduling ... 125
... 4.1 Systems Setup ... 125
... 4.2 High Availability ... 135
... 4.3 SAP Interface Configuration ... 140
... 4.4 Managing the Scheduling Load ... 153
... 4.5 Monitoring ... 160
... 4.6 Migration ... 161
5. Introduction to SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood ... 163
... 5.1 Available Product Solutions ... 164
... 5.2 Components ... 168
6. Installation ... 183
... 6.1 Before the Installation ... 183
... 6.2 SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood Installation ... 184
... 6.3 SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood Configuration ... 191
7. Principles and Processes ... 199
... 7.1 User Management and Security ... 200
... 7.2 Job Definitions ... 203
... 7.3 Job Allocation ... 211
... 7.4 Job Management ... 214
... 7.5 Job Submission and Monitoring ... 219
... 7.6 Output Management ... 224
... 7.7 Handling of SAP Jobs ... 225
8. Operation ... 237
... 8.1 Operating the Different Components ... 237
... 8.2 Performance ... 249
... 8.3 Debugging and Error Resolving ... 255
... 8.4 Maintenance and Housekeeping ... 263
... 8.5 Exporting and Importing Repository Objects ... 265
... 8.6 Automating Business Processes ... 268
9. Customer Cases ... 281
... 9.1 Customer Case 1: Reducing Complexity ... 281
... 9.2 Customer Case 2: Managing Large Landscapes ... 285
... 9.3 Customer Case 3: SAP and Systems Management Made Easy ... 290
The Authors ... 295
Index ... 297
