Implementing SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA
1st Edition
Published on 23. December 2015
Book
Hardback
597 pages
978-1-4932-1257-6 (ISBN)
Description
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
More details
Person
Content
. 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