SAP APO System Administration
Principles for effective APO System Management
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2003
Book
Mixed media product
240 pages
978-1-59229-012-3 (ISBN)
Description
The administration tasks of an APO System differ significantly from those you may be used to with your R/3 System. This book
introduces you to the architectural innovations of an APO System and to the distinctive features of APO Administration. Get up to speed quickly on the management of liveCache, a central element of APO. You also learn about LCApps, which put the application logic into effect, and key optimization factors. Performance, a critical element in the successful use of APO, is a major focus throughout. This book is suitable for use as preparation for your APO consultant certification, and the included CD contains detailed roadmaps for APO introduction and maintenance.
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Author
Liane Will has been working in the Active Global Support department at SAP AG since 1998. She gained her experience in the system operation of SAP solutions by supporting customers in solving problems and establishing best practices in system operation. She manages a team that focuses on the implementation and optimization of the application lifecycle management based on SAP Solution Manager. Based on her extensive support experience, she's already the author of a number of books (published by SAP PRESS) on best practices in system administration. Before she joined SAP, Liane developed SAP support tools for databases.
Content
Foreword to the Series of books
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Application Summary
... 1.1 Business Management Content
... 1.2 Application module
... 1.3 Technical Conversion
... 1.4 Example for a Business Transaction
2 APO-Software
... 2.1 Software Components of APO-Systems
... 2.2 Scalability
... 2.3 Development Landscape
... 2.4 Software Maintenance
... 2.5 Ascertainment of the Version
3 The APO-System in the System Landscape
... 3.1 Basic Principals
... 3.2 Definition of the Business System Group
... 3.3 Definition of the Integration Model
... 3.4 Transmission of Incremental Data
... 3.5 Technical Base of the Core Interface (CIF)
... 3.6 Monitoring of the qRFC-Queues
4 liveCache-Architecture
... 4.1 Basic Principals
... 4.2 Main Memory Management
... 4.3 Versions of the liveCache
... 4.4 Hard Disc Areas
... 4.5 Processing Procedure
... 4.6 Process Structure
5 Tools for the Administration of liveCache
... 5.1 liveCache-Monitor
... 5.2 Database Manager
... 5.3 DBMCLI
... 5.4 SQL-Studio
... 5.5 Connection to SAPNet
... 5.6 Problem Analysis
6 LCApps (COM-Routines)
... 6.1 Number and Version
... 6.2 Transactional Simulations
... 6.3 Performance-Trace
... 6.4 COM-Trace
... 6.5 Self-Test
... 6.5 Analysis for liveCache and COM-Routines
7 Backup and Recovery
... 7.1 Components, System and Combined Systems
... 7.2 Data Security of the APO DB
... 7.3 Data Security of the liveCache
... 7.4 Recovery
... 7.5 Demand Planning: Backup in InfoCubes
8 Consistency Checks
... 8.1 Internal Consistency
... 8.2 External Consistency
9 Optimizer
... 9.1 Installation
... 9.2 Monitoring
10 Authorization
... 10.1 General Information
... 10.2 Authorization to liveCache Administration
... 10.2 Data Exchange
11 Performance Monitoring and Tuning
... 11.1 Preparation
... 11.2 Workload-Analysis ST03N
... 11.3 Full Cache Utilization of liveCache
... 11.4 Process Overview
... 11.5 Optimizing Statistics for Demand Planning Data
Appendix
... A System Tables of liveCache
... B Important liveCache Parameter
... C Important Transactions for the System Administrator of APO-Systems
... D Frequent periodic Background Jobs
... E Menu Tree of Transaction LC10
... F Content and Handling of CD
... G List of Abbreviations
... H Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Application Summary
... 1.1 Business Management Content
... 1.2 Application module
... 1.3 Technical Conversion
... 1.4 Example for a Business Transaction
2 APO-Software
... 2.1 Software Components of APO-Systems
... 2.2 Scalability
... 2.3 Development Landscape
... 2.4 Software Maintenance
... 2.5 Ascertainment of the Version
3 The APO-System in the System Landscape
... 3.1 Basic Principals
... 3.2 Definition of the Business System Group
... 3.3 Definition of the Integration Model
... 3.4 Transmission of Incremental Data
... 3.5 Technical Base of the Core Interface (CIF)
... 3.6 Monitoring of the qRFC-Queues
4 liveCache-Architecture
... 4.1 Basic Principals
... 4.2 Main Memory Management
... 4.3 Versions of the liveCache
... 4.4 Hard Disc Areas
... 4.5 Processing Procedure
... 4.6 Process Structure
5 Tools for the Administration of liveCache
... 5.1 liveCache-Monitor
... 5.2 Database Manager
... 5.3 DBMCLI
... 5.4 SQL-Studio
... 5.5 Connection to SAPNet
... 5.6 Problem Analysis
6 LCApps (COM-Routines)
... 6.1 Number and Version
... 6.2 Transactional Simulations
... 6.3 Performance-Trace
... 6.4 COM-Trace
... 6.5 Self-Test
... 6.5 Analysis for liveCache and COM-Routines
7 Backup and Recovery
... 7.1 Components, System and Combined Systems
... 7.2 Data Security of the APO DB
... 7.3 Data Security of the liveCache
... 7.4 Recovery
... 7.5 Demand Planning: Backup in InfoCubes
8 Consistency Checks
... 8.1 Internal Consistency
... 8.2 External Consistency
9 Optimizer
... 9.1 Installation
... 9.2 Monitoring
10 Authorization
... 10.1 General Information
... 10.2 Authorization to liveCache Administration
... 10.2 Data Exchange
11 Performance Monitoring and Tuning
... 11.1 Preparation
... 11.2 Workload-Analysis ST03N
... 11.3 Full Cache Utilization of liveCache
... 11.4 Process Overview
... 11.5 Optimizing Statistics for Demand Planning Data
Appendix
... A System Tables of liveCache
... B Important liveCache Parameter
... C Important Transactions for the System Administrator of APO-Systems
... D Frequent periodic Background Jobs
... E Menu Tree of Transaction LC10
... F Content and Handling of CD
... G List of Abbreviations
... H Bibliography
Index