SAP Change and Transport Management

Armin Koesegi has been working in the Service & Support department of SAP AG since 1998. He specializes in the SAP NetWeaver Application Server. Besides handling problem tickets he focuses on development and delivery of support services in the area of software logistics. Furthermore, he is responsible for the various upgrade services of SAP Support.For further questions you are welcome to contact Armin at armin.koesegi@sap.com. Since 2000, Rainer Nerding has been working in the area of software change management at SAP Active Global Support. In the beginning, he was responsible for handling problem tickets. Today, he focuses on development and delivery of services and consulting offerings in the areas of software change management, upgrades, and Support Packages.You are welcome to contact Rainer at rainer.nerding@sap.com.

Foreword to the series of books ... 5 Introduction ... 17 Part 1 The Big Picture 1. SAP ECC Architecture and Data Components ... 25 ... 1.1 Client/Server Architecture in Brief ... 26 ... 1.2 The SAP ECC Database ... 28 ... 1.3 SAP ECC Clients ... 30 ... 1.4 Questions ... 35 2. Realizing Business Processes in SAP ECC ... 37 ... 2.1 Customizing ... 38 ... 2.2 Development ... 44 ... 2.3 Questions ... 51 3. The mySAP ERP System Landscape ... 53 ... 3.1 SAP ECC Client Roles ... 53 ... 3.2 Defining an SAP Client ... 59 ... 3.3 Multiple Clients in an SAP ECC System ... 63 ... 3.4 The SAP Three-System Landscape ... 65 ... 3.5 Alternative System Landscapes ... 68 ... 3.6 Complex System Landscapes ... 72 ... 3.7 Questions ... 84 4. Managing Changes and Data in a mySAP ERP System Landscape ... 87 ... 4.1 Transporting Customizing and Development Changes ... 87 ... 4.2 Transferring Data ... 99 ... 4.3 Copying SAP ECC Systems and Clients ... 107 ... 4.4 Questions ... 109 5. Setting Up a System Landscape ... 111 ... 5.1 Setting Up the Development System ... 111 ... 5.2 Setting Up the Quality Assurance and Production Systems ... 117 ... 5.3 System Copy Strategy ... 127 ... 5.4 Release Considerations ... 131 ... 5.5 Questions ... 134 6. Maintaining a System Landscape ... 135 ... 6.1 Implementation Plan ... 135 ... 6.2 Managing Implementation Projects ... 137 ... 6.3 Transport Management ... 145 ... 6.4 Business Validation ... 161 ... 6.5 Support for the SAP Standard ... 165 ... 6.6 Questions ... 171 Part 2 Technical Tasks 7. Transport Setup Activities at Installation ... 175 ... 7.1 Specifying the System ID (SID) ... 175 ... 7.2 Setting Up the Transport Directory ... 176 ... 7.3 Configuring the Transport Profile ... 185 ... 7.4 Activities within SAP ECC ... 198 ... 7.5 Questions ... 204 8. Setting Up the TMS ... 207 ... 8.1 TMS Terminology and Concepts ... 207 ... 8.2 Setting Up the Transport Domain ... 213 ... 8.3 Configuring Transport Routes ... 233 ... 8.4 Verifying the System Landscape Setup ... 249 ... 8.5 Questions ... 253 9. Client Tools ... 255 ... 9.1 Creating a Client ... 255 ... 9.2 Providing a Client with Data ... 261 ... 9.3 Deleting a Client ... 282 ... 9.4 Table Logging for a Client ... 283 ... 9.5 Authorization Profiles for Client Tools ... 290 ... 9.6 Questions ... 292 Part 3 Tools 10. Managing Development Changes ... 295 ... 10.1 Development Prerequisites ... 295 ... 10.2 Workbench Change Requests ... 307 ... 10.3 Repairs and Modifications ... 321 ... 10.4 The Object Directory ... 326 ... 10.5 Questions ... 333 11. Managing Customizing Changes ... 335 ... 11.1 Customizing Prerequisites ... 335 ... 11.2 Customizing Change Requests ... 338 ... 11.3 Nonstandard Customizing Activities ... 351 ... 11.4 Support Tools for Customizing ... 358 ... 11.5 Questions ... 371 12. Promoting Change Requests ... 373 ... 12.1 Documenting Change Requests and Tasks ... 373 ... 12.2 Unit Testing ... 375 ... 12.3 Releasing a Task ... 378 ... 12.4 Releasing a Change Request ... 381 ... 12.5 Transport Logs ... 391 ... 12.6 Versioning for Repository Objects ... 394 ... 12.7 Questions ... 397 13. Importing Change Requests ... 399 ... 13.1 Understanding Import Queues ... 399 ... 13.2 Performing Imports ... 405 ... 13.3 Managing Import Queues ... 412 ... 13.4 Scheduling Imports ... 418 ... 13.5 Monitoring Imports ... 422 ... 13.6 Transporting between Transport Groups ... 423 ... 13.7 Transporting between Transport Domains ... 425 ... 13.8 TMS Authorization ... 430 ... 13.9 Questions ... 431 14. Technical Insight the Import Process ... 433 ... 14.1 The Transport Control Program tp ... 433 ... 14.2 Using Log Files for Troubleshooting ... 446 ... 14.3 R/3 Buffer Synchronization ... 457 ... 14.4 Naming Conventions in the Transport Directory ... 459 ... 14.5 Understanding Transport Tools ... 462 ... 14.6 Questions ... 471 15. Maintaining SAP Software ... 473 ... 15.1 Making Manual Corrections on the Basis of SAP Notes ... 473 ... 15.2 Implementing Notes with the SAP Note Assistant ... 475 ... 15.3 SAP Support Packages ... 495 ... 15.4 Support Package Stacks ... 522 ... 15.5 Side Effects ... 527 ... 15.6 Questions ... 529 16. Change of SAP Release ... 531 ... 16.1 Life Cycle of a Productive SAP System ... 531 ... 16.2 Change of Release Process ... 534 ... 16.3 Modification Adjustment ... 542 ... 16.4 Upgrade Strategies for a Transport Landscape ... 552 ... 16.5 Further Recommendations for a Change of Release ... 558 ... 16.6 Questions ... 569 17. SAP Solution Manager ... 571 ... 17.1 Customizing Synchronization ... 573 ... 17.2 Change Management ... 588 ... 17.3 Questions ... 607 18. SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 609 ... 18.1 Structure of the SAP Web Application Server ... 609 ... 18.2 Overview of the Java Development Process ... 611 ... 18.3 Parts of the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 615 ... 18.4 Configuration of the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 618 ... 18.5 Configuration of the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 626 ... 18.6 Developing in the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure ... 637 ... 18.7 Transporting Java Projects ... 642 ... 18.8 Summary ... 644 ... 18.9 Questions ... 645 Appendix ... 647 ... A. Creating RFC Destinations ... 647 ... B. Transport Profile Parameters ... 649 ... C. Selected Transaction Codes ... 663 ... D. Glossary ... 669 ... E. Further Resources ... 683 ... F. Questions and Answers ... 685 ... G. The Authors ... 713 Index ... 715