SAP Administration—Practical Guide

Sebastian Schreckenbach works as a senior consultant for SAP Basis Technologies at Steria Mummert Consulting AG. Prior to this position, he spent many years as an SAP Basis administrator for the city administration of Dresden, the capital of Saxony, Germany.

Preface
Fundamentals of SAP System Administration
System Administrator Tasks
Guiding Principles for System Administrators
Definitions
Summary
SAP System Administration
Starting and Stopping the SAP System
Instances and Operation Modes
Maintaining Profile Parameters
Specific Monitoring Transactions
System Messages
Connections
Client Administration
System Copy
Summary
System Monitoring
CCMS Alert Monitor
System Monitoring with the Standard CCMS Alert Monitor
Adapting the CCMS Monitor Sets
Auto-Reaction Methods
Summary
System Administration Using SAP Solution Manager
Functional Spectrum of SAP Solution Manager
Maintaining the System Landscape
System Administration
Maintenance Optimizer
Summary
Scheduled Tasks
Critical Tasks
Daily Tasks
Weekly Tasks
Monthly Tasks
Quarterly Tasks
Yearly Tasks
Summary
Backup and Restore
Backup
Restore
Performance
Summary
Disaster Recovery
Preliminary Considerations
Planning for an Emergency
Recovery Team and Role Distribution
Types of Disaster Recovery
Emergency Scenarios
Recovery Script
Crash Kit
Testing the Disaster Recovery Procedure
Minimizing the Risk of Failure
Continuing Business During a System Recovery
Summary
Database Administration
Planning Database Administration Tasks
Checking Database Actions
Performing a Database Analysis
Monitoring Database Performance
Database Administration DB2
Database Administration Oracle
Database Administration Microsoft SQL Server
Database Administration SAP MaxDB
Database Administration SAP HANA
Summary
Operating System Administration
Checking the Memory Usage of the File System
Retrieving Operating System Information
Summary
Security Administration
What Is Security?
Security Levels
Safeguarding the SAP System
Audits
Auditing Tools
Summary
Performance
Short-Term Remedy of Performance Problems
Detailed Analysis of Performance Problems
Analysis at Other Levels
Summary
SAP GUI
Installation Requirements
Installation Scenarios
Adding Systems to SAP Logon
Summary
User Administration
General
Setting Up New Users
Maintaining Users
Mass Changes
Resetting the Password
Locking or Unlocking a User
Central User Administration
User Groups
Deleting User Sessions
System Administration
Summary
Authorization Management
Authorization Check Process
Authorization Roles
Authorization Profiles
Utilities for Authorization Management
Summary
Background Processing
Creating Background Jobs
Monitoring Background Jobs
Graphical Job Scheduling Monitor
Performance Factors for Background Jobs
Summary
Output Management
Setting Up the Spool Servers
Setting Up Printers
Outputting Data
Output Control
Deleting Old Spool Requests
Checking the Spool Consistency
Checking the TemSe Consistency
Summary
Change and Transport Management
General Notes on Change Management
Transporting Objects
Direct Table Maintenance
Summary
System Maintenance
Downloading SAP Support Packages
Important Notes on Preparing and Executing System Maintenance
Performing a Kernel Update
Applying the SPAM/SAINT Update
Importing ABAP Support Packages
Installing Add-Ons
Summary
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Basic Procedure
Troubleshooting with the SAP Support Portal
Creating a Remote Service Connection
Implementing SAP Notes
Summary
Appendices
Useful Transactions
Security-Relevant Transactions
Useful Tables
Forms
Bibliography
The Author
Index