System Copy and Migration Observations
There are many blogs and documents available describing how to best migrate your SAP system to HANA. This isn't one of those. What this is, on the other hand, is a few observations, and some lessons...
View ArticleSUM, SPAM/SAINT and the story about Support-Package Levels
You have heard (or read in SAP Note 2039311) that SUM does no longer allow "manually" increasing the Support Package (SP) - Level for central components like SAP_BASIS, SAP_ABA, SAP_APPL, SAP_HR and...
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DMO: background on table split mechanism
This blog explains the technical background of table split as part of the database migration option (DMO).As a prerequisite, you should have read the introductionary document about DMO: Database...
View ArticleCTS+ or HTA?
You might have noticed that there are now two options to transport SAP HANA objects via ABAP: SAP HANA transport for ABAP and the enhanced Change and Transport System (CTS+). If you do not know about...
View ArticleLeap Second 2015 occurs at the end of June.
Purpose: On the 30th of June 2015 a leap second will be added, this could have an effect on some Operating Systems and result in high CPU usage. Leap second already happened in 2012 and 2008, but no...
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DMO: introducing the benchmarking tool
This blog introduces the benchmarking tool for checking the migration rate prior to database migration option (DMO). As a prerequisite, you should read the introductionary document about DMO: Database...
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DMO news with SUM 1.0 SP13
This blog introduces the news for database migration option (DMO) with Software Update Manager (SUM) 1.0 SP13. As a prerequisite, you should read the introductionary document about DMO: Database...
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DMO: table comparison and migration tools
This blog discusses the table comparison and the migration tools of Software Update Manager (SUM) and database migration option (DMO). As a prerequisite, you should read the introduction document about...
View ArticleConfiguration of export CTS system in HALM and tracing possible issues.
Very often I can see that users have issues by configuring of export CTS system in HALM. There is actually a very good guide about how to configure HANA for CTS. Nevertheless, it is still one of the...
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ADFS 2.0 Configuration for SAP HANA Cloud Platform
This post contains step-by-step guide, how-to configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 with SAP HANA Cloud Platform (HCP).OverviewThe following steps are required to enable AD FS as...
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SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 14: improved Software Logistics Tools
This blog describes the new and improved tools in the SL Toolset 1.0 with SPS 14. You should be familiar with the concept of the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 ("SL Toolset"), see The Delivery...
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TMSADM problems
When having setting STMS or running report TMS_UPDATE_PWD_OF_TMSADM you can have problems with user TMSADM in client 000 of the domain controller. Before changing TMSADM password, it is recommended to...
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SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 15: improved Software Logistics Tools
This blog describes the new and improved tools in the SL Toolset 1.0 with SPS 15. You should be familiar with the concept of the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 ("SL Toolset"), see The Delivery...
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SUM 1.0 SP 14 gets a buddy called SP 15
SUM 1.0 SP 14 and SP 15 Recently, we announced the availability of SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 14, which contains Software Update Manager (SUM) 1.0 SP 14 (see SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 14: improved Software Logistics...
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System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA: SUM is the tool
This blog discusses the technical aspects of a System Conversion:the transition of an existing SAP Business Suite system to SAP S/4HANA on premise.The content will be extended step by step.S/4HANA is a...
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Latest SAP Process Integration systems are no longer dual-stack
SAP had removed optional dual stack as useful deployment option already quite some time ago – but so far, only for optional dual-stack setups, while there were still some exceptions for mandatory...
View ArticleSAP TechEd 2015 Las Vegas Session Replay: SAP Notes and ABAP Add-Ons – What‘s...
This session covers key enhancements related to the SAP Notes service and ABAP add-ons. Get introduced to transport-based correction instructions, which is a new approach for delivering ABAP code,...
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Optimizing DMO Performance
When migrating an existing SAP system to the SAP HANA database using SUM with database migration option (DMO), several ways exist to optimize the performance and reduce the downtime. This blog covers...
View ArticleDMO = Do Math Obligations!
Do not complain about insufficient migration rate if you use a 1 GBit network card!Do your Mathematic Obligations and check your network for performance prior to DMO.Boris RubarthProduct Management...
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Make SUM 1.0 SP 14 / 15 work for you
In this blog I would like to share our experience with SUM 1.0 SP 14 / 15, that are working significantly differently, and in many ways more sophisticated, than previous releases up to SP 13. In fact,...
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