Netweaver Software Logistics

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SAP Net WeaverSoft w are Log is t i c s

SAP NetWeaverProduct Management

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Overv iew : SAP Net Weaver Sof t w are Log is t ic s

Life-Cycle

ManagementSoftware Logistics SAP NetWeaver Operations

Manage SAP software in production system landscapes by performing

implementation tasks such as planning changes, implementing new systems,copying existing systems, or enabling the creation and propagation ofchanges in the landscape

Maintain software by applying support packages and corrections or byupgrading to new software versions


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Sim pl i fy your ITRun and opt im ize s ta t e o f t he ar t Bus iness Processes

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE

Landscape planning and visualization

Best Practices / Pre-configured scenarios

EASY IMPLEMENTA TION

Technical Installation

Automated, template based configuration

Upgrades

UP-TO-DATE PROCESSES*

Adjust business and IT processes

Software maintenance

Performance Analysis + optimization

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION*

Central Administration + Monitoring

Virtualization

Automation

Rapid resolution of issues

Support for High Availability

Plan

Optimize Operate

Implement

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SAP NetWeaver L i fe-Cyc le Management (LM) Prov ides a Com prehens iveToolbox

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE

System Landscape Directory (SLD)

Software Lifecycle Manager (SLM)

Guides and Documentation

Integration with SAP Solution Manager

EASY IMPLEMENTA TION

Installers (SAPinst, Rapid Installer)

Configuration Wizard

Upgrade tools for ABAP and Java

Enhanced System Copy procedure

UP-TO-DATE PROCESSES

SAP NetWeaver DevelopmentInfrastructure

SAP Support Package Stacks

SAP Patch Installer

SAP Note Assistant

SAP (ERP) Enhancement Packages

SAP NetWeaver Administrator (NWA)*

SAP Adaptive Computing Controller (ACC)*

Central Process Scheduler (Redwood/CPS)*

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

SAP NetWeaver Administrator (NWA)*

SAP Adaptive Computing Controller (ACC)*

Central Process Scheduler (Redwood/CPS)*

System Landscape Directory (SLD)

Software Lifecycle Manager (SLM)

SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure

Enhanced Change & Transport ManagementSystem (incl. ABAP-Java Transport Synchronization)

Plan

Optimize Operate

Implement

*Part of SAP NetWeaver Operations



SL K ey Capabi l i t ies of SAP Net Weaver 7.0 (I )

Best Practices and pre-configured scenarios: Profit from Best Practices provided in form of documentation and pre-

configured scenarios that make setup and maintenance of your systemlandscape easier

New functions in the area of Implementation and Configuration of BusinessContent automate cumbersome configuration steps and as a result accelerate

implementation of business scenarios that require business content Documentation and guides provide the information you require to understandand perform software life-cycle tasks (Master Guides, installation/upgradeguides, SP Stack Guide, target group/role-specific documentation, tooldocumentation, )

Tool support for landscape planning and visualization:

Thorough planning is the basis for every software life-cycle task, which canbe quite complex due to all kind of interdependencies in your landscape

Simplify software life-cycle tasks in your landscape:- Software Lifecycle Manager of SAP NetWeaver provides tool support for planning

software life-cycle tasks in your landscape and validates your plans

- SAP NetWeaver 7.0 is the first product version that includes Software LifecycleManager from start

Manage data of your system landscape easier:- Data stored in System Landscape Directory is the basis for tool support for landscape

planning

- Automatically and consistently gather and update data of your systems in yourlandscape (now also for non-ABAP and non-Java systems, such as TREX)

- By providing the possibility to create system groups and sub-landscapes, you can

handle especially large landscapes easier and more efficiently than before



SL K ey Capabi l i t ies of SAP Net Weaver 7 .0 (I I )

Simplified installation process with minimized number ofmanual preparation and installation steps:

Prerequisite checker automatically validates minimum technicalprerequisites of the installation (RAM, swap space, kernel parameters,etc.)

Standard installation mode with default values

Usage-type-specific installation, High Availability (HA) options included Help and handling enhanced (retry, enhanced summary dialog, single

master DVD )

SAP NetWeaver Rapid Installer complements SAPinst and offers easy, fast, and wizard-based installation and configurationfor specific use cases

Simplified, accelerated and less error-prone configuration

Configuration Wizard (new with SAP NetWeaver 7.0) is a central, uniform and simple configuration tool Provides automated configuration based on templates for usage types

Faster and Easier Upgrade Procedure:

SAPs Upgrade Technology bases on long years of experience of building robust and fast upgrade routines keepingproduction system outages to an absolute minimum

Reliable and easy to use upgrade process lowers overall risk of your upgrade project

Saves investment of all your customer-individual adaptations to SAP standardprocesses while equipping your business processes with up-to date new functionality

Enhanced Coverage + Improved Procedure for System Copy & Migration:

Systems with any SAP NetWeaver usage type can now be copied

Copy with database-specific tools and advanced options integrated in copy procedure

Incremental migration offers reduced downtime for very large ABAP systems

Log on tot he

System

Start *

30 min2h

2h 15 min

3 h

Prepare Install Post-Installation/ Configuration and

System Validation

Configure

Reduces ins ta l la t ion and dep loyment t imeto a min imum

2h



SL K ey Capabi l i t ies of SAP Net Weaver 7 .0 (I I I )

Single Point of Control:

SAP NetWeaver Change & Transport System (CTS+) and Development Infrastructure (DI)for central software change management covering the whole software life-cycle

- Centrally managing & guiding each single developer

- Consistent deployment and propagation for ABAP- and Java-based applications

System Landscape Directory as central information provider

Software Lifecycle Manager for central planning and validation of software life-cycletasks

SAP recommended High Availability (HA) Setups supported by the SAP Installer

SAPs standardized & validated HA configuration recommendations guarantee supportof mission critical customer systems during their complete life-cycle:

- At implementation time

- During regular operation (with SAP NetWeaver administration tools)

- During software maintenance (patching and upgrading high available systems)



SL K ey Capabi l i t ies of SAP Net Weaver 7.0 (IV)

Ongoing Improvements to Adjust Business and IT Processes:

SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure empowers ESA based application development

Guarantees processes from product definition to delivery and maintenance, enables fast adaptationand creation of applications in your landscape

Ongoing improvements (in terms of usability, stability, performance, ) and simplified installation

procedure with SAP NetWeaver 7.0

Maintain Your Software Safer and Easier:

In your system landscape, you regularly face therequirement to apply fixes and softwareoptimizations to keep it running smoothly

Software Lifecycle Manager of SAP NetWeaverhelps to plan and validate patch processes inyour landscape

With SAP NetWeaver 7.0, we offer a unifiedpatch implementation tool and process withJava Support Package Manager (JSPM):

- Standard tool for the patching of all SAP Javacomponents (SAP NetWeaver, SAP Business Suite, )

- Reduces runtime and downtime, prevents systemdamage, simplifies handling

SAP Note Assistant provides enhanced functions

High availability support for patching



Sof tw are Logis t i c s

Installation, Configuration and UpgradeInstallers, configuration templates, guides and upgrade tools for ABAP andJava

Up-to-Date ProcessesChange Management



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Comprehensive Guidance

Landscape Planning & Visualization

Pre-Configured Scenarios

Best Practices

Landsc ape Planning and Visual izat ion


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Landsc ape Planning and Visual izat ion Sys tem Landsc ape Di rec t ory

SL allows you to reduce the complexity of software life-cycle projects in your system

landscape by providing landscape planning + visualization functions based on datastored by a central landscape information provider

Central information

provider

Landscape data isgathered and updatedautomatically

Consistent foundationfor many SAP tools andservices

Landsc ape Planning and Visual izat ion


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Landsc ape Planning and Visual izat ion Sof tw are L ifecyc le Manager

Tool support for landscapeplanning

Planning Wizard

Eases and accelerates theplanning of software logisticstasks

Install, upgrade,or patch

Provides

information

SLD

ComponentRepository

LandscapeDescription

Software LifecycleManager

Review

Integra-tion Admini-stration

Visuali-zation

Software Delivery Tools

Install Upgrade Deploy

Patch JavaUpgrade

...

Customer SystemLandscape

Automatic

registration andreporting

Generates

instructions

or scripts

Pre-Conf i gured Sc enar ios


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Pre Conf i gured Sc enar ios Im plem ent at ion and Conf igurat ion of Bus iness Cont ent

SL provides Best Practices through configuration templates and pre-

configured business content, as well as corresponding guides anddocumentation

Install and configurepre-defined businesscontent objects

Time for implementationof business scenarios is

reduced

Best Prac t i ces


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Best Prac t i ces Conf igur at ion Wizard



Tool provides central

technical configuration(CTC)

Configuration simplified,

accelerated and lesserror-prone

Best Prac t i ces


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Guides and Doc um ent at ion



Documentation provides

information required tounderstand and performsoftware life-cycle tasks

Master Guides provide

planning information +general best practiceinformation


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Technic a l Ins ta l la t ion


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SAP Inst a l la t ion Fram ew ork

SL provides tools, documentation and services to adapt your landscape and

leverage your existing investments in infrastructure technology andapplications

Implement a new landscape or

add a scenario to your systemlandscape

All kind of implementationservices offered

Implementation processsimplified, accelerated,manual steps minimized

Technic a l Ins ta l la t ion


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SAP Net Weaver Rapid Inst al ler

Complements standard SAP

installation tool

Easy, wizard-based installationand configuration

For dedicated businessscenarios

Prepare

Ins ta l l

andConfigure

Post- Insta l l

andVa l ida te

2h15m 3hrs30 m in

SAP NetWeaver Rapid Installer



Autom at ed, Templa t e Based Conf igura t ion C fi i Wi d


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Configura t ion Wizard

SL provides pre-configured business content for scenarios and templates

for the initial configuration of new systems

Central configuration tool based on configuration templates

Reduces number of configuration tools

Configuration simplified, accelerated and less error-prone

Upgrade U d T h l


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Upgrade Tec hnology



Provide new functions in

your landscape byupgrading whole SAPbusiness scenarios to anew release

Safely leverage yourexisting investments ininfrastructure technologyand applications toEnterprise SOA


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Central Administration

CTS & NW Development Infrastructure

Cent ra l Adm in ist ra t ion Ch & T t S t NW D l t I f t t


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ABAP DEV

Non-ABAP

ABAP QAS

Non-ABAP

ABAP PRD

Non-ABAP

Portal DEV Portal PRDPortal QAS

Maintenance / Implementation Project

Change & Transpor t Sys tem , NW Deve lopm ent In f ras t ruc t ure

SAPs Change & Transport System and the Development Infrastructure

manages configuration and custom development changes, and controlssoftware logistics processes in both ABAP and JAVA based environments.

Simplified transportmanagement, to avoid

inconsistent system states

Central administration of all

transports (ABAP, Java, )

in one UI

Combined transports for

mixed sets of objects

(ABAP, Java, EP Content, PI

Configuration, ) withsynchronized updates of

mixed processes

(ABAP/JAVA applications)Integrated with SAP Solution Managers Change

Request Management Service


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Up-To-Date-Processes

(Java) Support Package Manager

Overview SL Toolbox

Sof tw are Main tenance J ava Suppor t Pac k age Manager (JSPM)


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J ava Suppor t Pac k age Manager (JSPM)

SL provides tools, services and documentation to keep your installed

systems up-to-date and solve application problems by applying the latestsupport packages and corrections

Addresses requirement toapply fixes and softwareoptimizations

JSPM is standard tool forpatching of all SAP Javacomponents

Overview SAP Net Weaver Sof t w are Log is t ic s Too lbox


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Process/ToolTechnology

ABAP Java Solution Landscape /Business Scenario

Per BusinessProcess

Installation of SAP Systems SAPinst / Config. Wizard (CTC)Installation Guide (per system)

SAPinst / Config. Wizard(CTC)Installation Guide (per System)

Master Guide / TIGSLM / SAP Sol. Manager -SOLAR01

n/a

SAP Note AssistantIntegration w/ ChaRM (?)

SP Stack Guide

MOPZ / NW SLM

MOPZ / NW SLM

(ERP) Enhancement PackagesInstallation

SAINT, Component Upgrade(EhP 3 ff ?)

JSPM MOPZ MOPZ

Dual Stack UpgradeUpgrade Guides / UpgradeMaster Guide

???

SAP Sol. Man. - ChaRM

SAP Sol. Man. - ChaRM

(BusinessFunction Sets?)n/a

Copy/Migration of Systems System Copy(homogeneous/heterogeneous Copy,Unicode Migration, etc.)

System Copy Guide

System Copy n/a

Applying SAP Notes SAP Note AssistantOnline Documentation

n/a (?)

Applying Patches/SPs SPAMOnline Documentation + Notes

JSPM(SDM in older releases)

n/a

Installing Additional SWcomponents / Usage Types

SPAM/SAINTOnline Documentation +Notes/Guides

JSPM w/ EhPs (?)

Release Upgrade SAPupUpgrade Guides / Upgrade MasterGuide

SAPJupUpgrade Guides / UpgradeMaster Guide

SW Change Management -Versioning

CTS Repository/Version DB(Correction Workbench)

NWDI DTR(Java CorrectionWorkbench)

n/a

SW Change Management -

Propagation

CTS - TMS CTS+ , NWDI - CMS SAP Sol. Man. -

ChaRM

SW Change Management -Tracking

CTS - TMS CTS+ , NWDI - CMS SAP Sol. Man. -ChaRM

Software

Distribution

Develo

pment&

Configuration

Infrastr

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