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SAP BASIS Training Objective

1. Introduction to BASIS 2. Introduction to SAP GUI 3. SAP services ( OSS)/ Marketplace 4. Introduction to OS concepts 5. The Architecture of SAP R/3 6. Overview of SAP Solution Manager 7. SAP R/3 Administration tasks user managements 8. SAP R/3 Administrator tasks background jobs 9. Profile and Operation modes 10. SAP R/3 Administration tasks CCMS 11. SAP R/3 Memory Management and Miscellaneous 12. Types of R/3 Systems and System Landscape 13. SAP R/3 Administration Tasks Change And Transport System 14. Transport Management System ( TMS ) 15. SAP R/3 Administration Tasks Patch Administration 16. SAP R/3 Administration Tasks Client 17. SAP R/3 Administration Tasks SAP-DBA 18. SAP Printing System 19. General Administration Utilities 20. Installation and Guidelines 22. Wrap up

Introduction to SAP BASIS

What is Basis? Introduction to SAP R/3 Client / Server Technology and SAP R/3 Architecture Roles and Responsibilities of Basis Consultants Database Service. Application Services, Presentation Services

What is Basis?

SAP R/3 BASIS Component is a unique layer in the SAP architecture. The BASIS component acts as a bridge between the computing infrastructure i.e. operating system, database, network architecture and the various modules in SAP such as FICO, MM, SD, PP, PS, QM etc

Roles and Responsibilities of Basis Administrator

The SAP Basis Administrator responsibilities include configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting the SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis as well as scheduling and executing the SAP transport system. The SAP Basis Administrator collaborates to resolve SAP transport and source code problems. The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP systems. Additional areas include the evaluation and design of interfaces between SAP and external systems, maintenance of the SAP Data Dictionary and database objects, and manage the migration of SAP database and application configuration into production as well as analyze, develop, and maintain data architectures and process models within SAP.

1. Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (development, test, training and production). 2. Maintain the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP Correction and Transport System (CTS) to ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly. 3. Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance. 4. Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability. 5. Install and configure all required SAP database servers and application servers. 6. Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles. 7. Distribute the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job workload. 8. Configure and manage the SAP printing subsystem for all SAP instances. 9. Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.

Roles and Responsibilities of Basis Administrator

10. Monitor all SAP systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer traces, system traces, disk space, etc.). 11. Administer the SAP database with Database Administrator (plan and perform database upgrades, apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform database reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database security, administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem determination and resolution, etc.).

12. Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required. 13. Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades.
14. Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot packages and kernel upgrades) through all systems using a structured methodology. 15. Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces.

16. Provide status reports for projects to management.

SAP AG An Overview
Worlds Leading Provider of Business Management Software Established in 1972. Headquarters in Walldorf , Germany 82000 Customers run SAP in 120 countries Addressing business needs of organizations ranging from Fortune 500 Global Organizations to Small & Medium businesses Solution offerings for more than 25 diverse industries

SAP Components and Solutions - Overview

SAP is an acronym for Systems , Applications and Products for Data Processing SAPs ECC 6.0 (Enterprise Core Components) provide the core solutions for running enterprise business processes in Financials, Logistics and Human Resources SAPs Netweaver 7.0 Platform provide the computing environment for managing the core ECC applications using the Web Application Server 7.0 (WAS 7.0). The server can power business application programming in ABAP as well in JAVA SAPs Netweaver 7.0 Platforms power Business Analytics and Reporting (BI 7.0) , Process Integration with other enterprise components (PI 7.0) , Data Management (MDM 5.5) and People Integration and Collaboration (EP 7.0) SAP Cross-Application Business suite components , such as CRM , SRM , SCM are built on the core business functions provided in ECC 6.0 SAP provides a wide ranging set of solutions for specific Industries , such as Utilities , Retail , Oil & Gas , Aerospace , Mining etc , known as SAP Industry Solutions.

SAP Components & Solutions : Positioning

People Integration & Collaboration

SAP NETWEAVER 7.0

Enterprise Portal 7.0 Process Integration 7.0

Business Intelligence 7.0

Master Data Management 5.5

Process Integration ERP to ERP , ERP to Non-ERP Integration

Information Integration Business Analytics & Reporting , Master Data Management

Composites Development SOA Enablement Application Platform Core Business Functions

Composition Environment 7.1

SAP ERP 6.0

SAP Enterprise Core Components (ECC 6.0)

Computing Engines Web Application Servers

Web Application Server 7.0 ABAP

Web Application Server 7.0 JAVA

SAP Components One View

SAP Industry Solutions Retail,Utilities,Oil & Gas,Aerospace etc

SAP NETWEAVER 7.0

Enterprise Portal 7.0 Process Integration 7.0

Business Intelligence 7.0

Master Data Management 5.5 Business Suite Solutions CRM 2007 SRM 2007 SCM 2007 SEM 2007 GTS Composition Environment 7.1

Technology Components & xApps Composites Solution Manager SAP Kernel Composites SAPGUI SAP ITS Plug-Ins

SAP ERP 6.0

SAP Enterprise Core Components (ECC 6.0) Web Application Server 7.0 ABAP Web Application Server 7.0 JAVA

SAP Offerings based on Company Size

Solution for Small Businesses Less than 100 Employees Less than 30 Users Basic functions pre-configured

SAP Business One

Solution for Medium Businesses Between 100 and 500 Employees On demand solution catering to niche process areas
Solution for Medium Businesses Strong Industry-specific focus Stable core business processes Preconfigured solutions Large & Very Large Enterprises Complete spectrum of business solutions Adaptable components to address business process complexities For over 500 employees

SAP Business By Design

SAP Business All-in-One

SAP Business Suite

Functionality/Industry Support/Adaptability

Evolution of SAP Releases

SAP releases come in two flavours An application flavour and basis(was) flavour. The SAP Application , otherwise called ECC 6.0 was earlier called mySAP ERP 2005 , and this is based on WAS 7.0 The older release , ECC 5.0 was called mySAP ERP 2004 and was based on WAS 6.40 The predecessor to ECC 5.0 , was called SAP Enterprise 4.7 , based on WAS 6.20 and 6.30. This was the first time SAP BASIS kernel came to be referred to as WAS. The JAVA Engine made its first appearance in this release. Earlier SAP releases were called R/3. This is starting from R/3 3.1i to 4.6c. The underlying BASIS kernel was versioned from 3.1i to 4.6D.All such releases were based purely on ABAP engines

SAP BASIS Overview

What is SAP BASIS ? The term BASIS is a reference to the underlying technical architecture of an SAP application. The term encompasses the server infrastructure , software and the server processes that run the SAP application. Who are BASIS consultants ? SAP consultants who design, build and manage the SAP environment are termed as BASIS consultants. They are the SAP Technical architects in the IT organization. What is the scope of BASIS consultants in an IT organization ? SAP consultants possess the skills required to administer and configure SAP specific settings in an IT landscape. They are part of a larger organization which may run a landscape consisting of several SAP and Non-SAP applications. What are the pre-requisites for starting a career in SAP BASIS ? Basic knowledge of operating system administration, network management and database administration.

SAP BASIS Services in an Organization

Customer

Sales

Purchase

Finance

HR

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

SAP Functional Analysts SD , MM , PP , QM

SAP Developers ABAP & JAVA

SAP BASIS Consultants

SAP IT ORGANIZATION

SAP Architecture Fundamentals

SAP Architecture Fundamentals

ABAP & JAVA Runtimes Client Server Architecture Concept of SAP Instances AS ABAP Processes & Architecture Request Processing in AS ABAP

SAP R/3 Architecture ?

The first version of SAP's flagship enterprise software was a financial Accounting system named R/1 called as YSR. This was replaced by R/2 at the end of the 1970s. SAP R/2 was in a mainframe based business application software suite that was very successful in the 1980s and early 1990s. With the advent of distributed clientserver computing SAP AG brought out a client server version of the software called SAP R/3 (The "R" was for "Real-time data processing" and 3 was for 3-tier). This new architecture is compatible with multiple platforms and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows or UNIX. This opened up SAP to a whole new customer base SAP R/3 was officially launched on 6 July 1992. It was renamed SAP ERP and later again renamed ECC (ERP Central Component). SAP came to dominate the large business applications market over the next 10 years. SAP ECC 5.0 ERP is the successor of SAP R/3 4.70. The newest version of the suite is SAP ERP 6.0 the path to SAP Business Suite 7.

Client Server Architecture

The client is a device on a network , which transmits requests for data processing. The client in the SAP architecture can be either the SAPGUI running on Windows , SAPGUI for JAVA for other OS or WEBGUI which can be invoked from any common browser The server is the Netweaver application server which processes client requests in the ABAP or JAVA engine Communication happens over a dedicated network infrastructure (LAN) or through Wireless LAN (WLAN) In SAP , there are several types of multi-level architectural scenarios possible :
INTERNET BROWSER MULTI TIER THREE TIER

WEBGUI

APPLICATION SERVER
SAPGUI

DATABASE SERVER

APPS + DB LOCAL AREA NETWORK

TWO TIER

Concept of SAP Instance

An SAP Instance is the basic building block of an SAP system An SAP system can comprise of one or more SAP instances It is an administrative unit that combines multiple components to provide one or more services An SAP system comprises of two parts : Application Instance and Database Instance When the application instance and database instance reside on the same hardware , it is then known as a SINGLE INSTANCE When the application instance and database instance do not share the same hardware resources , then the instance is known as a DISTRIBUTED INSTANCE An SAP Instance is uniquely identified with a system ID , known as SID and an instance number Each SAP instance can be distributed over multiple hardware units. These units can be separate physical machines , logical/physical partitions within the same machine.
The Database Instance ID , also called DBSID is normally the same as the SAP instance ID , or SID.The SID is always 3 characters long and can contain alphanumerals , but it must start with an alphabet. The Instance Number is always a 2 digit number , and can be any combination of digits between 0 and 9.

Concept of SAP Instance

An SAP Application Instance can be broken down to the following types :
Application Instance Central Services Instance

Central Instance

Dialog Instance

Type of Application Server

Instance Name Central Instance

Name of Processes Enqueue Server , Gateway Process Message Server ABAP Work Processes

ABAP Application Server

Central Services Instance Dialog Instance

Central Instance
JAVA Application Server Central Services Instance Dialog Instance

Software Deployment Manager(SDM) , Dispatcher

Message Server JAVA Server Processes

Each SAP system can have only 1 Central Instance , 1 Central Services Instance and only 1 Database instance. It can have any number of additional dialog instances

Distribution of SAP Instances in a SAP system

Single Instance Distributed Instance Distributed Instance with multiple dialog instances
APPLICATION INSTANCE
CENTRAL INSTANCE CENTRAL SERVICES INSTANCE

APPLICATION INSTANCE
CENTRAL INSTANCE CENTRAL SERVICES INSTANCE

APPLICATION INSTANCE
CENTRAL INSTANCE CENTRAL SERVICES INSTANCE

DATABASE INSTANCE

DATABASE INSTANCE

DIALOG INSTANCE 1
DIALOG INSTANCE 2

DIALOG INSTANCE 1
DIALOG INSTANCE 2

DATABASE INSTANCE

Note : Each Box represents a physical machine or a partition within the same hardware

SAP R/3 System

Integrated turnkey solutions
SD
Sales & Distribution

FI
Financial Accounting

Integrated RealTime
CO

MM PP
Materials Mgmt.

Controlling

Open Systems Client/Server Architecture

Production Planning

R/3
PM

TR
Treasury.

Multi-national Multi-currency

QM
Quality Manage-ment

Client / Server ABAP

HR
Human Resources

PS
Project System

Plant Main-tenance

WF
Workflow

IS
Industry Solutions

Industry-Solutions Enterprise Model Data Internet / Intranet

R/3 System Architecture

Development System
Q&A System DataBase server

AP+DB
WinNT,95,98

AP+DB

OS/2

Web Server

Web GUI (Browser) Java

Application Servers Production System

ITS server

Presentation Servers

System Architecture (example)

Server LAN (FDDI Ring)

(Optional)

Data Monitor BW System

Internet Transaction Server

SAP R/3

SAP R/3

SAP R/3

SAP R/3

Monitor

Ethernet

Head Quarter
Router

Multiplexer Terminal server Modem Modem Modem Firewall EDI Subsystem Router

Laser printer SAPGUI

Web Server

WAN (FrameRelay/ISDN/Lease Line/X.25) FEG

INTERNET (public)

VAN

Router Ethernet Modem EDI Vendor EDI Customer Laser printer SAPGUI SAPGUI Web Browser SAPGUI Modem Modem

Site( Taiepi, HongKong, USA, China)

SAP Industry Solution

SAP Mill SAP Finance

SAP Engineering & Construction

SAP Oil & Gas SAP Utilities SAP Health Care
...
Business Information Warehouse

SAP High Tech & Electronics

SAP Consumer Products

SAP Transportation
Sales Force Automation

SAP Public Sector SAP Telecomm.

SAP Automotive
SAP Media SAP Aerospace & Defense SAP Service Providers

R/3
Advanced Planner & Optimizer
B2B Procurement

SAP Chemicals
SAP Pharmaceuticals SAP Retail

SAP Banking

SAP Business Technology Map

Sizing
Proven, Cost-Effective Sizing Methodology (B01) Component Based Sizing (B01)

Installation
Complete System Landscape Installation Procedure (B02) Choice of Preinstalled & PreConfigured Best-Practice Systems (B03, PH) Component-based Incremental Installation (B00)

Configuration
Analysis & Optimization of Business Processes (B04) Business Scoping & Customization (B04) Task-specific Business Process Configuration (B06) Dynamic Business Form Layout (B07, P203)

Data Migration
Data Conversion & Transport from Existing Legacy Systems (B08, P208) Organization and Administration of Entire Migration Process (B08)

Testing
Business Process Testing (B09, P210) Performance Analysis (B09)

Volume & Stress Testing (B09, P210)

Based on Business Requirements Stated as Business-Oriented Figures (B01) Balanced Set of Needed Hardware Components (B01) Interactive, Up-to-Date Sizing via Internet (B01) Cooperation of Hardware Vendors & Solution Provider (B01) Sizing Reference Database

Unattended Installation & User Language Enabling of Presentation Clients (B02) Online Access to Sizing Results (B01) Fast Installation Process (B02, B03) Certified Installation Partners (B00) Customer Individual Implementation after Application Hosting (B00)

Industry & Country Specific Best-Practice Solution Templates (B05, B06) Visual Business Process Modeling (P107) Tracking & Documentation of Business Process Mapping (B00, B06) Personalized, Role, User-Group Specific Functionality & Layout (B18) Role-oriented Business Process Analysis (B05) Flexible Business Form Adjustment (B07)

Planning & Resource Checking of Migration Process (B08) Consistency & Completeness Check (B08) Documentation & Migration Auditing (B08) Migration in Heterogeneous Environments (B08, P208)

Planning & Execution of Entire Test Process (B09) Management of Manual Test Resources Recording Functionality (B09)

Structured Combination of Test Tasks (B09)

Automated Test Runs (B09) Integrated Documentation & Archiving of Test Results (B09) Incorporation of External Applications in Test Process Monitoring & Reporting (B09, P210) Creation of Test Data (B09)

Accelerated SAP - SAP Implementation Methodology

Mapping of business processes Proven approach Reduced costs Ensured quality and know-how transfer Efficient use of resources Reusable for subsequent implementation phases

Q&A

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