Automation of Post-Copy Activities with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management. Boris Zarske SAP Product Management December 2013

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1 Automation of Post-Copy Activities with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management Boris Zarske SAP Product Management December 2013

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3 Agenda Motivation Scope of Offering for ABAP Systems Scope of Offering for Java Systems Offered by SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3

4 Motivation Why do systems get copied and refreshed? Why automation?

5 Automation of Post-Copy Activities Motivation why do SAP systems get copied and refreshed? System copy and refresh are fundamental task for operating SAP system landscapes Especially used for creation and update of QA and test systems Outdated business data PRD PRD QAS Example: Create new QA/TEST systems Up-to-date business data Example: Update existing QA/TEST systems with latest business data 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5

6 Automation of Post-Copy Activities Motivation why automation? Challenge are costly configuration steps that have to be performed manually according to system copy guide Instead of performing required tasks for post-copy manually, use automation to perform configuration tasks in an automated way: Get guided through configuration processes Benefit from configuration tasks reflecting SAP expert knowledge Results in: Less effort and cost Faster configuration procedures with less expertise required Higher reliability + standardization of tasks 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6

7 Automation of Post-Copy Activities Motivation procedures with automation System copy System refresh Outdated business data Export system copy Automated reconfiguration Configuration PRD PRD Import Automated reconfiguration Up-to-date business data Creation of new system with own identity as copy from source system Refresh of existing system while retaining existing config settings 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7

8 Scope of Offering for ABAP

9 ABAP Post-Copy Automation As part of initial system copy procedure ABAP PCA initial copy task list automates activities required after system copy: PRD system copy Reconfigure Clean-up Deletion of obsolete information from original system in target system For example, clean-up of ABAP basis tables, batch jobs, DBA cockpit configuration, RFC in/outbound queue, spool requests, TRUST manager configuration Post-copy configuration Adaption of ABAP basis configuration settings For example, configuration of standard jobs, licenses, logon groups, system profiles, operation modes, secure store, spool and TMS, scheduling in DBA planning calendar and of job RDDIMPDP 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9

10 ABAP Post-Copy Automation As part of system refresh procedure ABAP PCA refresh task list automates activities required for system refresh: PRD system refresh Retain Reconfigure Pre-checks Perform checks to ensure consistency and actual use case For example, perform initial consistency check (SICK) and check whether copied system is SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse system or connected to SAP NetWeaver BW Retaining existing configuration Export and import of existing configuration settings to ensure they are retained after system refresh For example, ALE, archiving, batch jobs/server groups, CCMS, customer-defined tables, OS commands, licenses, log-on groups, op modes, printer/spool, RFC, SLD, SCOT, STRUST, TMS, users (all, selected clients, exclude) Clean-up & post-copy configuration Deletion of obsolete information from original system in target system If required, additional adaption of ABAP basis configuration settings 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10

11 ABAP Post-Copy Automation Automated application-specific post-copy activities In addition to the basis task lists presented above, there are more and more applicationspecific task lists available: Task lists for SAP Business Suite applications, such as SAP Customer Relationship Management and SAP Supply Chain Management Task lists for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) In addition to specific tasks for application systems, these task lists also contain required basis tasks Cover both SAP NetWeaver BW systems and SAP NetWeaver BW source systems (that is, SAP systems connected to SAP NetWeaver BW) Guidance: if you copy or refresh an SAP NetWeaver BW system or an SAP NetWeaver BW source system, do not use the ABAP PCA task lists, but the SAP NetWeaver BW PCA task lists For more information, see SAP Community Network at: SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11

12 ABAP Post-Copy Automation Runtime Task lists are automated with ABAP task manager for lifecycle management automation Framework for automation of ABAP tasks Part of every ABAP system (as of certain release/sp level) Easy-to-use for everybody familiar with SAP ABAP systems (similar to SE38) Key features Customizing of SAP pre-delivered task lists Creation of customer-specific task lists Variant maintenance of task lists Check mode for all tasks Resume of task lists in case of error Interrupt of task list execution Local/de-central execution Target System Parallel execution on multiple systems Execution in dialog/background Source System Target System Target System 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12

13 Scope of Offering for Java

14 Java Post-Copy Automation As part of system refresh procedure Java PCA refresh task list automates activities for exporting existing configuration: Existing config Export of existing configuration Export of existing configuration settings to ensure they are retained after system refresh For example, RFC configuration and security configuration (Secure Socket Layer key store, Ticket key store) Settings could then be imported after system copy as outlined on next slide 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14

15 Java Post-Copy Automation As part of initial system copy and system refresh procedure Java PCA initial copy task list automates activities required after system copy: PRD system copy (Import) Reconfigure Clean-up Deletion of obsolete information from original system in target system For example, RFC and security configuration Optional import of existing configuration (only required for system refresh) Import of existing configuration settings as exported with Java PCA refresh task list above Post-copy configuration Adaption of Java basis configuration settings For example, configuration of system landscape directory, security configuration (Secure Socket Layer key store, Ticket key store), RFC destination setup, SAP Search and Classification (TREX) property settings 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15

16 Java Post-Copy Automation Runtime Task lists are automated with stand-alone task manager for lifecycle management automation Offers light-weight and easy-to-use automation experience Standalone tool no SAP NetWeaver J2EE Engine required as runtime, as the tool only requires SAP JVM, so you can run it self-contained Short startup time, small download size, small memory footprint Key features Variant maintenance Set parameters in content delivered from SAP according to your needs and save it as own variant Maintain existing variants Execution in dialog mode or in the background Parallel execution on multiple systems Execution log for audit purpose 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16

17 Offered by SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management

18 System copy with automated task lists SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management Key features Start, Stop & Relocate Systems, Mass Operations System Clone Third-Party Support & Extensibility Manage Your SAP Landscapes System Copy/Refresh End-to-End Visibility & Monitoring of all Infrastructure Layers Landscape Visualization Automated Capacity Management 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18

19 System copy with automated task lists SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management Use case examples System clone System copy System refresh PRD Outdated business data PRD PRD PRD PRD Example: Create isolated testing, demo or training systems QAS Example: Create new QA/TEST systems Up-to-date business data Example: Update existing QA/TEST systems with latest business data 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19

20 System copy with automated task lists SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management integrated execution SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management System clone System copy System refresh Target system online Export system configuration Cloning + isolation Clone SAP system Clone SAP system Clone SAP system Target system offline Rename cloned SAP system Rename cloned SAP system Target system online Conduct post-copy activities Conduct post-copy activities (includes import of system configuration) 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 20

21 Summary

22 Summary Benefit from automation of post-copy automation tasks For initial system copy and system refresh of both ABAP and Java systems Get task lists reflecting SAP expert knowledge Easily adapt procedures according to your needs! Extend or adapt pre-delivered content Create variants containing your default values minimizing expertise required during their execution Offered by SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management Execution either integrated or stand-alone Overall, running your SAP systems gets easier, faster and more reliable 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22

23 Further information SAP Public Web SAP Community Network (SCN): SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management: Post-Copy Automation page: SAP NetWeaver BW Application Lifecycle Management page: SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23

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