SAP S/4HANA Administration

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4932-2392-3
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 1113 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 259 mm, Gewicht: 2076 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS Englisch

Manage and maintain your SAP S/4HANA system! Understand the architecture of the ABAP platform, from its technical requirements to your options for configuration. Set up the system landscape, administer the client and database, and maintain your instances. Put proper security in place using authorizations, user profiles, encryption, and more. From archiving to virtual systems, this is the A-to-Z guide you need to perform all essential administration tasks in SAP S/4HANA.Highlights include:1) ABAP platform2) System landscape3) Clients4) Instances5) Users and authorizations6) Security7) Monitoring8) Performance tuning9) Database administration10) Data archiving and transfer11) Frontend components

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mergaerts, Mark

Vanstechelman, Bert

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Preface ... 25 ... Who Is This Book For? ... 25 ... How Is This Book Organized? ... 26 ... Acknowledgments ... 291 ... The Future of the Basis Administrator ... 31 1.1 ... SAP S/4HANA: On-Premise and in the Cloud ... 32 1.2 ... RISE with SAP ... 33 1.3 ... Summary ... 362 ... Overview of the ABAP Platform ... 37 2.1 ... Components of the ABAP Platform ... 38 2.2 ... Client/Server Architecture ... 42 2.3 ... Presentation Layer ... 43 2.4 ... Application Layer ... 53 2.5 ... Database Layer ... 60 2.6 ... SAP S/4HANA and the Internet ... 66 2.7 ... Summary ... 703 ... Architecture ... 71 3.1 ... Component Overview ... 71 3.2 ... Dialog Processing ... 75 3.3 ... Background Processing ... 78 3.4 ... Updating ... 106 3.5 ... Lock Management ... 121 3.6 ... Output Management ... 131 3.7 ... Internet and Communication ... 165 3.8 ... Summary ... 1964 ... Technical Requirements and Operations ... 197 4.1 ... Product Availability Matrix ... 198 4.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Application Layer on Linux and UNIX ... 202 4.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Application Layer on Microsoft Windows ... 212 4.4 ... SAP HANA Database Layer ... 219 4.5 ... Starting, Stopping, and Monitoring Instances on Linux and UNIX ... 226 4.6 ... Starting, Stopping, and Monitoring Instances on Microsoft Windows ... 231 4.7 ... Starting, Stopping, and Monitoring SAP HANA ... 235 4.8 ... Troubleshooting SAP S/4HANA Instances ... 244 4.9 ... Troubleshooting the SAP HANA Database System ... 250 4.10 ... Summary ... 2605 ... Client Administration ... 263 5.1 ... Data Types ... 264 5.2 ... Clients in an SAP System ... 265 5.3 ... How the System Keeps Clients Apart ... 266 5.4 ... Creating Clients ... 268 5.5 ... Logical Systems ... 274 5.6 ... Copying Clients ... 276 5.7 ... Client Transport ... 283 5.8 ... Working with Table Snapshots ... 289 5.9 ... Deleting a Client ... 292 5.10 ... Transport-Based Copy ... 292 5.11 ... Special Operations for Clients ... 294 5.12 ... Cleaning Up Logs ... 298 5.13 ... Table Logging ... 299 5.14 ... Summary ... 3026 ... Change Management and Transports in the System Landscape ... 305 6.1 ... Key Terms ... 306 6.2 ... Development Objects ... 307 6.3 ... Change Requests ... 312 6.4 ... Transactions for Managing Change Requests ... 322 6.5 ... Preparing the Transport System ... 328 6.6 ... Transport Management System ... 335 6.7 ... Special Transport Topics ... 351 6.8 ... Summary ... 3617 ... Maintaining Instances ... 363 7.1 ... Parameters and Profile Maintenance ... 364 7.2 ... Display and Maintain Parameters Online ... 377 7.3 ... Operation Modes ... 381 7.4 ... Dynamic Work Processes ... 389 7.5 ... User Load-Balancing ... 392 7.6 ... RFC Server Groups ... 397 7.7 ... Summary ... 4008 ... Users and Authorizations ... 401 8.1 ... Users in SAP ... 401 8.2 ... Managing Users ... 403 8.3 ... Mass User Changes ... 411 8.4 ... Password and Login Security ... 414 8.5 ... Authorization Concept ... 419 8.6 ... Managing Roles ... 427 8.7 ... Authorization Profiles ... 446 8.8 ... User Information Management System ... 447 8.9 ... Central User Administration ... 449 8.10 ... Summary ... 4589 ... Security ... 461 9.1 ... Authentication and Single Sign-On ... 462 9.2 ... Securing Communication ... 488 9.3 ... SAP Web Dispatcher ... 501 9.4 ... Restricting Access ... 517 9.5 ... Protecting Data ... 530 9.6 ... Auditing ... 544 9.7 ... Summary ... 55810 ... Monitoring Activities ... 559 10.1 ... Application Servers and Work Processes ... 559 10.2 ... Message Server ... 568 10.3 ... Gateway Monitor ... 573 10.4 ... Developer Traces ... 576 10.5 ... System Messages ... 580 10.6 ... User Overview ... 583 10.7 ... System Log ... 584 10.8 ... Runtime Errors ... 586 10.9 ... Host Monitoring ... 589 10.10 ... Summary ... 59311 ... Performance and Tuning ... 595 11.1 ... Dialog Steps and Response Time ... 596 11.2 ... Statistical Records ... 604 11.3 ... Monitoring the Workload with Transaction ST03 ... 606 11.4 ... Working with Statistical Records: Transaction STATS ... 626 11.5 ... Database Monitors ... 639 11.6 ... Monitoring the Servers ... 645 11.7 ... Memory Management ... 648 11.8 ... Table Buffering ... 659 11.9 ... Summary ... 67112 ... SAP HANA Database Administration ... 673 12.1 ... Introduction to SAP HANA ... 673 12.2 ... DBA Cockpit for SAP HANA ... 689 12.3 ... SAP HANA Cockpit ... 701 12.4 ... SAP HANA Studio ... 722 12.5 ... Command-Line Tools ... 733 12.6 ... Summary ... 74413 ... Development ... 745 13.1 ... Development Tools ... 746 13.2 ... Developing a Simple Program ... 748 13.3 ... Changing SAP Code ... 765 13.4 ... Creating and Changing Dictionary Objects ... 767 13.5 ... Performance Analysis Tools ... 778 13.6 ... Summary ... 79814 ... Data Archiving ... 801 14.1 ... Archive Development Kit ... 802 14.2 ... Archiving Objects ... 803 14.3 ... Storage Options ... 805 14.4 ... Preparation Activities ... 810 14.5 ... Executing Archiving Runs ... 814 14.6 ... Access Options for Archived Data ... 826 14.7 ... Summary ... 83215 ... Data Distribution and Transfer ... 833 15.1 ... Destinations ... 834 15.2 ... Server Groups and Parallel Processing ... 842 15.3 ... Transactional RFCs ... 847 15.4 ... Queued and Background RFCs ... 848 15.5 ... Application Link Enabling ... 863 15.6 ... Data Transfer ... 874 15.7 ... Summary ... 87716 ... Frontend Components ... 879 16.1 ... SAP GUI ... 879 16.2 ... SAP Fiori and SAP Fiori Launchpad ... 903 16.3 ... Summary ... 92517 ... Installations and System Copies ... 927 17.1 ... Software Logistics Toolset ... 927 17.2 ... Software Provisioning Manger ... 929 17.3 ... Installing an SAP S/4HANA System ... 936 17.4 ... Copying an SAP S/4HANA System ... 973 17.5 ... Deleting an SAP S/4HANA System ... 993 17.6 ... Summary ... 99618 ... Support Packages and Add-ons ... 997 18.1 ... Release and Maintenance Strategy ... 998 18.2 ... Software Update Manager ... 1000 18.3 ... Maintenance Planner ... 1003 18.4 ... Preparing the Update ... 1010 18.5 ... Performing the Update ... 1017 18.6 ... Patching with Transaction SPAM ... 1039 18.7 ... Installing Add-Ons ... 1045 18.8 ... Summary ... 105019 ... Services and Support ... 1051 19.1 ... SAP Support Portal and SAP ONE Support Launchpad ... 1051 19.2 ... SAP for ME ... 1052 19.3 ... SAP Notes and Knowledge Base Articles ... 1054 19.4 ... Report an Incident ... 1056 19.5 ... View Incidents ... 1058 19.6 ... Software Downloads ... 1059 19.7 ... Manage Users ... 1060 19.8 ... Request License Keys ... 1061 19.9 ... Manage Remote Connections ... 1062 19.10 ... Additional Sources ... 1066 19.11 ... Summary ... 106820 ... A Day in the Life of an SAP System Administrator ... 1069 20.1 ... Daily Tasks ... 1070 20.2 ... Weekly Tasks ... 1072 20.3 ... Monthly Tasks ... 1073 20.4 ... Summary ... 107421 ... Installing Your Own System ... 1075 21.1 ... SAP Cloud Appliance Library ... 1076 21.2 ... SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Developer Edition ... 1085 21.3 ... Summary ... 1092... Appendices ... 1093 A ... References and Further Reading ... 1093 B ... The Authors ... 1097... Index ... 1099

Über Autor(innen)

Vanstechelman, Bert
Bert Vanstechelman is founder of and principal technical consultant at Logos Consulting, and has more than 20 years of experience in SAP Basis consulting, running all kinds of SAP versions in combination with all possible databases and operating systems supported by SAP. He specializes in platform migrations, SAP release upgrades, and Unicode conversions. Bert is a member of the board of advisors of the SAP Professional Journal. He is also the co-author with Mark Mergaerts of the following SAP PRESS books: the SAP OS/DB Migration Project Guide, the mySAP ERP Upgrade Project Guide, and the SAP NetWeaver Application Server Upgrade Guide. Bert lives near Bruges, Belgium, and is married with three children.

Mergaerts, Mark
Mark Mergaerts is a principal technical consultant working for Logos Consulting, a Belgian consulting company that focuses exclusively on SAP technology. Before that, he worked for SAP Belgium between 1995 and 2011, giving him almost 20 years of SAP BC experience. His activities concentrate on system administration, database management, performance, upgrades (he has been upgrading SAP since the days of release 2.1), and platform and Unicode migrations.