SAP ERP

SAP BASIS - SAP ERP 2004 - ECC 6.0 EHP4  
SAP SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
SUMMARY OF THE TOPICS COVERED
UNIT - 1

• INTRODUCTION TO ERP WORLD
• EVOLUTION SAP AS A COMPANY
• ADVANTAGES OF SAP OVER OTHER ERP’S
• MULTI TIER  CLIENT- SERVER SOLUTIONS FROM OF SAP
• ERP APPLICATIONS OVERVIEW
• SAP SERVICES OVERVIEW
• INTRODUCTION TO VARIOUS PLATFORMS OF OS, DB AND HARDWARE
• CONCEPT OF NETWORKING, DOMAINS, LANDSCAPE ETC.
• UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PROJECTS IN SAP
• INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGIES (ASAP)

UNIT– 2

• INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENT RELEASES OF SAP
• INTRODUCING THE ARCHITECTURE OF SAP
• WEB APPLICATION SERVER BASIC CONCEPTS
• SYSTEM CENTRAL INTERFACES-DISPATCHER- WORK PROCESOR ARCHITECTURE
• SERVICES- DVEBMGS
• PRESENTATION INTERFACE
• DATABASE INTERFACE
• COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS AND INTERFACES
• MEMORY MANAGEMENT
• SAP WEB AS MULTITIER CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE
• INTERNET TRANSACTION SERVER AND INTERNET BUSINESS FRAMEWORK
• WEB APPLICATION SERVER – INTERNET CONNECTION MANAGER
• WEB DISPATCHER AND SAP J2EE ENGINE

UNIT – 3
SAP SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICES

• INSTANCE PROFILES – START, DEFAULT AND INSTANCE PROFILES
• LOGON LOAD BALANCING AND LOGON GROUPS
• STARTING AND STOPPING OF SAP SYSTEMS
• ENTERPRISE SERVICE ARCHITECTURE

INTRODUCTION TO SAP NETWEAVER APPLICATION PLATFORM

• SAP ENTERPRISE PORTAL
• SAP BUSINESS INFORMATION WAREHOUSE
• SAP EXCHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE

UNIT – 4

• PLANNING SAP NETWEAVER INSTALLATION
• PLANNING CONCEPTS
• SAP IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS
• SAP SOLUTION MANAGER
• INSTALLATION ELEMENTS
• DOCUMENTATION NEEDS
• DIFFERENT VARIATIONS IN WEB AS INSTALLATIONS
• PLATFORMS
• SYSTEM LANDSCAPE DIRECTORY
• SIZING PROCESS
• SAP NETWEAVER RAPID INSTALLER
• DEMONSTRATION OF INSTALLATION OF SAP ECC 6.0
• POST INSTALLATION ACTIVITIES
• TMS CONFIGURATION
• CREATION OF VIRTUAL SYSTEMS
• ONE-SYSTEM,TWO-SYSTEM AND THREE-SYSTEMS LANDSCAPES
• LIVE EXAMPLE OF AN INSTALLATION AS AN ILLUSTRATION

UNIT – 5
WORKING WITH SAP SYSTEM

• INTRODUCTION TO A SAP SYSTEM, SAP GUI AND TRANSACTION CODE
• STARTING AND STOPPING OF AN SAP SYSTEM
• INSTANCES AND OPERATION MODES
• PROFILE PARAMETER MAINTENANCE
• SPECIFIC MONITORING T-CODES
• SYSTEM LOG
• ABAP DUMP ANALYSIS
• CHECKING APPLICATION SERVERS AND WORK PROCESSORS
• LOCK ENTRIES
• CANCELLED UPDATE REQUESTS
• SYSTEM MESSAGES
• RFC DESTINATIONS
• SAP GATEWAY MONITOR
• MESSAGE SERVER MONITOR
• INTERNET COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK AND ICM MONITOR

UNIT– 6

• CLIENT ADMINISTRATION
• CREATION OF CLIENT
• DELETING OF CLIENT
• COPYING OF CLIENT (LOCAL, REMOTE, EXPORT ETC.)
• CLIENT COPY/TRANSPORT LOG  CHECK
• SYSTEM COPY – DATABASE COPY AND CLIENT COPY
• CCMS MONITORING
• CCMS ALERT MONITOR
• ADAPTING THE MONITOR SETS
• AUTO-REACTION METHODS

UNIT – 7
ROUTINE TASKS

• CRITICAL TASKS, DAILY TASKS, WEEKLY TASKS, MONTHLY TASKS, QUARERLY TASKS

AND ANNUAL TASKS

• BACKUP AND RESTORE STRATEGIES
• PERFORMANCE ISSUES
• CRASH AND DISASTER RECOVERY

SECURITY IN SAP

• LEVELS OF SECURITY
• ACCESS SECURITY
• OPERATIONAL SECURITY
• DATA SECURITY
• SAFEGUARDING THE SAP SYSTEM
• PREVENTING MULTIUSER LOGON
• PASSWORD POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
• LIMITING ACCESS TO DEFAULT USERS
• LOCKING OF CRITICAL T-CODES
• LOCKING THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM
• OPERATIONAL SECURITY
• SECURITY AUDITS
• AUUDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• SECURITY AUDIT LOG

UNIT – 8

• USER ADMINISTRATION
• CREATION OF NEW USERS
• COPYING OF EXISTING USERS
• MAINTAINING USERS
• MASS CHANGES
• RESETING  THE PASSWORD/ LOCKING AND UNLOCKING OF USERS
• USER GROUPS ADMINISTRATION
• CONTROLLING OF USERS
• DELETING OF USER SESSIONS
• DISPLAY OF ACTIVE USERS
• SPECIAL USER Ids AND SPECIAL AUTHORISATIONS
• USER PASSWORD

AUTHORISATION MANAGEMENT

• AUTHORISATION CHECK PROCESS
• CREATING AND MAINTAINING SINGLE ROLES
• CREATING AND MAINTAINING COMPOSITE ROLES
• AUTHORISATION PROFILES
• UTILITIES FOR AUTHORISATION MANAGEMENT
• DEFAULT VALUES AND CHECK INDICATORS
• AUTHORISATION TRACE
• INFOSYSTEM AUTHORISATIONS

UNIT – 9
BACKGROUND PROCESSING

• CREATING AND SCHEDULING BACKGROUND JOBS
• MONITORING BACKGROUND JOBS
• GRAPHICAL JOB SCHEDULING MONITOR
• PERFORMANCE FACTORS FOR BACKGROUND JOBS

OUTPUT MANAGEMENT

• SETTING UP OF THE SPOOL SERVERS
• SETTING UP OF PRINTERS
• CONFIGURING NETWORK PRINTERS
• SETTING UP FRONTEND PRINTERS
• TRANSPORTING OUTPUT DEVICES
• OUTPUTTING DATA
• OUTPUT CONTROL
• DELETING OLD SPOOL REQUESTS
• CHECKING SPOOL CONSISTENCY
• CHECKING TEMSE CONSISTENCY

UNIT -10
DATABASE MANAGEMENT IN SAP

• WORKING WITH  SAP DATABASE
• PLANNING DATABASE ADMINISTRATION TASKS
• PLANNING DATABASE TASKS
• CHANGING AND DELETING DATABASE TASKS
• CHECKING THE DBA PLANNING CALENDAR
• CHECKING DATABASE ACTIONS
• PERFORMING A DATABASE ANALYSIS
• MONITORING DATABASE PERFORMANCE

• DATABASE ADMINISTRATION—ORACLE
• SQL*PLUS
• STARTING AND STOPPING THE DATABASE
• EXECUTING SQL STATEMENTS AND SQL SCRIPTS
• MANAGING THE DATABASE
• BR*TOOLS
• CHECKING AND CHANGING THE STATUS OF THE DATABASE INSTANCE
• CHECKING AND UPDATING THE DATABASE CONFIGURATION
• MANAGING TABLE SPACES AND ASSOCIATED DATA FILES
• BACKING UP THE DATABASE
• RESTORING THE DATABASE
• CHECKING THE DATABASE
• SYSTEM COPY

UNIT -11
CHANGE AND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT

• UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT
• TRANSPORTING OBJECTS
• CREATING A TRANSPORT REQUEST
• RECORDING CHANGES IN A TRANSPORT REQUEST
• RELEASING A TRANSPORT REQUEST
• IMPORTING TRANSPORT REQUESTS
• CHECKING THE TRANSPORT LOG
• DIRECT TABLE MAINTENANCE

UNIT – 12
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

• DOWNLOADING SAP SUPPORT PACKAGES
• DETERMINING THE SYSTEMS’S CURRENT SUPPORT PACKAGE LEVEL
• FINDING THE SUPPORT PACKAGES
• DOWNLOADING THE SUPPORT PACKAGES
• SYSTEM GUIDELINES ON PREPARING AND EXECUTING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
• PERFORMING  A KERNEL UPGRADE
• APPLYING THE SPAM/SAINT UPGRADE
• IMPORTING THE ABAP SUPPORT PACKS
• MAKING THE SUPPORT PACKS AVAILABLE AND IMPORTING THEM
• PERFORMING THE MODIFICATION ADJUSTMENTS
• REGENERATING OBJECTS
• PERFORMING THE REGRESSION TESTS

DIAGNOSTICS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

• BASIC PROCEDURES OF MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING
• TROUBLESHOOTING WITH THE SAP SUPPORT PORTAL
• CREATING A REMOTE SERVICE CONNECTION
• IMPLEMENTATION OF SAP NOTES
• CHECKING THE SYSTEM PATCH LEVEL
• IMPLEMENTING SAP NOTES WITH NOTE ASSISTANT