SAP Administration - Practical Guide

Attention administrators! Are you pursuing a background in SAP Basis, or just seeking brush up on your skills? If so, look no further than this practical guide! Updated for SAP NetWeaver 7.4, this resource offers the fundamental concepts of system administration, with step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots. From system monitoring with SAP Solution Manager to database administration and disaster recovery, learn how to handle everything from the routine to the occasional hiccup.
Highlights:

• Database, security, and user administration
• Operating system and network administration
• CCMS Alert Monitor
• Scheduled tasks
• Performance bottlenecks
• Authorizations
• System maintenance
• Troubleshooting and disaster recovery
• Backup and restore
• SAP Solution Manager
• SAP NetWeaver 7.4
• SAP GUI 7.40

List of contents

... Preface ... 17

1 ... Fundamentals of SAP System Administration ... 23

1.1 ... System Administrator Tasks ... 23

1.2 ... Guiding Principles for System Administrators ... 25

1.3 ... Definitions ... 31

1.4 ... Summary ... 33

2 ... SAP System Administration ... 35

2.1 ... Starting and Stopping the SAP System ... 35

2.2 ... Instances and Operation Modes ... 46

2.3 ... Maintaining Profile Parameters ... 61

2.4 ... Specific Monitoring Transactions ... 68

2.5 ... System Messages ... 85

2.6 ... Connections ... 88

2.7 ... Client Administration ... 111

2.8 ... System Copy ... 132

2.9 ... Summary ... 135

3 ... System Monitoring ... 137

3.1 ... CCMS Alert Monitor ... 137

3.2 ... System Monitoring with the Standard CCMS Alert Monitor ... 139

3.3 ... Adapting the CCMS Monitor Sets ... 148

3.4 ... Auto-Reaction Methods ... 165

3.5 ... Summary ... 176

4 ... System Administration Using SAP Solution Manager ... 177

4.1 ... Functional Spectrum of SAP Solution Manager ... 178

4.2 ... Maintaining the System Landscape ... 180

4.3 ... System Administration ... 206

4.4 ... Maintenance Optimizer ... 251

4.5 ... Summary ... 262

5 ... Scheduled Tasks ... 263

5.1 ... Critical Tasks ... 264

5.2 ... Daily Tasks ... 267

5.3 ... Weekly Tasks ... 272

5.4 ... Monthly Tasks ... 274

5.5 ... Quarterly Tasks ... 277

5.6 ... Yearly Tasks ... 279

5.7 ... Summary ... 283

6 ... Backup and Restore ... 285

6.1 ... Backup ... 285

6.2 ... Restore ... 299

6.3 ... Performance ... 301

6.4 ... Summary ... 305

7 ... Disaster Recovery ... 307

7.1 ... Preliminary Considerations ... 307

7.2 ... Planning for an Emergency ... 309

7.3 ... Recovery Team and Role Distribution ... 313

7.4 ... Types of Disaster Recovery ... 314

7.5 ... Emergency Scenarios ... 315

7.6 ... Recovery Script ... 318

7.7 ... Crash Kit ... 321

7.8 ... Testing the Disaster Recovery Procedure ... 324

7.9 ... Minimizing the Risk of Failure ... 326

7.10 ... Continuing Business During a System Recovery ... 327

7.11 ... Summary ... 328

8 ... Database Administration ... 329

8.1 ... Planning Database Administration Tasks ... 330

8.2 ... Checking Database Actions ... 340

8.3 ... Performing a Database Analysis ... 346

8.4 ... Monitoring Database Performance ... 351

8.5 ... Database Administration-DB2 ... 356

8.6 ... Database Administration-Oracle ... 376

8.7 ... Database Administration-Microsoft SQL Server ... 413

8.8 ... Database Administration-SAP MaxDB ... 437

8.9 ... Database Administration-SAP HANA ... 448

8.10 ... Summary ... 475

9 ... Operating System Administration ... 477

9.1 ... Checking the Memory Usage of the File System ... 477

9.2 ... Retrieving Operating System Information ... 486

9.3 ... Summary ... 491

10 ... Security Administration ... 493

10.1 ... What Is Security? ... 493

10.2 ... Security Levels ... 495

10.3 ... Safeguarding the SAP System ... 499

10.4 ... Audits ... 514

10.5 ... Auditing Tools ... 517

10.6 ... Summary ... 535

11 ... Performance ... 537

11.1 ... Short-Term Remedy of Performance Problems ... 537

11.2 ... Detailed Analysis of Performance Problems ... 542

11.3 ... Analysis at Other Levels ... 551

11.4 ... Summary ... 552

12 ... SAP GUI ... 553

12.1 ... Installation Requirements ... 553

12.2 ... Installation Scenarios ... 554

12.3 ... Adding Systems to SAP Logon ... 574

12.4 ... Summary ... 578

13 ... User Administration ... 579

13.1 ... General ... 579

13.2 ... Setting Up New Users ... 582

13.3 ... Maintaining Users ... 591

13.4 ... Mass Changes ... 592

13.5 ... Resetting the Password ... 594

13.6 ... Locking or Unlocking a User ... 596

13.7 ... Central User Administration ... 597

13.8 ... User Groups ... 632

13.9 ... Deleting User Sessions ... 635

13.10 ... System Administration ... 638

13.11 ... Summary ... 641

14 ... Authorization Management ... 643

14.1 ... Authorization Check Process ... 643

14.2 ... Authorization Roles ... 644

14.3 ... Authorization Profiles ... 662

14.4 ... Utilities for Authorization Management ... 667

14.5 ... Summary ... 679

15 ... Background Processing ... 681

15.1 ... Creating Background Jobs ... 681

15.2 ... Monitoring Background Jobs ... 691

15.3 ... Graphical Job Scheduling Monitor ... 694

15.4 ... Performance Factors for Background Jobs ... 695

15.5 ... Summary ... 697

16 ... Output Management ... 699

16.1 ... Setting Up the Spool Servers ... 699

16.2 ... Setting Up Printers ... 703

16.3 ... Outputting Data ... 714

16.4 ... Output Control ... 716

16.5 ... Deleting Old Spool Requests ... 724

16.6 ... Checking the Spool Consistency ... 724

16.7 ... Checking the TemSe Consistency ... 726

16.8 ... Summary ... 728

17 ... Change and Transport Management ... 729

17.1 ... General Notes on Change Management ... 730

17.2 ... Transporting Objects ... 732

17.3 ... Direct Table Maintenance ... 752

17.4 ... Summary ... 758

18 ... System Maintenance ... 759

18.1 ... Downloading SAP Support Packages ... 760

18.2 ... Important Notes on Preparing and Executing System Maintenance ... 783

18.3 ... Performing a Kernel Update ... 784

18.4 ... Applying the SPAM/SAINT Update ... 790

18.5 ... Importing ABAP Support Packages ... 794

18.6 ... Installing Add-Ons ... 814

18.7 ... Summary ... 821

19 ... Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ... 823

19.1 ... Basic Procedure ... 823

19.2 ... Troubleshooting with the SAP Support Portal ... 826

19.3 ... Creating a Remote Service Connection ... 850

19.4 ... Implementing SAP Notes ... 859

19.5 ... Summary ... 866

... Appendices ... 867

A ... Useful Transactions ... 869

B ... Security-Relevant Transactions ... 875

C ... Useful Tables ... 881

D ... Forms ... 885

E ... Bibliography ... 891

F ... The Author ... 893

... Index ... 895

About the author

Sebastian Schreckenbach ist Basisadministrator im SAP-Kompetenzzentrum der Stadt Dresden.

Summary

Attention administrators! Are you pursuing a background in SAP Basis, or just seeking brush up on your skills? If so, look no further than this practical guide! Updated for SAP NetWeaver 7.4, this resource offers the fundamental concepts of system administration, with step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots. From system monitoring with SAP Solution Manager to database administration and disaster recovery, learn how to handle everything from the routine to the occasional hiccup.

Highlights:

Database, security, and user administration
Operating system and network administration
CCMS Alert Monitor
Scheduled tasks
Performance bottlenecks
Authorizations
System maintenance
Troubleshooting and disaster recovery
Backup and restore
SAP Solution Manager
SAP NetWeaver 7.4
SAP GUI 7.40

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Schreckenbach
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2015
• EAN: 9781493210244
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-1024-4
• No. of pages: 912
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 229 mm x 57 mm
• Weight: 1828 g
• Series: SAP PRESS; SAP PRESS Englisch; SAP Press; SAP PRESS Englisch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; HANA, Admin, SAP Basis, SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP, system administration, Solution Manager, database administration, sap administration guide, ABAP application server, basis administration