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Planning Guide

SAP Business SuiteLandscape Implementation - Technical Planning Guide

Target Audience

Technical Consultants

System Administrators

Software Architects

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CAUTION

Before you begin with the implementation, ensure that you have the current version of this

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The following table contains an overview of the most important changes to the document.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Goal of this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.1 A Short Explanationof Important Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2 Overview of the SAP System Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.3 Building Blocks for System Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.3.1 Evolution of an SAPSystem Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.3.2 SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19



2.3.5 The Role of SAP Solution Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2.4 Introduction to the Recommendation Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.4.1 General Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.4.2 Reasonable Alternative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.4.3 Possible Exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2.5 Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2.5.1 Information in SAP Community Network (SCN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2.5.2 Information in the Master Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2.5.3 Important SAP Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 3 How Do I Plan My System Landscape? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.1 Business Requirements Determine the Landscape Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.1.1 How to Determine Which New Business Processes and New Functions YouRequire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.1.2 Scenario and Process Component List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.2 Process-Oriented and Scenario-Oriented Planning Framework via Solution

Manager Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.3 Selecting Business Functions in Solution Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.4 Function-Oriented Planning Framework via Help Portal and Solution

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.4.1 Determining Functions in the Help Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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3.4.2 Determining Functions in the Solution Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.5 Determining Dependencies on Other Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.5.1 Basic Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.5.2 Basic Upgrade Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.5.3 Basic Update Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.5.4 Update Support by Landscape Verification for SAP Solution

Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.5.5 Special Features When Switching from SAP R/3 4.6C to SAP Business

Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.5.6 Using Release Notes to Identify Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 4 Distribution Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.1 Version Compatibility Within a System Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.2 Single Stack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4.3 Use as Hub, Sidecar, or Embedded Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4.3.1 Hub System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4.3.2 Sidecar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4.3.3 Embedded Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 5 Implementation Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5.1 'Employee Self-Service' Process with Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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1 Goal of this Document

This document provides an overview of SAP Business Suite and its possible system landscapes. You will

find out what SAP recommends with regard to building system landscapes, and gain an understanding

of the overall implementation procedure for a system landscape. In addition, you will be introduced

to tools that enable you to plan and build your own individual system landscape. We will demonstrate

the implementation of a system landscape based on concrete examples. Note that in the system

landscapes shown here, we are keeping things simple by ignoring the division of a system landscape

into development systems, test systems, and productive systems.

Mastering and Reducing Landscape Complexity

An optimized and future-proof system landscape can mean a sustained reduction in total cost of

ownership (TCO). This applies to newly-created system landscapes as well as to future planning for

the development of an existing landscape. In addition it is also possible to reduce the complexity of an

existing landscape.

Who Is This Document Aimed At?

This document is a technical planning document aimed above all at technical consultants as well assystem administrators and software architects who want to plan and build a system landscape.

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2 Introduction

The implementation options for the various systems and components of SAP Business Suite within a

system landscape offer a high level of flexibility, allowing you to realize a range of system landscape

layouts. But what does the optimum landscape layout for a specific customer look like? Here, you need

to take into account many different factors. These include:

the organizational structure of the organization

the expected speed of innovation for implemented applications

security requirements

the product and architecture strategy

the individual requirements for performance and scalability

the need for required governance processes

the required availability and the service level agreements needed

the costs of running the landscape

However, it is still possible to reduce the large number of technically possible landscape layout

combinations to a few alternatives that are best suited to the majority of typical application cases. Based

on these alternatives it should be possible to recommend landscape layouts in which the most important aspects of landscape planning are given as balanced a weighting as

possible

which demonstrate the right balance between flexibility, simplicity, and clear structure

which can be implemented by the majority of customers

which complement the SAP product strategy and will therefore be of long-term benefit

The solution is to define a general methodology that can be applied to all central product modules,

such as SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI), or SAP ECC Server, but also to

smaller modules such as Adobe Document services (ADS), in cases where smaller modules also play

an important role in landscape layout planning. However, before we come to the recommendations,

it is important that you familiarize yourselves with the main terminology, gain an overview of what

makes up an SAP system landscape, and understand the methodology.

2.1 A Short Explanation of Important Terms

So that you can familiarize yourself with the terminology, the most important terms used in this

document are defined below. For the full SAP glossary, see http://help.sap.com/ Additional

Information Terminology and Glossary .

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Building Block

This is the smallest logical unit in a system landscape, such as the parts of an SAP ERP system if they

can also be used individually.

Component

A technical unit of software and thereby the smallest unit that can be separately produced, delivered,

installed, and maintained.

Dual Stack System

An SAP system in which both the Application Server ABAP (AS ABAP) and the Application Server Java

(AS Java9) are installed. This is the case in SAP Solution Manager, for example. A dual stack system has

the following characteristics:

Common system ID (SID) for all application servers and the database

Common startup framework for AS ABAP and AS Java

Common database (with different database schemas for ABAP and Java)

The SAP User Management Engine (UME ) on the AS Java is connected to the AS ABAP in the dual

stack system.

Embedded Deployment

This term is used when you run an SAP NetWeaver application within an application system. Example:

You install SAP Biller Direct and CRM Content in an SAP NetWeaver Portal that is running in a system

together with the SAP ECC server.

End-to-End Scenario

A sequence of different inter-linked sequential and logical processes that map an entire business process

that bridges functional areas and completes the whole cycle.

Enhancement Package

From a functional point of view, an SAP enhancement package (EHP)is a collection of new and improved

functions (business functions). After installation of an enhancement package for the Business Suite,

you only need to activate the new business functions that you really want to use. From a technical

point of view, an SAP enhancement package is a collection of certain versions of software components

that belong to a defined SAP product version (for example SAP ERP 6.0), are delivered together, and

can be installed if required. When implementing an SAP enhancement package you can choose which

parts of it you actually want to install. The smallest installable units of an SAP enhancement package

are the software components and the business functions contained therein, grouped together as a

technical usage.

Hub System

We speak about a hub system when an SAP NetWeaver application is set up as an independent system,

and several application backend systems use this system together.

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Installation

The procedure followed when you install software. This might be the first installation of an SAP product,

such as as SAP ERP system. You use the program SAPinst for the installation.

Instance

The combination of several logical systems with different client roles, which together describe the

development landscape of an SAP component. The logical systems can be in one or several SAP systems.

Landscape Verification Wizard

A tool that enables you to check the consistency of and, if necessary, to correct system landscape data

contained in theSMSY. This is an add-on for SAP Solution Manager (official name: Landscape Verification

for SAP Solution Manager).

Sidecar System

We talk about a sidecar system (as opposed to a hub system) when an SAP NetWeaver system is used

by exactly one application system. If you use an SAP NetWeaver application as a sidecar system, this

application runs in a separate system (as with a hub system), but it is used solely by the connected

application system. Other application systems cannot use the SAP NetWeaver application.

Main Instance

For each system, there must be just one relevant ABAP main instance for ABAP-based SAP products.

Maintenance Optimizer

SAP Solution Manager Maintenance Optimizer (MOPZ) is a part of SAP Solution Manager that allows

you to configure activities relating to upgrades, updates, and maintenance. The Maintenance Optimizer

leads the user through the activities to be performed in each system in the system landscape. To do this

it requires exact information about the system landscape. Maintenance Optimizer gets this information

from the system landscape of Solution Manager (SMSY), whose data therefore needs to be up to date

and correct. The Landscape Verification Wizard can be used to check the consistency of the system

landscape.

Product

A unit that is deliverable by SAP and visible to the customer. A product has the following characteristics:

Consists of smaller building blocks and generally addresses business tasks. Examples of products are

SAP ERP and SAP CRM.

Product Instance

This is part of a product version and includes several technically dependent software component

versions. Product instances are the smallest installable units that can be installed and run under their

own system identification (SID). Examples of product instances are SAP ECC Server, SAP NW Enterprise

Portal, SAP NW EP Core, SAP XSS (Self Services) and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse.

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Product System

A grouping of technical systems in Solution Manager on which a version of every product contained

therein is installed. A product system can comprise a maximum of one ABAP-based technical system

and several non-ABAP-based technical systems. The term "product system" is used in Solution Managerin the SMSYtransaction.

Product Version

A particular status of a product, whose components can be installed. Each product version has a defined

maintenance period. There are full product versions (for example SAP ERP 6.0) and add-on product

versions, which require the installation of existing product versions (for example SAP enhancement

package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0).

SAP CRMAbbreviation for SAP Customer Relationship Management. For a short description, see Evolution of an

SAP System Landscape[page 18].

SAP ERP

Abbreviation for SAP Enterprise Resource Planning. For a short description, see Evolution of an SAP System

Landscape[page 18].

SAP NetWeaver

For a short description, see Evolution of an SAP System Landscape[page 18].

SAP PLM

Abbreviation for SAP Product Lifecycle Management. For a short description, see Evolution of an SAP System

Landscape[page 18].

SAP SCM

Abbreviation for SAP Supply Chain Management. For a short description, see Evolution of an SAP System

Landscape[page 18].

SAP Solution Manager System Landscape

Contains all information about the SAP systems in a landscape. Use transaction SMSYto enter or edit

the required data in SAP Solution Manager. Make sure that the information about the system landscape

is always up to date. That also applies after an update or upgrade. If the information collected about

the system landscape is false or incomplete, the Maintenance Optimizer cannot deliver correct results.

SAP SRM

Abbreviation for SAP Supplier Relationship Management. For a short description, see Evolution of an SAP

System Landscape[page 18].

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Software Update Manager (SUM)

This is the unified maintenance tool supporting various implementation processes for SAP NetWeaver-

based products such as release upgrades, enhancement package installations, and application of

downtime-optimized Support Package Stacks. The Software Update Manager evolved from theprevious SAP Enhancement Package Installer (SAPehpi) and SAP upgrade tools (SAPup, SAPJup) and

has been renamed to reflect its broader use. SUM is part of the product-independent SL Toolset delivery.

Scenario

A (business) scenario is a group of related business processes that describe a business task

comprehensively at macro level. A business scenario usually refers to a business area, a central function,

or a profit center in an organization, and can also include other organizations as business partners. It

requires one or several SAP components and possibly non-SAP software as well.

Single Stack System

A single stack installation - as opposed to a dual stack installation - means that the Application Server

ABAP (AS ABAP) and the application server Java (AS JAVA) are installed in separate systems.

Solution

Consists of one or several products. In a solution you can group together systems and related business

processes according to your requirements, in order to monitor your productive businesses processes

via the corresponding systems in operative areas, and to improve the lifecycle of your most important

business processes.

Stack Configuration File

The Stack Configuration File (stack.xml) is generated by the maintenance optimizer in XML format.

Depending on the software components installed in a system, the maintenance optimizer determines

the software components that need to be installed in order to achieve a previously defined target

configuration.

Support Package (SP)

This is a collection of corrections for a software component version. Support packages are made available

several times a year. They are shipped as part of support package stacks (SPS) and can be imported via

SAP Solution Manager.

Support Package Stack

A combination of several aligned support packages and patches for a certain release at a specific point

in time (usually quarterly).

System Landscape Directory (SLD)

An application that is installed in every SAP NetWeaver Java system. You can use the SLD to collect all

information about the Java and ABAP systems in a landscape and thus update Solution Manager

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automatically (transaction SMSY). It is therefore recommended to use a central SLD for the entire SAP

system landscape.

Target System

The SAP system into which you import new software.

Technical Usage

A logical grouping unit that comprises interdependent product instances. In SAP ERP enhancement

packages, business functions are depicted as technical usages. In this way an SAP enhancement package

consists of several optionally-installable technical usages. These consist of one or several product

instances and can only be installed as a new instance or on to an existing product instance. Examples:

Central Applications, Human Capital Management, Financial Services, Retail, and others.

Update

In an update you can import corrections in the form of support packages (SPs), or new functions in

the form of enhancement packages. Existing processes must not be affected. Furthermore, no migration

or upgrade effort is allowed to occur. An update changes the version of a software component, but not

the release. An update can also be either an SP update or an enhancement package update: An SP update

means the installation of a support package stack, for example the change from SAP ECC 6.0 SPS 15 to

SAP ECC 6.0 SPS 16. SPs only contain corrections. An enhancement package update means the import

of a new enhancement package, for example the change from SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP

ERP to SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP. When you install SAP enhancement packages, youtypically install support packages (SPs) at the same time.

Upgrade

In an upgrade you install new or changed functions in the form of a new software release. Existing

processes may change as a result of the installation. Migration effort (for example new hardware and

tests) may also arise. An upgrade can be the upgrade to a subsequent release, for example, like switching

from SAP R/3 4.6C or SAP ECC 5.0 to SAP ECC 6.0. The tools SAPup and SAPJup are available for

performing upgrades.

2.2 Overview of the SAP System Landscape

Features

The following graphic shows the possible components of an SAP Business Suite landscape schematically:

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Figure 1: SAP Business Suite: Possible Components of SAP System Landscape

The following examines the individual components of SAP Business Suite in more detail.

SAP ERP (including PLM), SAP CRM, SAP SCM, and SAP SRM form the core of SAP Business Suite.

You only ever install and use those parts of SAP Business Suite that you actually require. All core

applications of SAP Business Suite are based technically on the Application Server ABAP (AS ABAP) or

Application Server Java (AS JAVA), and each have their own database. In addition to SAP SCM, SAP

liveCache and SCM Optimizer Geocoding are implemented, which also run on their own database.

The following graphic displays the core applications of SAP Business Suite in detail.

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Figure 2: SAP Business Suite: Main Applications (ABAP View Only)

SAP Solution Manager is an important part of the system landscape. This serves as a tool for maintaining

system landscapes. The following graphic displays SAP Solution Manager in detail.

Figure 3: SAP Solution Manager

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For more information about SAP Solution Manager, see the section The Role of SAP Solution Manager[page

23].

SAP NetWeaver as a technological basis comprises the Java-based components Enterprise Portal (EP)

and Adobe Document Server (ADS). For reporting for Business Intelligence (BI), separate systems are

set up for Application Server ABAP and Application Server Java (AS Java). Process Integration (PI) also

runs in its own system, whereby this system is based technically on AS ABAP and AS Java (or only on

AS Java, if you choose the new installation option Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX) that was

introduced with PI 7.3 or the variant Process Orchestration (PO) that was introduced with 7.40, this

being a joint installation of Business Process Management (BPM) and AEX). The components TREX

and Master Data Management (MDM) serve as search functions in the applications and as a catalog for

SAP SRM. The following graphic displays the individual components of SAP NetWeaver in detail.

Figure 4: SAP NetWeaver and Its Components

For the various components of an SAP Business Suite to produce a consistent system landscape, the

conditions described in the following must be fulfilled.

General Requirements for a Consistent System Landscape

A consistent and sustainable system landscape must meet some basic prerequisites. This includes the

following

New processes must be achievable in the existing system landscape or by a step-by-step

enhancement of this system landscape.

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In many cases, a new version of an SAP application can be integrated with every other version of

every other SAP application. This compatibility applies to the technology used and the applications

themselves. For more information, see SAP Note 1388258.

After you have upgraded or updated an SAP application, you can continue to use all scenarios that

you implemented only in this system without restriction. If you upgrade cross-system scenarios,

you should use the Upgrade Dependency Analyzer (UDA) to check the dependencies. For more

information, see SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/udaand SAP Community

Network at http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/15730.

The content (Enterprise Portal (EP), Business Intelligence (BI), and Process Integration (PI)) of an

SAP NetWeaver Hub system based on SAP NetWeaver 7.x can be run in higher SAP NetWeaver

releases, either without any adjustment or with only slight adjustment.

ESR Content (Process Integration/XI Content) runs in higher SAP NetWeaver releases without

any adjustments. In addition, it is delivered in the following two formats, starting with SAP ERP

6.0 EHP3, SAP CRM 7.0, SAP SRM 7.0, and SAP SCM 7.0:

Format 7.0: ESR content in this format can be imported to higher ES repositories.

Format 7.1: As of SAP NW PI 7.1, we recommend that you import ESR content in this format

to make use of the entire functionality of SAP NW PI.

For all Business Suite deliveries as of BS7i2013, PI 7.0x and PI 7.1x are no longer supported (this is

also valid for BI and Portal). The content is only delivered in the format PI 7.3.

Innovation Drivers and Landscape OptionsDepending on an existing system landscape with its systems and their release levels, as well as the

underlying SAP NetWeaver release, you can choose between various options to attain a consistent

system landscape that meets your functional requirements. Thereby, all landscape options provided

by SAP aim to minimize the effort you require to structure a consistent system landscape.

EXAMPLE

If you implement an SAP ECC 6.0 system with a connected SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.00, you do

not need to update the enhancement package for your SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.00 when installing

SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0. However, you may need to import a particularSupport Package Stack (SPS).

A consistent system landscape is formed from the cooperation between applications (SAP Business Suite

with SAP NetWeaver) and the cooperation between the applications and the underlying technology

(for example, SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP or SAP NetWeaver AS Java). In most cases, a reciprocal

dependency of applications and technology is given since the applications were developed in a particular

version of the technology (such as SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.00), for example.

However, with the interaction of SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver, you can ideally choose

between two possible approaches for supplementing the systems in a landscape:

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Application-driven innovations

Technology-driven innovations

Application-Driven or Suite-Driven Innovations of the System Landscape

Application-driven innovations are referred to if new applications (for example, a new release of SAP

ERP) are to be used without having to adjust the underlying technology (SAP NetWeaver). This

approach is suitable for customers who are already using SAP ERP 6.0 with connected SAP NetWeaver

applications. Ideally, the development rules and compatibility rules ensure that you can update the

systems individually as required. This means that if you only require the most recent SAP enhancement

package for SAP ERP or also for SAP CRM, for example, you do not also need to provide the SAP

NetWeaver systems with an SAP enhancement package.

EXAMPLE

Although SAP enhancement packages are imported in the back end (for example, SAP ECC Server

6.0), ideally customers can retain their portal in their existing SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.00

environment.

The Java applications as well as the portal content are provided for SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0 as well as

for all SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0 SAP enhancement package versions.

Therefore, this option is called application-driven innovation of a landscape since SAP NetWeaver

systems connected here are not provided with new functions.

Technology-Driven or SAP NetWeaver-Driven Innovations of a System Landscape

Technology-driven innovations are referred to if a new technology (for example, a new portal release)

is to be used without having to adjust the connected application systems. This approach can be suitable

for customers who are still using a lower release than SAP NetWeaver 7.0, such as SAP NetWeaver 2004.

Since in most cases these customers will need to upgrade anyway to renew the implemented

technology, they can take this opportunity to switch to the latest SAP NetWeaver 7.x systems directly.

The technology-driven innovation is also recommended for new customers since this ensures that

they are able to use the most recent functions directly. Therefore, this option is called technology-

driven innovation of a landscape.These two innovation options are two proposals for advancing the development of a landscape. It is

also possible to combine both innovation options. Each customer must individually describe and

implement his or her optimized landscape. Other factors such as the maintenance period of an

application must thereby also be included in planning.

The following sections explain the individual components of SAP Business Suite with SAP NetWeaver

and with SAP Solution Manager as well as the various specifications of system landscapes.

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2.3 Building Blocks for System Landscapes

2.3.1 Evolution of an SAP System Landscape

Features

A system landscape comprises a range of products such as SAP CRM or SAP ERP and their components

that can be implemented as building blocks (depending on the scenario) both individually and together.

The following describes the individual components of an SAP system landscape in more detail.

SAP Business Suite As a Complete Offering

The complete SAP Business Suite (with SAP NetWeaver as the technological platform) technically

comprises individual product instances and these comprise software components. Which product

instances of an application must be created from this depends on the respective business process or the

scenario that you selected to cover your requirements. The following briefly describes the most

important components of SAP Business Suite. For general information about SAP Business Suite, see

http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/index.epxand http://service.sap.com/

businesssuite. For more information about the individual components of SAP Business Suite, see the

relevant links.

SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver is the basis of SAP Business Suite and also the platform for all partner solutions

and customer-specific applications. For more information, see http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/

sdn/netweaver. Life Cycle Management (LCM) provides the technology required for the entirelife cycle of a solution from the implementation through production operations to continuous

changes and upgrades. For more information about Life Cycle Management, see http://

www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/lcm.

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

SAP ERP is the core of SAP Business Suite, which you can use to map and optimize the processes

in your enterprise with SAP ERP Financials, SAP ERP Human Capital Management, SAP ERP

Operations, SAP ERP Corporate Services, and so on. Technically, SAP ECC server is the product

instance of SAP ERP. For more information, see http://service.sap.com/erp.

SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

SAP CRM is the application that you can use to optimize all customer-related processes in Sales,

Marketing, and Service. Technically, SAP CRM Server ABAP is the product instance of SAP CRM.

For more information, see http://service.sap.com/crm.

SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM)

SAP SCM is the application for controlling and coordinating your existing procurement networks,

production networks, and distribution networks as well as the planning, organization, and

execution of all supply processes along your networked value chains. Technically, SAP SCM Server

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ABAP is the product instance of SAP SCM. For more information, see http://service.sap.com/

scm.

SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

SAP PLM is the application for supporting all product-related processes from the first product idea

through production to product service. Technically, large parts of SAP PLM are based on the

product instance SAP ECC Server ABAP. For more information, see http://service.sap.com/

plm.

SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

SAP SRM is the application for performing your procurement activities for material, goods, and

services continuously from requirements determination through order assignment to payment.

Technically, SAP SRM Server ABAP is the product instance of SAP SRM. For more information,

see http://service.sap.com/srm.

2.3.2 SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2013

Features

SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2013 (BS7i2013) is the current version of SAP Business Suite. This

version contains SAP enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0, SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP

CRM 7.0, SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP SCM 7.0, SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP SRM,

and more. The following states which application-driven and technology-driven innovations are

available to you for the core applications of SAP Business Suite, such as SAP ERP.

Application-Driven Innovations

Application-driven innovations are mainly offered to existing customers who are already using

productive SAP systems (Enterprise Portal, Business Intelligence, Process Integration) in their

landscape. With application-driven innovations, it is usually the case that an SAP enhancement package

is installed without the need for a new NetWeaver version.

Since BS7i2013 uses new functions of SAP NetWeaver, it is necessary to upgrade or update to SAP

NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.40 and to at least SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.30 as the basis for existing portal, BI

and PI systems.

Technology-Driven Innovations

Customers wishing to implement BS7i2013 and also to use the technological innovations of SAP

NetWeaver must switch to SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.40 and SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.40, and make

an update for SAP PI (from PI 7.1 or 7.11) or an upgrade (from PI 7.0x) to at least SAP PI 7.30. This is

known as technology-driven innovation.

The following table gives an overview of which products can be combined with which version in the

system landscape:

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Landscape

ABAPApplicationSystems(ECC, CRM,and So On) Portal

ProcessIntegration(PI)

BusinessIntelligence(BI) TREX

Master DataManagement (MDM)

SolutionManager

Supportedarea

7.40 7.30, 7.31,7.40

7.30, 7.31,7.40

7.30, 7.31,7.40

7.1 7.1 7.01, 7.1

Application

-driven

7.40 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.1 7.1 7.01

Technology

-driven

7.40 7.40 7.40 7.40 7.1 7.1 7.1

The row Supported area states all possible combinations. The lower two rows state which variants

are application-driven or technology-driven. It is of course also possible to combine application-

driven and technology-driven innovations.With a new installation of ERP Java applications, at least SAP NetWeaver 7.30 is necessary.

If you use SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI), we recommend that you always use the highest

version. For more information, see SAP Notes 1515223and 1388258.


Features

SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2011 contains SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0, SAP

enhancement package 2 for SAP CRM 7.0, SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, SAP

enhancement package 2 for SAP SRM, and more. The following states which application-driven and

technology-driven innovations are available to you for the core applications of SAP Business Suite, such

as SAP ERP.




landscape. With application-driven innovations, an SAP enhancement package is applied.

The system landscape for application-driven innovations keeps the SAP NetWeaver system stable on

Release 7.0, just as this release was provided with SAP Business Suite 7. AS ABAP and AS Java in SAP

enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 are the basis for the applications of the current version

of SAP Business Suite. This component is always updated automatically as an inseparable part of the

SAP enhancement package implementation.

EXAMPLE

The SAP ECC parts of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 are always based on SAP

enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (AS ABAP).

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This approach makes additional technological competencies that are required for certain scenarios

transparent. SAP enhancement packages for SAP NetWeaver systems are not required to be able to use

the same range of functions as before.


Customers who want to use the technological innovations in the SAP enhancement packages of SAP

NetWeaver can choose to update their system to SAP NetWeaver 7.03 and to make an update for SAP

PI (from PI 7.1 or 7.11) or an upgrade (from PI 7.0x) to at least SAP PI 7.3. This is known as technology-

driven innovation.


system landscape:

Landscape

ABAP

ApplicationSystems(ECC, CRM,and So On) Portal

ProcessIntegration(PI)

BusinessIntelligence(BI) TREX

Master DataManagement (MDM)

SolutionManager

Supported

area

7.03 7.00, 7.01,

7.02, 7.30

7.00, 7.01,

7.02, 7.10,

7.11, 7.30

7.00, 7.01,

7.02, 7.30

7.00, 7.10 7.10 7.01, 7.10

Application

-driven

7.03 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.10 7.01

Technology

-driven

7.03 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.10 7.10 7.10

In the above table, 7.01 stands for SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0, 7.02 stands

for SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0, and 7.03 stands for SAP enhancement package

3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0.



driven and technology-driven innovations.

With a new installation of ERP Java applications, SAP recommends the use of SAP NetWeaver 7.3.




Features

SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010 contains SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0, SAP

enhancement package 1 for SAP CRM 7.0, SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP SCM 7.0, SAP

enhancement package 1 for SAP SRM, and more. The following states which application-driven and

technology-driven innovations are available to you for the core applications of SAP Business Suite, such

as SAP ERP.

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landscape. With application-driven innovations, an SAP enhancement package is applied.The system landscape for application-driven innovations keeps the SAP NetWeaver system stable on

Release 7.0, just as this release was provided with SAP Business Suite 7. AS ABAP and AS Java in SAP

enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 serve as the basis for the applications of the Innovations

2010 version of SAP Business Suite 7. This component is always updated automatically as an inseparable

part of the SAP enhancement package implementation.

EXAMPLE

The SAP ECC parts of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 are always based on SAP

enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (AS ABAP).

This approach makes additional technological competencies that are required for certain scenarios

transparent. SAP enhancement packages for SAP NetWeaver systems are not required to be able to use

the same range of functions as before.


Customers who want to use the technological innovations in the SAP enhancement packages of SAP

NetWeaver can choose to update their system to SAP NetWeaver 7.02 or 7.03 and to make an update

for SAP PI (from PI 7.1 or 7.11) or an upgrade (from PI 7.0x) to at least SAP PI 7.3. This is known astechnology-driven innovation.


system landscape:

Landscape

ABAPApplicationSystems (ECC,CRM, and SoOn) Portal

ProcessIntegration (PI)

BusinessIntelligence (BI) TREX

Master DataManagement(MDM)

Supported area 7.02 7.00, 7.01,

7.02

7.00, 7.01, 7.02,

7.10, 7.11, 7.3

7.00, 7.01, 7.02 7.00, 7.10 7.1

Application-

driven

7.02 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.1

Technology-

driven

7.02 7.02 7.3 7.02 7.10 7.1

In the above table, 7.01 stands for SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0, and 7.02

stands for SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0.



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2.3.5 The Role of SAP Solution Manager

Features

SAP Solution Manager supports you during the complete life cycle of your applications, starting with

the Business Blueprint, during the configuration, and right through to productive operation. It gives

you central access to tools, methods and preconfigured content that you can use while evaluating and

implementing your systems, as well as during operations. SAP Solution Manager and the information

it contains about the system landscape are therefore extremely important for the setup and

maintenance of a consistent system landscape. We recommend that you always use the latest release

of Solution Manager. For more information, see http://service.sap.com/solutionmanager. SAP

Solution Manager plays a central role in the installation process, regardless of which software you install

or import. Therefore you must use SAP Solution Manager for the following activities:

Installation

For example, this can be the first installation of an SAP system, such as an SAP ECC server.

Upgrade

For example, this can be the upgrade to a follow-on release, such as the switch from SAP ECC 5.0

to SAP ECC 6.0.

Support Package update

For example, this can be importing a Support Package Stack (SPS), such as switching from SAP

ECC 6.0 SPS 15 to SAP ECC 6.0 SPS 16.

SAP enhancement package update

For example, this can be implementing a new SAP enhancement package, such as switching from

SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 to SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0. When

you import SAP enhancement packages, you typically import Support Package Stacks (SPS) at the

same time.In SAP Solution Manager you use the maintenance optimizer, for example, when importing Support

Package Stacks or SAP enhancement packages, to determine which system-dependent stacks of the

software components need to be imported into the relevant target system so that you get the target

status you defined. Therefore, SAP Solution Manager must always be of the latest release, must be

configured correctly, and must always have up-to-date information on the existing system landscape.

How to Use SAP Solution Manager to Import an SAP Enhancement Package

To give a detailed example of the use of Solution Manager, here is a description of some activities that

need to be performed with the maintenance optimizer to import an SAP enhancement package:

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When working with the maintenance optimizer, you must choose the required technical usages in the

maintenance optimizer. The maintenance optimizer determines a list of objects that you need to install

in one or more target systems. This list is saved in a stack configuration file (stack.xml). The maintenance

optimizer stores all objects to be installed in your download basket to facilitate an optimized download

of all required objects. To determine the stack configuration file, Solution Manager relies on the

information about the target systems in the SAP Solution Manager system landscape. You implement

the new software using Software Update Manager (SUM), which is contained in the SL Toolset 1.0 as

of SP03. This tool imports the software components into the relevant target system. For example, the

target system can be an SAP ECC system or an SAP NetWeaver system (for example, portal system or

Business Intelligence system). See the following graphic for an example.

Figure 5: Using SAP Solution Manager and Software Update Manager (SUM) to Import an SAP

Enhancement Package

Solution Manager can also support you in selecting business function sets or individual business

functions; see the section Select Business Functions in Solution Manager.

2.4 Introduction to the Recommendation Methodology

For our recommendations on building a system landscape, we have divided the various options into

three categories:

General recommendation

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This option is the best choice for the majority of typical use cases. It is recommended by the SAP

product strategy and matches the requirements of a broad customer base.

Reasonable alternative

This option is a sensible choice for particular use cases or customer scenarios. It is in keeping with

the SAP product strategy.

Possible exception

This option only makes sense for very specific use cases. There may be considerable restrictions on

support offered by SAP.

These three categories help to answer the following questions and derive recommendations from them:

Does it make sense for these modules to be stored centrally or locally in the system landscape?

Do you want to install them in the same technical system as other modules, or rather in a separate

system?

In particular for portal functions, it is important to check what makes more sense for a specific

application with regard to system landscape planning: A central portal, via which you can access diverse

application systems (hub), or several local portal systems, where each portal is responsible for a

particular application system and all portal systems are interconnected (sidecar). In addition, you need

to decide whether you want to install the portal functions (or more precisely, the SAP NetWeaver usage

types EP or EP Core)as a separate technical system (with its own system ID) or together with the

application system (for example with the same system ID as the SAP ECC system).

If you use an SAP NetWeaver Portal, you can find some example recommendations for the Portal in

the following section.For more examples of recommendations without the use of an SAP NetWeaver Portal, see http://

www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/landscapedesign.

2.4.1 General Recommendation

Features

The general recommendation is to set up a central application portal as a separate technical system

that can be used by multiple SAP Business Suite application systems at the same time. For example, this

portal provides users with central, personalized, and role-based access to the application systems (also

see the following graphic).

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Figure 6: General Recommendation for SAP NetWeaver Portal

2.4.2 Reasonable Alternative

Features

In certain use cases there might be reasons for wanting to set up an additional local portal. For example,

this may be the case for customers who want a specific HR portal that provides the infrastructure for

Employee Self-Services (ESS) and is directly linked to an HR application system for Human Capital

Management (HCM). This is shown in the following graphic.

The basic procedure when setting up a reasonable system landscape is therefore to set up a central

portal first of all and then decide whether an additional local portal makes sense for certain applications

or Web Dynpro Java UIs.

Customer experience has shown that landscapes with many different portals that need to access the

same data do not lead to a balanced ratio between flexibility and administration costs.

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Figure 7: Reasonable Alternative for SAP NetWeaver Portal

2.4.3 Possible Exception

Features

For reasons mentioned above, the following example of a Federated Portal Network (see graphic) is no

longer recommended as the typical structure of a system landscape, rather it should be considered as

a possible exception only. This document does not provide any further details about such a systemlandscape.

Figure 8: Possible Exception for SAP NetWeaver Portal

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2.5 Further Information

2.5.1 Information in SAP Community Network (SCN)

Features

If you have defined your required processes in accordance with the recommendations in the section

"Introduction to the Recommendation Methodology" and you know which software you need to

install for these processes, you specify the layout of your system landscape. This means that you

determine how many systems you require and how you want to use each of these systems. You need

to consider numerous aspects and adhere to rules for the landscapestructure, independently of whether

you want to group functions in a system or distribute them across multiple systems. For example, the

dependencies between usage types, the interoperability of a hub system, operation and maintenance

of the landscape, as well as security aspects play an important role to specify exactly the landscape layoutthat best meets your individual requirements. To support you with these tasks, SAP Community

Network provides information about landscape design and corresponding recommendations. See

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/landscapedesignand http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/

display/SLGB/Landscape+Recommendations. You can find basic information about SAP Community

Network under About SCN Getting Started .

2.5.2 Information in the Master Guides

Features

The Master Guide for an SAP solution is the central leading document and should be used as the starting

point when implementing the selected SAP solution. It explains the basic idea ofthe underlying software

concept and provides an overview of the implementation process. It lists the required SAP components

as well as the applications of third-party providers that are required for the relevant business scenarios.

The Master Guide provides you with scenario-specific descriptions for the preparation, execution, and

the follow-up activities of an implementation. The Master Guide provides you with important

informationabout the installation sequence and the components to beinstalled. It contains links to

all other documents that you require to implement a scenario. Furthermore, the Master Guide refers

to other documents such as the Component Installation Guides and important SAP Notes.

Important links to Master Guides: For the current versions of all available Master Guides, see SAP Service

Marketplace (SMP) at http://service.sap.com/instguides. For the available releases of the

application SAP ERP, choose http://service.sap.com/erp-instdirectly. For information about the

SAP enhancement packages for SAP ERP 6.0, choose http://service.sap.com/erp-ehpdirectly.

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2.5.3 Important SAP Notes

The following SAP Notes contain important information for planning your system landscape. Ensure

that you always use the latest version of an SAP Note. You can find this on SAP Service Marketplace at

http://service.sap.com/notes.

List of Important SAP Notes

SAP Note Title Description

1388258 Version Interoperability Within the SAP Business Suite

1515223 SAP NetWeaver Process Integration: Release Recommendation

1573180 AEX Enablement for SAP Business Suite

1468349 SAP Business Suite 7 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Hub Systems

1615463 SAP Business Suite 7i 2010 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Hub Systems

1637629 No Process Integration in SAP EHP3 FOR SAP NETWEAVER 7.0

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3 How Do I Plan My System Landscape?

When planning your own system landscape, you need to consider all the factors that were described

in the previous section on SAP system landscapes. In particular, the above-mentioned SAP Community

Network (SCN) offers important support for landscape design.

Ideally, proceed as follows to map your business requirements in your customer-specific system

landscape:

1. Define your strategic direction based on your product roadmap and your business processes and

scenarios.

2. Note the general SAP recommendations for landscape planning.

3. Consider the individual requirements in your organization.

4. Determine the appropriate SAP scenario based on the previous steps.

5. Use the SAP tools to derive your concrete landscape from the chosen scenario.

As an alternative to this scenario-oriented view, you can also plan in a function-based way, for example

so that you can use particular functions after an upgrade of SAP components. However, at the core of

your planning mustalways be your business requirements, which determine how your system

landscape is put together. It is also possible to start with a small landscape that you can enhance in thefuture.

3.1 Business Requirements Determine the LandscapeStructure

Large-volume projects in which huge software packages are implemented over a long period of time,

going live in a sort of big bang, are no longer what customers are looking for. Customers today are

driven by their business scenarios, requiring multiple smaller projects with a short implementation

phase. After a short implementation phase, the implemented software must be able to map the scenario.The individual implementations must be independent of each other but they must also enhance one

another so that a more complex and therefore more useful scenario can be mapped every time a project

is completed successfully.

With the SAP Business Suite, SAP provides individual industry-based end-to-end scenarios that can be

deployed in individual steps in the context of a strategic roadmap.

An example of an end-to-end scenario is Integrated Product Development, which uses SAP Business

Suite to map the areas of Product Development and Product Design, Procurement, Production, and

Quality Assurance above and beyond the areas involved. (For an overview, see http://www.sap.com/

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product development Learn more about collaborative procuct development for discrete manufacturing Solution in Detail:

Integrated Product Development )

3.1.1 How to Determine Which New Business Processes andNew Functions You Require

Features

If you plan to implement new software, you have two options for determining the system landscape

required for this:

You can select those end-to-end business processes that you require.

From the parts of SAP Business Suite, you can select those components and functions with which

you can map an already known business process or upgrade an existing business process to include

enhancements.

For an initial overview of the business processes and functions available in SAP Business Suite, see SAP

Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/businesssuite.

If you are interested in the ramp-up process, choose http://service.sap.com/rkt. Here you can find

all information on Ramp-Up Knowledge Transfer (RKT). Navigate to SAP Business Suite SAP Business

Suite Value Scenarios . Here you can find some learning maps, such as one of the topic of Integrated

Product Development.

If you want information about individual core applications of SAP Business Suite and their range offunctions, http://service.sap.com/businesssuitecontains this information. For this, choose the

section SAP Business Suite Applications.

3.1.2 Scenario and Process Component List

Features

The scenario and process component list represents the connection between the business view with its

scenarios and processes and the technical view of the corresponding SAP products and SAP components.The scenario and process component list can provide the required information in two directions:

Which applications and components do I need to implement a selected scenario or individual

processes of this scenario? Which different implementation methods do I have available?

Which processes are possible if I already implement a combination of applications and components?

Which processes are also possible after an upgrade?

The scenario and process component list is a web-based program that is available on SAP Service

Marketplace. Choose http://service.sap.com/scl. You then have the following options for

accessing the information you require:

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via the SAP software product versions and possible scenarios (SAP Software Product Versions and Possible

Scenarios).

Choose go>> to start your selection.

3.2 Process-Oriented and Scenario-Oriented PlanningFramework via Solution Manager Content

Features

If you have already selected your scenario, you can use the SAP Solution Manager functions for

planning. For this purpose, you can use the Implementation Content that is available in the Business

Process Repository (BPR). You can call this using the following link https://

implementationcontent.sap.com/bpr. The BPR is the central storage location for elements that are

used to structure solutions in SAP Solution Manager. These elements include structural elements such

as organizational units, master data, processes, and process steps, as well as assignments to structural

elements such as transactions or Customizing activities.

In the BPR you can display the available scenarios for each SAP application or solution (such as SAP

ERP), for example, Procurement and Logistics Execution Processes in ERP. Depending on the release

version (for example, SAP ECC 6.0), you can display the related processes, for example, Processing

Purchase Orders in ERP.

The BPR also displays which SAP products and SAP product versions are required for a scenario. In thementioned sample scenario you require SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0, SAP SRM Server 5.0, and SAP SCM

Server 5.0 in addition to SAP ECC 6.0. If the BPR states that you need an SAP enhancement package,

you can determine which business functions are available in this SAP enhancement package on the

page SAP Enhancement Packages for SAP ERP (http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp). For information

about SAP enhancement packages of the other applications in the SAP Business Suite, see http://

service.sap.com/crm-ehp, http://service.sap.com/plm-ehp, http://service.sap.com/scm-ehp,

and http://service.sap.com/srm-ehp.

3.3 Selecting Business Functions in Solution Manager

Features

If you also require an SAP enhancement package with business functions for your scenario, the SAP

Solution Manager system can support you with this. The functions for selecting the business functions

of an SAP enhancement package that you require are integrated into the work center Implementation/

Upgrade of SAP Solution Manager. Based on the logical components that you chose, you can have

SAP Solution Manager display the available business function sets and individual business functions,

and from this you can select the range of business functions that you want.


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For the SAP Solution Manager proposals for the range of business functions, see Business Function

Scope. You can copy the list of business functions to the switch framework cockpit with or without

change.

3.4 Function-Oriented Planning Framework via Help Portaland Solution Browser

If, instead ofchoosing a scenario, you require certain functions in SAP applications, perform function-

oriented planning, not scenario-oriented planning. This involves determining which functions are

available in which release and which components and product versions are required.

3.4.1 Determining Functions in the Help Portal

Features

For an overview and description of all functions in a product (for example, SAP ERP) and the related

releases, see SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com. Information about the functions of SAP ERP,

for example, is located here. There are various versions for the different releases, SAP enhancement

packages, and Support Packages. For example, documentation for ERP Central Component

enhancement package 6 or earlier enhancement packages is available in various languages.

3.4.2 Determining Functions in the Solution Browser

Features

An alternative central point of access for SAP ERP existing customers is the solution browser that you

can use as an initial overview to determine the functional differences to your starting release. To call

the solution browser, choose http://service.sap.com/solutionbrowserand then Start Application.

Enter the language of your choice. Then choose your application, such as SAP ERP, your source

release, such as SAP R/3 4.6C, your target release, such as SAP Enhancement Package 6 for SAP ERP6.0, the application area, such as Product Development and Collaboration, and the required

functional area, such as Product Development. The solution browser issues a list of changed functions

according to the selected search criteria. This list states which features are new, starting from which

release, and which advantage implementing this function has.

3.5 Determining Dependencies on Other Systems

In SAP Business Suite, products such as SAP ERP, SAP CRM, or SAP SCM are parts of a system landscape

that consists of several interconnected systems. Business processes, too, run across several systems. If


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you are planning an upgrade to a single system in your landscape, it is important to know whether this

upgrade will affect other systems in the landscape. If that is the case, you must also take into account

the respective effects in the systems in question. You can check the effects of an upgrade in one system

on the other systems using the "Upgrade Dependency Analyzer" (UDA). You can find it in the Service

Marketplace: http://service.sap.com/uda. Here you can enter a component that you want to

upgrade, and the Upgrade Dependency Analyzer checks dependencies with the components you are

already using. Since the Upgrade Dependency Analyzer can only check pairs of components at one

time, it is wise to check all combinations of systems that are connected from a technical or functional

point of view.

3.5.1 Basic Installation Procedure

Features

Good planning is essential for a rapid installation without problems. The technical prerequisites and

the landscape design must be clarified in advance. The Installation Guides provide the relevant support

for installations. It isimportant to plan the installation so that it runs as efficiently as possible. Each

installation of your SAP products should therefore generally comprise the following steps:

1. Planning the installation

2. Preparing the installation

3. Performing the installation4. Following up on the installation

For each phase of the installation, you should specify the strategic procedure as a roadmap in advance,

and during the installation you should use a checklist to document each step. For more information

about installation with detailed Installation Guides, see http://service.sap.com/instguides.

3.5.2 Basic Upgrade Procedure

FeaturesThe upgrade procedure is similar to that for an installation: Planning, preparing, performing, and

following up. Furthermore, consider any effort for migration and modification adjustments as well as

the possibility that existing processes may change as a result of the upgrade.

For more information about upgrades, see SAP Upgrade Info Center at http://service.sap.com/

upgrade. If you are particularly interested in information about ERP upgrades, choose http://

service.sap.com/erp-upgrade. For up-to-date information on SAP enhancement packages for SAP

ERP, see SAP Enhancement Packages for SAP ERP at http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp. There, for

many ERP components you can determine which new functions are available in the respective SAP

enhancement packages, to which business function the new functions are assigned, and which process



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or processes are assigned to the respective business function. If you know which scenario or which

process you need for a chosen business function, you can use the scenario and process component list

to determine the related SAP components.

The following table gives an overview of the upgrade paths and upgrade options for SAP Business Suite

7:

My Starting Release: What I Need to Do:My Target Release in SAP Business Suite7:

SAP ERP 6.0 Import SAP enhancement package 7 for

SAP ERP 6.0

SAP ERP 6.0 plus SAP enhancement

package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0

SAP R/3 4.0B and higher Upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 and import SAP

enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0

SAP ERP 6.0 plus SAP enhancement

package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0

SAP CRM 5.0 and higher Import SAP enhancement package 3 for

SAP CRM 7.0

SAP CRM 7.0 plus SAP enhancement

package 3 for SAP CRM 7.0

SAP SRM 4.0 and higher Import SAP enhancement package 3 for

SAP SRM 7.0

SAP SRM 7.0 plus SAP enhancement

package 3 for SAP SRM 7.0

SAP SCM 4.1 and higher Import SAP enhancement package 3 for

SAP SCM 7.0

SAP SCM 7.0 plus SAP enhancement

package 3 for SAP SCM 7.0

If you want to implement any SAP Business Suite applications delivered in 2013 and later that need an

SAP NetWeaver hub, you must perform an upgrade to NetWeaver 7.30 or higher for these hubs.

For the latest information about other enhancement packages, see:http://service.sap.com/crm-

ehp, http://service.sap.com/scm-ehp, http://service.sap.com/srm-ehp

If you already implement multiple SAP Business Suite products (such as SAP ERP, SAP SRM, and SAPCRM) and want to perform an upgrade, for example, from SAP Business Suite 2004 with SAP NetWeaver

640 to SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010 with SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7,

you must perform the upgrade separately for each product. For the upgrade, use the SAP tool SAPup

(ABAP) or SAPJup (Java).

3.5.3 Basic Update Procedure

FeaturesAn update requires less effort than an upgrade. However, you must specify the scope of the update:

You need to decide whether you only want to import corrections as part of an SP update, or if in addition

to the SPs, you want to update your SAP enhancement package to additionally implement new business

functions.

For example, if you use the maintenance transaction in the maintenance optimizer to install an SAP

enhancement package for SAP ERP, the system suggests selected technical usages as the default setting

for SAP SRM and SAP CRM and you cannot supplement these with further technical usages. With the

technical usages from these default settings, the previously installed components of SAP SRM and SAP

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Features

When you are planning your upgrade and you want to know which functional changes (deltas) are

available in a particular release compared with the previous release, you can consult the release notes

for information. The release notes for the SAP products are grouped on SAP Service Marketplace athttp://service.sap.com/releasenotes. For example, if you want to get an overview of the new and

changed functions in the SAP enhancement packages for SAP ERP 6.0, you can access the relevant

section directly: http://service.sap.com/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000668896&.



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4 Distribution Scenarios

As a customer, you have several ways of running SAP applications and distributing them in your system

landscape. This chapter describes the various distribution scenarios (use of an SAP application as a hub

system, sidecar system, or embedded employment) and mentions other aspects that are important for

the distribution of your system, for example:

How are the different product instances distributed across the landscape?

Which product instances run in the same SAP system?

In addition, at the beginning of the chapter two central concepts are described which are the foundation

of any SAP system landscape and which faciliate the administration of your system landscape: version

compatibility and single stack systems.

4.1 Version Compatibility Within a System Landscape

SAP aims to structure the various SAP applications so that they are compatible with as many versions

as possible. For example, if you, as a customer, operate an SAP R/3 system and an SAP BW system, and

you want to upgrade to an SAP ERP 6.0 ECC server, you should not be forced to also automaticallyupgrade your SAP BW system.

However, this is only valid in certain corridors:

To enable customers to use the new possibilities available with JAVA EE 5 and to benefit from the

improvements with SAP NetWeaver 7.3, the area for version compatibility of those SAP Business

Suite applications with Release to Customer (RtC) in 2013 and later has been shifted upwards. SAP

Business Suite 7Innovations 2013 is thus affected for the first time.

For already delivered main applications or enhancement packages of SAP Business Suite 7, SAP

Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010, and SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2011, the originally defined

version compatibility area remains valid within the given maintenance period .

Exceptions in Version Compatibility

All SAP applications are generally compatible with other versions. In practice this is not always possible.

The Upgrade Dependency Analyzer(UDA) tool allows you to identify possible exceptions in version

compatibility. You can use this tool to determine dependencies for an upgrade. For more information

about the Upgrade Dependency Analyzerand other information, see SAP Service Marketplace at http://

service.sap.com/uda.


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4.2 Single Stack System

Depending on the system type, an installation was previously possible as a single stack system and as a

dual stack system (for a definition of single stack and dual stack, see A Short Explanation of Important Terms

[page 7]). Experience has shown that the use of single stack systems is clearly the preferred variant for

managing an SAP system landscape, provided that this is technically possible.

The most important advantages of a single stack system are as follows:

Flexibility with regard to Support Package Stacks and releases

Optimal resource consumption

An assumed advantage of a dual stack system is lower effort for database administration. However, the

MCOD concept (multiple components in one database) also enables this for single stack systems.

Single Stack Systems in SAP Business Suite

The following graphic shows the main applications of SAP Business Suite 7, which all run as a single

stack system on an Application Server (AS) ABAP:

Figure 9: Main Applications of Business Suite As Single Stack System

Graphic Legend:

The SAP ERP example explains the meaning of the individual parts of a graphic. This meaning appliesto all other graphics in this document:

Entire box / dark blue box = product

Gray box = product instance / system ID

Light blue box = comprised components)


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4.3 Use as Hub, Sidecar, or Embedded Deployment

If you want to implement an SAP NetWeaver application (for example SAP NetWeaver Portal) with

one or more SAP Business Suite applications, you can classify the SAP NetWeaver application in the

following ways:

As a hub system, which is used by several application backend systems

As a sidecar system, which is used by exactly one application system

Within an application backend system (embedded deployment)

You can find an example of every usage in the following documentation. For example, you can find a

description of how to use SAP Self-Service (SAP XSS) with SAP NetWeaver Portal as the hub system,

sidecar system, or "embedded deployment".

Implementation Recommendations for SAP Components

For more information about implementation recommendations for the most important components

of SAP NetWeaver and SAP Business Suite, see http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SLGB/

Landscape+Recommendations.

4.3.1 Hub System

If you implement an SAP NetWeaver application as a hub system, this application runs on a standalone

system and multiple application back-end systems can use this hub system, for example as a central

portal system.

Effects on the System Landscape

It is possible to perform an upgrade or update for application systems and hub systems (technology

part) independently of one another. An upgrade or update of an application system usually has no

effect on the technology part of the hub system, and vice-versa. However, it might be necessary to

perform an upgrade/update on the hub system or to import application-specific content. Such content

includes BI Content (on SAP BW), Portal Content (for SAP Portal) and XI Content/ESR Content (for

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