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tomas-krojzl
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First part of this blog can be found here:

*SAP SLT (Trigger Based) Replication Made Easy - part 1: Planning,

Preparation, Installation*

SAP SLT (Trigger Based) Replication Made Easy - part 1: Planning, Preparation, Installation

Second part of this

series is coverering Post-Installation activities - applying SAP corrections,

creating connection between source system and SAP HANA database, adjusting

security and data provisioning.

 

Note: This blog was written before the release of special SLT SP05 for SAP HANA. I was considering postponing release date of this blog to have updated information but decided not to do so. During SAP TechEd I cannot test new SLT version and update would take at least two weeks. (And this blog was already postponed several times.)

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5 Post-Installation

Procedure for

activation of service iuuc_replication_config and how to add it to the

favorites menu is well described in SAP guide.

 

5.1 Important

SLT corrections

Review SAP note

1605140 - SAP HANA 1.0: Central Note - SAP LT Replication Server for

corrections that need to be implemented.

(Again ignore

references to the special support SLT package SP04 as it has been replaced by regular

SP04.)

Following SAP notes have

to be implemented via SNOTE:

    • SAP Note

1607754: Corrections for DMIS 2010_1_700 SP4

Especially the second SAP

note is very important as it fixes a lot of bugs.

 

5.2

Additional SLT corrections

You should consider importing following corrections:

0.1. SAP Note 1612292

- HANA LTR - corrections for DMIS 2010 SP4 072011

0.2. SAP Note 1614355

- HANA LTR - corrections for DMIS 2010 SP4 072611

0.3. SAP Note 1614775

- HANA replication: system problems not correctly handled

0.4. SAP Note 1619759

- HANA LTR corrections cluster table & delete of logging tab

0.5. SAP Note 1623278

- HANA LTR - corrections for DMIS 2010 11-08-22

0.6. SAP Note 1625136

- SAP LT Replicator - Structure changes, Spool & Synonym

0.7. SAP Note 1641061

- HANA LTR - corrections for DMIS 2010 SP4 11/10/13

0.8. SAP Note 1644239

- Correction for SLT Replicator for HANA 1.0 Generation error

Comment:

Not all SAP notes are

currently planned to be part of SP05. Therefore some of them should be

implemented even in case you have SP05.

Note:

You will encounter

warnings during implementation of SAP Note 1619759. Reason is that this note

and SAP Note 1614355 are containing same adjustments. Four blocks were already

implemented by the first note and one block cannot be found due to adjustment

made by SAP note 1614355 (which is prerequisite note). This is an error in the note definition and after deeper analysis it is apparent that it can be safely ignored. Problematic correction

is just adding empty line. Enable checkbox to include IUUC_CREATE_COBJS_IF_TBL_ENTRY

report into implementation and confirm.

 

5.3 SLT

connection definition

SLT configuration does

not need to be done in production client (in case that SLT is installed into

source system). SLT is always reading data using RFC destination therefore it

can be configured in different client (for example 000).

After launching

WebDynpro application IUUC_REPLICATION_CONFIG you need to create new schema.

Each replicated SAP

system must have its own schema in HANA (SLT will automatically create this

schema as part of connection definition therefore it must not exist in HANA

system beforehand). All replicated objects will be stored only in this schema.

It is recommended to

use SLT schemas only for objects replicated from corresponding SAP systems - no

additional objects should be created there (see the security blog for more

details).

In our case we will

use schema name DATA_SLT_IDD800.

 

 

In order to create SLT

connection between source system and HANA you need to provide corresponding

information (details are explained in SAP guide).

Number of replay jobs

When configuring

amount of replay jobs do not forget to make sure that you have enough

background work processes.

For each configured

SAP system you should have at least (6+n) background work

processes where n is amount of replay jobs (jobs used by SLT will be

explained in subsequent blogs).

Database connection to HANA

Be sure to provide

only hostname without port specified.

Provided user must be

user SYSTEM. Any other entry will lead to generic error “Error when creating

SYS_REPL schema”.

 

Click “Save” or “Save

and Close” and do not perform any actions until initial replication is finished

(see below).

 

5.4 Data

Provisioning - first steps

Procedure how to

launch Data Provisioning is explained is SAP guide.

 

5.4.1

Reliability of Data Provisioning screen information

SAP HANA does not have

ability to connect to SLT system nor to source system. All information you are

presented in this screen is taken from local tables stored in HANA database that

are regularly updated by SLT system.

This also means that

all actions done from Data Provisioning screen are not sent to SLT system but

are stored locally until SLT system will retrieve them.

Caution:

5.4.2 Waiting for the end of initial

replication

SLT replication is

working in cycles. Initial replication needs several cycles to perform all

required actions (which can take up to 10 minutes). I strongly recommend to

wait until initial replication is finished otherwise you risk breaking SLT

setup.

You can detect that

initial replication is finished by refreshing Data Provisioning screen and

waiting for both technical tables (DD02L and DD02T) to be in status In Process.

 

 

*Do not attempt to perform any actions to “fix”

status of these tables - SLT is most probably working well but takes some time.*

Note: If the initial

replication is taking more than 15 minutes then you probably have problem and

you need to troubleshootthe SLT.

You can validate

successful replication by clicking button Replicate. You should see list of

tables.

 

5.5 Adjusting

security to allow access for other users

Prerequisite for this

chapter is understanding security concept as explained in my previous blogs:

*SAP HANA - Security

Concept and Data Architecture (part 1)*

SAP HANA - Security Concept and Data Architecture (part 1)

*SAP HANA - Security

Concept and Data Architecture (part 2)*

SAP HANA - Security Concept and Data Architecture (part 2)

 

5.5.1 Allowing other users to see replicated

data

GRANT SELECT ON SCHEMA DATA_SLT_IDD800 TO SYSREPO WITH GRANT OPTION7.) Restart the replication in SLT</p>

<p>Release the monitoring

job that you created before (IUUC_MONITOR_<schema>) - use option Immediate.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>8.) Check the system log for errors

 

5.5.2 Allowing other users to manage

the replication

By default only user

that was used for creation of connection definition is allowed to control

replication (user SYSTEM). All other users will see following error:

 

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