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TammyPowlas
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This is part 2 of my notes from today's Admin 2014 Solution Manager Jump Start with SAP's john.krakowski

Part 1 is here SAP Insider Admin 2014 Solution Manager Jump Start - Part 1 - Key SAP Notes

SAP Mobile Solution Manager apps: You can learn about these at http://help.sap.com/solutionmanager71 then select http://help.sap.com/sm-mobileapps

  • End user experience mobile apps
  • Performance and availability
  • Keep finger on pulse of remote locations
  • It is a web dynpro? Yes
  • Does it use Gateway? Yes, that is out of the boxs

SP10 has dashboard apps

Business Process Monitoring which is a “sister application” has over 300 indicators

Solution Manager has over 10K productive installations with 300 go lives every month

It is ITIL verified and the first one to have 15 processes verified

Figure 1: Source: SAP

Figure 1 shows the ICC which is looking at projects timelines

OCC helps IT administrators what is going on in business

MCC is premium engagement – Max Attention – direct access to Mission Control Center in Newtown Square.  If you have requirements and see SAP standard functionality not met SAP looks at it.  If can’t be done, what is planned.  Goal is to reduce custom code and to help customers reduce custom code.

Figure 2: Source: SAP

John said “not one tool that does it all like SolMan” (Figure 2)

Wherever you start – have assurance that integration is guaranteed

How well can tools support the latest products available to you from SAP?

Are existing tools enabled to support HANA?  Solution manager today can run and operate your HANA project

SolMan is keeping in step with latest products

Figure 3: Source: SAP

John wants everyone attending the Jump Start to publish a quote similar to the one in Figure 3.

He suggested focusing on a particular pain point

Take away from him was when you have a key issue/challenge – include Solution Manager as part of the conversation

Two Value Releases

Figure 4: Source: SAP

Nervous about custom mods and nervous when doing custom mods and hundreds of transports

Testing effort is huge and doing soup to nuts testing

Downtime windows are shrinking

White paper released (SMP logon req'd) this talks about how customers can accelerate and improve major releases and projects through business suite. 

This 70+ page white paper should be used as a baseline to compare against you are managing areas and see how you align with what SAP recommends to customers.  Something to compare against as opposed to calling in SAP or whoever you bring in

Core components

Figure 5: Source: SAP

Figure 5 shows the costs of managing changes based on some assumptions

Figure 6: Source: SAP

Regression testing, downgrades – if this is in DNA, SAP is offering tools to work a synchronized strategy

You define windows for a major releases and minor releases

Looking to build a schedule to align projects to.  Today many are using spreadsheets / project is part of it

What are the tools to help you align?

Figure 7: Source: SAP

If doing SP’s then apply a technical enhancement package if available.  This is a best practice.

How can from an IT point of view always consider applying the available enhancement packages to your system

SAP wants this to be a starting point to reduce your custom modifications

Figure 8: Source: SAP

Why? In terms of performance tuning, latest code line, especially related to HANA

SAP is developing a new code line for HANA

If have a HANA based system there is a separate SP for HANA based systems

Efficiencies are realized taking advantage of enhancement packages

To be continued...

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