Application Lifecycle Management
Represents the identification, adaptation, and implementation of new and enhanced business and technical scenarios, and uses SAP Solution Manager to holistically and effectively manage the upgrade and update project end-to-end. It allows SAP customers to better understand and manage the major technical risks and challenges within an upgrade or update project, and to make the upgrade project a "non-event" for the business.
Update Management: Enhancement Packages
Best Practices for Implementing SAP Enhancement Packages
This presentation provides an overview of best practices for SAP Enhancement Packages installation.
Blogs on Enhancement Package Implementation
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Get insights into the must knows about Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 - the new delivery channel for software logistics tools (such as SAPehpi, SAP(J)up,...).
This Blog also applies to Upgrade Management.
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Check if the current scope fits your needs and have an outlook to further planned shipments.
This Blog also applies to Upgrade Management.
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In this blog, Product Specialist Kathrin Winkmann gives an overview of the different implementation scenarios of SAP Enhancement Packages for the Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver. In addition to examples for specific use cases for Enhancement Packages, you will get insights into the different implementation tools.
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This blog provides an example how you can create your own observer mode and alert function for the new upgrade GUI for SAP Business Suite 7, SAP NetWeaver 7.1 and the SAP Enhancement Package Installer. The observer mode allows you to monitor your upgrade or SAP enhancement package installation without sitting in front of the Upgrade GUI. The alert function can be used to inform you via e-mail or sms that the dialogs screen is waiting for your action.
Upgrade Management
Upgrade Management in Application Lifecycle Management - Overview
This presentation provides an overview of the ALM process Upgrade Management.
Upgrade Dependency Analyzer
The Upgrade Dependency Analyzer provides SAP customers with the capability to assess any upgrade dependencies between systems in their landscape by use of an online tool.
SAP Upgrade Roadmap
The SAP Upgrade Roadmap is part of SAP Solution Manager and provides SAP's standard methodology to plan and execute an SAP upgrade project. It contains best practices and templates for project management, as well as functional and technical aspects facilitating key tasks of the entire project team.
SAP Upgrade Technology - New Features
This presentation describes recent improvements on SAP upgrade technology.
How to Upgrade SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (NW 7.0)
This How-to Guide describes the RIG best practices on how to conduct a typical update/upgrade project for SAP NetWeaver 2004 and SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Application Server Java. It also provides detailed insights into the differences between the update process of SAP NetWeaver 2004 and SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and the improvements that have been accomplished in SAP NetWeaver 7.0.
Furthermore it describes the upgrade procedure in an technical oriented overview from SAP NetWeaver 6.40 (2004) to SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (2004s) for project managers as well as for administrators.
Integrated Upgrade Procedure for SAP System (ABAP+Java) Demo
Starting with NetWeaver 7.10, SAP will offer a new procedure for release upgrades to SAP systems. It integrates routines specific to ABAP and Java in a single tool and performs the upgrade appropriate for the system setup. This video demonstrates the new upgrade approach on an SAP system containing both an ABAP and a Java Application Server. See also this Integrated Upgrade for SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP+Java.
Blogs on Upgrade Management
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Get insights into the must knows about Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 - the new delivery channel for software logistics tools (such as SAPehpi, SAP(J)up,...).
This Blog also applies to Update Management: Enhancement Packages.
The specified item was not found.
Check if the current scope fits your needs and have an outlook to further planned shipments.
This Blog also applies to Update Management: Enhancement Packages.
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This blog by Kathrin Winkmann provides an example of how you can create your own observer mode and alert function for the new upgrade GUI for SAP Business Suite 7, SAP NetWeaver 7.1 and the SAP Enhancement Package Installer. The observer mode allows you to monitor your upgrade or SAP enhancement package installation without sitting in front of the Upgrade GUI. The alert function can be used to inform you via e-mail or SMS that the dialogs screen is waiting for your action.
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This blog gives you some insights into the new ASU toolbox 2008 and the Upgrade Accelerator.
More on Upgrade and Update Management
SAP Standard for Upgrade and Enhancement Management (SMP login required)
Managing complexity, risk, costs, skills and resources is at the heart of implementing applica-tion life-cycle management for SAP-centric solutions. Complexity is increasing with the trend to out-tasking and out-sourcing process components. SAP provides a comprehensive set of application life-cycle management standards, to help customers manage their SAP-centric solutions. This paper provides details regarding the upgrade standard.
The main focus of the standard for technical upgrade management is to provide guidance for a holistic and effective quality management of an upgrade project from its earliest stages of evaluation until after a successful cut over of the productive system: end-to-end.
Maintenance Optimizer (on SAP Help Portal)
The Maintenance Optimizer leads you through the planning, download and implementation of support package stacks, which contain a set of support packages for your systems. You can also install enhancement packages or put them into an upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 (previously SAP ERP 2005), using the Maintenance Optimizer.
SAP Upgrade Tools (SMP login required)
SAP Upgrade Tools support your upgrade from a functional and technical perspective.
They are available for the individual upgrade project phases, including the tools available for testing.
