Sap Solution Manager Overview 19642m

SAP Solution Manager Overview (Introduction)

Role of SAP Solution Manager, in Application Life Cycle Management. SAP Solution Manager enables the central access to all required functions and central availability of all required information for Application Lifecycle Management

Application Management is a comprehensive approach in the application environment that spans the entire lifecycle if IT solutions from concept to phase-out. Following the six phases of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) application management, the lifecycle consist of six phases:

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Requirements: Collect requirements for new applications or for adapting existing applications

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Design: Convert requirements into detailed specifications

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Build and Test: Configure the application and create an operating model according to specifications

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Deploy: Transfer changes and the operating model into the existing live IT landscape

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Operate: Provide IT services for ongoing operations

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Optimize: Analyze service-level fulfilment and perform any activities required to improve results

Different Functionalities in SAP Solution Manager.

Landscape Overview

SAP Solution Manager serves as central system for the istration of solution landscapes. It consists – among others – of Knowledge Workbench (KW) functions (used, for example, for the documentation of processes), Change Request Management functions (used, for example, in Change Request Management change documents) and a Business Process Repository (BPR), which is a central repository for components of SAP Solution Manager Solutions.

SAP Solution Manager uses information about the system landscape. This information can be obtained from a System Landscape Directory (SLD). In addition, SAP Solution Manager uses RFC destinations to access information (for example, monitoring data) directly from the managed systems. Note: The managed systems to an SLD with help of transaction RZ70 (AS ABAP) or Visual (AS Java). The system information then is send from the managed systems to the SLD periodically so that SLD always gets the latest information.

Installable Software Units.

SAP Solution Manager Architecture

Sap Solution Manager Components: Is a dual stack system (ABAP & J2EE) Includes SAP Business Warehouse Includes CRM 7.0 Includes a license for CA Wily Introscope Uses SLD & LMDB for landscape data maintenance

Possible sizing options Installation of SAP BW on separate host Installation of Wily Introscope Enterprise Manager on separate host Sizing of Wily Introscope with Manager of Manager Concept

Componenets in Managed System.

Managed System 

Can be any kind of SAP / non-SAP system

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Can include a local SLD (e.g. Process Integration)

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Depending on system type (ABAP/Java/…) different agents and plugins are needed.

Agents & Plugins 

One Diagnostics Agent per virtual host

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Agent applications are managed centrally from Sap Solution Manager system

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One SAP Host Agent per physical host

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For ABAP systems the plugins need to be installed, depending on the managed system product (ST-PI and ST-A/PI)

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For J2EE / Java and .Net systems, the CA Wily Introscope Byte Code Agent needs to be deployed (can be done from SAP Solution Manager)