SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP-System Administration

by Frank Fose, Sigrid Hagemann, Liane Will

Overview

In the fourth edition of this flagship reference, you’ll find updated, expanded, and revised information of the most important administration topics for SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP. From getting started with the system, to client administration and authorization concepts, to system monitoring, and SAP Solution Manager, you’ll find all administration tools and practical instructions to optimally configure your system. This book is an essential companion for your daily work.1. All Concepts Explained
Learn everything you need to know about the functioning of SAP Basis. After reading this book, SAP specifics such as work processes, authorizations, and monitoring will no longer baffle you.2. Tools in Practical Use
Get to know the function and handling of all administration tools, which includes SAP NetWeaver Administrator, DBA Cockpit, transport tools, and many more.3. Concrete Instructions
Reproduce the most essential administrator tasks, based on detailed descriptions and comprehensive screenshots.4. Tips from SAP Support Experts
Gear up for critical situations, and benefit from the day-to-day experience that the authors gained in many years of working in SAP support.5. New in this Edition
Expand your knowledge with this new edition. It now includes sections on SAP Solution Manager 7.1, Monitoring and Alert Infrastructure, System Landscape Directory, and CTS+.Highlights:

• SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP architecture
• Dialog and background processing
• Accounting and lock management
• Setting up a system landscape
• Client administration
• SAP clients, users, and authorizations administration
• Software logistics and instance maintenance
• System monitoring
• SAP Solution Manager

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592294114
Publisher:	Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	11/28/2011
Series:	Standard
Pages:	747
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frank Föse has worked as a technology and performance consultant at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG in Ratingen, Germany, since 2001. His support work focuses on the areas of system analysis and system tuning, sizing for SAP landscapes, and performance optimization in complex applications. He’s the manager of the Performance Focus Group of SAP Deutschland, an expert community that deals with performance problems concerning SAP solutions. Even before finishing his degree in industrial engineering, Frank worked with SAP technology. After he graduated, he worked at a medium-sized pharmaceutical enterprise as an SAP system administrator.

Sigrid Hagemann joined SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG in Bensheim, Germany, in 2001, where she supports customers as business enterprise principal consultant in the IT management and technology consulting areas. Her tasks focus on consulting with SAP customers to optimize the operation of their SAP-centric system landscapes. The mathematics graduate began working with SAP technology in 1993 when she took on a role in the Fujitsu Siemens Competence Center in Walldorf, Germany.

Liane Will has been working in the Active Global Support department at SAP AG since 1998. She gained her experience in the system operation of SAP solutions by supporting customers in solving problems and establishing best practices in system operation. She manages a team that focuses on the implementation and optimization of the application lifecycle management based on SAP Solution Manager. Based on her extensive support experience, she’s already the author of a number of books (published by SAP PRESS) on best practices in system administration. Before she joined SAP, Liane developed SAP support tools for databases.

Table of Contents

... Foreword ... 17 ... Preface to the 4th Edition ... 19 ... Introduction ... 211 ... Architecture of SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP ... 25
... 1.1 ... Components of SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP ... 25
... 1.2 ... Client/Server Architecture in SAP NetWeaver ... 27
... 1.3 ... Access Over the Internet ... 34
... 1.4 ... Presentation Layer ... 41
... 1.5 ... Application Layer ... 50
... 1.6 ... Database Layer ... 57
... 1.7 ... Network ... 60
... 1.8 ... Operating System ... 62
... 1.9 ... Tips ... 66
... 1.10 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 66
... 1.11 ... Additional Documentation ... 66
... 1.12 ... Questions ... 672 ... Process Concept of SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP ... 69
... 2.1 ... Dialog Processing ... 69
... 2.2 ... Background Processing ... 71
... 2.3 ... Updating ... 101
... 2.4 ... Lock Management ... 115
... 2.5 ... Output Processing ... 128
... 2.6 ... SAP Virtual Machine Container (VMC) ... 1603 ... Getting Started ... 165
... 3.1 ... Starting SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and Java ... 165
... 3.2 ... Stopping SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and Java ... 168
... 3.3 ... Logging the Startup Process ... 172
... 3.4 ... SAP GUI--The Classic User Interface ... 181
... 3.5 ... SAP NetWeaver Business Client--The New User Interface ... 183
... 3.6 ... General Administration Tasks ... 186
... 3.7 ... Tips ... 197
... 3.8 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 198
... 3.9 ... Additional Documentation ... 199
... 3.10 ... Questions ... 1994 ... Setting Up the System Landscape ... 201
... 4.1 ... System Landscape Tasks ... 202
... 4.2 ... Initializing the Transport System ... 206
... 4.3 ... Configuring the Transport Management System ... 210
... 4.4 ... Transport Control Program tp ... 224
... 4.5 ... System Landscape Directory ... 225
... 4.6 ... Tips ... 233
... 4.7 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 233
... 4.8 ... Additional Documentation ... 233
... 4.9 ... Questions ... 2345 ... Client Administration ... 237
... 5.1 ... Default Clients and Users ... 238
... 5.2 ... Creating New Clients ... 241
... 5.3 ... Local Copying ... 248
... 5.4 ... Remote Copy ... 254
... 5.5 ... Client Transport ... 257
... 5.6 ... Special Functions ... 264
... 5.7 ... Tips ... 264
... 5.8 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 268
... 5.9 ... Additional Documentation ... 269
... 5.10 ... Questions ... 2696 ... Software Logistics ... 271
... 6.1 ... Implementation Guide ... 271
... 6.2 ... Processing Objects ... 276
... 6.3 ... Importing Transport Requests ... 299
... 6.4 ... Manual Operation of the Transport Control Program tp ... 302
... 6.5 ... Installing Support Packages and Industry Solutions ... 304
... 6.6 ... Managing and Installing SAP Enhancement Packages ... 308
... 6.7 ... Transporting Non-ABAP Objects ... 312
... 6.8 ... Tips ... 319
... 6.9 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 321
... 6.10 ... Additional Documentation ... 322
... 6.11 ... Questions ... 3227 ... Maintaining Instances ... 325
... 7.1 ... Profile Maintenance ... 325
... 7.2 ... Operation Modes ... 338
... 7.3 ... Dynamic Work Processes ... 345
... 7.4 ... Control Panel ... 350
... 7.5 ... Dynamic User Distribution ... 352
... 7.6 ... RFC Server Groups ... 355
... 7.7 ... Tips ... 359
... 7.8 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 360
... 7.9 ... Additional Documentation ... 360
... 7.10 ... Questions ... 3618 ... SAP Users and Authorizations ... 363
... 8.1 ... Basic Principles ... 363
... 8.2 ... User Maintenance ... 364
... 8.3 ... Authorizations ... 376
... 8.4 ... Personal Settings ... 395
... 8.5 ... Information about Users and Authorizations ... 397
... 8.6 ... Central User Administration ... 400
... 8.7 ... Directory Services ... 406
... 8.8 ... Tips ... 406
... 8.9 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 407
... 8.10 ... Additional Documentation ... 409
... 8.11 ... Questions ... 4109 ... System Monitoring ... 411
... 9.1 ... Server and Process Overviews ... 411
... 9.2 ... User Overviews ... 419
... 9.3 ... System Log ... 421
... 9.4 ... Analysis of Runtime Errors ... 424
... 9.5 ... Trace Files ... 426
... 9.6 ... Lock Entries ... 430
... 9.7 ... Performance Monitoring ... 431
... 9.8 ... Administration of the Integrated Internet Transaction Server (ITS) ... 434
... 9.9 ... Internet Communication Manager Administration ... 440
... 9.10 ... Database Administration ... 446
... 9.11 ... System Administration Assistant ... 454
... 9.12 ... SAP NetWeaver Administrator (NWA) ... 456
... 9.13 ... Overview of Regular Tasks ... 462
... 9.14 ... Tips ... 464
... 9.15 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 465
... 9.16 ... Additional Documentation ... 468
... 9.17 ... Questions ... 46910 ... Tools for Creating and Analyzing ABAP Programs ... 471
... 10.1 ... The ABAP Editor ... 471
... 10.2 ... New ABAP Debugger ... 476
... 10.3 ... Runtime Analysis ... 480
... 10.4 ... Performance Trace ... 486
... 10.5 ... Tips ... 492
... 10.6 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 492
... 10.7 ... Additional Documentation ... 492
... 10.8 ... Questions ... 49311 ... Monitoring Architecture ... 495
... 11.1 ... Alert Monitor ... 496
... 11.2 ... Customizing the Alert Monitor ... 507
... 11.3 ... Analyzing Alert Monitors ... 518
... 11.4 ... Setting Up a Central Monitoring System (CEN) ... 519
... 11.5 ... Customizing Examples ... 520
... 11.6 ... Monitoring Alert Infrastructure ... 528
... 11.7 ... Tips ... 541
... 11.8 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 543
... 11.9 ... Additional Documentation ... 544
... 11.10 ... Questions ... 54512 ... Data Archiving ... 547
... 12.1 ... Archive Development Kit (ADK) ... 548
... 12.2 ... Customizing ... 552
... 12.3 ... Control and Evaluation ... 562
... 12.4 ... Tips ... 565
... 12.5 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 567
... 12.6 ... Additional Documentation ... 568
... 12.7 ... Questions ... 56913 ... Data Distribution and Transfer ... 571
... 13.1 ... RFC Connections ... 572
... 13.2 ... Application Link Enabling ... 581
... 13.3 ... Data Transfer ... 598
... 13.4 ... SAPconnect ... 605
... 13.5 ... SAP NetWeaver Process Integration ... 608
... 13.6 ... Tips ... 611
... 13.7 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 611
... 13.8 ... Additional Documentation ... 613
... 13.9 ... Questions ... 61314 ... Installation Concepts ... 615
... 14.1 ... Preparations ... 615
... 14.2 ... Installation with SAPinst ... 617
... 14.3 ... Postinstallation Actions ... 624
... 14.4 ... Tips ... 631
... 14.5 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 632
... 14.6 ... Additional Documentation ... 632
... 14.7 ... Questions ... 63315 ... SAP Solution Manager and Service and Support ... 635
... 15.1 ... SAP Solution Manager as a Collaboration Platform ... 635
... 15.2 ... Configuration of Support Connections ... 659
... 15.3 ... Overview of the SAP Service Marketplace ... 665
... 15.4 ... Tips ... 670
... 15.5 ... Transactions and Menu Paths ... 670
... 15.6 ... Additional Documentation ... 671
... 15.7 ... Questions ... 672 ... Appendices ... 675
... A ... Control Questions and Answers ... 677
... B ... Important Transaction Codes ... 697
... C ... Profile Parameters ... 703
... D ... Glossary ... 711
... E ... References ... 721
... F ... The Authors ... 723 ... Index ... 725