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SAP Product Management (BW/LM)

October 2013

Post-Copy Automation for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse System Landscapes

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Agenda

1. Introduction: SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM)

2. System copy preparation of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW): BW Housekeeping

3. Challenges of system copy in a BW landscape

4. Automation of system copy configuration in a BW landscape

5. Demo

6. Summary + further Information

1. Introduction 1.1 SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM)

1.2 Overview of Post-Copy Automation (PCA) offerings


Automatic Capacity

Management

System Clone Start, Stop & Relocate

Systems, Mass Operations

System

Copy/Refresh

Landscape Visualization

End-to-End Visibility &

Monitoring of all Infrastructure

Layers

Third-Party

Support & Extensibility

Manage Your

SAP Landscapes

1.1 SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM) Overview


1.1 SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM) End-to-end process and system copy use cases

SAP NetWeaver

Landscape Virtualization Management

System refresh

Export system configuration

Clone SAP system

Rename cloned SAP system

Conduct post-copy activities

(includes import of system

configuration)

Initial system copy

Clone SAP system

Rename cloned SAP system

Conduct post-copy activities

PRD

Sandbox

Test

system

Test system

Up-to-date

business data

PRD

Test system

Outdated

business data

Examples for initial copy • Create new test systems

• Create sandbox or training

systems

• Reorganize system landscape

Examples for system refresh • Update existing QA/TEST

systems with latest business

data

• Test with updated data before

upgrade and update


1.2 Overview of Post-Copy Automation (PCA) offerings Automated task lists and supported SAP applications

Supported Use Case Applications/Components

Initial System Copy • SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP (basis)

• SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (basis)

• SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW) and connected BW source systems

. . . additional applications planned

System Refresh • SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP (basis)

• SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (basis)

• SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW) and connected BW source systems

• SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and ERP Central Component (ECC)

• SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM)

. . . additional applications planned

Post-copy automation for SAP systems:

Provides pre-defined task lists that can be executed to automate the follow-up activities on target system

The task lists have built-in application logic and dependencies and they can be tailored to your specific needs

Task lists can be executed locally via ABAP Task Manager and Stand-alone Task Manager (Java) for Lifecycle

Management Automation or centrally triggered by LVM during the end-to-end system copy process

2. System copy preparation:

BW Housekeeping


PSA

Info

Provider

Caches

BW

Meta

data

Logs

Traces, Statistics

Challenges:

• Data Objects in BW system grow over time

• Some data objects get inconsistent and corrupted

• BW systems become too large with outdated data

• System copy with inconsistent and outdated data will

result in inconsistencies

Solutions:

• Clean-up system regularly (e.g. monthly)

• Repair inconsistent data objects regularly

• Housekeeping especially before system copy

2. System copy preparation: BW housekeeping Challenges with growing number of Data objects in BW

BW

BW


2. System copy preparation: BW housekeeping Automation solution: BW Housekeeping task list – features

Deleting

Objects

Repairing

Objects

PSA

Info

Provider

Caches

BW

Meta

data

Logs

Traces, Statistics

Key features • Consolidated in one task list with most important tasks (and will be

further extended)

• Easy to use with UI for defining the scope of cleanup and pre-

defined inputs of tasks

• Delivered with SAP Note 1829728

• Execution via ABAP task manager for lifecycle management

automation (task manager: TA stc01/stc02)

„BW Housekeeping“ task list

BW

3. Challenges of system copy for BW landscape

3.1 BW system landscape

3.2 Connections between BW and BW source systems

3.3 Challenges for creating productive copy of BW

3.4 Different copy use cases and scenarios of BW landscape


CRM

ERP

SRM SCM

BW

BW Data

Mart

BI Java

ABAP

BASIS

ERP

ABAP

BASIS

CRM

ABAP

BASIS

SRM

ABAP

BASIS

SCM

ABAP

BASIS

BW

AS JAVA

EP/BI

ABAP

BASIS

BW

BW Admin Basis Admin Application Admin Java Admin

3.1 BW system landscape BW plays a central role in an SAP system landscape

Complex

System

Landscape

Distributed

Knowhow and

Responsibility


3.2 Connections between BW and BW source systems Connections are one important aspect of system copy of BW landscape

SAP NetWeaver BW SAP NetWeaver BW

Source System

Local settings Local settings

Connection to BW source:

RFC

ALE

RSBASIDOC

Connection to BW:

RFC

ALE

RSBASIDOC

BW-dependent

generated Objects

Source-dependent

metadata

Source-dependent

generated objects


Homogeneous

system copy

3.3 Challenges for creating productive copy of BW Use cases for upgrade / migration

1

ALE / RFC

Upgrade,

Migration,

etc…

2

BW 7.0x

BW 7.30 SP5+

BW 7.30 SP5+

Challenges • Create copy of BW, which shall be used

productively, because e.g. upgrade or

migration shall be done (risk & runtime

mitigation)

• Both systems shall be operated in parallel

temporarily, hence data supply must be

synchronized

• Delta management in the BW source system

must be made aware of new copied BW

• BW source system must not have any

downtime, data booking must not be

interrupted

Solution: • Delta queue cloning and synchronizing

Prod BW Prod BW

Prod BW

source

ALE / RFC

For more Info please refer

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-32414







3.4 Different copy use cases and scenarios of BW landscape System copy use cases

Use case 1:

Initial system copy

Use case 2:

System refresh

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW

System copy

ALE / RFC

Test

Other

System Refresh

Test BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW

ALE / RFC ALE / RFC


3.4 Different copy use cases and scenarios of BW landscape Initial copy: sub-cases of copying BW only

Subcase 1b:

… a BW system

with delta queue cloning

Subcase 1a:

….of a BW system

Subcase 1c:

… of a BW system together

with copying BI Java

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW

System copy

ALE / RFC

System copy

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Prod

BW

ALE /

RFC

System Copy

Test BI

Java

Prod

BW

Prod BI

Java

Test

BW

JCo JCo

System Copy

Use case 1: Initial system copy…


3.4 Different copy use cases and scenarios of BW landscape System copy scenario groups (Terminology of SAP note 886102)

Scenario group A:

You want to copy entire system

group, that is, a BW system and

its connected BW source system

Scenario group B:

You want to copy the BW

system only – BW source

systems are not copied

Scenario group C:

You want to copy the BW source

system only – the BW system is

not copied

System Copy

Test BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW

ALE / RFC ALE / RFC

System Copy

System Copy

Test BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW

ALE / RFC ALE / RFC

Test BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW

ALE / RFC ALE / RFC

System Copy


3.4 Different copy use cases and scenarios of BW landscape Matrix of system copy scenarios (Terminology of SAP Note 886102)

1. Initial System Copy 2. Refresh

A. BW & BW

Source

System

B. BW only

With Delta Queue

Cloning

Together with

copying BI Java

C. BW Source

System only

Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test BW

Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test BW

Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test BW

Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test BW

Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test BW

Prod BW

source

Test

Other Prod BW Test BW

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test

Other

Test BI

Java

Prod BW

Prod BI

Java

Test BW

4. Automation of system copy

configuration for BW landscape

4.1 Initial system copy of BW and BW

source systems


A. BW & BW

Source

System

B. BW only

With Delta

Queue Cloning

Together with

copying BI Java

C. BW

Source

System

only

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Test

Other Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Prod

BW

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

source


4.1 Initial system copy of BW and BW source systems Automation solution: BW ABAP PCA Initial Copy task list – scope

Scope:

Make post-copy activities easier, faster and more reliable for all

SAP NetWeaver BW scenarios (one task list for BW and

connected BW source systems)

Contain clean-up steps, e.g. clean-up of obsolete RFC

destinations, data archiving, BWA connection and batch jobs

Adaption of ABAP basis and BW configuration settings like

transport, secure store, generated programs

Automatic optimized handling of BW connections, including

system renaming (BLDS) and handling of delta queue

ABAP basis, BW and BW_SAPI components get configured

For more info see SAP Note 1707321

„BW ABAP PCA Initial

Copy“ task list

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

A

Test

Other Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

B Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

C


„BW House-

keeping“

task list

Test BW

Source

Prod BW

Source

4.1 Initial system copy of BW and BW source systems Copying a BW or system group: What to do on BW system

System copy 2

1 3 Cleanup,

Configuration

ALE / RFC ALE / RFC

Prod BW Test BW

Housekeeping

ABAP Basis components configured

BW and BW_SAPI components

configured

Connection to BW source system

maintained

„BW ABAP PCA

Initial Copy“ task list

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

A

Test

Other Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

B


Prod BW

Source

4.1 Initial system copy of BW and BW source systems Copying a BW source or system group: What to do on BW source

System copy 1

2 Cleanup,

Configuration

ALE / RFC ALE / RFC

Prod BW Test BW

Test BW

Source

„BW ABAP PCA

Initial Copy“ task list


BW_SAPI component configured

Connection to BW system maintained

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

A Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

C


A. BW & BW

Source

System

B. BW only

With Delta

Queue Cloning

Together with

copying BI Java

C. BW

Source

System

only

4.2 Initial system copy of BW system with Delta

Queue Cloning

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW


4.2 Initial system copy of BW system with Delta Queue Cloning Automation solution: BW ABAP PCA Prepare task list – scope and features

Scope:

Enable new copied system to use same BW

source system (remote connection)

Prepare to easily bring new BW system in

consistent state regarding data loading

Minimal downtime of original BW system

Parallel operation (temporarily) of both BW

systems and comparison of performance

possible

Key features:

Automatic delta queue cloning

Checks for consistent delta states

Automatic synchronization of both delta queues

No downtime in productive BW source system

Homogeneous

system copy

BW

Sourc

e

BW 7.0x

BW 7.0x

One delta queue for

existing productive BW

system, one for planned

copy, both synchronized

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

„BW ABAP PCA Prepare“ task list

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Prod

BW

B

For more Info please refer








4.2 Initial system copy of BW system with Delta Queue Cloning Copying BW system with delta queue clone: What to do on BW systems

System copy (homogenous or

heterogeneous)

3 1 House-

keeping

5 Cleanup,

Configuration

Test BW

Prod BW

Source

2

Delta

Queue

Clone

4 Resume

6 Optional: Migration to SAP

HANA via Database Migration

Option or classical migration

Prod BW

ALE / RFC

ALE / RFC

Test BW

„BW Housekeeping“

task list

„BW ABAP PCA

Prepare“ task list


Copy“ task list

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Prod

BW


BW and BW_SAPI components

configured

Connection to BW source system maintained

Prod BW

B

Delta queue cloned and synchronized


A. BW & BW

Source

System

B. BW only

With Delta

Queue Cloning

Together with

copying BI Java

C. BW

Source

System

only

4.3 Initial system copy of BI JAVA system

Test

Other

Test

BIJava

Prod

BW

Prod

BI Java

Test

BW


4.3 Initial system copy of BI Java system Automation solution: BI Java PCA Initial Copy task list – scope

Scope:

Make post-copy activities easier, faster and more

reliable for BI-Java system copy

Basis components of AS Java get configured

(e.g. RFC, Ticket Key store, CIM Client settings)

Re-connection to the corresponding BW ABAP

system get configured (e.g. exchange certificates

between BW and Portal, update RFC in both BW

and BI Java systems, setting up BI in SLD and

Repository Manager etc.)

Execution via Stand-alone Task Manager for

Lifecycle Management Automation (SAP Note

1783372 and 1616352)

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW B

„BI Java PCA Initial Copy“ task list


„BW House-

keeping“ task list

4.3 Initial system copy of BI Java system Copying a BW and BI Java system: What to do on BI Java system

Prod BW

System copy 2

1 3

Cleanup,

Configuration

JCo

System copy 4

5 Configuration,

Connection Prod

BI Java

Prod BW Test BW

Test

BI Java

JCo


Copy“ task list

„BI Java PCA Initial

Copy“ task list

Housekeeping

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

AS Java configured

Basis components configured

BW and BW_SAPI

components configured

B

Connection to BW system

maintained

4.4 System refresh of BW and BW source

systems 1. Initial System Copy 2. Refresh

A. BW & BW

Source

System

B. BW only

With Delta

Queue Cloning

Together with

copying BI Java

C. BW

Source

System

only

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Test

Other Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Test

BW

source


Scope:

Make post-copy activities easier, faster and more reliable for all

SAP NetWeaver BW scenarios (one task list for BW and

connected BW source systems)

Export and import local system settings to preserve system

configuration (for ABAP Basis and BW components)

Automatic optimized handling of for retaining BW system

connections (including system renaming BDLS)

Customization enabled by including customer specific tables

Connection information for Web Services and DB Connect are

preserved

ABAP basis, BW and BW_SAPI components get configured

For more info see SAP Note 1707321

130 tasks

„BW ABAP PCA System

Refresh“ task list

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

A

Test

Other Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

B Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

C

4.4 System refresh of BW and BW source systems Automation solution: BW ABAP PCA System Refresh task list


Test BW

„BW House-

keeping“

task list

4.4 System refresh of BW and BW source systems Copying a BW or system group: What to do on BW system

Export

Import

System copy 3

1

Housekeeping

2 Export tables

4

Import tables,

Clean-up,

Configuration

ALE / RFC

ALE / RFC

File

system

JCo JCo

Prod BW Test BW

Prod

BI Java Prod BW

Source Test

BI Java Test BW

Source



Connection to BW source system

maintained

Connection to BI Java system

maintained


BW and BW_SAPI components configured

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

A

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

B


4.4 System refresh of BW and BW source systems Copying a BW source or system group: What to do on BW source

System copy 2

1 Export tables

3

Import tables,

Cleanup,

Configuration

ALE / RFC

ALE / RFC

Prod BW

Prod BW

Source

Test BW

Source

Test BW

Test BW

Source

Export

Import File

system




BW_SAPI component configured

Connection to BW system maintained

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

A Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

C

5. Demo BW ABAP PCA task lists

6. Summary + further Information


6. Summary + further information Five automated task lists for system copy of BW landscape

Purposes Automated task lists Benefits

BW housekeeping task list*

SAP_BW_HOUSEKEEPING

Clean-up and repairing data objects in BW system regularly and

before system copy

BW ABAP PCA prepare task

list*

SAP_BW_COPY_INITIAL_PREPARE

Delta Queue cloning and synchronizing in BW source system for

parallel operation of original and copied BW systems with

synchronized data loads (minimal downtime of productive BW system

possible, useful for BW on HANA migration and upgrade)

BW ABAP PCA initial copy

task list

SAP_BW_BASIS_COPY_INITIAL_CONFIG

Configuration of BW and BW source systems for all initial system

copy scenarios

BW ABAP PCA system

refresh task list

SAP_BW_BASIS_COPY_REFRESH_CONFIG

Configuration of BW and BW source systems for all system refresh

scenarios

BI Java PCA initial copy

task list

Initial copy configuration of BI Java system and maintaining

connection to BW system

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Test

Other

Test BI

Java

Prod

BW

Prod BI

Java

Test

BW

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

Test

Other

Test

BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod

BW

source

Test

BW

BW

*standard offering without LVM license


6. Summary + further information BW ABAP PCA task lists make system copy procedure

Intelligent

Tasks…

are aware of the selected

copy scenarios

retrieve information from

system

know their

Interdependencies

are client aware and

execute in the correct

client

Simple

Central User Interface to

select copy scenario per

connection

Most cases of SAP Note

886102 are fully automated

Same task list for BW and

BW source system

One task list for all

components (ABAP BASIS,

BW_SAPI and BW)

Fast

Optimized procedure for

retaining BW system

connections

BDLS task is run time

optimized by parallelization

Maintain once, execute often

Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod

BW

Prod BW

source

Test

BW Test

Other

Test BW

source

Prod BW

Prod BW

source

Test BW


CRM

ERP

SRM SCM

BW

BW Data

Mart

BI Java

ABAP

BASIS

ERP

ABAP

BASIS

CRM

ABAP

BASIS

SRM

ABAP

BASIS

SCM

ABAP

BASIS

BW

AS JAVA

EP/BI

ABAP

BASIS

BW

BW Admin Basis Admin Application Admin Java Admin

Task lists

6. Summary + further information Automated solutions of system copy for BW landscape

Maintain task lists together once

Execute them often

Automated

Execution


6. Summary + further information Key take-aways for system copy in BW landscape

System Copy

Copy in BW landscapes

Simpler

Smarter

Faster

Delta Queue Cloning

Supply two BWs with data

Minimal downtime

Parallel operation

Synchronized

Integrated into LVM

End-to-End system copy

Automated

Centralized

Accelerated


5. Summary + further information Further links

SAP Public Web

SAP Community Network (SCN):

• SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management:

http://scn.sap.com/community/it-management/virtualization

• Easier Migration to SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA...


• SAP NetWeaver BW Application Lifecycle Management (ALM):


• Post-Copy Automation Solution as part of LVM:
















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Contact information:

Dr. Ge Zhang

Product Owner for Post-Copy Automation for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW PCA)

[email protected]

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