SLD and LMDB Topology: Replacing the Source SLD for the LMDB
It is recommended to use one System Landscape Directory (SLD) system as the source of CIM model, CR Content, and Technical Systems’ data for the Landscape Management Database (LMDB). However, the necessity may arise to change this SLD. Here are the points to consider in case of a switch to another SLD. Wolf Hengevoss in Application Lifecycle Management [Feb. 09, 2012 08:01 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Virtualization and Cloud Week – Palo Alto – April 17-19
SAP Virtualization and Cloud Week schedule and call for papers Venkata Giduthuri in Application Lifecycle Management, Green IT, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Virtualization [Feb. 07, 2012 05:40 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

E2E Root Cause Analysis - BW Infocube maintenance on Oracle
Information around the automatic maintenance of BW Infocubes for Solution Manager running on an Oracle database. An issue made me look into BW Infocube partitioning for E2E RCA. Find out what I discovered while doing so. Tom Cenens in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager [Feb. 06, 2012 07:22 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Landscape Management Database (LMDB) – Frequently Asked Questions
With SAP Solution Manager 7.1 the Landscape Management Database (LMDB) has been introduced, changing the handling of landscape data. The answers to the questions in this blog shall help you to deal with these changes and benefit from the improvements. Wolf Hengevoss in Application Lifecycle Management [Feb. 02, 2012 07:04 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

IT Operations Management Automation
IT Operations Management automation IT Process Automation IT Service Support Management Rick Porter in Application Lifecycle Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Jan. 29, 2012 09:04 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Join the Conversation in Accounts Payable
If you are going to reduce paper in your business processes, you have to give people a better alternative. You can improve your procure-to-pay process and move ahead on your path to become a more sustainable organization. Bill Morton in Application Lifecycle Management, ERP, Financial Excellence, Green IT, Sustainability [Jan. 29, 2012 01:37 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Conference Planning 2012, Bricks and Mortar
Continuing the riveting saga of assembling a coherent conference program out of over 2,000 abstract submissions, we do a deep dive into the behind the scenes planning process. Not to mention the food, fun and frivolities. Jim Spath in ABAP, Application Lifecycle Management, Community Day, Master Data Management (MDM), SAP SAPPHIRE [Jan. 22, 2012 11:32 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Better Blueprinting 1.0
Business Process Blueprinting for SAP Solution Manager offers a comprehensive capability towards Documenting and Modeling the IT requirements of your SAP Implementation. In the weblog, I will cover 3 aspects:- 1. Main value proposition of BPB 1.0 2. Key Capabilities with BPB 1.0 and 3. Hit the ground running with 5 in-depth How-To guides Karthik S J in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, SAP Solution Manager [Jan. 19, 2012 10:00 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Technical Guide - Dual-Stack Split Tool vs Java Export SAPinst #sapadmin
Dual-Stack Split Tool - Java system copy & Java deinstallation Nicholas Chang in Application Lifecycle Management, Application Server, SAP Business Suite, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jan. 16, 2012 07:27 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Customer Exit: Create your own key figure for BPMon AND Business Process Analytics
This customer exit framework is ABAP OO based and allows the development of new monitoring objects and key figures that can then be used for Business Process Monitoring as well as Business Process Analytics. Volker von Gloeden in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Expert, Run SAP, SAP Solution Manager [Jan. 14, 2012 07:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Exercise Your Brain with Cloud Computing Sessions from SAP TechEd 2011
Educational sessions on cloud computing and virtualization technology from SAP TechEd 2011 available for free! Christina Miller in Application Lifecycle Management, Emerging Technologies, SAP TechEd, Virtualization [Jan. 11, 2012 05:45 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Starting with Work Center in Solution Manager 7.1
This blog will introduce how to start with Work Centers on Solution Manager 7.1 Maythe Organista in Run SAP, Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jan. 11, 2012 03:22 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Avoiding Hotspots of Poor Quality
QA, SAP Testing, Test Data, Data Quality, TDMS HarmeetSandhu in Application Lifecycle Management, ERP, Business Process Management [Jan. 08, 2012 06:46 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP System Availability Management in Virtualized and Cloud Environments
Objective of this blog is to highlight effective SAP systems management in on-demand infrastructure such as virtualized and cloud environments. Venkata Giduthuri in Application Lifecycle Management, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Software Support and Maintenance, Virtualization [Jan. 04, 2012 03:33 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management software release 1.0 - Key Features
This blog highlights the features of SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 1.0, enterprise edition. Primarily targeted for NetWeaver basis administrators, LVM delivers automation in several areas including complete end-to-end automated SAP system clone, copy, and refresh tasks. Venkata Giduthuri in Application Lifecycle Management, Application Server, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Virtualization [Jan. 04, 2012 02:41 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Documentation for SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization
This blog helps you to easily access the documentation for SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization. Akhil Harikrishnan in Application Lifecycle Management [Jan. 02, 2012 04:46 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

#sapadmin:: Confused with Business Suite 7, SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010, SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2011 and its SAP Netweaver Technology Platform?
SAP NW Technology Platform Business Suite Nicholas Chang in Application Lifecycle Management, Enhancement Packages, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Dec. 28, 2011 04:28 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

The tale behind cyclomatic complexity
When CodeInspector checks your developments, he can also calculate metrics and statistics. One of the metrics is the so called "cyclomatic complexity" and this blog belongs to the meaning behind that value. Hendrik Brandes in ABAP, Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Dec. 26, 2011 10:12 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Quick and easy reverse business process documentation with SAP Solution Manager 7.1
This blog demonstrates a step-by-step guide how to perform a quick and easy Reverse Business Process Documentation (RBPD) with SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and the RBPD content. Benjamin Schneider in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Modeling, ERP, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 20, 2011 07:40 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Start sharing your Ideas to invent the Future on Software Logistics Tools
This blog introduce you to the Idea Space for the Software Logistics Toolset. Navigate to one of the tools, such as Software Update Manager, Dual-Stack Split, CTS Plug-in,... to submit, comments or vote on ideas. Kathrin Winkmann in Application Lifecycle Management, Idea Place, SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Dec. 20, 2011 04:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

#sapadmin:: How to assign Product System in SOLMAN 7.1 & How LMDB, SLD, SMSY and Landscape Verification work in SOLMAN7.1
Guide on how to assign Product System in SOLMAN 7.1, How LMDB, SLD, SMSY and Landscape Verification Tools work with each other. Nicholas Chang in Application Lifecycle Management, Enhancement Packages, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 17, 2011 06:31 AM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

Landscape Virtualization Management pricing model discussion <update>
Find out more details about the SAP Landscape Virtualization Management pricing model and concerns from me and other community members. How about an alternative pricing model? Tom Cenens in Application Lifecycle Management, Emerging Technologies, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Solution Manager, Virtualization [Dec. 13, 2011 11:47 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Customer testimonials on Business Process Analytics
Watch two video testimonials and learn from SAP AG and Bayer Material Science why they decided to use Business Process Analytics in SAP Solution Manager and what they achieved respectively. For those who can speak German, you can even enjoy a third video which features Hilti and their statement of a 90% efficiency gain. Volker von Gloeden in Analytics, Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Expert, Run SAP, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 11, 2011 04:22 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Tooling around with TOGAF and ARIS (part II)
This is the second of a four-part blog series about TOGAF tooling with ARIS Suite. In this installment, we talk about the predefined content of the ARIS TOGAF v9 content. Alessandro Martins in Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architecture [Dec. 09, 2011 03:25 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Enabling the Successful Adoption of Solution Manager
In this series of blogs, Michal Harezlak and I would like to outline a comprehensive framework for improving your organization's adoption of SAP Solution Manager. Alain Dumas in Application Lifecycle Management [Dec. 08, 2011 04:22 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

End-User Experience Monitoring - What it is and why you should consider it
This blog describes some use cases for End-User Experience Monitoring with Solution Manager as we know them from customers implementations. Thomas Goetz in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 07, 2011 05:27 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP on IBM i - Update week 49 2011, Power HA
I point to SAP note 1635602, which explains how to integrate Power HA into the SAP on IBM i setup. Thomas Obermeier in Application Lifecycle Management, Partnership, SAP Business Suite, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Dec. 06, 2011 08:09 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

New video to explain remote support component
New video for remote support component available Miles Escow in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Dec. 06, 2011 03:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Choosing the Right Methodology for your SAP Testing Project
HarmeetSandhu in ERP, Application Lifecycle Management [Dec. 04, 2011 11:32 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Change Intelligence
SAP Change Intelligence SAP Change Control SAP Change Automation Rick Porter in Application Lifecycle Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 30, 2011 05:22 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Five signs that the new SCN is dysfunctional
The good news about "new" SCN is any idiot can create a blog post; the bad news is any idiot can create a blog post. And that's not all the good news, nor the bad. Here are five areas I am going to be looking out for after the conversion. Jim Spath in Application Lifecycle Management, Emerging Technologies, Ranting, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 29, 2011 04:14 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Tooling around with TOGAF and ARIS (part I)
This blog is the first of a 4-part series discussing about tools for Enterprise Architecture, why a sophisticated tool is an important aspect of its implementation success, how ARIS and ARIS TOGAF content meet the needs of such a task, real-life project examples and key takeways. Alessandro Martins in Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architecture [Nov. 28, 2011 07:31 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Varian Medical Systems leverages SAP Enterprise Support services
Learn in this new video blog how Varian Medical Systems leverages SAP Enterprise Support services. Christian Oehler in Application Lifecycle Management, Beginner, SAP Business Suite, SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 27, 2011 05:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Guidance for Planning Your Maintenance Processes with the SAP Solution Manager
System maintenance is a critical phase in the application life-cycle management. The SAP Solution Manager supports you in the whole process, but prerequisite steps have to be performed and manual action taken. The newly created Maintenance Planning Guide describes the processes and tools for Technology Consultants, System Administrators, and Support Specialists. Wolf Hengevoss in Application Lifecycle Management [Nov. 21, 2011 05:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Virtualization and Cloud – Landscape Virtualization Management
The most interesting pointer at SAP TechED 2011 Madrid for me as a system administrator was the Cloud and Virtualization pointer and more in particular I was interested in the SAP Netweaver LVM (Landscape Virtualization Management software). I was able to connect with some key persons for LVM and other upcoming products and I want to share the information I have gathered by talking, mailing and even spending time on the phone with them. Tom Cenens in Application Lifecycle Management, Emerging Technologies, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Virtualization [Nov. 17, 2011 09:38 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Solution Manager Job scheduling Management impressions
One hands-on session I attended at SAP TechED 2011 Madrid was job scheduling management in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. In the session SAP CPS was used which features additional functionality based on technology from Redwood. Tom Cenens in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager, SAP TechEd [Nov. 15, 2011 12:03 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Answer to the FAQ: Which JSM component should be implemented in which sequence?!
Job Request, Job Documentation, SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood, Business Process Monitoring, JSM Health Check...there are meanwhile so many smaller or larger application components out there that many customers get confused on where to get started in order to improve their Job Scheduling Management. This blog names the different components and gives recommendations on what to use when. Volker von Gloeden in Application Lifecycle Management, Run SAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Solution Manager [Nov. 15, 2011 07:28 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Apps, BYOD and Testing
HarmeetSandhu in Business Process Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Mobile, Scripting Languages [Nov. 14, 2011 02:42 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Announcement: Have a look to the improvements and new tools included in the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 SPS 3 shipment
This blog introduce you into the scope of Software Logistics (SL) Toolset 1.0 Support Package Stack 3. SL Toolset is a new SAP application product independent delivery channel for software logistics tools (such as Software Update Manager, CTS Plug-in, LM Automation Standalone, SUM for SAP HANA, Dual-Stack Split and SAP Set-up). Furthermore it provides you with an outlook to planned shipments which will include improvements of already delivered tools as well as potential new tools. Kathrin Winkmann in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Business Suite, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 10, 2011 04:55 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Most frequent SAP change control technology topics at SAPPHIRE NOW - Concern No 5: Cost to implement
SAP Change Control SAP Change Control Management SAP Change Control Technology SAP Change Control Cost to Implement Rick Porter in Application Lifecycle Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 09, 2011 09:00 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Checkpoint-Group the powerful friend of every ABAPer but…beware!
@Andrea_Olivieri in this blog gives you some insights into the CHECKPOINT-GROUPS , suggests to use them as standard in the newly created custom developments and warns about the LOG-POINTS. Andrea Olivieri in ABAP, Application Lifecycle Management, Application Server, Beginner, Improving My Experience [Nov. 09, 2011 02:37 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Adoption of SAP Solution Manager, how and why?
In this series of blogs Alain Dumas and Michal Harezlak outline comprehensive framework for assessing and improving your organization’s use of SAP Solution Manager. Here is the complete list of the topics we will review: How and why? Adpotion of SAP Solution Manager Business Configuration Solution Design and documentation of solution Innovation Management Solution Configuration and Template Management Test Management Business Continuity Change Request Management Incident and Problem Management Technical Operations Business Process Operations Maintenance, Upgrade Management Improvement of solution IT Reporting Michal Harezlak in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Organizational Change Management, Run SAP [Nov. 08, 2011 01:23 PM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Major enhancements in SAP Test Data Migration Server (TDMS) 4.0
SAP TDMS, Test Data HarmeetSandhu in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager [Nov. 08, 2011 09:32 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What's in for you - Downtime minimization services for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration and SAP NetWeaver Portal
Applying Support Packages leads frequently to not acceptable downtimes for downtime critical systems such as SAP Process Integration and SAP NetWeaver Portal. SAP provides a new service offering for minimizing the Business Downtime for hub systems up to 30 minutes. Kathrin Winkmann in Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Portal (EP), SAP Process Integration (PI) [Nov. 07, 2011 01:40 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How Many Kinds of Enterprise App Stores are There Today?
Eric Lai in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Rules Management, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Mobile, SAP EcoHub [Nov. 06, 2011 01:11 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Where to get information on Business Process Blueprinting for Solution Manager 7.1
Where to look for information about the Business Process Blueprinting 1.0 for modeling SAP and non-SAP processes. Raquel Cunha in Business Process Management, Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager, SAP TechEd, Business Process Modeling [Nov. 04, 2011 04:40 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Business process documentation with SAP Solution Manager 7.1
This blog describes benefits coming from an up-to-date business process documentation in SAP Solution Manager, and ways how to get there easily. Benjamin Schneider in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, SAP Solution Manager [Nov. 04, 2011 03:32 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Six Major Annoyances about Deploying Enterprise Mobility
Eric Lai in Application Lifecycle Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Mobile, Organizational Change Management, Ranting [Nov. 04, 2011 10:17 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Operate Better with the help of SAP Enterprise Support
This blogs explains you how to optimize and automate the operation of your IT solution with the help of SAP Enterprise Support. Christian Oehler in Application Lifecycle Management, Enhancement Packages, ERP, SAP Solution Manager, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 02, 2011 09:03 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

American Airlines just lost a customer
Data Quality, Master Data, QA, Testing, Automation HarmeetSandhu in Application Lifecycle Management, Business Process Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Travel and Logistics Services [Oct. 24, 2011 12:09 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]