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Wolf Hengevoss | PM CLM | Product Manager Area System & Landscape Planning

October 11, 2016 Customer

Maintenance Planner Innovation Adoption Webinar Series for SAP User Groups

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Agenda A new approach to landscape and maintenance planning

Changes in System & Landscape Planning: Motivation & Goal see 1st webinar of this series

Maintenance Planner – in the Big Picture

System & Landscape Planning: New Features & Supported Scenarios

DEMOs see recording

SLD/LMDB/SAP Solution Manager: Topology Required for a consistent Customer Profile

System & Landscape Planning – Roadmap and Changes in Landscape Entities

Summary & Further Information / QA

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Maintenance Planner – in the Big Picture


SAP

Support Portal

Simplify landscape management – motivation & goalWhy change the approach – again?

Solution Browser

Innovation Discovery

Service

Product Availability Matrix

Maintenance Optimizer

Upgrade Roadmap

Business Function Prediction

Landscape Verification

System Landscape

DirectoryLMDB/

SEA/….

Find Innovation

Solution Explorer

Software Logistics ToolsUpdate/Upgrade/Installation

The problem – from consolidated customer quotes:

"Planning of maintenance/upd/upg is error-prone, not

being intuitive but costly in both time and money…"

… reasons being:

Abundance of involved tools and data models

Missing user guidance on the process in UIs

Sync processes for data at SAP & customers

The solution: Simplify the process by…

… reduction of the number of involved tools

… using 1 data model & 1 calculation on demand

… central integration by clear hand-over steps in the tools

Technical System Data

LMDB Product System Editor

EHP Info Center Improvement Finder

Landscape Planner

Maintenance Planner

Upgrade Dependency Analyzer




Lab Preview*

* UDA is planned to be integrated with the Maintenance Planner


Maintenance PlannerThe big picture of the data flow and involved tools

SLD and LMDB with SAP Solution

Manager have the role of the key

applications to gather data from

the system landscape

• SLD being the target for technical

system data sent by data suppliers

• LMDB adding information (manual

and from agents) replication into the

Customer Profile

• Maintenance Planner is available for

planning updates or upgrades of the

system landscape in the SAP

Support Portal

IT LandscapeIT LandscapeIT Landscape

(AS Java)(AS ABAP) (HANA)

LMDB

Customer

Profile

upload

read

SPS/EHP

Update

Upgrade

Installation

incl. SAP Fiori

SAP S/4HANA

Conversion

SL ToolsSWPM / SUM

SPAM/SAINT

& SEA

CUSTOMER

Support

Portal

SLD

Define system

dependencies

& calculate…

registermonitor

run

Stack.xml +

Download Basket

consume, install,

update/upgrade

download

SWDC

Monitoring

SEA

…


Integrated Functionality Best or Mandatory for…

Operational EaseSimplified Maintenance Process

Maintenance Planner

Maintenance

Planner

SID

T

https://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp

The Maintenance Planner is a service of SAP

Solution Manager offered on the SAP Support

Portal and the strategic tool that enables easy

and efficient planning of all changes in your IT

landscape.

The Maintenance Planner supports SAP Solution

Manager 7.1 and is mandatory for SAP Solution

Manager 7.2, and for all calculations regarding

SAP S/4HANA and SAP NetWeaver 7.5+.

Central, integrated end-to-end

planning tool

Simplified modelling & visualization

of maintenance dependencies

Streamlined new system

installations

Hosted on SAP Support

Portal, accessible via URL

Leverage infrastructure

enhancements instantly

Access based on S-user

authentication

Integrated correction of

erroneous system information

Consolidated planning of all

related systems including tracks

Easy installation of SAP Fiori

apps (backend + front-end)

Maintenance Planner…

• … unifies tasks from Maintenance Optimizer and

LMDB Product System Editor in one tool

• … delivers maintenance artifacts for SWPM,

SUM, & SEA (SAP Solution Manager 7.2)

• … offers integrated processes for installation of

SAP Fiori Apps and SAP S/4HANA conversion

Learn more on SCN Maintenance Planner

SAP Fiori

SAP Solution Manager 7.2 is

in ramp-up – no general availability

Maintenance Optimizer is planned for sunset on Jan 9, 2017.

In SAP Solution Manager 7.1, MOpz will continue to support SEA

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-65243

System & Landscape Planning:

New Features & Supported Scenarios


Maintenance Planner The Next Generation Experience for Landscape Maintenance

Maintenance Planner offers:

Graphical UI for planning of…

o System maintenance, update, upgrade

o Planning the installation of technical

systems

All aspects of maintenance in one tool

o Maintenance dependency definition

o Landscape verification

o Maintenance track definition

o Planning for SAP S/4HANA installation

& conversion

Integration with other tools

o Integrated process for installation of

SAP Fiori Apps

o Integration with other tools planned

Home screen of Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner is a service of SAP Solution Manager hosted on SAP Support Portal supporting

customers and SAP in effective planning of landscape changes with SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and 7.2.


Maintenance PlannerImproved user experience

Maintenance Optimizer, LMDB

Product System Editor

- Multiple Tools

- Expert UIs

Maintenance Planner

+ State of the Art user experience

+ Integrated interfaces

+ Integrated check & correction of system information if needed


Maintenance PlannerSimplified dialog based modelling of maintenance dependencies

Product System Editor in LMDB

- Expert knowledge of SAP product model required

- Resulting in errors during maintenance in complex

scenarios

Maintenance Planner

+ simplified creation of maintenance dependencies by

simply choosing related systems

+ Proposals of possible maintenance dependencies

+ Hiding complexity


Maintenance PlannerPlanning the maintenance of system tracks


- Maintenance planning focused on single systems

- Full functionality of maintenance of system track only

available via expert tools

Maintenance Planner

+ Planning the maintenance of system tracks including visualization

of maintenance dependencies

+ Differences between systems in a track are detected and solved

during the maintenance process


Up-to-date installation (UDI) – to the required stackShorter, streamlined installation process with the Maintenance Planner

Plan Realize

tt1

SWPMSystem

RegistrationManaged System

SetupMaintenance

OptimizerSoftware Update

Manager

t3 t4 t5

Process before UDI – often interrupted with preparation of the next phase

System Requirementsin e.g. Office Documents

t0

Process w/o

Maintenance

Planner

t2

Plan Realize

tt2

SWPMSystem

RegistrationManaged System

SetupSoftware Update

Manager

t4 t5t1 t3

Up-to-Date installation to the desired SPS state – starting with a planning tool for the installation, the output of one step is the input for the next

MaintenancePlanner

Process

with

Maintenance

Planner: UDI

Run

Run


Installation of SAP Fiori AppsHandling the complete installation of SAP Fiori Apps with the Maintenance Planner

Plan Realize

tt2

System Registration

ConfigurationSWPM /

SUM

t4 t5t1 t3

Up-to-Date installation to the desired SPS state – starting with a planning tool for the installation, the output of one step is the input for the next

Fiori Apps Reference Library

Key features:

• Integration with Fiori

Apps Reference Library

• Taking into account

back-end and front-end

parts of an SAP Fiori

installation

• Installing by updating /

enhancing existing

systems or installation of

new systems

Run

MaintenancePlanner


Maintenance PlannerPreparation for SAP S/4HANA

Maintenance Planner…

… checks for installed software components,

activated business functions and Add-Ons

… prevents the conversion if there is no valid path for the conversion (for example, the add-on is not released yet)

… one stop solution for planning SAP S/4HANA

conversion and new installation

… generates mandatory stack file for conversion

… supports download of files, which are consumed

by Software Update Manager (SUM)

…offers multiple deployment options e.g. (Front-

end system embedded/separate with backend)

Maintenance Planner is mandatory for planning conversion to SAP S/4HANA

Holistic View of System Conversion to

SAP S/4HANAiITM201 (L2)

SAP Note 2267221 “Service Preparation for SAP

S/4HANA Readiness Check (SAP S/4HANA on-

premise edition 1511)”i

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2267221/E


SAP S/4HANA System Conversion: The role of the Maintenance Planner

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

tt2

Maintenance Planner

Pre-ChecksCustom Code

Migration WorklistSoftware Update Manager (SUM)

Application specific follow-on activities

t3 t4 t5 t6

Simplification List SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition

Database Migration

Software Update

Data Conversion

System Requirements

t1

The Maintenance Planner supports the SAP S/4HANA conversion with checks of…

• Business Functions (BF): You are asked to switch-off a BF not (yet) supported by SAP S/4HANA or

switched on automatically as required

Add-on/IS: You are warned if any add-ons are not supported for SAP S/4HANA (for partner add-ons have

SAP S/4HANA compatibility checked).

Checks include compatibility of any IS solution, if any.

System & Landscape Planning –

Roadmap and Changes in Landscape Entities


Roadmap Maintenance Planner | Maintenance Optimizer

The Maintenance Planner is…

• … compatible with SAP Solution Manager 7.1

• … successor of MOpz/LMDB PSE with SAP Solution Manager 7.2

2015




t

Maintenance Planner

SAP Solution Manager 7.1

SAP Solution Manager 7.2


LMDB Product System Editor

Today

Latest Features

Support for SAP S/4HANA

Up-To-Date installation of Java systems

Planned features

Integration of Upgrade Dependency

Analyzer

Integration of side effects reporting

Add-on deletion for system conversion to

SAP S/4HANA

2017

Maintenance Optimizer sunsets on Jan 9, 2017

Lab

Preview


SAP

Solution

Manager 7.1

Techn. Scenario

SLD

LMDB

PPMS

Logical Comp.

product systemtechn. syst. data

TechMon ChaRM

SID

T

MOpz

SEA

P00 (AS Java)C00 (AS ABAP) E00 (HANA)

Support

Portal

installation /

upd / upg

tools

IT

Landscape

ALM scenarios & landscape entities Maintenance Planner and SAP Solution Manager – version 7.1

SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and Maintenance Planner

You can immediately start benefitting from advanced

planning features offered in Maintenance Planner

All landscape entities stay valid e.g. dependencies

created using product systems will automatically reflect

as maintenance dependencies in Maintenance Planner

If you're using the Scope & Effort Analyzer (SEA),

MOpz transactions are still needed

If you're using Change Request Mgmt. (ChaRM),

product systems are still needed for logical

components


SAP

Solution

Manager 7.2

Techn. Scenario

SLD

LMDB

PPMS

Logical Comp.

product system

TechMon ChaRM

SID

T

MOpz

SEA

P00 (AS Java)C00 (AS ABAP) E00 (HANA)

Support

Portal

installation /

upd / upg

tools

IT

Landscape

ALM scenarios & landscape entities Maintenance Planner and SAP Solution Manager – Version 7.2

With SAP Solution Manager 7.2, tools, entities and

processes are significantly simplified:

Product systems and MOpz are replaced

Maintenance dependencies are defined in Maintenance

Planner only

Logical components are based on technical systems

SEA will consume maintenance transactions from the

Maintenance Planner

LMDB focusses on technical systems' data enrichment

X

X

techn. syst. data

Summary & Further Information


Summary & further information

With the Maintenance Planner, SAP simplified the landscape planning process…

… more functions – landscape planning from installation to maintenance of whole system tracks

… simpler processes – verification integrated into the maintenance, maintenance dependencies, …

… less effort – being hosted by SAP will be available for all customers without additional implementation

For further information, see Landscape Management – the Process @ the SCN

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/x/ASq7Gg

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Wolf Hengevoss | PM CLM | Product Manager Area System & Landscape Planning

SAP SE

69190 Walldorf, Germany

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