Unit 7

Unit 1 Overview Unit 9 Jobs concept and

applications

Unit 2 System instances Unit 10 System administration

Unit 3 SAP Processes Unit 11 Database administration

Unit 4 Clients Unit 12 Print administration

Unit 5 Languages Unit 13 Security

Unit 6 Software updates

Software logistics

Unit 8 System profiles and

system parameters

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 Unit 7: Contents

 Transport flow within a three-system

landscape
 •Structure of the TMS
 Outline the transport process
 Tools used to perform imports using the
Transport Management System (TMS)
 ••Follow the steps for creating a transport
domain

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 Unit Goals

This course will provide you with knowledge

about the following topics:
 Software Logistics
 Change and Transport System
 Change Management
 Transport Management

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 Standard Client Roles

Development and For Configuring client

CUST
Customizing settings and creating new
functionality

Quality Assurance For testing functionality

QTST and verifying configuration

Production For productive activities

PROD and business data

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 Additional Client Roles

SAND
Sandbox For experimenting with
Customizing transactions
and settings

Test For testing configuration

TEST settings using data

Training For end-user training

TRNG

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 Aims of the SAP system
landscape
The system landscape should enable you to:
• Protect application data using client roles and authorizations
concepts
• Perform development, quality assurance, and production
activities in separate environments to ensure consistency of
repository objects and a secure and stable production
environment

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 The SAP-Recommended
System Landscape

SAND

QTST TRNG PROD

TEST CUST

Development Quality Production

Assurance

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 Transporting Changes

Transports are
Required to move
Changes through the
system landscape

TEST QTST

CUST

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 Change and Transport
System (CTS)

CTS
Change and Transport Organizers (CTO)
Transport
Management
Workbench Customizing Transport System
Otganizer Otganizer Organizer (TMS)

SE09 SE10 SE10 STMS

Transport Tools
“tp” and “R3trans”

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 Setting up the System
Landscape

Before R/3 and database installation:

- Define the network structure for the
system landscape
- Install the hardware and the operating
system

During R/3 and database installation:

- Create a common transport directory

After R/3 and database installation:

- For database copy, initialize the Change and
Transport Organizer (CTO)
- Setup the Transport Management System (TMS)

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 Landscape Physical
Transport Route

SAND

QTST TRNG PROD

TEST CUST

Development Quality Production

Import

Ex Assurance
po rt
rt po
Im
Transport Directory
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 Transport Directory

/usr/sap/trans

bin sapnames log actlog oldata buffer cofiles data tmp EPS

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 Creating a Transport
Directory

usr/sap/trans/bin

TPPARAM
tpparam sap (Unix) tpparam nt (Windows)
# global parameters # global parameters
transdir=\usr\sap\trans transdir=\usr\sap\trans

# local parameters for system T11 # local parameters for system DEV
T11/dbname = T11 DEV/dbname = DEV
T11/dbhost = … DEV/dbhost = …

# local parameters for system P11 # local parameters for system QAS
P11/dbname = P11 QAS/dbname = QAS
P11/dbhost = … QAS/dbhost = …

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 Change and Transport
Organizer (CTO)

- Define the system’s status as either:

New installation
Database copy or migration
- Establish the initial change request value
- Set the system change option to either:
Not modifiable
Allow changes to Repository objects and client
independent Customizing

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 Centralized Configuration
Data
- All transport domain comprises
all R/3 Systems jointly
administrated through the TMS
- Transport paths are centrally
configured from each R/3
System to all other R/3 Systems
- The Domain controller defines
the reference configuration
- All other R/3 Systems
automatically receive copies of
the reference configuration

Domain controller

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 Structure of the TMS

Transport domain 1 Transport domain 2

Transport
group 1

Transport directory
Transport directory

Transport directory
Transport
group 1

Transport
domain
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 What is a System
Landscape?

Transport domain

DV1 QA1 PR1

System
landscape
for the Asian
implementation
Transport group

DV2 QA2 PR2

System
landscape for
the European
implementation
Transport group

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 Setting up the TMS

Create a transport Add servers to Configure

Verify
domain and transport the transport transport
TMS setup
domain controller domain routes

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 Establishing a Transport
Domain

QAS
DEV PRD

Domain
controller
Common transport directory

Transport domain 1
Transport domain 2

DEV QAS PRD

Domain
controller

Transport Transport Transport

directory directory directory

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 Initializing the Transport
Domain Controller
Transaction STMS in client 000 will:

- Assign the SAP System as the transport domain controller

- Create transport domain name DOMAIN_<SID>
- Create transport group GROUP_<SID>
- Create CPIC user TMSADM in client 000
- Create RFC destinations
- Set up file DOMAIN.CFG in the directory bin of the
common transport directory

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 Adding additional SAP
Systems
Transaction STMS in client 000 will:

- Obtain the transport domain controller address from

DOMAIN.CFG (or you can explicity define the address)
- Create CPIC user TMSADM in client 000
- Generate RFC destinations automatically
- Send the SAP System’s request for participation in the
transport domain to the transport domain controller

From the transport domain controller you can:

- Accept participation of additional R/3 Systems

- Test and verify TMS configuration and communication
between SAP Systems
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 Transport Domain
Management

Transport domain
DOMAIN_PRD

QAS
DEV PRD

Backup Domain
controller controller

Transport directory Transport group

GROUP_DEV

Configure a backup Controller that is able to take over

controller activities

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 Configuring Transport
Routes

After establishing a transport domain:

- Model transport routes from the domain controller,

using:
- Default standad configurations Use SAP standard
- One-system landscape transport routes to
create default
- Two-system landscape transport routes and
save time!
- Three-system landscape
- Distribuite the new configuration data to all SAP
Systems within the transport domain
- Activate the new configuration

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 Transport Routes

Each development/integration system has a consolidation route

assigned as the standard transport layer.
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 Graphical Editor

- To insert new systems into the configuration, use drag and drop
- To define transport routes, insert arrows and choose type of transport route
- Distribute and activate the new configuration

Delivery
Consolidation
route
routes

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 TMS Authorization
Concept

Transport domain
DOMAIN_QAS

DEV [email protected]_QAS QAS

[email protected]_QAS

Read access
Write access

[email protected]_QAS
[email protected]_QAS Domain
controller

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 Distribution/Activation of
Transport Routes

- Distribution of transport routes is only possible from the

transport domain controller
- Activation of transport routes is possible either:
Remotely by the transport domain controller
Locally on each individual R/3 System
- Distribution and remote activation use a TMSSUP connection
(requiring a user ID and password)
- Activation triggers checks to verify that new transport routes do
not affect existing requests

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 Construction of the
transport system (1)
- Log onto client 000 as a user with SAP_ALL authorization. Do NOT
use SAP* or DDIC.

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 Construction of the
transport system (2)
- Access STMS. The system will ask for a new TMS Domain
configuration

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 Construction of the
transport system (3.1)
- Go back to the domain controller and access STMS  Overview 
Systems, select each system added and choose the menu option SAP
Systems  Aprove.

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 Construction of the
transport system (3.2)

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 Construction of the
transport system (3.3)

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 Construction of the
transport system (4)
- STMS  Overview  Transport routes

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 Construction of the
transport system (5)
- Create the new configuration: Configuration  Standard
configuration  Three system in group.

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 Construction of the
transport system (6)
- Assign the system roles in the TMS domain: Integration system
(Development), Consolidation system (Quality Assurance) and
Delivery system (Production).

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 Construction of the
transport system (7)
- Immediatly appears the routes transport routes, automatically
defined by the system.

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 Construction of the
transport system (8)
- Distribute the new configuration: Configuration Distribute and
activate or press F8.

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 Construction of the
transport system (9)
- When you confirm the distribution, it’s time to make some tests and
confirm the new TMS Domain

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 Summary of this Unit

Now you are enable to:

Ʃ -

-
Define the types of SAP Systems, servers, instances,
SAP Data, and clients
Outline the aims of different client roles and of the system
landscape as a whole
- Explain the systems and clients in a recommended SAP
System landscape
- Outline the components of the Change and Transport
System (CTS)
- Plan, set-up, and maintain an SAP System Infrastructure
using the Transport Management System (TMS)
- Support Customizing and development projects using
software logistics concepts and tools
- Work with the Workbench Organizer, the Customizing
Organizer, and the Transport Organizer

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 Questions & Exercises

1. Using TMS, you can import all transport requests

listed in the production system import queue in the
given sequence. Determine whether this statement is
true or false.
True. Using TMS, you can import all transport requests
listed in the production system import queue in the
given sequence.

2. Describe the relationship between import queues and

import buffers.
The import queue in the SAP System represents the
import buffer located on the operating system level.
Import queues display the requests that are to be
imported to the target system, in the order of their
release.

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