Learn About Landscape Recommendations For Adopting SAP Technologies - Part 1

Learn about Landscape Recommendations
for Adopting SAP Technologies Part 1

Paul Peters, Tesoro
Holger Faulhaber, SAP
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Learn About Landscape Recommendations
Learn about Landscape Recommendations for Adopting SAP
Technologies Part 1
In this first session, learn about what SAP is planning to do to
provide customers with better information to support landscape
planning and technology deployment? Including areas related to
overall system environment and compatibility and inter-operability
of SAP products and technologies.
We will describe what SAP understands today about your
information needs with respect to technology adoption and what
resources are available today to support SAP customers in this
area. We will also review SAPs current plans to extend existing
resources and provide additional resources to better support your
deployment planning needs.
Please attend the second interactive session (# 2306) to influence
how SAP can better support your needs in this area.
Target group: Members of IT and the Office of the CIO, including IT
/ Enterprise Architects, Technology and Landscape Planners,
Technology Project Leads, IT Strategists.
LEARNING POINTS
Identify Current Customer Experiences and Challenges
with Landscape Planning
Identify customer needs and priorities for
landscape/technology adoption planning
Influence an SAP Solution to Support Better Product
and Technology Information for IT Planning
THE CHALLENGE
How to find and bring new SAP innovations to your current Business?
System Landscapes at Customers
Designing the Optimal Landscape Layout
Business Aspects
Operations
Costs
Speed of
Innovation
Security
Architectural
Strategy
Performance &
Scalability
Legal Aspects
OS/DB platform
strategy
SLA&
Availability
IT Aspects
Product Roadmaps
Technical Documentation
(Planning, Installation &
Configuration Guides, etc.)
SLD
Dual Stack
SAP
Solution Manager
ABAP
JEE
Solution Mng
Component
AS ABAP
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
ABAP
ERP
Components
AS ABAP
SRM
Server
SAP SRM
ABAP
SRM
Components
AS ABAP
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
ABAP
SCM
Components
AS ABAP
CRM
Server
SAP CRM
ABAP
CRM
Components
BW
AS ABAP
Business Warehouse
SEM
Central BI
Content
ABAP
EP
AS JAVA
BEx Web
JEE
BI JAVA
BICS
PI
PI Dual Stack
Process Integration
ABAP
JEE
ESR&SR
ESR Content
SLD
SolMan Content
SAP NetWeaver Hubs
SAP Business Suite
Backend Systems
EP Core
AS JAVA
Application Portal
JEE
Additional SAP BS Instance
Portal
Content
ADOBE
Solution Landscape
of Customer
Deployment Recommendations
for SAP Products
Information Sources & Tools
New or Change Installation Resources Provides Answers To
1. Discover Product Information
Innovation Finder, BFP, SDN, Release Notes,
Product Road Maps
Business Case
What is in? Features and Functions
Future Product Planning from SAP
2. Plan & Decide
Product Availability Matrix
Landscape Planner
Update Dependencies Analyzer

Supported HW/OS combinations
Reporting and planning landscape changes
Discover impact on other systems
Recommended landscape options
3. Execute:
Installation Guides
Software Installation and Upgrade tools

Detailed descriptions
Tools for Admins
Agenda Focus
New or Change Installation Resources Provides Answers To
1. Discover Product Information
Innovation Finder, BFP, SDN, Release
Notes,
Product Road Maps

Business Case
What is in? Features and Functions
Future Product Planning from SAP
2. Plan & Decide
Product Availability Matrix
Landscape Planner
Update Dependencies Analyzer

Supported HW/OS combinations
Reporting and planning landscape changes
Discover impact on other systems
Recommended landscape options
3. Execute:
Installation Guides
Software Installation and Upgrade tools

Detailed descriptions
Tools for Admins
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DISCOVER PRODUCT INFORMATION
Customer Business Case
Improvements & Innovations
Portal entry point for quick
access to resources that help
you find information about
planned and released
innovations
SAP road maps
Solution Browser
Business Function
Prediction
http://service.sap.com/findinnovation
Business Function Prediction
Functional description of
new features delivered in
SAP ERP enhancement
packages
Customer tailored list
Release notes and
documentation
Test cases
http://service.sap.com/bfp
Service Marketplace Road Maps
Documents to provide
reliable transparency into
the direction of SAP products
and solutions
Solution Road Maps,
Product Road Maps
Today, Planned, Future
Industry,
Line of Business,
Technology
http://service.sap.com/roadmaps
PLAN & DECIDE
1. Product Availability Matrix
2. Landscape Planner
3. Update Dependencies Analyzer
4. Deployment Recommendations
New (Software) Product Availability Matrix 2.0
Highlights
New design and technology with attractive UIs
Improved search and search term auto-
complete
Many filter and sort options for search results
Personalized views (my last viewed, my
favorites)
Clearly structured display of a product versions
detailed information
Easy display of the related versions of a product
version (successors, upgrades, add-ons)
Support package stacks of a product version
Release information overview table and filter
options
In the PAM you can find details about SAP software product
versions, including availability and end of maintenance dates,
upgrade paths, and technical release information (database
platforms, Java platforms, operating systems, and so on).
Prerequisite to use the PAM:
You need a user for the SAP Service Marketplace http://service.sap.com.
http://service.sap.com/pam
New PAM 2.0 - new attractive UIs & more

2) Details 3) Related Product Versions 4) Release Information Overview 5) Details 1) Search result
PLAN & DECIDE
Landscape Planner objectives
Why use this tool?
A graphical landscape planning tool, showing technical systems, their
details and dependencies.
Landscape Planner addresses the following challenges that customers
currently face:
How do I get an understanding of systems in the landscape, both at a
high-level and low level?
How can I document the current landscape and use this as a basis for
planning any changes?
How can I plan changes, analyze the impact, and communicate the
results for execution?
Use of the Landscape Planner
Reporting on landscape - System types, roles, dependencies,
landscape patterns, etc.
Planning changes in the landscape by IT Project Manager, Business
Process Expert, IT Administrator, IT Architect,

Available at the SAP Service Marketplace:
http://service.sap.com/mopz
Landscape Planner
Customer Profile
Landscape Planner
Data entities and systems involved

SAP Solution Manager 7.1 (SP5)
Maintenance
Monitoring
SAP Service Marketplace
LMDB

PPMS
(Software Catalog)
CUSTOMER
Product Definition Layer
Support Backbone
Landscape Layer
SAP Store
technical
system A

technical
system B
SLD
(central)
technical systems
product systems /
product instances
DEMO
Landscape Planner Live landscape visualization and maintenance planning
Or Slides in Appendix
Getting the tool and further information
Landscape Planner hosted at SAP Service Marketplace
Prerequisites:
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 SP23 without special
prerequisites
No installation required*
Replication of data from EarlyWatch Alert (for detail see
SAP Note 993775) Notes implementation
Tool access
Use this URL: http://service.sap.com/sap/support/lp/ui
Further information:
Information will be available at the SCN Landscape
Descriptions (http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8935)
PLAN & DECIDE
Upgrade Dependency Analyzer
Checks the existence of
technical upgrade
dependencies between two
separately installed SAP
systems in your system
landscape

http://service.sap.com/uda
UDA Example XI 3.0 PI 7.1 EHP1
PLAN & DECIDE
Deployment Recommendations for SAP Products
Guiding Principles
SLD
Dual Stack
SAP
Solution Manager
ABAP
JEE
Solution Mng
Component
AS ABAP
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
ABAP
ERP
Components
AS ABAP
SRM
Server
SAP SRM
ABAP
SRM
Components
AS ABAP
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
ABAP
SCM
Components
AS ABAP
CRM
Server
SAP CRM
ABAP
CRM
Components
BW
AS ABAP
Business Warehouse
SEM
Central BI
Content
ABAP
EP
AS JAVA
BEx Web
JEE
BI JAVA
BICS
PI
PI Dual Stack
Process Integration
ABAP
JEE
ESR&SR
ESR Content
SLD
SolMan Content
SAP NetWeaver Hubs
SAP Business Suite
Backend Systems
EP Core
AS JAVA
Application Portal
JEE
Portal
Content
ADOBE
Solution Landscape
of Customer
for SAP Products
Allow flexibility by offering different deployment options (not one-size-fits-all)
Provide guidance by rating different options
Ease decisions by listing pros & cons
Simplify consumption of information by using a common methodology
Increase reliability by considering SAP product strategy, achieved landscape qualities
and cross-product alignment
High-Level Guidance
for optimized
Landscape Layouts
Ease Landscape Planning By Stronger Guidance
Used Methodology
Option I Option II
Option
III
Clear recommendations by categorization of deployment options
General Recommendation
Best choice for majority of typical
landscape use cases
Recommended by SAPs strategy
Accepted by a wide base of
customers
Reasonable Alternative
Useful choice for certain use
cases or customer scenarios
Supported and confirmed by
SAPs strategy
Possible Exception
Only useful for specific use cases
Supported by SAP, but limitations
might occur
Outlining main important aspects
Optimal trade-off between flexibility and simplicity
Applied to main building blocks of SAP products

Alternative deployment options typically have different pros & cons
Customer individual assessment not be compensated
Goal
Consider
Available Landscape Recommendations
Archive of landscape recommendations for SAP
NetWeaver 7.0 and dual stack deployment
Landscape recommendations for SAP NetWeaver 7.3
Landscape recommendations for Add-on products like
SAP Business Objects solutions for GRC, etc.
Landscape recommendations for SAP NetWeaver
Gateway (new)
Landscape recommendations for mobile scenarios
including Sybase Unwired Platform and SAP NetWeaver
Mobile (new)
Landscape recommendations for Process Integration /
Process Orchestration
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SLGB/Landscape+Recommendations
EXAMPLE
Process Integration, Business Process Composition, and Process
Orchestration
Scope of Landscape Recommendations (1/3)
Building Blocks in System Landscapes for Process Integration
JEE
SAP system with
own database
available platform
technology
Role
main role of this
system
ABAP
PI Dual Stack
Process Integration - PI
Integration
Engine
ABAP
JAVA
JEE
Advanced
Adapter Engine
ccBPM
Engine
SLD
ESR&SR
Content
JAVA
AEX
Process Integration -
AEX
JEE
ESR&SR
Advanced
Adapter Engine
SLD
Content
Non-central Advanced
Adapter Engine
JEE
Advanced
Adapter Engine
AS JAVA
Considered main building blocks
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (dual stack)
Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (JAVA only)
Enterprise Services Repository & Services Registry
System Landscape Directory

Considered main usage scenarios
A2A connectivity:
Integration of internal systems
B2B connectivity:
Integration of systems across company
boundaries
Building Blocks in System Landscapes
for Business Process Composition
Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Rules Management (BRM)
Composition Environment Platform (CE)

Business Process Composition
Compose new business process extensions
UI and Service Composition
Develop, run, and manage composite
applications
Mainly used as part of Business Process
Composition
JEE
SAP system with
own database
available platform
technology
Role
main role of this
system
BPM
incl. BRM
AS JAVA
Business Process
Management
COMP-ENV
CE-APPS
JEE
Composite App.
Building Blocks in System Landscapes
for Process Orchestration
Advanced Adapter Engine Extended
Enterprise Services Repository & Services Registry
Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Rules Management (BRM)

A2A and B2B connectivity
Human-centric scenarios
Integration-centric scenarios
JEE
SAP system with
own database
available platform
technology
Role
main role of this
system
BPM
incl. BRM
AS JAVA
COMP-ENV
CE-APPS
JEE
Composite App.
AEX
ESR&SR
Advanced
Adapter Engine
SLD
Content
Non-central Advanced
Adapter Engine
JEE
Advanced
Adapter Engine
AS JAVA
LANDSCAPE RECOMMENDATIONS
Generic landscape recommendations for Process Integration, Business Process
Composition, and Process Orchestration
Process Integration / Process Orchestration
Single Hub Installation
Shared usage for both A2A and B2B, stateless and stateful processing
Deployed as a central system
ESR/SR included
Benefits
Less complex system architecture
Central governance of meta data
Central configuration, monitoring, and administration
Support for stateless message processing, and stateful
message orchestration

Considerations
Installation of additional SAP NetWeaver usage types
not supported
For Process Orchestration, system sizing and
configuration must reflect both human-centric and
integration-centric scenarios
Example
Application
Backend
NON SAP
Application
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
Backend
ABAP
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
Backend
ABAP
AS JAVA
JEE
Adapter
Engine
ESR&SR
SLD BPM/BRM
Single Hub with Additional Adapter Engines
(Distributed Landscape)
Single hub system with additional multiple non-central adapter engines
Use cases: localization, business continuity, security*
Benefits
Centralized governance, maintenance, and monitoring
De-coupled runtimes and distributed load
Separating pure messaging from process orchestration
Localization: Reduced message travel time and reduced
network load in global networks
Localization: Local AAEs serve local business needs
Business continuity: Minimize planned downtime via switch
over
Security: Secure deployment of AAE instances in DMZ
enforcing network isolation for B2B scenarios

Considerations
BPM/ccBPM scenarios require central Process
Integration/Process Orchestration runtime
For Process Orchestration, two Integrated Configuration
Objects required for scenarios spanning both Adapter
Engines
* Refer to how-to guide on SCN, see additional information
Example
Multiple Hub Installation (Federated Landscape)
Benefits
Separation of Process Integration/Process Orchestration
systems due to different reasons, such as technical
aspects, business requirements or geographical
distribution
Systems can be optimized for their respective use case
ESR can be connected to multiple systems
Central development and service design

Considerations
Central ESR requires at least SAP NetWeaver 7.31
Installation of additional SAP NetWeaver usage types
not supported
Increased TCO due to additional administration effort

Example
Segmentation into multiple domains*
Central ESR/SR

Application
Backend
NON SAP
Application
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
Backend
ABAP
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
Backend
ABAP
Application
Backend
NON SAP
Application
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
Backend
ABAP
Shared content via
central ESR
locally deployed,
but not used
ESR&SR
AS JAVA
JEE
AS JAVA
JEE
Adapter
Engine
Central
ESR&SR
SLD BPM/BRM
Adapter
Engine
ESR&SR
SLD BPM/BRM
Consuming application
services within human-
centric scenarios
Pure integration needs
and integration-centric
processes
* Refer to how-to guide on SCN, see additional information
Lean pure Java-based integration broker without Business Process Management
or Business Rules Management capabilities
ESR & SR included within AEX installation
Process Integration
Pure Java Installation Option of SAP NetWeaver PI (AEX)
Benefits
Lean pure Java-based installation option supporting basic
ESB functionality (stateless message handling comprising
interface determination, mapping, routing, and
connectivity via adapters)
Less complex system architecture

Considerations
No support for integration-centric processes nor business
rules scenarios
No support for WS-RM connectivity
No upgrade to Process Orchestration option possible
SAP recommends to consider full Process Orchestration
installation for future flexibility
Example
Application
Backend
NON SAP
Application
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
Backend
ABAP
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
Backend
ABAP
Integrating
applications of
different backend
systems
AS JAVA
Advanced Adapter
Engine Extended
JEE
Adapter
Engine
ESR&SR
SLD
Single System Installation
of Business Process Management
Standalone BPM system for business process composition scenarios
No need for integration capabilities (beyond Web Services and RFC)
Basic Enterprise Portal capabilities with local UWL
Local ESR and SR
Benefits
System optimized for human-centric processes
Installation of additional Usage Types supported
Local UWL can be used to display tasks
Slightly lower footprint compared to Process
Orchestration option

Considerations
Connectivity via Web Services or RFC only
Connection to external LDAP or central identity
management might be required for workflow driven
scenarios
Example
Application
Backend
NON SAP
Application
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
Backend
ABAP
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
Backend
ABAP
Consuming application
services within human-
centric scenarios
AS JAVA
Busines Process
Management
JEE
BPM/BRM
Composite App.
System Landscapes at Customers
Designing the Optimal Landscape Layout
Business Aspects
Operations
Costs
Speed of
Innovation
Security
Architectural
Strategy
Performance &
Scalability
Legal Aspects
OS/DB platform
strategy
SLA&
Availability
IT Aspects
Product Roadmaps
Technical Documentation
(Planning, Installation &
Configuration Guides, etc.)
SLD
Dual Stack
SAP
Solution Manager
ABAP
JEE
Solution Mng
Component
AS ABAP
ECC
Server
SAP ERP
ABAP
ERP
Components
AS ABAP
SRM
Server
SAP SRM
ABAP
SRM
Components
AS ABAP
SCM
Server
SAP SCM
ABAP
SCM
Components
AS ABAP
CRM
Server
SAP CRM
ABAP
CRM
Components
BW
AS ABAP
Business Warehouse
SEM
Central BI
Content
ABAP
EP
AS JAVA
BEx Web
JEE
BI JAVA
BICS
PI
PI Dual Stack
Process Integration
ABAP
JEE
ESR&SR
ESR Content
SLD
SolMan Content
SAP NetWeaver Hubs
SAP Business Suite
Backend Systems
EP Core
AS JAVA
Application Portal
JEE
Portal
Content
ADOBE
Solution Landscape
of Customer
for SAP Products
KEY LEARNINGS
You should now know:
Where to find relevant information.
Which tools to use in landscape planning.
Understand Deployment Recommendations.

We would like to collect your feedback and
requirements in the next session!

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING

Please join us for Feedback & Discussion
in Part 2 (#2306)

Please provide feedback on this session by completing a short
survey via the event mobile application.

SESSION CODE: 2305

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APPENDIX
Details and Screenshots Landscape Planner
Landscape Planner

This presentation and SAPs strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice.
This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement
Landscape Planner
Customer Profile
Landscape Planner
Data entities and systems involved

SAP Solution Manager 7.1 (SP5)
Maintenance
Monitoring
SAP Service Marketplace
LMDB

PPMS
(Software Catalog)
CUSTOMER
Product Definition Layer
Support Backbone
Landscape Layer
SAP Store
technical
system A

technical
system B
SLD
(central)
technical systems
product systems /
product instances
DEMO
Landscape Planner landscape visualization and maintenance planning
Demo: Landscape Planner
Stat screen and object selection

Filtering

Hub dependencies

Product system detail product instances

SAP NETWEAVER 7.0
Update options

Update details selection example: Add-on

Update details technical usage

Landscape Planner plan ready to be handed
over to MOpz

Landscape plan imported into MOpz
maintenance transaction

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