SAP Basis

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This chapter explains the following topics:

◉ the role of a BASIS Administrator,
◉ tasks related to SAP BASIS Administration, and
◉ categorization of SAP Administrative tasks.

We can subdivide the roles of a SAP BASIS Consultant into the following categories:

Server Administrator

◉ Interface Analyst
◉ Solution Specialist
◉ System Architect

Network Administrator

◉ Transport Administrator
◉ Batch Administrator

Database Administrator

◉ Security Specialist
◉ ABAP Specialist
◉ DDIC Manager

OS Administrator

◉ SAP DBA
◉ System Administrator

Roles of a SAP BASIS Consultant


The following illustration depicts the typical roles performed by a SAP BASIS Consultant -

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Tasks Performed under Different Roles


We can further categorize the tasks performed under different roles −

System Architect


◉ Sizing SAP systems
◉ Design SAP landscape

Transport Administrator


◉ Change control across SAP landscape

Batch Administrator


◉ Create and manage batch jobs across landscape

Security Specialist


◉ Design, monitor, and manage access to SAP landscape

ABAP Specialist


◉ Troubleshoot and tune ABAP programs
◉ Apply correction to program

DDIC Manager


◉ Manage changes to SAP data dictionary

SAP DBA


◉ Manage integrity of SAP database objects
◉ Manage backups and restore

System Administrator


◉ Maintain system health
◉ Monitor and tune system performance

Interface Analyst


◉ Analyze and Monitor
◉ Interfaces within SAP landscape

Solutions Specialist


◉ Installation of AP / Add-On
◉ Migrate OS / DB
◉ Upgrade SAP version
◉ Archiving of SAP Data

SAP BASIS Administration Tasks


SAP BASIS administration tasks can be further categorized as follows −

SAP Administration


◉ Starting and stopping SAP instance(s)
◉ User administration – setup and maintenance
◉ Authorization / Role / Profiles – setup and maintenance
◉ Setup SAP security
◉ Maintenance of system’s health
◉ Monitor system performance and logs
◉ Spool and print administration
◉ Maintain system landscape
◉ Transport management systems
◉ Manage change requests
◉ Create / Manage batch jobs
◉ Backup schedule, run, and monitor backup of SAP
◉ Apply patches, kernel, and OSS notes

Database Administration


◉ Database Space Management
◉ Database Backup
◉ Database Recovery
◉ Database log (Redo log, Archive Log) management
◉ Database Performance Tunings

Operation System Administration


◉ Operation system security
◉ Operation system performance tuning
◉ OS space management
◉ OS level background job management
◉ OS level backup and recovery

Overall System Monitoring


◉ Monitoring R/3 servers and instances
◉ Monitoring users and authorizations
◉ Monitoring security part
◉ Monitoring workload analysis
◉ Monitoring processes
◉ Monitoring buffers
◉ Monitoring operating system
◉ Monitoring database
◉ Monitoring backups

SAP Administrator's Frequently Used Transactions


◉ SM04/AL08 − User List
◉ SM51 − Display Application Server
◉ SM37 − Background Job Overview
◉ SM50/SM66 − Manage Work Processes
◉ SM12 − Mange Lock Entries
◉ PFCG − Maintain Roles
◉ SM13 − Manage Update Records
◉ SM21 − Analyze System Log
◉ SM02 − Send System Messages

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