Why Have a Book on the SLD?
As I start most of my blogs "SAP NetWeaver System Landscape Directory is the most important provider of landscape information." When you try to find out about a new piece of software you can read through the online documentation and SDN blogs - and this is still recommendable when you have started working with it. To get an overview of the concepts of a new tool it might nicer to have a book - that's why we wrote it. It was an option to describe the SLD as a whole, paint the big picture, give some information beyond the online help.
Our book has two parts, one that introduces the SLD, the concepts and use (supported with many screenshots) one that contains some information that is not part of the "main stream" documentation, namely how to write programs using SLD data.
Figure 1: SLD Book's Cover "SAP NetWeaver System Landscape Directory - Grundlagen und Praxis" - German Version (click picture to get a larger view)
Content Overview
Chapters 1 - 5 give an overview; chapters 6 - 10 provide in-depth information on the SLD. Here are the details:
Kapitel / Chapter | Titel / Inhalt der deutschen Ausgabe | Title / Content (as it would look like in an English version) |
1 | System Landscape Directory / Einführung in Funktionen, Konzepte, Architektur und Verwendung des SLD | System Landscape Directory / Introductions to functions, concepts, architecture, and usage of the SLD |
2 | Sammlung der Daten für das SLD / Welche Daten werden auf welche Weise im SLD gesammelt? | Gathering Data in the SLD / Which kind of data is gathered in the SLD and how? |
3 | Datenaustausch zwischen SLD-Systemen / Wie werden Daten zwischen mehreren SLDs in der Landschaft verteilt? | Data Exchange between SLDs / How can Data be distributed between several SLD systems in the landscape |
4 | Nutzung des SLDs: Client-Anwendungen / Details zur Nutzung des SLDs | Using the SLD: Its Client-Applications / Details on the use of SLD data |
5 | SLD-Systeme in der Systemlandschaft / Wie viele SLD-Systeme werden in Landschaften benötigt und welche Mechanismen des Datenaustausches sollten verwendet werden? | SLD-Systems in the Landscape / How many SLDs are necessary in a landscape and which mechanisms of data exchange should you use? |
6 | Administration / Hinweise zu Wartung, CIM Instance Browser, Sicherheit und Sizing | Administration / Notes on Maintenance, CIM Instance Browser, Security, and Sizing |
7 | Synchronization im Detail / Tiefer gehende Hinweise zu Mechanismen der Daten-Synchronisation im SLD mit Problembeschreibungen | Synchronization in Detail / In-depth notes on mechanisms of data Synchronization in the SLD including problem descriptions. |
8 | Datenmodell / Datenablage im SLD, CIM-Modell und das davon abgeleitete SLD-Modell | Data Model / Storing data in the SLD, CIM-Model and the SLD model derived from it. |
9 | Registrierung von Nicht-SAP-Systemen / Vorgehen und Datenformate beim Registrieren von Drittanbieter-Systemen | Registration of Non-SAP-Systems / Procedure and data formats when registering 3rd-Party-Systems |
10 | Programmierung / Nutzung der offenen Schnittstelle des SLD mit Beispielen | Programming / Using the open interface of the SLD including examples |
Poster | CIM-Modell zu AS ABAP und AS Java | CIM Model of AS ABAP and AS Java |
Table 1: SLD Book - Table of Contents
Here's the link to the German publisher's content description:
http://www.sap-press.de/2113 (publisher's page describing the book; description in German) also containing a "Leseprobe", parts of chapters 6 and 7 (as PDF-file) people able to read German can read prior to buying the book.
How to get the Book?
At the moment the German version can be found here:
- The ISBN to find the German version of the book is ISBN 978-3-8362-1405-6
- To get the German publisher‘s page, click SAP NetWeaver System Landscape Directory
As said several times the English version cannot be ordered since there is no commitment at the moment to translate and produce it, but since this depends on the expected interest in such a version here is my question:
- "Would you consider buying an English version if it were available?"
- If the answer is yes just indicate your interest in an English version of the SLD Book in the comments. Note that this is not an order you're placing and that we cannot promise that the English version will become available.
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