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  Calling all SAP customers and partners! Get ready for an exciting opportunity to plan, transform and operate SAP landscape effectively. Cloud & Lifecycle Management Day 2023 is just around the corner, with events taking place in Mumbai,... Read More »

In this blog I will explain what it means if a version of the Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM) reaches the end of maintenance. For SWPM the following terms are equal: “End-of-Maintenance” = “Out-of-Maintenance” =... Read More »

It’s been almost 8 years since the first SAP S/4HANA product version was released. Meanwhile SAP S/4HANA is mature enough as thousands of customers around the world have adopted it one way or another, regardless whether they chose a new... Read More »

Introduction Software Update Manager (SUM) Toolbox is an ABAP-based transaction that allows you to run certain tools and reports related to the various scenarios offered by Software Update Manager. Starting from release 05/2022 of SUM Toolbox, the... Read More »

Hello Avid readers, As promised, part2 is in continuation to my blog post https://blogs.sap.com/2022/03/25/soh-migration-sum-dmo-with-system-move-first-hand-experience-part-1  In this blog post we will cover the following. How to effectively use... Read More »

This blog post covers one-step upgrade and migration approach, performance optimization and downtime minimization for migration of ECC on oracle database to HANA database with EHP upgrade via SUM DMO with SYSTEM MOVE option. We have recently... Read More »

Introduction We upgraded from S/4HANA 1809 FPS 02 to 2020 FPS01 recently and I want to share the errors and troubleshooting related to the Silent Data Migration from this upgrade. I highly recommend familiarizing yourself with SDMI during downtime... Read More »

Editorial From time to time, we provide a dedicated blog post on latest news for Software Update Manager (SUM). This time, they do not list up to 24 aspects, so we don’t offer an Advent Calendar 😊 But we list them all on December 1st already,... Read More »

In this blog I describe the general availability of Zero Downtime Option for SAP S/4HANA. Abstract: With SAP S/4HANA 2021 and SUM 2.0 SP 12, the Zero Downtime Option for SAP S/4HANA is generally available. This blog describes the prerequisites... Read More »

Introduction: In this blog post you will learn some key points which every SAP consultant has to consider for smooth SAP update/upgrade in landscape. Here are these : SUM selection- You have to select SUM version based on your current SAP stack... Read More »