R3 Upgrade Methodology PDF

Software Logistics
R/3 Upgrade
Thomas Arend
Ulrich Heuss
Kerstin Hoeft
Ralph Radermacher
Peter Trebing
SAP AG
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Wednesday, December 9
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Introduction
Support for efficient R/3 Upgrade Projects
ASAP for Upgrade
Upgrade Wizard
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Remote Services
New Features
Preparation for the Upgrade
R/3 Upgrade Assistant
Prepare
Start of Real Upgrade Demo (Part 1)
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Real Upgrade Demo (Part 2)

R3up
Special Topics
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Reducing Downtime
Incremental Conversion ICNV (DDIC)

Upgrade Procedure
Upgrade Runtimes
Release Strategy
Online Correction Support (OCS)
Support for efficient

R/3 Upgrade projects
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Support Tools and Services
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ASAP for Upgrade

Remote Services
Upgrade Wizard (SAPNet)
Usability improvements:
Logfile Analysis (PROSA)
Technical Improvements:
enhanced PREPARE
Incremental Conversion (ICNV)
Modification Assistant
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ASAP for Upgrade
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standard project plan with SAP certified methodology

accelerate overall project runtimes
detailed description of every step
support realistic estimations of resources for project steps
optimize project actions
support project administrators
provide additional integrated aids (accelerators)
integration with other SAP services and tools
Lowest Cost Of Ownership
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ASAP for Upgrade - development steps
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first version available with 3.1H

4.0B version included in Upgrade Package
combined with standard ASAP roadmap
4.5A version available
further enhancements, links and accelerators
integration and combination with other tools and services
SAPNet
Upgrade Wizard / Remote Services
Online Docu
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SAP
SAP Upgrade
Upgrade Roadmap
Roadmap Wizard
Wizard
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SAP Upgrade Roadmap Wizard - Overview

z Integrated Project Management and Information Tool in
SAPNet (Implementation, Euro, Upgrade)
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Quick Project Overview (tasks, resources, dependencies)

individual configuration options
Links to SAPNet Objects
R/3 notes, Online Documentation, ...
Project Documentation online (status, history)
Checklists and additional helps (ASAP Accelerators)
Improved Communication Customer SAP
Create OSS Meldungen from SAPNet (planned)
ASAP procedure model

TeamSAP
Remote Services
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Example: Euro Roadmap Wizard
Login
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Creating a project
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Roadmap Wizard
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Roadmap Wizard
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ASAP for Upgrade CD vs Roadmap Wizard
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Read only (offline)

Print entire tree or parts
full functionality only with
full installation (with
accellerators)
templates and accelerators
Work online (interactive)

all Links (SAPNet) available
data exchange with SAP
(project management,
Remote Services)
central repository - frequent
updates
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R/3
R/3 Remote
Remote Services
Services
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R/3 Consulting Services
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Remote Upgrade
You should use this service if you
want to
z Outsource the technical R/3 Upgrade

z Get an upgrade project plan layed out
for you individually
z Have your system landscape rebuilt
for testing purposes after the upgrade
Your benefits:
z Always use state-of-the-art R/3 technology
z Outsource specialist know-how that is rarely used
z Profit from lower costs (compared with onsite services)
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Project schedule
Modification adjustments
Post-upgrade activities
Import of Hot Packages
Detailed documentation
SAP specialists
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Prerequisites
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Scope of Service
Remote Upgrade
The standard offering contains:

Preparatory measures
Tests for the network, access authorizations

System configuration check
Upgrade requirements check
Setup of test system (as a copy of production system, if possible)
Project and activity plans, schedule agreements
Upgrade (test system), including database upgrades

Upgrade checks (test system)
Test plan for customers, including performance test
Customer test control
Upgrade (production system)
Checks and customer sign-off
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Project Plan (Example)
Remote Upgrade
Acceptance test
by customer
Preparatory
measures
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Test
upgrade
Various checks
- Configuration
- Requirements
Schedules
Test planning
Test system setup
incl. manual
follow-up work
and minor
modifications
Corrections
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days
Production
upgrade
using preparatory
test plans
with main focus points
Correction of
problems from test
Customer
activity
SAP
activity
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Upgrade Wizard
Remote Upgrade
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Online Project
Management
Easy Administration
Time and Activity
Planning
Consistent Project
Documentation
Integrated Roadmap
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Support for efficient

R/3 Upgrade projects
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SAP AG
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R/3
R/3 Upgrade
Upgrade 4.5
4.5 Part
Part 11
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Ulrich Heuss
Ralph Radermacher
SAP AG
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Copyright
Copyright 1998 SAP AG. All rights reserved.

Neither this training manual nor any part thereof may
be passed on to others, copied or reproduced in any
form or by any means, or translated into another
language, for any purpose without the express prior
consent in writing of SAP AG. The information
contained in this document is subject to change and
supplementation without prior notice.
All rights reserved.
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Wednesday, December 9
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New Features
Preparation for the Upgrade
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New Features
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New Features
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New frontend with graphical user interface

Remote control of upgrades
Multiple user interfaces for each upgrade
process
Improved analysis of errors
Tools for analyzing upgrade log files
Improved error tolerance (severity P)
Support functions
Direct access to OSS notes using SAPNet (4.5A)
New documentation media (HTML, ...)
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New Features
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Up to 12 CD mount points can be predefined

You can choose an upgrade directory other than
/usr/sap/put
Multi-step PREPARE
Extended checks during upgrade preparation
Extended database space checks
Prepare tools are imported into the database
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Forecast of database conversions
Active nametab switch

Reduced downtime
Incremental table conversion
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Unchanged Features
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/usr/sap/put directory structure

Log file names
CD directory structure
Look and feel of the upgrade documentation
Upgrade strategies
Many upgrade phases are similar to Releases 3.0/3.1
R3up password is still in the corresponding OSS
Note
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Preparation for the

Upgrade
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R3up: Upgrade Overview
System analysis and preparation (4.0)

Post-Upgrade activities
Productive operation
PREPARE
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Benefits of advanced PREPARE:

forecast of the amount of database conversion
correction and modification analysis
improved database space check
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Preparation: General Measures
Upgrade software package (Upgrade Box)

Find all necessary OSS notes (latest versions)
Look for other useful OSS notes
Check hardware and database against the requirements checklist
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Preparation: Schedule
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Define overall upgrade schedule

Define database backup times
Method
OS upgrade
DB upgrade
R/3 upgrade
Upgrade sequence
Development system
Quality assurance
Production system
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Preparation: Schedule (Example)
Preparation
PREPARE
R3UP
online
OS /DB
upgrade
R3UP
offline
R3UP Post-Upgrade actions
Post-Upgrade steps
Day
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Preparation: Space Requirements

Extension of old tablespaces
Start release 3.0x :
5 GB
Substitution tablespaces
7 GB needed
3 GB of old substitution tablespaces will be freed
Free space in directory /usr/sap/put
1.6 GB
Requirements for additional languages (not E, D)
+ 300 MB per language

Loads for other platforms
+ 250 MB for each platform
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More user friendliness
Master/Client support for Remote Upgrade
Remote upgrade available around the world
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Goals
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Graphical user interface - easy to use

Remote control of upgrades
Multiple user interfaces for each upgrade process
Analysis of upgrade log files
Display of help texts and documentation
Direct link to R/3 Note Search in SAPNet
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Architecture

Administrator
R3up
Upgrade
Assistant
Server
Observer 1
Observer 2
Firewall
Benefits:
z Upgrade process runs independently of frontend
z More than one connection
z Remote connection possible
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Architecture
UaServer
Upgrade Assistant server
One UaServer runs on the same host as the central
instance (Message Server)
Communicates with R3up
UaGui
Upgrade Assistant frontend (GUI)
Can be started simultaneously on multiple frontends
Communicates with UaServer
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Connect
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Logon
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Roles
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Multiple user interfaces require different roles

Roles
administrator role
allows decisions to be made which affect the R/3 upgrade

initial password: admin
observer role
allows monitoring of an R/3 upgrade

initial password: observer
Roles can be changed dynamically
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: R3up control
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: File Service
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Alert Service
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Requirements
Java required
Requirements for UaServer
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.1.x (or higher)
Requirements for UaGui
Either:
Or:
Or:
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.1.x (or higher)

Microsoft VM for Java
Internet Browser for Java 1.1
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: New directories
New upgrade subdirectory /usr/sap/put/ua/

ua.jar
: Complete R/3 Upgrade Assistant
uagui.jar
: GUI part of the R/3 Upgrade Assistant

(ua.zip and uagui.zip respectively
4.0B )
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R/3 Upgrade Assistant: Phase Analysis
New upgrade subdirectory

/usr/sap/put/log/prosa
contains log file analysis for each phase (html format)

index.html
collection of frequently asked questions
additional information
Viewing of log file analysis with R/3 Upgrade Assistant

is possible as of Release 4.0B
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PREPARE
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PREPARE: Overview
z New multi-step PREPARE

z PREPARE must be executed once before the upgrade
z PREPARE must be finished without errors
z PREPARE can run several times
z More checks included in PREPARE
z Password required when ignore is chosen
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PREPARE: Overview
Advanced checks before the upgrade

Dynamic space check in the database
RFC and batch
Open repairs
Specified profile names
Improvement of upgrade planning

Display of objects to be adjusted
Display of collisions with central Basis objects
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PREPARE: Overview
Determine possible errors before the upgrade

Activation errors
Minimize user entries during the upgrade

Read language CDs
Read add-on CDs
Select transports for automatic modification adjustment
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PREPARE: Structure
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Before 4.0:
All checks are performed (one run)
Results are written to CHECKS.LOG
New features of 4.0:

Tools are imported during PREPARE
Checks repeated selectively (PREPARE Modules)
Optional and mandatory checks
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PREPARE: Structure
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Grouping of checks of PREPARE modules

Features of PREPARE modules:
Can be executed separately
Mandatory / optional
Execution status
(initial, succeeded, failed, ignored, canceled)
Can only be executed if preceding status is succeeded or ignored
Has a phase list
Results are written to CHECKS.LOG
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PREPARE: Steps
4
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Optional checks
Regular checks
Import of tools;
Language adjustment and add-on merge;
Read all import data from CD
User input; Basic checks; Consistency checks;

Read control data from CD only
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PREPARE: Modules
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PREPARE: Selection of Modules
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PREPARE: Actions
z Some actions/checks are only performed in

PREPARE
(Import, CD read, language adjustment, Add On )
z Other actions/checks are performed again in the

upgrade (R3up)
z Some actions/checks are optional:

Optional checks for conversion
Modification support
Pre-processing
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PREPARE: Parameter Input
Mandatory
Number of parallel import processes (R3trans)
Value 2 is recommended
Password of R/3-user DDIC in client 000
Attention: This is not checked by R3up at this time!
Host name of the batch server
Attention: Make sure that you are using the right host name!
Database type
Initial parameters
(SID, profile names, specific directories, ...)
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PREPARE: Parameter Input
Multiple mount points

EXAMPLE
CD drive
: /sapcd
: SAP-Kernel-CD
File system : /usr/sap/cd1 : UPGRADE-CD-1

File system : /usr/sap/cd2 : UPGRADE-CD-2
File system : /usr/sap/cd3 : REPORT-LOAD-CD
UPGRADE-CD-1 /-2 approximately 1 GB
REPORT-LOAD-CD approximately 100 MB
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PREPARE: Initialization
Mandatory
Determine database version, R/3 Release
Check whether system can be upgraded
Check space for importing tools and delivery catalog
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PREPARE: Import
Mandatory
Import tools
Import delivery catalog
Check RFC
Check start of batch jobs
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PREPARE: CD Read
Mandatory
Query add-ons
Read add-on CDs
Query languages
Read language CDs
Select requests for automatic modification adjustment
Bind patches into the upgrade process
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PREPARE: General Checks
Mandatory (repeated by R3up)

Check space in database
Check database and operating system version
Check for locked SAP objects in requests/repairs
Check space in file system
Check for open and terminated updates
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PREPARE: General Checks, DB Space Check
Static space check

Container requirements
Requirements per table
Find out which container in customer system contains the

tables
Space requirements for the table are added to the space
requirements for the container
Free space check results are stored in database tables
R3up reads these tables and checks freespace again
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PREPARE: General Checks, DB Space Check
z Dynamic space check

For conversions
Tables to be converted are determined for each source

release and database at SAP
The sizes of these tables are determined in the customer
system
The container of the tables is determined
The size of the three largest tables is added to the container
For new secondary indexes
Determine the container for indexes

Calculate index size from table size individually for each
table
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PREPARE: Advanced freespace check
Freespace check at table level

Check on tablespace level fails if customer moved a table to a
different container
Freespace check for table conversion (Phase PCON)

Table conversion runs in parallel (max. three tables simultaneously)
Table conversion creates temporary shadow tables
PREPARE detects the three largest tables to be converted
PREPARE calculates the space needed for converting them
Freespace check results are stored in database tables
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PREPARE: Activation Checks
Mandatory
Check for DDIC objects referencing SAP DDIC objects
that will be deleted during the upgrade
Preparation for renaming data elements
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PREPARE: Necessary Checks for Conversion
Mandatory
Preparation for conversion of address data
Note on reducing table sizes so that conversion is quicker
(see CHECKS.LOG)
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PREPARE: Optional Checks
Checks for conversions

List of tables to be converted known to SAP
Dynamic space check on database
Modification support
Display objects to be adjusted (from R/3 with
SPDD/SPAU)
Check conflicts of modifications with central Basis objects
Pre-processing
Delete old delivery requests (SAPK....)
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PREPARE: Check Results
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PREPARE: Check Results
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Software Logistics

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

Real Upgrade Demo (Part 2)

Incremental Conversion ICNV (DDIC)

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Support for efficient

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

Support Tools and Services

ASAP for Upgrade

Logfile Analysis (PROSA)

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SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

ASAP for Upgrade

standard project plan with SAP certified methodology

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SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

ASAP for Upgrade - development steps

first version available with 3.1H

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SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

SAP Upgrade Roadmap Wizard - Overview

Quick Project Overview (tasks, resources, dependencies)

ASAP procedure model

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Example: Euro Roadmap Wizard

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ASAP for Upgrade CD vs Roadmap Wizard

Read only (offline)

templates and accelerators

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Work online (interactive)

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R/3 Consulting Services

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z Outsource the technical R/3 Upgrade

z Have your system landscape rebuilt

for testing purposes after the upgrade

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Remote Upgrade Service

Complete technical release

Before SAP can start upgrading the customer's

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The standard offering contains:

Tests for the network, access authorizations

Upgrade (test system), including database upgrades

Project Plan (Example)

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SAP AG SAPTECHED 98 (M5) December 1998

Support for efficient

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Copyright 1998 SAP AG. All rights reserved.

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