Solution Life Cycle Management
Purpose
Solution Life Cycle Management (SLCM) is one of the key areas of SAP NetWeaver. It provides you with the technology required for the entire life cycle of your solution, from its implementation, through running a live system, to continuous modifications and upgrades.
Integration
The following graphic gives you a simple overview of how Solution Life Cycle Management is positioned within SAP NetWeaver. The components included in SLCM are also shown. These are then described in more detail below.
Features
Solution Life Cycle Management contains the following areas:
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Installation and upgrade |
The installation and upgrade of SAP NetWeaver and its components is described both in individual documents and in the SAP Library. The central documents for the installation and upgrade of SAP NetWeaver are the Master Guide and Upgrade Master Guide. These documents both refer to all other documentation that you need. You can find the Master Guide and Upgrade Master Guide in SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/instguides. |
This section gives you an overview of the tools that manage your SAP licenses. |
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The monitoring features in IT landscapes monitor IT components and processes that run across multiple components. The monitoring results are displayed in a central system. Any problems are displayed as alerts. You can use the relevant analysis methods to go to an appropriate transaction or tool to evaluate the problem. |
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The Support Platform is a proprietary SAP test platform that was created to execute plug-in programs. Small Java programs that are contained in the plug-ins perform multiple analyses of system processes and configurations. The Support Platform runs on an SAP Web AS and allows you to analyze, correct, and monitor the applications running on that system. You can also use it to check the requirements for applications that you want to install, for example, for the Portal. |
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Statistics give you an overview of system performance and system load. |
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The application log is a tool that collects messages, exceptions, and errors. This information is organized and displayed in a log. |
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A wide range of system management functions enable you to control and configure your SAP system. |
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Network Integration |
The SAP Library contains information about the following network topics: You use SAProuter to configure access to your network. You can use the SAP Web Dispatcher as an access point for Web requests. These requests are then distributed (using load balancing) between the individual SAP Web Application Servers of your SAP system, which is behind the firewall. |
High availability of an SAP system is guaranteed by reducing both unscheduled and scheduled downtime to a minimum. |
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Software Change Management standardizes and automates the distribution and maintenance of software in software landscapes. |
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The SAP Solution Manager gives you central access to tools, methods, and preconfigured content that you can use while evaluating and implementing your solutions. When your implementation is running, you can use the SAP Solution Manager to manage and monitor systems and business processes in your solution landscape, and also to set up and operate your own solution support. |
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Customizing settings enable you to adapt the non-company specific and industry-specific functions shipped in an SAP system to the specific business requirements of your enterprise. |
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The Test Workbench is a complete environment for all test phases, including test administration and the tests themselves. |
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You can use the data archiving functions to archive any completed business transactions that are no longer relevant for your daily operations, and so significantly reduce the load on the database. |
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Problem analysis scenarios for the various areas of SAP NetWeaver.
This documentation is only available in English. |
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