Technical Operations for SAP NetWeaver

Use

Designing, implementing, and running SAP NetWeaver at peak performance 24 hours a day has never been more vital for your business success than today.

This guide provides a starting point for administrators in procedures for the optimal operation and use of SAP NetWeaver. It contains specific information for various administration tasks, and lists the tools that you can use to carry them out. It also refers to documentation required for these tasks. You must use this guide in combination with other documentation such as the Master Guide and the SAP Library.

Constraints

This document assumes that the system or systems are running, or could be started at least once. This documentation therefore contains no information about installation. Configuration tasks are only described if they are pending while the system is running.

Sections

Description of the Subsections

SAP NetWeaver Operations - General Information

Information concerning general administration of an SAP NetWeaver system is offered by SAP Support in SAP standards for key operations processes. Each standard contains best-practice procedures on how to run the individual tasks, explanations on which tools inside SAP Solution Manager should be used, available training and services that support the adoption of the standard.

You can find these documents on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/alm-methodologiesInformation published on SAP site > Support Standards > Media Library .

Further release- and SAP NetWeaver product-specific information how to carry out administration tasks you can find in this documentation in chapter Solution Life Cycle Management.

Troubleshooting

A central entry point for all issues is the SAP Technology Troubleshooting Guide on http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/TechTSGInformation published on SAP site.

You can find troubleshooting information (problem analysis scenarios) for specific installable software units also in the relevant documentation sections.

Database Administration

Database Administration for SAP HANA

Contains the administration tasks for databases.

Contains the administration tasks for the SAP HANA database.

Administration of SAP NetWeaver systems and components

Administration tasks for SAP NetWeaver systems on which one or more installable units of SAP NetWeaver are installed and configured.

Administration of Standalone Engines

Administration tasks for additional installable entities that function "standalone", and that are not really SAP NetWeaver systems or components.

They provide a specific server function in combination with one or more units of SAP NetWeaver.

SAP NetWeaver Business Client

Contains the administration tasks for SAP NetWeaver Business Client.Client programs are additional installable programs that are either on the local front-end PCs of users or in back-end systems. They are used to access functions of SAP NetWeaver systems or standalone engines in landscapes.