SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Provisioning Systems

Automate complex provisioning activities such as system clone, copy, refresh, or rename.

Simplified System Clone, Copy, and Refresh Process Overview

System provisioning procedures are storage and/or virtualization integration dependent.


    System Provisioning Concepts
    This section provides an overview of the system provisioning concepts, such as clone, copy, refresh, or rename.
    General Prerequisites for Provisioning Systems
    Before you provision systems, ensure that the general prerequisites are met.
    Cloning a System
    You clone a system, to create a duplicate of an existing system with an identical system ID.
    Maintaining Systems Near Zero Downtime
    You clone a system near zero downtime (nZDM) to apply Support Packages with a reduced business downtime.
    Copying a System
    You copy a system to create a duplicate of an existing system with a different host name and a unique system ID. SAP Landscape Management creates a copy of the existing system and renames the copy.
    Refreshing a System
    You refresh a system to overwrite an existing target system with the latest data from a source system while maintaining the configuration.
    Refreshing a Database
    You refresh a database to keep the configuration settings of your application instances such as central instance (CI), dialog instance (DI), and so on.
    Refreshing a Database Using a Database Backup
    You perform a restore based refresh for a system with SAP HANA databases using a complete database backup from the source system. With that you refresh the SAP HANA database of the system but keep the configuration settings of your application instances such as central instance (CI), dialog instance (DI), and so on.
    Renaming a System
    You rename a system to change system ID, host names, instance numbers, and mount points from the source system to the target system.
    Executing Post-Copy Automation Standalone
    You execute post-copy automation (PCA) standalone to carry out several configuration steps on a system that was not provisioned by SAP Landscape Management.
    Monitoring a System Clone, Copy, Refresh, or Rename
    Display the log of all tasks involved in cloning, copying, refreshing, or renaming your system.
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