Changes to this Guide in SP9
Types of Change
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New
Something new, that is, the elements involved did not exist before.
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Enhanced
Something that has been changed or improved. New elements have been added.
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Changed
Something that has been changed or improved. New elements have not been added.
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Deleted
Something that has been deleted.
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Category |
Page |
Feature |
Description |
Related Link |
Type of Documentation Change |
Type of Software Change |
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| Configuration |
 Landscape Configuration  Initial Entities Configuration Configuring Instances Mount Points Adding Mount Point Configurations
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Adding Mount Point Configurations | The section has been enhanced for SAP HANA scale-out systems. | Adding Mount Point Configurations | Enhanced | None |
| Automation Studio |
Managing System Landscapes Automation Studio Custom Process Creating Custom Processes
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Custom Process | The section has been enhanced with an example for option Executable on all Resolved Entities. | Creating Custom Processes | Enhanced | None |
| Automation Studio |
Managing System Landscapes Automation Studio Custom Processes SAP Process Steps
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SAP Process Steps |
The following new SAP process steps are available:
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SAP Process Steps | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Automation Studio |
Managing System Landscapes Automation Studio Custom Hooks Creating Custom Hooks
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Create Custom Hooks | The section has been enhanced with the option to retrieve secure parameters. | Creating Custom Hooks | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Automation Studio |
Managing System Landscapes Automation Studio Custom Hooks Copying Custom Hooks
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Copy Custom Hooks | The section has been enhanced with the option to retrieve secure parameters. | Copying Custom Hooks | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Automation Studio |
Managing System Landscapes Automation Studio Custom Hooks Editing Custom Hooks
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Edit Custom Hooks | The section has been enhanced with the option to retrieve secure parameters. | Editing Custom Hooks | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Automation Studio |
Managing System Landscapes Automation Studio Constraints Static and Dynamic Constraints
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Constraints |
The following new constraints are available:
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Static and Dynamic Constraints | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Configuration |
Landscape Configuration Initial Entities Configuration Configuring Systems Basic Configuration Configuring General System
Properties
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Configuring General System Properties | The section has been enhanced with the types of systems that you can configure. | Configuring General System Properties | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Configuration |
Landscape Configuration Initial Entities Configuration Configuring Systems Basic Configuration Assigning System to SAP HANA
Cockpit
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Assigning System to SAP HANA Cockpit | You can now assign an SAP HANA cockpit to systems containing an SAP HANA database which is managed by the SAP HANA cockpit. | Assigning Systems to SAP HANA Cockpit | New | New |
| Configuration |
Landscape Configuration Initial Entities Configuration Configuring Systems Basic Configuration Configuring Managed Systems as Focused Run
Systems
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Configuring Managed Systems as Focused Run Systems | You can now configure managed systems as Focused Run Systems. | Configuring Managed Systems as Focused Run Systems | New | New |
| Configuration |
Landscape Configuration Initial Entities Configuration Configuring Systems Basic Configuration Assigning Focused Run Systems to Managed
Systems
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Assigning Focused Run Systems to Managed Systems | You can now assign Focused Run systems to managed systems. | Assigning Focused Run Systems to Managed Systems | New | New |
| Infrastructure |
Landscape Configuration Infrastructure Configuration Repository Configuration Repositories
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Repositories | The section has been enhanced for the repository use case SAP HANA update. | Repositories | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Infrastructure |
Landscape Configuration Infrastructure Configuration Repository Configuration SAP HANA Update Repository
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SAP HANA Update Repository | You can now store SAP HANA update files in a repository on a central share. | SAP HANA Update Repository | New | New |
| Monitoring |
Managing System Landscapes Monitoring Managing Activities Exporting Activities
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Exporting Activities | The permissions required to export activities have been enhanced. | Exporting Activities | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Monitoring |
Managing System Landscapes Monitoring Managing Activities Exporting Log Entries
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Exporting Log Entries | The permissions required to export log entries have been enhanced. | Exporting Log Entries | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Setting Up System Replication Multitarget System Replication
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Multitarget System Replication | The section about multitarget system replication is now available. | Multitarget System Replication | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance | Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Host Operations Rescanning Repositories |
Rescan Repositories | The operation Rescan Repository is now availavle. | Rescanning Repositories | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Takeover Takeover Workflow
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Takeover Workflow | The custom process Take Over has been enhanced. | Takeover Workflow | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Takeover Performing a Takeover
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Performing a Takeover | The section has been enhanced with information about log retention for multitarget system replication. | Performing a Takeover | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Near Zero Downtime Takeover Near Zero Downtime Takeover
Workflow
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Near Zero Downtime Takeover Workflow | The custom process Near Zero Downtime Takeover has been enhanced. | Near Zero Downtime Takeover Workflow | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Near Zero Downtime Takeover Performing a Near Zero Downtime
Takeover
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Performing a Near Zero Downtime Takeover | The section has been enhanced with information about log retention for multitarget system replication. | Performing a Near Zero Downtime Takeover | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary
Tier Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary
Tier Workflow
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Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier Workflow | The custom process SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier has been enhanced. | Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier Workflow | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary
Tier Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary
Tier Workflow
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Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary Tier Workflow | The custom process Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary Tier has been enhanced. | Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary Tier Workflow | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Failback Failback Workflow
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Failback Workflow | The custom process Failback for SAP HANA System Replication has been enhanced. | Failback Workflow | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Register Primary Tier as new Secondary
Tier Register Primary Tier as new Secondary Tier
Workflow
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Register Primary Tier as new Secondary Tier Workflow | The custom process Register Primary Tier as new Secondary Tier has been enhanced. | Register Primary Tier as new Secondary Tier Workflow | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Enabling Log Retention
Propagation
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Enable Log Retention Propagation | The operation Enable Log Retention Propagation is now available. | Enabling Log Retention Propagation | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Disabling Log Retention
Propagation
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Disable Log Retention Propagation | The operation Disable Log Retention Propagation is now available. | Disabling Log Retention Propagation | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Changing Log Retention
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Change Log Retention | The operation Change Log Retention is now available. | Changing Log Retention | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Virtual Element Operations Monitoring Virtual Elements
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Monitor Virtual Elements | The operation Monitor Virtual Elements is now available to update the virtual element monitoring data on demand. | Monitoring Virtual Elements | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Virtual Element Operations Operations for Virtual Elements
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Virtual Element Operations | The operations Reboot, Resize, and Destroy are now available. | Operations for Virtual Elements | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Processes Update SAP HANA
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SAP HANA Update | The SAP HANA process Update SAP HANA is now available. | Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary
Tier
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Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier | The SAP HANA process Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier is now available. | Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Host Operations Monitoring Hosts
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Monitor Hosts | The operation Monitor Host is now available to update the host monitoring data on demand. | Monitoring Hosts | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Host Operations Validating Hosts
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Validate Hosts | The operation Validate Host is now available to validate the host configuration. | Validating Hosts | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Other Operations Monitoring Instances
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Monitor Instances | The operation Monitor Instances is now available to update the instance monitoring data on demand. | Monitoring Instances | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Other Operations Validating Instances
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Validate Instances | The operation Validate Instance has been changed. | Validating Instances | Changed | Changed |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance System Operations Validating Systems
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Validate Systems | The operation Validate System is now available to validate the system configuration. | Validating Systems | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Configuring HA/DR Provider Hook
(Update)
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Configuring HA/DR Provider Hook (Update) | The name of the replication operation has been changed. | Configuring HA/DR Provider Hook (Update) | Changed | Changed |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Testing HA/DR Provider Hook
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Testing HA/DR Provider Hook | The name of the replication operation has been changed. | Testing HA/DR Provider Hook | Changed | Changed |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance SAP HANA Replication Updating HA/DR Provider Scripts
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Updating HA/DR Provider Scripts | The name of the replication operation has been changed. | Updating HA/DR Provider Scripts | Changed | Changed |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Virtual Element Operations Resizing Virtual Elements
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Resizing Virtual Elements | The operation Resize is now available to resize virtual elements from one instance type to another. | Resizing Virtual Elements | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Virtual Element Operations Rebooting Virtual Elements
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Rebooting Virtual Elements | The operation Reboot is now available. | Rebooting Virtual Elements | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Virtual Element Operations Destroying Virtual Elements
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Destroying Virtual Elements | The operation Destroy is now available to destroy virtual elements. | Destroying Virtual Elements | New | New |
| Operations and Maintenance |
Managing System Landscapes Operations and Maintenance Instance Operations Executing Operations on Instances with a
Focused Run System Assigned to Them
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Operations on Instances with a Focused Run System Assigned to Them | You can now perform operations on systems that have a Focused Run system assigned to them. | Executing Operations on Instances with a Focused Run System Assigned to Them | New | New |
| Overview |
Managing System Landscapes Overview SAP Database Administration Accessing SAP HANA Cockpit
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SAP HANA Database Administration | The section about accessing SAP HANA cockpit from within SAP Landscape Management has been enhanced. | Accessing SAP HANA Cockpit | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Overview |
Managing System Landscapes Overview Entity Relations
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Entity Relations | The relations Preferred Replication and Replication Siblings are now available. | Entity Relations | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Virtual Hosts
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Virtual Hosts Provisioning | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Provisioning Virtual Hosts | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Managing System Snapshots Taking System Snapshots
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System Snapshots | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Taking System Snapshots | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Managing System Snapshots Removing System Snapshots
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System Snapshots | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Removing System Snapshots | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Cloning a System
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System Clone | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Cloning a System | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Maintaining Systems Near Zero
Downtime
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System Near Zero Downtime Maintenance | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Maintaining Systems Near Zero Downtime | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Copying a System
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System Copy | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Copying a System | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Refreshing a System
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System Refresh | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Refreshing a System | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Refreshing a Database
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Database Refresh | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Refreshing a Database | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Refreshing a Database Using a Database
Backup
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Database Refresh | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Refreshing a Database Using a Database Backup | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Renaming a System
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System Rename | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Renaming a System | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems Executing Post-Copy Automation
Standalone
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Standalone Post-Copy Automation | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Executing Post-Copy Automation Standalone | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Destroying Systems
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System Destroy | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Destroying Systems | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Destroying Tenant Databases
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Tenant Database Destroy | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Destroying Tenant Databases | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Destroying %HANA-CORE-LONG% System
Replication Tiers
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SAP HANA Replication Tiers Destroy | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Destroying SAP HANA System Replication Tiers | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Tenant Databases Copying a Tenant Database
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Tenant Database Copy | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Copying a Tenant Database | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Tenant Databases Refreshing a Tenant Database
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Tenant Database Refresh | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Refreshing a Tenant Database | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Tenant Databases Renaming a Tenant Database
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Tenant Database Rename | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Renaming a Tenant Database | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Creating SAP HANA System Replication
Tiers
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SAP HANA System Replication Tier Creation | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Creating SAP HANA System Replication Tiers | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Application Servers Installing Application Servers on an Existing
System
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Application Server Installation | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Installing Application Servers on an Existing System | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Application Servers Uninstalling Application Servers
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Application Server Uninstallation | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Uninstalling Application Servers | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Diagnostics Agents Installing Diagnostics Agents
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Diagnostics Agent Installation | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Installing Diagnostics Agents | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Diagnostics Agents Uninstalling Diagnostics Agents
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Diagnostics Agent Uninstallation | The provisioning functionality is now available within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Uninstalling Diagnostics Agents | Changed | Changed |
| Provisioning |
Managing System Landscapes Provisioning Provisioning Systems
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Database Consistency | The table showing the database types and the corresponding consistency methods has been enhanced. | Consistency | Enhanced | None |
| Setup |
Landscape Configuration Initial Landscape Setup Validations for Landscape
Entities Validations for Instances
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Validations for Instances | The validations for instances have been enhanced. | Validations for Instances | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Security |
Security Considerations Roles and Authorizations Standard Permissions
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Standard Permissions |
The following new permissions are now available:
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Standard Permissions | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Security |
Security Considerations Roles and Authorizations Standard Permissions
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Standard Permissions | The permission VirtualResource(Activate,DeactivateSoft,DeactivateHard,Suspend,Migrate) has been enhanced to VirtualResource(Activate,DeactivateSoft,DeactivateHard,Suspend,Migrate,Reboot,Resize. | Standard Permissions | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Security |
Security Considerations Roles and Authorizations Standard Roles and Groups
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Standard Roles and Groups | The action DataExport has been assigned to various roles. | Standard Roles and Groups | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Security |
Security Considerations Roles and Authorizations Standard Roles and Groups
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Standard Roles and Groups | The action CustomProcessExecution has been assigned to various roles. | Standard Roles and Groups | Enhanced | Enhanced |
| Security |
Security Considerations Roles and Authorizations Setting Authorization Permissions for
Operations and Content
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Setting Authorization Permissions for Operations and Content | The section has been enhanced with more detailed information about the System Destroy permission. | Setting Authorization Permissions for Operations and Content | Enhanced | Enhanced |