What's New in 3.0 SP11 Enterprise Edition
This section describes the new features and changes implemented in Support Package 11 of SAP Landscape Management 3.0.
New Features in SP11
Feature |
Description |
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Simulate Custom Process Execution |
Simulate the execution of custom processes. |
Detect Single Tenant Database as SAP HANA Multitenant Database Containers |
Detect a system which can be classified as system with a single tenant database as MDC system. SAP Landscape Management detects two systems and creates the tenant. |
REST Application Programming Interface |
Retrieve and modify pools using the SAP Landscape Management REST API. |
Changes to this Guide in SP11
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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Feature |
Description |
Related Link |
Type of Documentation Change |
Type of Software Change |
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Automation Studio | Creating Custom Processes |
When creating a custom process, you can now:
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Creating Custom Processes | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Editing Custom Processes |
When editing a custom process, you can now:
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Editing Custom Processes | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Copying Custom Processes |
When copying a custom process, you can now:
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Copying Custom Processes | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | SAP Process Steps |
The following new SAP process steps are now available:
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SAP Process Steps | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Creating Custom Operations |
When creating a custom operation, you can now:
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Creating Custom Operations | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Copying Custom Operations |
When copying a custom operation, you can now:
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Copying Custom Operations | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Editing Custom Operations |
When editing a custom operation, you can now:
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Editing Custom Operations | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Scheduling Operation Templates | The user interface for scheduling operation templates has been changed. | Scheduling Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Scheduling Provisioning Templates | The user interface for scheduling provisioning templates has been changed. | Scheduling Provisioning Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Grouping Templates available in the Schedule | The user interface for grouping templates available in the schedule has been changed. | Grouping Templates available in the Schedule | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Filtering Templates available in the Schedule | The user interface for filtering templates available in the schedule has been changed. | Filtering Templates available in the Schedule | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Schedules |
The new chapter about exporting schedules is now available. The permissions to export schedules have been enhanced. |
Exporting Schedules | New | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Saving Activities as Provisioing Blueprints | You can now define a new or choose an existing group for the provisioning blueprint. | Saving Activities as Provisioning Blueprints | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Editing Provisioning Blueprints | You can now define a new or choose an existing group for the provisioning blueprint. | Editing Provisioning Blueprints | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Saving Provisioning Blueprints as Operation Template | The chapter about saving provisioning blueprints as operation template has been changed. | Saving Provisioning Blueprints as Operation Template | Changed | None | |
Automation Studio | Deleting Provisioning Blueprints | The user interface for deleting provisioning blueprints has been changed. | Deleting Provisioning Blueprints | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Simulating Custom Processes | You can now simulate the execution of custom processes, to see how the custom process is resolved on the entities, or to check if all constraints are fulfilled. | Simulating Custom Processes | New | New | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Custom Operations | The permissions required to export custom operations have been enhanced. | Exporting Custom Operations | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Custom Hooks | The permissions required to export custom hooks have been enhanced. | Exporting Custom Hooks | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Custom Notifications | The permissions required to export custom notifications have been enhanced. | Exporting Custom Notifications | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Custom Provisioning Processes | The permissions required to export custom provisioning processes have been enhanced. | Exporting Custom Provisioning Processes | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Provisioning Templates | The permissions required to export custom provisioning templates have been enhanced. | Exporting Provisioning Templates | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Provisioning Blueprints | The permissions required to export provisioning blueprints have been enhanced. | Exporting Provisioning Blueprints | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Operation Templates |
The new chapter about exporting operation templates is now available. The permissions to export operation templates have been enhanced. |
Exporting Operation Templates | New | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Filtering Operation Templates | The filter for operation templates has been changed. | Filtering Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Exporting Custom Processes |
The new chapter about exporting custom processes is now available. The permissions to export custom processes have been enhanced. |
Exporting Custom Processes | New | Enhanced | |
Automation Studio | Sorting Operation Templates | The section about sorting operation templates has been deleted. | Not applicable | Deleted | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Sorting Templates available in the Schedule | The section about sorting templates available in the schedule has been deleted. | Not applicable | Deleted | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Deleting Operation Templates | The user interface for deleting operation templates has been changed. | Deleting Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Executing Operation Templates | The user interface for executing operation templates has been changed. | Executing Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Filtering Operation Templates | The user interface for filtering operation templates has been changed. | Filtering Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Grouping Operation Templates | The user interface for grouping operation templates has been changed. | Grouping Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Editing Operation Templates | The user interface for editing operation templates has been changed. | Editing Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Copying Operation Templates | The user interface for copying operation templates has been changed. | Copying Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Creating Operation Templates | The user interface for creating operation templates has been changed. | Creating Operation Templates | Changed | Changed | |
Automation Studio | Executing Custom Processes | The section has been enhanced with the permissions required to execute custom processes. | Executing Custom Processes | Enhanced | Changed | |
Configuration Extensions | Menu Adjustments |
The new menu item Configuration Extensions is now available. The menu item has been moved to .The menu item has been moved to . |
Configuration Extensions | Changed | Changed | |
Configuration Extensions | Exporting Custom Properties | The permissions required to export custom properties have been enhanced. | Exporting Custom Properties | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Configuration Extensions | Exporting Custom Relations | The permissions required to export custom relations have been enhanced. | Exporting Custom Relations | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Landscape Configuration | Preparing Replication Status Repositories | The prerequisites for preparing a replication status repository have been enhanced. A new graphic shows an overview of preparing a replication status repository. | Preparing Replication Status Repositories | Enhanced | None | |
Landscape Configuration | Creating SAP HANA Replication Status Repositories | A new graphic shows an overview of creating an SAP HANA replication status repository. | Creating SAP HANA Replication Status Repositories | Enhanced | None | |
Landscape Configuration | Detect Single Tenant DB as HANA MDC | You can now choose how to detect a system, which can be classified as system with single tenant database. | Adding Instances | Enhanced | New | |
Landscape Preparation | Managing liveCache Databases | The commands for creating and configuring XUSER files have been adjusted. | Managing liveCache Databases | Enhanced | None | |
Monitoring | Exporting Reports | The permissions required to export reports have been enhanced. | Exporting Reports | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Monitoring | Downloading System Support Information | The permissions required to download system support information have been enhanced. | Downloading System Support Information | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Monitoring | Downloading Error Support Information | The permissions required to download error support information have been enhanced. | Downloading Error Support Information | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Monitoring | Downloading Activities Support Information | The permissions required to download activities support information have been enhanced. | Downloading Activities Support Information | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Monitoring | Downloading Log Support Information | The permissions required to download log support information have been enhanced. | Downloading Log Support Information | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Operations | Generating and Adding System/UUID | The new process Generate and Add System/UUID is now available. You can use this process to check and if necessary generate and add a Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) parameter to the DEFALUT.PFL profile, restart all SAP instance agents and retrieve the UUID from the instance agent for the SAP Landscape Management configuration. | Generating and Adding System/UUID | New | Changed | |
Operations | Generating and Adding System/UUID | You have now a graphical overview of the new process Generate and Add System/UUID. | Generate and Add System/UUID Workflow | New | Changed | |
Operations | Assigning Replication Status Repository | The chapter about assigning replication status repositories has been enhanced. | Assigning Replication Status Repository | Enhanced | None | |
Operations | Menu Adjustments | The menu item Operations and Maintenance has been renamed to Operations. | Operations | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Assign Replication Status Repository |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Assign Replication Status Repository Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Failback for SAP HANA System Replication |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Failback Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Move Tenant |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Move Tenant Database Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Move Tenant Near Zero Downtime |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a processs step legend. |
Move Tenant Near Zero Downtime Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Non-Primary Tier |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a processs step legend. |
Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Non-Primary Tier Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary Tier |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a processs step legend. |
Near Zero Downtime Maintenance on Primary Tier Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a processs step legend. |
Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a processs step legend. |
Near Zero Downtime SAP HANA Update on Primary Tier Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Near Zero Downtime Takeover |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a processs step legend. |
Near Zero Downtime Takeover Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Register Primary Tier as new Secondary Tier |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Register Primary Tier as new Secondary Tier Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Remove Replication Status Configuration |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Remove Replication Status Configuration Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Takeover |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Takeover Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Update Replication Status Configuration |
Each step within the SAP HANA process has now a unique step ID. The section has been enhanced with a process step legend. |
Update Replication Status Configuration Workflow | Changed | Changed | |
Operations | Changing Log Retention | The prerequisites for changing the log retention mode have been changed. | Changing Log Retention | Changed | None | |
Operations | Changing Replication Modes | The prerequisites for changing the replication modes have been changed. | Changing Replication Modes | Changed | None | |
Operations | Cleanup System Replication | The prerequisites for cleanup system replication configuration have been changed. | Cleanup System Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Disabling Column Table Preload | The prerequisites for disabling the preload of column table main parts have been changed. | Disabling Column Table Preload | Changed | None | |
Operations | Disabling Full Sync Replication | The prerequisites for disabling full sync replication have been changed. | Disabling Full Sync Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Disabling Log Retention Propagation | The prerequisites for disabling log retention propagation have been changed. | Disabling Log Retention Propagation | Changed | None | |
Operations | Disabling System Replication | The prerequisites for disabling system replication on the primary system or tier 2 secondary system have been changed. | Disabling System Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Enabling Column Table Preload | The prerequisites for enabling the preload of column table main parts have been changed. | Enabling Column Table Preload | Changed | None | |
Operations | Enabling Log Retention Propagation | The prerequisites for enabling log retention propagation have been changed. | Enabling Log Retention Propagation | Changed | None | |
Operations | Enabling System Replication | The prerequisites for enabling system replication on the primary system or tier 2 secondary system have been changed. | Enabling System Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Enabling or Disabling Full Sync Replication | The prerequisites for enabling or disabling full sync replication have been changed. | Enabling or Disabling Full Sync Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Performing a Forced System Replication Takeover | The prerequisites for performing a forced system replication takeover have been changed. | Performing a Forced System Replication Takeover | Changed | None | |
Operations | Registering a Secondary Tier for System Replication | The prerequisites to register the secondary system with the primary system for system replication have been changed. | Registering a Secondary Tier for System Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Starting Check of Replication Status Share | The prerequisites to continue the replication status share check have been changed. | Starting Check of Replication Status Share | Changed | None | |
Operations | Stopping Check of Replication Status Share | The prerequisites to stop checking the replication status share have been changed. | Stopping Check of Replication Status Share | Changed | None | |
Operations | Testing HA/DR Provider Hook | The prerequisites for checking whether the SAP Landscape Management HA/DR provider hook is configured appropriately have been changed. | Testing HA/DR Provider Hook | Changed | None | |
Operations | Unregistering Secondary from System Replication | The prerequisites to unregister a secondary from system replication have been changed. | Unregistering Secondary Tier from System Replication | Changed | None | |
Operations | Unregistering System Replication Site on Primary | The prerequisites to unregister a system replication site on a primary system have been changed. | Unregistering System Replication Site on Primary | Changed | None | |
Operations | Configuring the Primary System | The prerequisites to configure the primary system for system replication have been changed. | Configuring the Primary System | Changed | None | |
Operations | Configuring the Secondary System | The prerequisites to set up the secondary system for system replication have been changed. | Configuring the Secondary System | Changed | None | |
Operations | Operations for SAP HANA Systems and Instances | The overview of the SAP HANA replication operations has been enhanced. | Operations for SAP HANA Systems and Instances | Enhanced | None | |
Overview | Entity Relations |
The new entity relation Instance Host is now available and defines the relationship between an instance and a host assigned. The new entity relation Host Virtual Host is now available and defines the relationship between a host and a virtual host assigned. |
Entity Relations | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Security Considerations | Standard Permissions |
The following new permissions are now available:
The permission DataExport is now required to export reports, configuration data, custom operations, custom hooks, custom notifications, custom provisioning processes, custom processes, operation templates, provisioning templates, provisioning blueprints, schedules, links, menu items, custom properties, custom relations, and support information. |
Standard Permissions | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Security Considerations | Standard Roles and Groups | The permissions ForcedCustomProcessExecution, CriticalCustomProcessExecution, SafeCustomProcess(Execute), and HanaProcess(Execute) have been assigned to various roles. | Standard Roles and Groups | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Setup | Configuring Advanced Operation Settings | You can now configure the threshold for skipping the non-executable entities dialog box. | Configuring Advanced Operation Settings | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Setup | Configuring Individual User Interface Settings | You can now configure individual user interface settings from within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Configuring Individual User Interface Settings | Changed | Changed | |
Setup | Defining a Startup Screen | You can now configure individual user interface settings from within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Defining a Startup Screen | Changed | Changed | |
Setup | Hiding Tabs from the User Interface | You can now configure individual user interface settings from within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Hiding Menu Items from the User Interface | Changed | Changed | |
Setup | Showing Tabs on the User Interface | You can now configure individual user interface settings from within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Showing Menu Items on the User Interface | Changed | Changed | |
Setup | Configuring Working Sets | You can now configure individual user interface settings from within the SAPUI5 user interface. | Creating Working Sets | Changed | Changed | |
Setup | Configuring Global User Interface Settings | The option Activate Deprecated Web Dynpro Views (Advanced Operations, Monitoring & Search) has been enhanced to Activate deprecated WebDynpro views (Search, Advanced Operations, Provisioning, Monitoring, Design and Custom Relations). | Configuring Global User Interface Settings | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
Setup | Configuring Timer Settings | The description of the timer setting Time Interval for Preservation of Activity Log Entries [hours] has been enhanced. | Configuring Timer Settings | Enhanced | None | |
Setup | Configuring Synchronization Settings | The chapter about configuring synchronization settings has been enhanced with more details on the different synchronization options. | Configuring Synchronization Settings | Enhanced | None | |
Setup | Exporting the Configuration Data | The permissions required to export configuration data have been enhanced. | Exporting the Configuration Data | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
UI Customization | Exporting Links | The permissions required to export links have been enhanced. | Exporting Links | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
UI Customization | Exporting Menu Items | The permissions required to export menu items have been enhanced. | Exporting Menu Items | Enhanced | Enhanced | |
UI Customizations | Menu Adjustments |
The new menu item UI Customizations is now available. The menu item has been renamed and moved to .The menu item has been renamed and moved to . |
UI Customizations | Changed | Changed | |
Configuration | Configuring Database Manager Credentials | The section has been enhanced with the permissions required by the database manager user to monitor and perform operations on tenants, single SAP HANA databases, or tenant nodes. | Configuring Database Manager Credentials | Enhanced | None | |
Automation Studio | Configuring SAP Host Agent Registered Scripts | The section describing how to configure the configuration file for an SAP Host Agent Registered script has been enhanced. | Configuring SAP Host Agent Registered Scripts | Enhanced | None | |
Automation Studio | Parameters for Custom Operations and Custom Hooks | The section has been enhanced with default values for the parameter SERVICE_SUBTYPE. | Parameters for Custom Operations and Custom Hooks | Enhanced | None |