SAP Basis Administration – trilearnit

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This chapter explains the following topics −

the role of a BASIS Administrator,
tasks related to SAP BASIS Administration, and
categorization of SAP Administrative tasks.

We can subdivide the roles of a SAP BASIS Consultant into the following categories −

Server Administrator

Interface Analyst
Solution Specialist
System Architect

Network Administrator

Transport Administrator
Batch Administrator

Database Administrator

Security Specialist
ABAP Specialist
DDIC Manager

OS Administrator

SAP DBA
System Administrator

Roles of a SAP BASIS Consultant

The following illustration depicts the typical roles performed by a SAP BASIS Consultant −

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Tasks Performed under Different Roles

System Architect

Sizing SAP systems
Design SAP landscape

Transport Administrator

Change control across SAP landscape

Batch Administrator

Create and manage batch jobs across landscape

Security Specialist

Design, monitor, and manage access to SAP landscape

ABAP Specialist

Troubleshoot and tune ABAP programs
Apply correction to program

DDIC Manager

Manage changes to SAP data dictionary

SAP DBA

Manage integrity of SAP database objects
Manage backups and restore

System Administrator

Maintain system health
Monitor and tune system performance

Interface Analyst

Analyze and Monitor
Interfaces within SAP landscape

Solutions Specialist

Installation of AP / Add-On
Migrate OS / DB
Upgrade SAP version
Archiving of SAP Data

SAP BASIS Administration Tasks

SAP BASIS administration tasks can be further categorized as follows −

SAP Administration

Starting and stopping SAP instance(s)
User administration – setup and maintenance
Authorization / Role / Profiles – setup and maintenance
Setup SAP security
Maintenance of system’s health
Monitor system performance and logs
Spool and print administration
Maintain system landscape
Transport management systems
Manage change requests
Create / Manage batch jobs
Backup schedule, run, and monitor backup of SAP
Apply patches, kernel, and OSS notes

Database Administration

Database Space Management
Database Backup
Database Recovery
Database log (Redo log, Archive Log) management
Database Performance Tunings

Operation System Administration

Operation system security
Operation system performance tuning
OS space management
OS level background job management
OS level backup and recovery

Overall System Monitoring

Monitoring R/3 servers and instances
Monitoring users and authorizations
Monitoring security part
Monitoring workload analysis
Monitoring processes
Monitoring buffers
Monitoring operating system
Monitoring database
Monitoring backups

SAP Administrator’s Frequently Used Transactions

SM04/AL08 − User List
SM51 − Display Application Server
SM37 − Background Job Overview
SM50/SM66 − Manage Work Processes
SM12 − Mange Lock Entries
PFCG − Maintain Roles
SM13 − Manage Update Records
SM21 − Analyze System Log
SM02 − Send System Messages