To define and verify system administration activities and procedures by using the referenced checklist:
· Document each procedure and assign it to an appropriate team member for ownership.
· Each owner is responsible for documenting and executing the activities.
· The activities should be performed in all SAP Systems in the landscape.
· Every owner should have at least one backup person who is familiar with the procedure.
· Review and sign off procedures and documentation on the system management.
1. Define the system administration activities and procedures:
- Use the attached checklist to provide and document procedures for each activity.
- Use the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) to facilitate system administration.
2. Make a list of system maintenance activities for the technical tasks that should occur on a periodic basis:
- Include technical tasks such as checking the SAP system log, disk space usage, checking for update errors, and so on.
- Define the frequency of each task (for example, daily, weekly, or monthly).
- List periodic background jobs (reorganization reports) that need to be scheduled to delete records no longer needed in the system, to reorganize data, and to collect performance data. Many of these tasks can be set up as background jobs in the SAP system.
3. Assign the system administration activities and procedures to an appropriate team member for ownership.
4. Check and verify procedures to ensure the following:
- SAP system administrators are trained appropriately.
- SAP system is configured appropriately.
- Description is sufficiently specified, clear, and complete.
- Each activity has the intended result.
- Execution is possible under different circumstances.
- Backup person is trained to perform the procedure.
5. Define responsibilities and procedures for all SAP systems in the landscape.
- Make sure all system administration functions are defined and documented.
- Improve the procedures as required.
6. Create and maintain an SAP systems operation manual.
- Consolidate the systems management documentation into this manual.
- Maintain the manual on an ongoing basis.
- Include in the manual any feedback from the project team and tests of the system management activities that result in changes to the procedures.
Responsibilities and procedures for SAP system administration defined
SAP systems operation manual created with documentation of procedures, important tasks, and related information
· Create a timetable for periodic system maintenance jobs. To keep your system running properly, you must schedule various programs for periodic system maintenance. For a list of such jobs, see SAP note 16083 - Standard jobs, reorganization jobs.
· Perform system checks on a regular basis. Define daily, weekly, and monthly checks. As a basis for your SAP R/3 System checklist, use the list of checks in the document R/3 System Administration Checklists.
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Document every check procedure. The SAP
System Administration Assistant (transaction SSAA) is available to assist with
daily, weekly, and monthly checks.
You can use the same functionality but with component specific extentions
such as for CRM, SRM, SCM and so on using the “Central System
Administration for mySAP” tool available on the SAP Solution
Manager.
· Refer to the section Computing Center Management System (BC-CCM) in the SAP online help documentation.
· For detailed information and instructions, see the appropriate parts of the guide System Administration Made Easy that is available from the Simplification Group.