SAP R/3 System Management System Administration

Audience

The following audiences are targeted: IT Management; System Administrators; Administrators for R/3 and employees working with R/3. Participants should have basic knowledge of Windows or other graphical user interfaces (GUI) as well as basic knowledge of the SAP R/3 system. The following courses provide the education which will ensure most productive study of course 13166: 12749 SAP R/3 Fundamentals and course 13181 Working with SAP R/3.

Objective

• Introduction to the R/3 Basis System.


• Architecture/System Landscape.


• R/3 Services.


• R/3 Networks.


• Basic Administration Principles.


• Installing the Frontends.


• User Administration.


• Administration Routines.


• SAP Profiles.


• Operation Modes.


• Printing in the R/3 System.


• Background Jobs.


• DB Administration/System Log.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Introduction to the R/3 Basis System

• Architecture/System landscape.
• R/3 Client/Server Architecture.
• R/3 Information Layers.
• Central and Multi-Tier Configurations.
• R/3 Directory Structure R/3 Directory Structure.
• System Landscapes.
• R/3 Services.
• Application Services.
• Additional Services.
• Central and Distributed Instances.
• Interaction between Work Processes.
• Work Process Overview.
• R/3 Networks.
• Definitions.
• Computers and Services.
• SAProuter.

Unit 2: Basic Administration Principles

• Starting and Stopping the R/3 System.
• Before Starting the R/3 System.
• Starting the R/3 System.
• SAP Service Manager.
• Command Prompt Start and Start.
• Startup Diagnosis.
• Installing the Frontends.
• Installing the SAPGUI.
• Configuring the SAPLOGON.
• Group Selection.
• User Administration.
• Displaying and Creating Users.
• Copying Deleting and Changing Users.
• Authorization Profile.
• User Overview SM04.

Unit 3: Administration Routines

• SAP Profiles.
• Different SAP Profiles.
• Editing Profiles.
• Creating New Profile Versions.
• Operation Modes.
• The Function of Operation Modes.
• Automatic Creation of Operation Modes.
• Redistributing Work Processes for Operation Modes.
• Immediate Changeover to Redefined Operation Modes.
• Checking Operation Mode Changeovers.
• Printing in the R/3 System.
• The Spool Work Process.
• Creating a New Printer.
• Changing a Printer.
• Access Methods in the R/3 System.
• Spool Request Administration.
• Background Jobs.
• Scheduling Background Jobs.
• Checking Background Jobs.
• Canceling Changing and Deleting Background Jobs.
• DB Administration/System Log.
• Backup Strategy.
• Scheduling Backups.
• Checking Backups.
• Database Consistency Check.
• System Log.

Duration

9

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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