SRM system copy

[Former Member]

Hello All,

One of our IT partners has got an SAP SRM implementation and we need to set up our own SRM system as a copy of the partner's SRM system.

How can we do this? What system copy approach we can follow?Will DB restore work?

During the copy will it ask for any hardware/software keys?

Do we need to seperately buy the licenses ?

Our OS/DB is going to be different from that of the partner.

Please give me a high level idea.

Regards

Arun

[Former Member]

Arun,

Check below sap notes, links & details.

SAP Note 547314 FAQ: System Copy procedure

SAP Note 89188 - R/3 System copy

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b055e88d-f040-2a10-e390-862b4aed...

How can we do this? What system copy approach we can follow?Will DB restore work?

You can do this by homogeneous system copy. Yes DB restore method will work.

During the copy will it ask for any hardware/software keys?

No it will not ask for any keys(Homogeneous system copy not sure about heterogeneous system copy)

Do we need to separately buy the licenses ?

No

Our OS/DB is going to be different from that of the partner

The copy of an SAP system to another hardware is called a system copy. If the target system will run on a different operating system (OS) and/or a different database system (DB) than the source system, then this is called a heterogeneous system copy or OS/DB migration. Check below link for detail

https://websmp108.sap-ag.de/osdbmigration

Note 82478 - SAP system OS/DB migration

You can download system copy guide from below link

https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/instguides.

Homogeneous System Copy:-During the system copy you use the same operating system and database platform as the original

system.

Heterogeneous System Copy:-During the system copy, you change either the operating system or the database system, or both.

Heterogeneous system copy is a synonym for migration.

System Copy :-Duplication of an SAP system. Certain SAP parameters might change in a copy. When you

perform a system copy, SAPinst installs all the instances again, but it uses a copy of the source

system database to set up the database.

Database Copy :-Database-dependent part of the system copy.

Hope this helps

Thanks

Sushil

Edited by: Sushil Suryawanshi on Jun 2, 2009 2:12 AM

Edited by: Sushil Suryawanshi on Jun 2, 2009 2:21 AM

[Former Member]

Hi Sushil,

Thanks for the response.

If we have to follow the DB restore method, can you give the steps on a high level to be carried out in source/target systems ? As target system is going to be a new one, how can we take care of the installation of OS/DB/SRM in this system ?

Regards

Aurn

[Former Member]

Arun,

Just follow the standard sap system copy guide. It will explain you everything.

https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/instguides

Thanks

Sushil

[markus_doehr2]

> If we have to follow the DB restore method, can you give the steps on a high level to be carried out in source/target systems ? As target system is going to be a new one, how can we take care of the installation of OS/DB/SRM in this system ?

Be aware of the fact, that not all combinations of source and target system copies are possible. You can't e. g. copy a database from an HP-UX IA64 machine to Windows or vice versa.

Markus