SAP SPM installation - Preliminary check in PRD system

[Former Member]

Hi All,

We are planning to start the SPM installation in production system for our client. What are the prerequisites and preliminary checks to be carried for exsisting production system before proceeding with the SPM installtion.

Currently the system has the following configuration,

SAP_ABA 701 0008 SAPKA70108

SAP_BASIS 701 0008 SAPKB70108

PI_BASIS 701 0008 SAPK-70108INPIBASIS

ST-PI 2008_1_700 0003 SAPKITLRD3

SAP_BW 701 0008 SAPKW70108

ANAXSA 210 0005 SAPK-21005INANAXSA

BI_CONT 704 0009 SAPK-70409INBICONT

OPMFND 210 0005 SAPK-21005INOPMFND

ST-A/PI 01M_BCO 700 0001 SAPKITAB7F

Also, please advice on the downtime procedures for SPM installation.

Do we have any data regarding Down time(when, Step, etc) in the SPM installation & configuration guide.

Thanks,

Regards

Santhosh Kumar N

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Santosh,

Your Support Package & patches on the ABAP seem good. Ensure you have a BI-JAVA system also at the same support package and also connected to this ABAP system.

For SPM add-on installation you don't need a down time. Also depending your system and internal procedure, if you restart your server after add-on then you need to take that into account. But as mentioned in the installation & configuration guide, there is no down time for add-on installation or SPM content activation.

Regards,

Rohit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rohit,

It would be very nice if you could give me a rough estimate of total SPM installation time.

Which phase will normally take much time?

This information will be very helpful for me, in SPM Installation planning.

Regards,

Amit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit,

There is no set time on how long will SPM add-on installation take. As specified in the installation / configuration guide several tasks can be performed in parallel. Based on that you can make your estimates. Also once you perform this activity in sandbox or development system that should give you a very good idea of how long each activity takes.

Regards,

Rohit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit

As Rohit suggested, there is no set time.

More importantly, as against a transactional application, an analytical application like SPM is a different breed in terms of implementation. Thats because you first need to properly understand what you need to analyze, how many sources of data you have for your business scenario, how to get that data out of those sources, validating the data etc...

Thorough business blueprinting and a properly thought out project plan would set you on the fastest track to go live.

Regards

Rajesh