Export-Import and Naming convention question

[Former Member]

All,

Newbie here. Have a question related to the naming convention for SAP R/3 system and XI manual export/import process. We are currently in the development environment where our R/3 systems are named as D55CLNT400, D56CLNT300 etc (first 3 characters are the system id, and last 3 are the client number.) This is per the XI best practices convention.

The question i have is - if we name the technical system as above - and export the configuration objects from the Dev to Test environment - where the R/3 systems are named as T55CLNT400, T56CLNT300 (similar naming structure). Does it mean that we need to manually change almost all of the items in the Test environment on the configuration side (like business sytem name, interface determination, receiver determination etc)

Is this the correct way or are we missing something??? I would have preferred a way - where we needed to only update the communication channel parameters.

Thanks.

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thezone

[henrique_pinto · Accepted solution]

In the SLD, create three Business System Groups: DEV, QAS and PRD.

In each of these groups, you must have the relevant application servers (in your case, R/3s) and one integration server (XI).

Then, for each Business System in Group DEV, define a transport target in QAS group.

In your case, the transport landscape should be like this:

D55CLNT400 -> T55CLNT400

D56CLNT300 -> T56CLNT300

XI_DEV -> XI_QAS

Do the same for the QAS group (defining transport targets in PRD group). Observe that you need to have the same number of Business Systems in each group for this to work properly.

Now, when you transport your configuration objects from XI_DEV to XI_QAS, all the Business Systems in DEV landscape will be replaced for the equivalent ones in QAS landscape.

More info: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ef/a21e3e0987760be10000000a114084/frameset.htm

Regards,

Henrique.

[Former Member]

Thanks for the replies. We are not yet in that stage where we can export / import - but anyway i was wondering where you create the mapping of systems across environments was - your replies explained it.

Thanks.

[henrique_pinto]

Even tho you aren't in that stage yet, you can already create the proper Business System groups and make the proper associations. Best practice.

Regards,

Henrique.

[MichalKrawczyk]

Hi,

no you just need to define transport targets and groups in SLD

and the names will change to during the import to test landscape

automatically

no need to change anything

Regards,

michal