System Referesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can you anyone please explaing what is system refresh and how it will perform.

Thanks

Rajesh

[Former Member]

Krishna,

Take a look at the following thread that has a pretty good explanation:

Cheers,

Ben

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check this...

http://www.sap-img.com/bc049.htm

And also,

System Refresh is a simplified term to Client Copy. Client Copy means copying the production client on to the quality to test the real data. As recommend by SAP this need to carried out every 3 months.

The process to carry out the same is as follows:

1. Create a client on quality system using txn scc4

2. Create a RFC between Production system and Quality System (need to create on quality system)

3. Login to the newly created client using sap* and pass as a password

4. Txn sccl to start the client copy. You can test the client copy by selecting the test run option. (test run will estimate the time taken for the activity).

Note: Points always encourage me to reply !!

[Former Member]

hi,

"What works in Quality, does not work in Production"

is the normal complaint for developers and functional consultants.

System Refresh is used for refreshing the data of Quality system with that of production so as to provide more accurate test data is made available in the quality assurance system for the developers and customizing consultants to test their ongoing developments and roll-outs.

It depends on the refresh strategy you use for your environment,

a) Remote Client Copy or Export/Import of Client.

b) Database backup/restore mechanism, restore the backup of Prod DB on QAS DB.

The second approach is better because you are not disturbing your Production system and also useful in cases of Prod systems with huge database sizes.

Use of remote client copy or export/import of client might consume resources on the Productive instance thus reducing its performance.

On the other hand, second approach requires good database admin skills and requires you to do a lot of post-refresh settings.

Hope this helps!!

Regards,

Govind

[Former Member]

Hi ,

The production data will be copied to quality system so that users can test effectively with the latest data

Jags