XI Administration

[Former Member]

Hello Friends,

Can anyone provide me information for learning XI Administration. Presently im working in Netweaver adminstration. Im little confused whether to go for EP or XI. Please suggest. Also i dont like coding. So which one would be appropriate for me.

Rgds,

Dinesh

[Former Member]

Hi Dinesh C ,

These r some excellent websites on XI Administration containing PDF & PPT documents which wil train u on XI Administration

A Beginner’s Guide to SAP XI Settings, Part II

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/6bd6f69a-0701-0010-a88b-adb...

A Beginner’s Guide to SAP XI Settings, Part I

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/73527b2c-0501-0010-5398-c4a...

General Configuration Steps

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/230240d981e469e10000000a155106/content.htm

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) : Installation & CONFIGURATION GUIDE

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d7/f01a403233dd5fe10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Personal Settings

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/e9/c4cc9b03a422428603643ad3e8a5aa/content.htm

Roles and Tool Access : Administration, Technical Configuration,Design,Configuration,Monitoring

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/89/05793c05f0807be10000000a11405a/content.htm

http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=59586&start=15&postdays=0&postorder=asc

>>Im little confused whether to go for EP or XI. Please suggest. Also i dont like coding. So which one would be appropriate for me.

Since u r not interested in coding shift u'r career to XI . In EP u should know J2EE & WEBDYNPRO concepts & u need to code in these languages.

cheers!

gyanaraj

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[Former Member]

Hi,

EP and XI are the component of SAP netweaver.

Now the difference between both of them is

In EP: you need to have a good theoritical and practical experience as well as knowledge of JAVA and adavance java.

In XI: It is separated in two parts

1) XI basis (Administration)

Activites are:

1) XI installation

2) Configuration activitie

3) Post installation checks

4) SLD configuration

5) Create Users,

6) Role assignments.

And many more

2) XI Implementation and development.

Under the development you have two parts Integration repository which is desing part which involves small amount of Java knowledge whenever your requirement is not fulfilled by standard SAP XI function.

and integration Configuration:

This is very simple stpes once your design is over.Based on your requirement you have to use the standard adapter provided by SAP for example if file is coming then u will go for File adapter,if IDOC is psoted to R3 then you go for IDOC adapter,communication with remote client u go for SOAP adapter.

I dont know how much knowledge u have in Java but if u dont want to go towards programing side then I think u should go towards middleware tool like XI.

Thnx

Chirag

[Former Member]

Hi Chirag,

Nice answer.I have rewarded with points . Now i have some idea on XI.. Im working as a netweaver administrator purely in java stack. So learning xi wud be easy with the kindof experience i have got?. Or i will have to spend lots of time to learn xi.

Rgds,

Dnesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Normally in organisation people dont give chance to learn the XI admini acitivities you need to learn along with the Experience person who has the knowledge of XI BASIS.

As this acitivites as very sensitive and will lead to problem in organisation.You will be working on Both the java stack as well as ABAP stack as for user creatinf n all u have to login into SAP ABAP stack.

All the admini activities like XI installation,Post configuration,post installation checks,SLD creation are one time acitivites which is done at the start of any project, the best way to lear is to sit with BASIS person during all the acitivities.

You can mean while start with the basic of XI.

1) What is Product,Software component version,SLD,IR,ID,Adapter engine,Cache and many more.

As that should be your first step to get into XI.

Go to SAP Help and search on SAP XI which will give you the theoritical knowledge of all the terms.

Thnx

Chirag

[Former Member]

Hello Chirag,

I would like to know if we can learn XI by installing java stack in our local machine or say if we have add-in system. We cant learn completely but still we can learn some thing like XI installation, Configuration activitie, Post installation checks, SLD configuration and Create Users. Please me some pdf if you have the right docs.

Thnks&Rgds,

Dinesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

There is no trial version available in XI. You need to learn these activities on ur organization SAP XI sandbox.

You need to have the proper rights or super user rights for the same.

For the satrt up I told u to first start with the Basic. Refer the below help.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/84/e8763c997fda50e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm

Once u got the knowledge or proper understanding then u go with reading the PDF.

Post installation help :

Refer these post installation links

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/a0/40084136b5f423e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/14/39084136b5f423e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Link for posnt installation guide

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/95d7d490-0301-0010-ce93-c58...

https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700009389172004E.PDF

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/95d7d490-0301-0010-ce93-c58f9a3c...

2004s PI installation - help.sap.com:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/78/f59442062bcd6ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm

SLD preparation very good:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/flatFILETOFLATFILE&

Working with System Landscape Directory (SLD) :

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/workingwithSystemLandscapeDirectory+%28SLD%29&

Configuring SLD in Sneak Preview SAP NetWeaver '04 Sneak:

/people/sugree.phatanapherom/blog/2005/08/14/configuring-sld-in-sneak-preview-sap-netweaver-04-sneak

XI Software Logistics 1: SLD Preparation:

/people/sap.india5/blog/2005/11/03/xi-software-logistics-1-sld-preparation

Refer How to handle SLD guide for help:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9e76e511-0d01-0010-5c9d-9f768d64...

have a look on this Pdf .

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a0d96022-9df5-2910-90b8-8e0580e0...

SLD configuration

A Beginner’s Guide to SAP XI Settings, Part II

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/6bd6f69a-0701-0010-a88b-adb...

A Beginner’s Guide to SAP XI Settings, Part I

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/73527b2c-0501-0010-5398-c4a...

General Configuration Steps

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/230240d981e469e10000000a155106/content.htm

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) : Installation & CONFIGURATION GUIDE

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d7/f01a403233dd5fe10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Personal Settings

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/e9/c4cc9b03a422428603643ad3e8a5aa/content.htm

Roles and Tool Access : Administration, Technical Configuration,Design,Configuration,Monitoring

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/89/05793c05f0807be10000000a11405a/content.htm

http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=59586&start=15&postdays=0&postorder=asc

SLD:

How To…Handle the SLD for SAP XI

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9e76e511-0d01-0010-5c9d-9f7...

How To…Handle Caches in SAP XI 3.0

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/1a69ea11-0d01-0010-fa80-b47...

http://www.sap-press.de/download/dateien/751/sap_press_exchange_infra_engl.pdf

Thnx

Chirag

[Former Member]

Hello Chirag,

Thanks for your help :). I will go thro these docs and get back to forum.

Rgds,

Dinesh