Solution Manager

What is Solution Manager?

Solution Manager is a natural extension of Accelerated SAP and ValueSAP methodology.

SAP Solution Manager is a separate system providing both Implementation and Operational tools

Solution Manager provides tools, content, procedures, and services to implement and operate your SAP solution

Solution Manager enables process-oriented design, configuration,testing, and on-going system monitoring during operations,regardless of the complexity of the system landscape

Evolution of Solution Manager

ASAP methodology (1996)

Offline CD set of tools, content and a methodology forcomponent-based implementation projects. 

The CD-ROM contained the first implementation Roadmap and associated tools

ValueSAP (1999)

Offline CD set with tools, content and methodologies for evaluation, implementation and continuous businessimprovement. 

The CD-ROM contained advanced tools such as the QADB, BPML etc

ASAP CD set is used as a tool platform. 

ASAP content is included to cover the implementation phase SAP Solution Manager (200X) Online Platform (SAP WebAS based) to support key

implementation activities including any key ASAP concepts and tool features

Enhanced concepts due to new challenges of SAP implementation

Integrated platform to support Implementation and Operation of

SAP solutions

With the advent of Solution Manager, SAP has moved the ASAP

methodology tools into an integrated systems which can help

manage SAP solutions from implementation to Operations and

Continuous improvement.

SAP’s Solution Manager Strategy

The latest version of SM is 7.0. SAP SM 4.0 officially got renamed

to 7.0 as of May 1, 2008. 

The reason is to align SAP NetWeaver and SM having the same release number.

As SAP SM is a matured product which provides sufficient standard out of the box application management functionality for SAP solutions to Customers, SAP has moved away from ‘annual’ releases of new versions.

SAP SM 7.0 will be enhanced continuously through Integration

Packages and focus group specific Extensions.

SAP SM is mandatory for all Business Suite 2005 and beyond.

Per each project, all products and related DEV, QAS, PRD systems need to be defined in Project Admin

Prior to the definition of a project system landscape, products,

systems and related RFC destinations need to be created in

System Landscape Maintenance transaction (SMSY)

A system landscape for the project contains the following:

Logical Component

Product Version

Logical Systems for dedicated system roles

A logical component reflects a set of logical systems (instances) for a product. 

If you need to handle multiple instances of systems for a product, create additional logical components.

The selection of the logical component influences the selection of scenarios / processes using the BPR in the Blueprint phase. 

Only those scenarios / processes that comply with the defined logical

component and product version are released for selection.