Overview – Dual-Stack Split Procedure of

Software Provisioning Manager 1.0

SAP SE – Product Management
February 2017 Public
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Introduction

The dual-stack split procedure got integrated into Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 –
the procedure is no longer available as standalone tool

Overall, Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 offers relevant procedures required to install, copy,
and transform SAP systems in your landscape

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Definition – what is a dual-stack system?

Definition:
SAP system that contains both SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and Java with following characteristics:
 One common SAP system ID (SAPSID)
 One common startup framework
 One common database

Examples:
SAP Business Legend
SAP ECC SAP Enterprise SAP Process Integration
(ABAP Portal (Java (mandatory* Warehouse with
Capability based on ABAP
single stack) single stack) dual stack) SAP BEx Web
*) for SAP Process Integration < 7.5 (optional dual stack) Capability based on Java

Capability based on
ABAP & Java
EP BI Java
EP-C PI BW ABAP EP
Single system (SAPSID)
AS ABAP AS Java AS ABAP AS Java AS ABAP AS Java

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Why decided SAP to move away from dual stack?
Aspect Dual Stack Single Stack
Setup & configuration effort
Backup & recovery effort
Sizing
Monitoring
Security
Administration / software maintenance
Flexibility
Scalability
Availability

 Advantages for dual stack only in some areas of lifecycle management

 Certain benefits can also be achieved with other means
 For other areas, tools & procedures provided on landscape level
Conclusion  Altogether, only some goals reached on expense of other areas

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Resulting general recommendation

SAP provides clear recommendations for customers how to deploy different

capabilities based on SAP NetWeaver in a solution landscape
 Based on SAP’s product strategy and considering experiences from existing
customer landscape layouts – also see previous slide
 General recommendation:
Deploy ABAP and Java in separate systems (where possible)

For more information, see, see presentation How to Deploy SAP NetWeaver –
Dual Stack vs. Separated Stacks in SAP Community Network

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Status quo: SAP Business Suite

Installation:
As of SAP Business Suite 7, you can no longer install dual-stack application systems
 SAP Business Suite 7 comprises SAP ERP 6.0 EHP4, CRM 7.0, SCM 7.0, PLM 7.04, SRM 7.0

Upgrade/update:
SAP Business Suite 7 i2011 is last SAP Business Suite release with dual-stack support –
no upgrade/update of dual-stack SAP Business Suite systems to higher releases!
 SAP Business Suite 7 i2011 comprises SAP ERP 6.06, CRM 7.02, SCM 7.02, PLM 7.06, SRM 7.02
 Other SAP-NetWeaver-based systems that have SAP Business Suite components deployed might also be treated
as SAP Business Suite systems in this regard (for more information, see SAP Note 1816819) – for example, an
SAP Enterprise Portal system with SAP Business Suite business packages deployed and set up as dual-stack could
not be upgraded to SAP NetWeaver 7.3x

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Status quo: other systems based on SAP NetWeaver

Installation:
As of SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Enhancement Package 1 (EHP1),  Dual stack
 ABAP only
you can no longer install dual-stack application systems (apart from SAP PI ≤ 7.4x)  Java only

Upgrade/update:
SAP NetWeaver 7.31 is last release with support of optional dual-stack systems – no upgrade/update of
optional dual-stack SAP NetWeaver and SAP Business Warehouse systems to higher releases
(such as SAP NetWeaver 7.4)!

Exceptions:
 Workarounds to install dual-stack SAP Business Warehouse 7.0 EHP1 system – see SAP Note 1181025
 Dual-stack SAP Process Integration systems with a release ≤ 7.4 remain supported remain supported –
for more information, see next slide
 SAP NetWeaver systems with product instance Mobile Infrastructure (MI) are not supported by dual-stack split procedure
– SAP NetWeaver Mobile Infrastructure is not part of SAP NetWeaver 7.31 or SAP NetWeaver 7.4
– Therefore, dual-stack deployments of SAP NetWeaver Mobile Infrastructure cannot be upgraded anyhow, but have to be migrated –
for more information, see the Migration Guide – SAP NetWeaver Mobile

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Status quo: SAP Process Integration
Dual-stack SAP PI systems with a release ≤ 7.4 remain supported as dual-stack systems – new installation, update and upgrade to these
releases still supported

Installation of SAP PI 7.5 and higher:

 For SAP systems based on SAP NetWeaver 7.5 and higher, dual stack no longer supported, without exception
 As a consequence, no dual-stack installation is offered as of SAP PI 7.5 –
instead, standard installation consists of a separate ABAP + a separate Java stack
1– You install ‘Application Server ABAP for SAP Process Integration’: there, also Java users for AS Java for
SAP Process Integration system are created and system is prepared to get connected to AS Java
2– You install ‘Application Server Java for SAP Process Integration’: ‘AS Java for SAP PI’ system uses
User Management Engine (UME) of ‘AS ABAP for SAP PI‘ system that you must have installed before

Upgrade to SAP PI 7.5 SP1 and higher:

 After upgrading to SAP PI 7.5, you first have to split still existing dual-stack SAP PI systems before their usage
is supported – for this, dual-stack split procedure now also offered for SAP PI 7.5

Alternative Option:
 Starting with SAP NetWeaver 7.3, there is an additional Java-only offering for main process integration capabilities called Advanced Adapter Engine Extended,
covering ~95% of a classical SAP PI dual-stack environment, feasible to most use cases – SAP recommends to migrate SAP PI content to single-stack objects
– Due to harmonized process orchestration stack (SAP PI and SAP BPM running on same Java instance), many of ccBPM features in SAP PI can be expressed using
SAP BPM capabilities instead
 For more information about the migration of SAP PI content to single-stack objects, see:
– SAP Help Portal: Migration of Dual-Stack Configuration Objects (“Classical Scenarios”) to Integrated Configuration Scenarios (Java-Only)
– Blogs in SAP Community Network: Moving Integration Directory Artifacts from dual stack to single stack and SAP Directory Content Migration Tool

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Status quo: SAP Solution Manager
SAP Solution Manager 7.1 systems remain supported as dual-stack systems – new installation, update and upgrade of SAP
Solution Manager systems to this release still supported

Installation:
For SAP Solution Manger 7.2, no dual-stack installation is offered – instead, standard installation consists of a separate
ABAP + a separate Java stack

Upgrade:
For SAP Solution Manager systems upgraded to 7.2, dual-stack split procedure is offered + mandatory
 Figure below gives schematic overview of required activities
 For actual procedures and available options
ABAP
(including information about a simplified procedure,
if you plan to migrate to SAP HANA or SAP ASE as
7.2
part of the split), see documentation Technical Path ABAP ABAP Solution
to SAP Solution Manager 7.2 powered by SAP HANA 1 Upgrade 2
Java Java Split Any 3 Configure Manager

and SAP Note 2227300 DB (SOLMAN_SETUP)

Any (Software Any Java
DB Update DB (Software
(Interim Provisioning Production
Manager)
State!) Manager)
usage
7.1 7.2
Solution Solution
Manager Manager

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Status quo: SAP HANA

SAP HANA does not support dual stack

Dual-stack split is prerequisite for migration of existing dual-stack systems to SAP HANA

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Dual stack vs. single stack
Dual-stack split procedure

Removal of Java stack

1 Separation of Java stack 2 Post-split activities 3
from source system
Separation of Java stack out of Re-configuration, such as of
 Removal of Java-related SAP
dual-stack source system into technical connectivity between
system information within source
new system ABAP and Java – automated for
system
certain use cases/product versions
– Export of Java stack + file system  Can optionally be used to only
– Optional deactivation of Java in remove Java stack (without split)
source system
– Installation of target Java system
with exported load

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Dual-stack split
Available via the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 (SL Toolset)

Dual-stack split procedure is offered by Software Provisioning Manager 1.0

(integrated as of SL Toolset 1.0 SPS09, no longer offered standalone)

Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 is delivered in regular intervals, independent from SAP application
product shipments via Software Logistics Toolset, a central collection of software logistics tools, always
up to date:
 SL Toolset is the central place in SMP download area to find & download SL tools
 Toolset and tools updated regularly, product-independent, downward-compatible
 Updates include new tools as well as recent improvements & enhancements

For more information and download, see SAP Support Portal at:
http://support.sap.com/sltoolset (incl. direct download links for comprised tools)

SAP recommends that you download the latest Support Package of the tool,
as it contains latest corrections and is updated regularly!

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Further information

For more information on Software Provisioning Manager 1.0:

 SAP Release Note: SAP Note 1680045
 Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 in SAP Community Network

For more information on dual-stack split procedure:

 Dual-Stack Split in SAP Community Network
 SAP Note 1797362

For more information on Software Logistics Toolset:

 Blog in SAP Community Network
 SAP Support Portal at: http://support.sap.com/sltoolset

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Thank you

Contact information:

Stefan Jakobi
SAP SE – Product Management for Cloud and Lifecycle Management
[email protected]

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