SAP System Copy Procedures
Background My company uses SAP AG's Enterprise Resource Planning software. It as a complex system, but being developed by Germans has its advantages, for example the have many documentation in the form of SAP Notes and other stuff. One of the challenging task in using SAP's ERP is system migration and cloning. Two purposes for the migration : first, if you want to move the system to another hardware. The second, if we need a cloned system to do stuffs without compromising your original system. SAP's term for migration activity is 'System Copy' Where to start To find out steps needed to be done for system copy, you could read this slideshare-hosted SAP document here (Best Practices : SAP System Landscape Copy). For another definitive starting point, check out SAP's wiki DOC-8324 System Copy and Migration . I noted that SAP has released Software Provisioning Manager from which we could do system copy, my previous system copy experiences has not involved...