Integrated solution(BASIS)

Introduction

SAP Basis is a set of middleware programs and tools that provide the underlying base that enable applications to be interoperable across operating systems. SAP Basis includes a RDBMS, GUI, and client server architecture.

Beyond the interface aspect of Basis, it also includes such components as a data dictionary as well as user and system administration.

Basis is a business application software integrated solution. Simply, Basis is the administration of the SAP system. It’s a piece of middleware which links the application with the database and the operating system.

Basis is most commonly associated with the GUI interface to the SAP, and the Basis administrator is an SAP, professional who is responsible for configuring the SAP environment, including the GUI screens and SAP application servers.

SAP Basis is the technological platform that supports the entire range of SAP applications, now typically implemented in the framework of the SAP Web Application Server. In that sense SAP Basis can be seen as the “operating system” on which SAP applications run. Like any operating system, SAP Basis contains both low-level services (for example memory management, database communication or servicing Web requests) and high-level tools for end users and administrators. These tools can be executables (“SAP kernel”) running directly on the underlying operating system, transactions developed in ABAP, or Web-based interfaces.

SAP Basis also provides a layer of abstraction between the business applications and the operating system and database. This ensures that applications do not depend directly upon a specific server or database platform and can easily be ported from one platform to another.

SAP Basis currently runs on UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux), Microsoft Windows, i5/OS on IBM System i and z/OS on IBM System z. Supported databases are IBM DB2, Informix, MaxDB, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.

Course Contents

Web AS Fundamentals

Solution Offering
Navigation
System Architecture
Enterprise Services Architecture
NetWeaver, Overview

Web AS Administration I

Starting and Stopping systems
Configuring Web AS ABAP
Configuring Help (Documentation)
Archiving Data
User Management in Web AS ABAP
Configuring Remote Connections
Patching Web AS ABAP
Scheduling Background Jobs
Setting up Printers of types C, L, S, U and F, planning a spool environment
Monitoring Systems
Introduction to Structured Error Analysis
Introduction to System Security

Web AS Administration II

Technology Components for Browser-based User Interfaces
Configuring Central User Administration
Using LDAP to integrate Directory Servers with Systems

Web AS Java Administration

Java Basics (non-programming topics)
Starting and Stopping Web AS Java
Configuring Web AS Java
User Management in Web AS Java
Patching Web AS Java
Software Logistics for Web AS Java
Monitoring Web AS Java

System Installation

Installation Planning
Installation Preparation
Installing GUI
Installation Process
Post-Installation Activities
Patching the Kernel
Unicode Conversion
Troubleshooting Installation Problems

Software Logistics

System Architecture from a Software Logistics point of view
TMS and Extended Transport Control
Customizing and Development in ABAP
Transporting changes in ABAP
Client Tools
Note Assistant
Introduction to Upgrade Technology

Workload Analysis

Components of a Dialog Step
Workload Analysis Monitors
Memory Management
Verifying the Hardware Capacity (Sizing)
Analysing Expensive SQL Statements
Table Buffering
RFC Monitoring

[Topic Areas Subtest “Database” - You must pass this component to become certified]

Database Overview

Database Architecture
Connecting to the Database
Database Administration Tools
Administration of Oracle Instaces

Backup Restore & Recovery

Backup Strategy
Backup Tools and Tape Management
Performing Backups
Restore and Recovery
Advanced Backup Techniques

Monitors and Tools

Introduction to Oracle Data Management
Database System Check
CCMS Alert Monitor

Storage Management

Tablespace Administration
Housekeeping and Troubleshooting
Reorganization
Oracle SQL Cache Analysis

Analyzing SQL Statements
Update Statistics
Identify Coding