2. 13:30 Session : Track C
• SAP Enhancement Packs (EhP)
– A Deep look into the What, How and When…
Jan Coetzee
Senior SAP Technology Consultant and System Architect
General Manager, Peev Consulting Services cc

3. Speaker Introduction
• 15 Years IT Experience
• Multiple SAP Implementation Projects
• Multiple SAP EhP Technical Upgrades
• SAP Trainer
• SAP Project Manager
• SAP Basis, Security, Migrations Certified
• General Manager PCS

4. Company Introduction
• Peev Consulting Services (PCS)
– A SAP NetWeaver Technology Expert Company
– Fulltime employed consultants
– Consultant expertise
• Basis, ABAP, BW, XI/PI, Workflow, Security, Authorisations, Business Objects, Solution
Manager, SAP HANA, Data Archiving, SAP Training, DB2, etc.
– First SAP Certified Migrations Company in Africa
– SAP VAR Partner
– SAP Training Partner
– Track record of expertise in:
• Installation, Implementation, EHP Upgrades, Migration (All supported Platforms, All DB
Platforms), Root Cause Analysis, System Optimisation, Solution Manager, SAP Monitoring
& Support, etc.

5. Introduction
• Some of Peev Consulting Services’ Clients:

6. Topics to be covered
• What Are Enhancement Packs?
• The Evolution in a nutshell
• Where Enhancement Packs Came from
• Where is SAP going with Enhancement Packs?
• What is the impact on Your software Maintenance?
• Difference between EhP Installation and a Release Upgrade
• Things you should Know About Enhancement Packs
• Roadmap to Enhancements : 4 Stages Of Enhancement
– Discovery
– Evaluation
– Installation
– Activation
• Downtime Management with Software Update Manager and Near-Zero Downtime Features
• Case Study : Time savings with Support Update Manager
• Q&A Session

7. What are Enhancement Packs?
• Nearly 95,000 Customers Running SAP around the world
• In 2006 SAP Announced a new Delivery Model in Form of EhP
• New Functionality by means of Enhancement and not Upgrade
• 2007 First Enhancement pack Released for ERP
• http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp

8. The Evolution in a nutshell..
2001
2003
2004
2006

9. Where SAP Enhancement Packs Came From?

10. Where IS SAP Going with Enhancement Packs?

11. What is the impact on my software maintenance the Enhancement pack will have?
• Note 1648480 - Maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 Software
• “In October 2011, SAP announced an extension of the mainstream
maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 core application releases and
corresponding enhancement packages from end of December 2015
to end of December 2020. This gives SAP customers long-term
predictability and planning security.”

12. Duel Stack Support is Discontinued…

13. Customer Pain Points regarding Upgrades
• CUSTOMERS FACE FATIGUE WITH TRADITIONAL ERP UPGRADES BUT
MUST MOVE SOON
• Business process and applications professionals say upgrades are
challenging, tedious, and costly mandate.
• Upgrade project costs, customizations and impact
• Key reasons to upgrade include avoidance of compliance and
technical risks, business benefits, and improved technology.

14. What is the Difference between an Enhancement Pack Installation and a Release Upgrade?

15. Enhancement Pack Facts : Things you should know

16. Roadmap to Enhancement Packs : 4 Stages of Enhancement
1. Discovery
2. Evaluation
3. Installation
4. Activation

17. The 4 stages of Enhancement
• http://service.sap.com/bfp
• Discovery
– Business Function Prediction
– Solution Browser
– Live Expert Sessions
• Evaluation
– License Implications
– Upgrade Dependency Analyser
• Installation
– Solman Landscape verification Manager
– Maintenance Planning Guides
– Software Update Manager
• Activation
– Selecting and Activating New business Functions
– Business Process Change Analyser

18. Roadmap to Enhancement Packs : Discovery
1. Discovery
2. Evaluation
3. Installation
4. Activation

19. Discovery : Where to find SAP improvements and Innovations?
• http://service.sap.com/findinnovation

20. Discovery Options
• Business Function Prediction
• Solution Browser
Live Expert Sessions
• Live Expert Sessions

21. Discovery : Where to find SAP improvements and Innovations?
• http://service.sap.com/findinnovation

22. Roadmap to Enhancement Packs : Evaluation
1. Discovery
2. Evaluation
3. Installation
4. Activation

23. Evaluation – License Implications
Example :
License
Implication
for activation
of Ehp

24. Evaluation – Upgrade Dependency Analyser
Example : From http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp

25. Roadmap to Enhancement Packs : Installation
1. Discovery
2. Evaluation
3. Installation
4. Activation

26. How to Implement Enhancement Packs?

27. Roadmap to Implementing Enhancement Packs
Discover
Evaluate
Design, Install Activate, Deploy,
Support

28. Installation : Implementation of SP stacks and enhancement packs
End to End Lifecycle management

29. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• Near-Zero Downtime management for
SAP Business Suite Systems
• Available on SAP service Marketplace
• Included in the download using Solution
Manager Mopz (Maintenance Optimizer)
as Part of Application Lifecycle
Management)
• Use Pre-configurations to perform more
automated processing during uptime
• Can be used for applying Support Packs,
Enhancement packs and Upgrading
Systems

30. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• SUM Options:
– Single System : No Use of the
Shadow Instance (Runs
Exclusively, No Rollback)
– Standard : Similar to EHPi or
SAPup
–Advanced :
Near-Zero
Downtime
options

31. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• SUM Advanced Features:
– Use Shadow Instance for
MAIN_IMPORT Phase
– Intensive Use of Parallelization for
batch processing, DDL Processes and
R3Trans
– SGEN in the Shadow Instance
– Include Customer Transports (On
Request)
– Unicode Conversion option available
during Enhancement Pack
Installation

32. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• SUM Advanced Features:
– Intensive Use of Parallelization for batch processing, DDL Processes and
R3Trans

33. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• SUM Advanced Features:
– SGEN in the Shadow
Instance During Uptime

34. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• SUM Advanced Features:
– Unicode Conversion option
available during
Enhancement Pack
Installation

35. Downtime Management with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• SUM Advanced Features:
– Include Customer
Transports (On Request)
– Automated import into
shadow instance during
Uptime

36. Case Study : Downtime Savings with SAP Update Manager (SUM)
• Time Savings Using nZDT
and SUM
– With EHPi 7.5 Hours
– With nZDT and SUM 4h
– Save between 50%
to 60% on
Downtime using
SUM with nZDT
Cust System/
Activities
Min DT
Post Proc
EHPi
Min DT
Post Proc
w/o SUM
nZDT
Min DT
Post Proc
with SUM
nZDT
Cust 1
Total DT
ERP603-ERP605
HP-UX/Oracle
7:05h
0:30h
7:35h
N/A 2:50h
1:00h
3:50h
Cust 2
Total DT
ERP604-ERP606
AIX/Oracle
4:35h
0:25h
5:00h
N/A 2:45h
0:55h
3:40h
Cust 3 SCM700-SCM702
AIX/DB6
N/A 9:15h
0:15h
2:50h
0:45h
Cust 4 ERP600-ERP606
AIX/Oracle
N/A N/A 1:50h
0:45h

37. Roadmap to Enhancement Packs : Activation
1. Discovery
2. Evaluation
3. Installation
4. Activation

38. Installation : Selective Component Installation

39. Installation : Selective Component Activation

40. Activation : The Switch Framework

41. Activation : How to activate New Functionality

42. Activation : Business Process Change Analyser
• Business Process
Change Analyser as
part of Solution
Manager ALM

43. References
• http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp
• http://partneredge.sap.com
• http://sdn.sap.com
• http://service.sap.com/bfp
• http://service.sap.com/findinnovation
• http://service.sap.com/solutionbrowser

45. Jan Coetzee
Peev Consulting Services
jcoetzee@peevcs.co.za
+27 71 607 9156