Best Practices for Upgrading Your Portal to SAP NetWeaver 7.3

[ Best practices for successfully upgrading your
portal to SAP NetWeaver 7.3
SAP NetWeaver Portal, Product Management

[ Session Scope
SAP NetWeaver 7.3 provides various functional enhancements
and improvements for end users, administrators and developers.
In this session we will discuss technical aspects and
recommendations for smoothly upgrading your portal landscape
to SAP NetWeaver 7.3

Real Experience. Real Advantage. 2

[ Learning Points
This sessions provides the following learning objectives:
 Understand the differences of SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 Understand the upgrade tools and procedure
 Know the technical details of upgrading the various
components
 Get important links and notes


[ Agenda
 Portal Portfolio Overview
 Preparing your project
 Upgrading your portal landscape
 SAP standard components
 Portal add-ons
 Custom-built applications
 Further information


[ Benefits - Why using SAP NetWeaver Portal?
 Intuitive user interface and appealing, customized
web sites in your corporate design
Customer Supplier
 Central, multi-system-, role-based access to
business processes, information and services Employee Partner

 Secure, multi-channel access via desktop, mobile or
other clients
 Increase user productivity for individuals and teams SAP Portal
with easy collaboration in Enterprise Workspaces, Wikis
or Forums
 Run responsive web sites based on advanced document
management and web content management solutions
 Easy integration of SAP applications via wizards and Business Processes
pre-configured Business Packages
 Based on proven, highly scalable, open and standard-
complaint platform with improved TCO


[ Overview of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Portal Portfolio
Web based consumption
via desktop, mobile and cloud channels

Applications & Collaboration & Content Usability &
Insights Social Management Extensions

Application Enterprise Portal Content Mgmt.
Branding & Themes
Integration Workspaces* by OpenText*

BPM* & Portal Site Mgmt.
Social Services Ajax Framework
Universal Worklist by OpenText*

Reports & Knowledge APIs for
Forums
Analytics* Management Development

Web Page B2B/ B2C
Mashups Wikis
Composer Scenarios*

Portal Core Services
e.g. roles, navigation, page building, permissions, single sign-on, third party integration

SAP NetWeaver Foundation
e.g. administration & development tools, security, Web Dynpro, Enterprise Search*,
governance, Accelerated Application Delivery, Gateway*
*check license details


[ Return on Investment
 SAP provides comprehensive upgrade tools, how-to guides and
consulting services for smoothly managing your upgrade
projects.
 With the new architecture of SAP NetWeaver 7.3, you have
the chance to modernize and consolidate your existing
infrastructure, thus saving costs for administration and
hardware.


[ Top 10 aspects to pay attention at during upgrade
Infrastructure and Upgrade tools
1. Deployment recommendations (infrastructure, usage types)
2. Landscape components dependencies (e.g. Business Suite)
3. Platform support (OS, DB, Browser)
4. Upgrade tools and Solution Manager (MOPZ)
5. Upgrade paths from previous releases
6. Business Packages

Content and Applications
7. Integration scenarios (App Integration vs. FPN)
8. Upgrade of portal add-ons (WPC, Forums, Workspaces)
9. Portal development tools and APIs
10. Migration of custom-developed applications (e.g. WD Java)


[ Preparing Your Project
1. Check the central Master Guide (/instguidesNW73) and Upgrade Guide
(/upgradeNW73) for fundamental information about SAP NetWeaver 7.3
2. Review and apply new landscape recommendations for portal
 Various enhancements for application integration via AppIntegrator
(incl. remote content integration) and content sharing between portals (via FPN)

3. Check enhanced support for new platforms and browser versions via PAM
4. Check the migration guides for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 (e.g. portal, Web Dynpro)

Check SCN blog for lessoned learned from ramp-up.


[ Architecture View - Upgrade Aspects for SAP Portal
Upgrade of portal landscape and relevant SAP NetWeaver (Java) components
 Bring the DB/OS platform on 64bit
 Run SAP upgrade tools: e.g. SAP NetWeaver 7.0 > SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 Upgrade portal add-ons, custom-specific content and applications

Business Packages
(Portal Content, Applications)

Forums Wikis Workspaces

Enterprise Portal
Portal Apps
(KMC, WPC)
Enterprise Portal Core
Web Dynpro
(Portal, UWL)
Application Server Java NW Product
Extensions Description

Application Server Java

DB /OS (64bit only)


[ SAP’s Java App. Server and Development Environment
J2EE 1.3 based J2EE 1.4 / Java EE 5 based

SAP
NetWeaver CE
7.1
SAP
SAP Web SAP
NetWeaver
Application NetWeaver
Application SAP
Server 6.40 7.3
Server 7.0x NetWeaver CE
7.1 EhP1

 Java Server based on J2EE 1.3 (JDK 1.4) SAP
 NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) NetWeaver CE
based on Eclipse 2.x 7.2

 Java Server supports J2EE 1.4 and Java EE 5 (JDK 5 / 6)
 NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) based on
Eclipse 3.x


[ Upgrade / Migration paths
J2EE 1.3 based J2EE 1.4 / Java EE 5 based

SAP
NetWeaver CE
7.1
SAP
SAP Web SAP
NetWeaver
Application NetWeaver
Application SAP
Server 6.40 7.3
Server 7.0x NetWeaver CE
7.1 EhP1

SAP
NetWeaver CE
7.2

No direct server upgrade, EhP installation only. Server upgrade available. Project
migration always required No migration required migration only required for
specific types and maintenance

[ SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.30 – How to get there?
Implementation
Recommendation Benefits Scenario Specific Considerations
Scenario

 Least effort (in-place switch  Less utilization of SAP NW 7.3
upgrade) TCO reductions as system will
Upgrade  Any data / scenario will be kept and consist of all currently deployed +
adjusted via delivered migration new introduced NetWeaver usage
controllers types

 Smaller system footprint (only  (Re-)Creation of content and
install required usage types, configuration required as
selective takeover of content) export/import options are limited
New Installation +  New installation faster than upgrade  Potential loss of metadata (e.g.
New Content (e.g. no legacy content) KMC)
 Could be combined easily with HW
switch

Upgrade old  Smaller system footprint (only  Double effort (Upgrade + New
system + install required usage types, Installation)
New Installation selective takeover of content)  CTS+-transport restrictions may
and  Less need of content re-creation apply
partial content  Transport via CTS+ possible  No automatic content migration
transport available

Please note that in addition there might be other, generic considerations related to the release change like:
Portal Content and Add-On availability (e.g. Enterprise Work Spaces and Business Suite Content) on target system, Switch to SAP JVM,
Platform Availability Matrix (PAM), Possible Porting Requirements for customer specific coding; also check out the official deployment
recommendations of SAP Landscape Governance Board


Stack
Configuration +
File

NW
Software Components and Support Package Stack(s) NW
7.0x or
lower 7.3
SAP Jup

Mainly portal content (re-)creation

NW NW
7.3 7.3
SAPInst

Manual import/export if
NW possible
7.0x or
lower



Stack
Configuration +
File

NW
Software Components and Support Package Stack(s) NW
7.0x or
lower 7.3
SAP Jup
Selective CTS+
Transport where
applicable

NW NW
7.3 7.3
SAPInst
Selective portal content
(re-)creation


[ Tool for Upgrade – SAPJup
Java server upgrade from NetWeaver 7.0x to 7.3
SAPJup
 SAP Java Upgrade Tool for users to upgrade the Java Application Server
 Is shipped to customers in a separate DVD called Upgrade Master DVD

Upgrade Process with SAPJup
1. Initialization Detects system type: ABAP + Java / Java only
2. Extraction Extract upgrade tools from Upgrade Master DVD
3. Configuration Gather info including passwords, software units, add-ons, SP, shadow system
info, etc...
4. Checks Validate OS and DB of the source release to
match the requirements of the target release
5. Pre-processing Builds up the shadow system
6. Downtime System down for unattended upgrade execution
7. Post-processing Remove the shadow schema created
8. Finalization Clean-up files and directories that are no
longer required after the upgrade


[ Tool for Upgrade – SAPJup
Java server upgrade from NetWeaver 7.0x to 7.3

System Copy Source Release Source Release

NW NW
NW 7.3
2004/ 7.0 2004/ 7.0
System data as input for SAP Solution Manger system
system system
Maintenance Optimizer
System Migration
Copy
SAP Solution Manager MOPZ (Preliminary to Upgrade)

SAP Solution Manger Maintenance Optimizer
DB
defines the download stack to apply with SAP
Upgrade Wizard 04s
NW 720
NW
tables
7.0 tables
7.3
tables tables
SAP Upgrade Wizard


[

MIGRATING THE PORTAL
CONTENT


[ Upgrade of Standard Portal Content (EPC/EP)
 During the upgrade process the relevant software components
and standard portal content are automatically upgraded to the
new release level.
 During this phase portal related migration controllers
transform content to fit the new formats e.g. PRT Migration
Controller (PAR/WAR container), OBN, FPN, PCD.
Additional ones exist for the other NW technologies
 The migration includes standard content provided by SAP such
as Portal Content (PCD), KMC content and configurations


[ Standardization on WAR-Format
 In previous SAP NetWeaver releases, portal components were packaged in
PAR files (portal archives) that were deployed to the portal runtime.
 In the current version, portal applications have a slightly different directory
structure, include additional files, and are packaged in WAR files, which are
ZIP files with a .war extension. WAR (Web Application Archive) is the
standard format for packaging web components for Java EE servers.
 The portal provides an automatic migration tool for converting PAR files to
WAR files, and then packing them into EAR files. EAR (Enterprise Archive)
is the standard format for packaging Java EE applications. These EPA files are
backward compatible and will work seamlessly.


[ Using the PAR Migration Tool
 The PAR migration tool is a wizard that enables you to migrate standalone
PAR files to the supported file format (WAR).
 Note:
 The tool transforms the structure of the application project. The tool does not
check internal dependencies and correctness of referenced APIs.
 You may need to migrate the source code and adjust used (deprecated) APIs
accordingly.
 Location: System Administration > Support > PAR Migration Tool
 The tool provides the following options
for selecting the files to migrate:
 Browse for files and upload them one by one
 Upload all the files from a folder on local server
 Upload files from imported transport packages


[ PAR Migration Tool
The wizard migrates PAR files (standalone / contained in SDA or SCA files) to the
supported file formats. You can upload and migrate multiple applications at once.
Result: EAR files that contain WAR files.

Note: the PAR migration tool does only transform the container! You may manually
adjust your source code according to latest NW 7.3 APIs and concepts.

Further Information:
 Documentation
 Portal Application Migration
 Java Docs http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW73/SPS03/EP/index.html


[ Transport Packages
 The import process cannot import PAR files, or SDA and SCA files
containing PAR files, because PAR files are no longer supported. When
importing a transport package, the files that cannot be imported are saved
to the local file system.
 The PAR migration tool wizard enables you to view these files, so that
you can select them and migrate them to a supported format.
 After migrating the selected files, you can download the migrated files and
deploy them on your system.

 Notice: The result of the migration is EAR files that contain WAR files, and
not files in the format of the source files (SDA or SCA).


[ Portal Application Development and Deployment
 Portal applications are deployed as standard Java EE
applications. The Archive Uploader deployment tool is no
longer supported.
 Common issues for consideration:
 JDK incompatibilities
 Use of non public API’s (All public API’s are maintained)
 Use of deprecated parts that might have changed


[

UPGRADING
PORTAL ADD-ONS


[ Web Page Composer
 Web Page Composer (WPC) was been significantly enhanced, e.g. with new tools and
concepts for the staging area.
 The upgrade tool automatically migrates standard site and page infrastructure, Web
content and page layouts into the new format.
 If you created own web forms and layouts you may need to adjust your templates –
especially if they contain non-default, custom editor components.
 Please check SDN or following SAP Note for details: 1371703 - WPC for SAP
NetWeaver 7.3 - Upgrade Information


[ Forums
 The forums application is part of a separate “Portal Add-on” component and
thus not part of the standard support package stack.
 Therefore it is not integrated in the standard installation or upgrade process.
 If you want to use the forums application, you need to install or upgrade it
separately.
 Details for the various source releases are maintained in SAP Note 1049553
“SAP Forums - Installation, Upgrade and System Copy”.


[ Portal Business Packages for SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 SAP is providing special Business Packages for SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3. As SAP NetWeaver
Portal 7.3 runs on Java EE5, customers cannot simply re-used current BPs. SAP enabled the
following backend releases:
 Business Suite 7 (e.g. ECC 6.0 EhP4, SRM 7.0)
 Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010 (e.g. ECC 6.0 EhP5; SRM 7.0 EhP1)
 LM tools support the installation of Business Packages. During the upgrade phase the LM tools
check for the new 7.3 versions of your Business Packages / backend.
 Further details are maintained here:
 Overview about the Portal Content Portfolio: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/portal-content-portfolio
 SAP Note 1468349 "SAP Business Suite 7 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 hub systems"
 SAP Note 1615463 "SAP Business Suite 7i 2010 für SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Hub-Systeme"
 SAP Note 1532805 "Add-On Compatibility of SAP NetWeaver 7.3"

Business Packages for 7.0 Business Packages for 7.3
Portal 7.0 Portal 7.3

Business BS 7
R/3 ECC 6.0
Suite 7 Innovation 2010


[ Enterprise Workspaces
 Innovative Portal add-on solution that provides a flexible, intuitive
environment for enterprise end-users to compose content using a state-of-
the art self-service approach.
 Enterprise Workspaces 1.0 has been release for SAP NetWeaver 7.0.
 SAP supports deployment on top of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 with latest release
of Enterprise Workspaces 1.1 SP1
 Further details are available on SDN: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-
enterprise-workspaces

Personal Workspace Shared Workspace


[

UPGRADING
CUSTOM APPLICATIONS


[ Knowledge Management
 If you are running (custom) applications on top of KMC check the detailed
information for upgrade projects as maintained in following SAP note:
1372388 - Upgrade of applications using KMC to SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 Especially check relevant API changes:
 JDK 1.5 related changes
 UME related changes
 The relevant JavaDocs are:
 SAP NetWeaver 7.0: http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW04S/current/km/index.html
 SAP NetWeaver 7.3: http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW73/SPS03/KMC/index.html


[ Adjusting Migrated Applications
 Prerequisites
 SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) 7.3 is installed
 JDK 6.0 version is installed
 Recommendation
 Upgrade your custom applications (e.g. WD Java, PRT) to the
new release (using NW 7.3 sandbox environment) prior to the
actual upgrade.
 Steps:
 Import your application either in the initial PAR/SDA format or
the migrated EAR format to NWDS
 Make sure that you use only public APIs for 7.3. For reference,
see the Portal API Javadocs at http://help.sap.com/javadocs > SAP
NetWeaver 7.3
 Update references according to the table that is provided in the
developers guide. Deprecated means that although the DC exists
in 7.3, it is deprecated at the DC level. We recommend using the
new 7.3 reference DC in the new projects. For the full list of the
portal DCs and references, see SAP Note 1503649.
 Application migration guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-22884


[ Upgrade projects from previous NetWeaver releases

Web Dynpro  Migration is necessary

Java EE 5
for Java to have the project run
in NW 7.3

J2EE /

BPM
CAF

VC

GP
Web AS
6.40
 Apps can run on NW
7.3 without migration
NW 7.0x
 Design time migration
may be needed for
project maintenance on
CE 7.1 NW 7.3

CE 7.1
EhP1

 Not applicable for this
CE 7.2
version


[ Details on Application Migration

Link to Documentation


[

SUMMARY


[ Key Learnings
 SAP NetWeaver 7.3 is a major release with plenty of
innovative enhancements for end user, admins, developer
 Upgrade project requires detailed analysis of the landscape
component dependencies and new deployment options
 SAP provides upgrade tools and services to support your
upgrade project
 Especially custom developed applications should be migrated
and tested on sandbox prior to the actual portal upgrade


[ Important Guides
 Master Guide: http://service.sap.com/instguidesnw73
 Upgrade: https://service.sap.com/upgradenw73
 How to guides: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/howtoguides
 Product Availability Matrix (PAM): http://service.sap.com/pam -> Search for "SAP
NetWeaver 7.3"
 Documentation NW 7.3:
http://help.sap.com/content/documentation/netweaver/docu_nw_73.htm
 Documentation Portal 7.3
 Release notes NW 7.3
 Documentation on NW Administrator
 Documentation on Application migration on SAP Help and Docupedia
 Documentation on Enterprise Portal Perspective in NetWeaver Developer Studio
 JavaDocs: http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW73/SPS02/EP/index.html
 Developer Guide


[ Important Notes
 1531306 – Central Note for NetWeaver 7.30 EP / EPC
 1530174 – Upgrade to SAP NetWeaver EP/EPC 7.3
 1528990 – SP Equivalence for update/upgrade to SAP NW 7.30
 1390477 – Additional info for upgrade to SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 1371703 – WPC for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 - Upgrade Information
 1372388 – Upgrade of applications using KMC to SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 1503649 – SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.30 DCs and References
 1504295 – PRT SOAP APIs are no longer public
 Migrating Web Dynpro Application Projects from SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to
Higher Version
 Migrating Web Page Composer to SAP NetWeaver 7.3
 Migrating Applications to SAP NetWeaver 7.3 or here
 Developing Applications for the Portal


[ Further information
General Information
 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PORTAL_SAP
 Demo videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/SAPNetWeaverPortals

Decisions Makers
 Overview information on www.sap.com

Technical Consultants, Developers & Architects
 SCN Portal Community: http://scn.sap.com/community/portal
 Detailed release notes for SAP NetWeaver 7.3

Project Managers
 Release Notes, Documentation: http://help.sap.com > SAP NetWeaver
 SAP Release Brochure: http://service.sap.com/releasestrategy

Partners
 Partner Portal: https://service.sap.com/partnerportal/products
 Solutions on SAP EcoHub: http://ecohub.sdn.sap.com


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 2110 Customer story: use EP inside multi-portal organizations
 2213 Lessons learned by Colgate-Palmolive with Enterprise Workspaces 1.x for SAP NetWeaver Portal


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