The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for managing the overall SAP technical environment including configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades and maintenance of the system. Key responsibilities include installing and maintaining multiple SAP instances, managing transports between environments, ensuring high performance and availability, and documenting the system. The role requires skills in analyzing issues, communicating, and collaborating with other teams to resolve problems.

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2 Replies Latest reply: Aug 13, 2014 12:22 PM by Fatih YUKSEL
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BASIS Responsibilities
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Hi All,
Can any one give me a brief idea about what is and what isnt part of the responsibilities of an SAP
BASIS Admininstrator?
Regards,
Ayon
Ayon Mitra Aug 22, 2008 12:46 PM
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by Rajat Sarkar on Aug 22, 2008 1:11 PM
The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the management of the SAP environment. The SAP
Basis Administrator responsibilities include configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting
the SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis as well as scheduling and executing the SAP
transport system. The SAP Basis Administrator collaborates to resolve SAP transport and source
code problems. The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the installation, upgrade, and
maintenance of SAP systems. Additional areas include the evaluation and design of interfaces
between SAP and external systems, maintenance of the SAP Data Dictionary and database
objects, and manage the migration of SAP database and application configuration into production
as well as analyze, develop, and maintain data architectures and process models within SAP.
A key area of responsibility is the documentation and updating of the existing SAP environment
and work with IT and business units to modernize the SAP environment.
The SAP Basis Administrator must possess the ability to analyze situations and provide problem
resolution. Excellent written and oral communication skills are a requirement.
Example activities include:
1. Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment
(development, test, training and production).
2. Maintain the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP Correction and Transport
System (CTS) to ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly.
3. Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes
risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance.
4. Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and
availability.
5. Install and configure all required SAP database servers and application servers.
6. Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles.
7. Distribute the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job
workload.
8. Configure and manage the SAP printing subsystem for all SAP instances.
9. Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.
10. Monitor all SAP systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer
traces, system traces, disk space, etc.).
11. Administer the SAP database with Database Administrator (plan and perform database
upgrades, apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform
database reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database
security, administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem
determination and resolution, etc.).
12. Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client)
as required.
13. Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades.
14. Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot packages and kernel upgrades) through all systems
using a structured methodology.
15. Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces.
16. Provide status reports for projects to management.
Edited by: Rajat Sarkar on Aug 22, 2008 4:40 PM

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Edited by: Rajat Sarkar on Aug 22, 2008 4:40 PM
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Re: BASIS Responsibilities
The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the management of the SAP environment. The SAP
Basis Administrator responsibilities include configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting the
SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis as well as scheduling and executing the SAP
transport system. The SAP Basis Administrator collaborates to resolve SAP transport and source
code problems. The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the installation, upgrade, and
maintenance of SAP systems. Additional areas include the evaluation and design of interfaces
between SAP and external systems, maintenance of the SAP Data Dictionary and database objects,
and manage the migration of SAP database and application configuration into production as well as
analyze, develop, and maintain data architectures and process models within SAP.
A key area of responsibility is the documentation and updating of the existing SAP environment and
work with IT and business units to modernize the SAP environment.
The SAP Basis Administrator must possess the ability to analyze situations and provide problem
resolution. Excellent written and oral communication skills are a requirement.
Example activities include:
1. Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment
(development, test, training and production).
2. Maintain the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP Correction and Transport
System (CTS) to ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly.
3. Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk
and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance.
4. Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and
availability.
5. Install and configure all required SAP database servers and application servers.
6. Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles.
7. Distribute the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job
workload.
8. Configure and manage the SAP printing subsystem for all SAP instances.
9. Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.
10. Monitor all SAP systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer
traces, system traces, disk space, etc.).
11. Administer the SAP database with Database Administrator (plan and perform database upgrades,
apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform database
reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database security,
administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem determination and
resolution, etc.).
12. Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as
required.
13. Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades.
14. Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot packages and kernel upgrades) through all systems
using a structured methodology.
15. Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces.
16. Provide status reports for projects to management.
Edited by: Rajat Sarkar on Aug 22, 2008 4:40 PM
Edited by: Rajat Sarkar on Aug 22, 2008 4:40 PM
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Rajat Sarkar Aug 22, 2008 1:11 PM (in response to Ayon Mitra)
Re: BASIS Responsibilities
I found this ;
www.sapbasisinfo.com/blog/2014/02/28/sap­basis­administrator­roles­activities
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Fatih YUKSEL Aug 13, 2014 12:22 PM (in response to Rajat Sarkar)

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