The document is a comprehensive guide on the installation and monitoring of SAP S/4HANA using the IT-Conductor tool. It outlines the installation prerequisites, steps for deploying both the HANA server and ABAP server, and methods for monitoring system performance and space reclamation. Additionally, it highlights the differences in deployment complexity between cloud and on-premise setups, along with contact information for further inquiries.

1. SAP S/4HANA
Installation and Monitoring
This is a compilation of notes taken during installation of IDES S4HANA.
Also include monitoring of S/4HANA using the IT-Conductor
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Author: Terry Kempis
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2. Introduction/References
IDES based on S4HANA was available as per OSS note
2445594
Main Reference: 2445594 - IDES S/HANA 1610
Additional References:
• SAP HANA Server Installation GUide
• Installation Guide - NW NW 7.3 to 7.5 on UNIX: SAP HANA
DB
• Published blogs and documents
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3. Introduction
SAP Product Availability Matrix
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4. Installation
The IDES S4HANA was installed with/on the following
• AS ABAP 7.51 for S/4HANA 1610
• SAP Kernel 7.49 64-BIT UNICODE
• SAP HANA Database 2.0 (SPS00)
• Linux SUSE SLES 12/X86-64 64BIT
SAP HANA and The SAP NW AS ABAP server were deployed on
one server
The installation’s general steps
1. Install the HANA server
2. Install the NW ABAP server
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5. Installation – HANA server
Install the HANA server as root
./hdblcm --component_root=<extracted HANA 2.0>
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HANA2 SPS00 installed, with database mode ‘single_container’.
Note that if HANA2 SPS01 was used, then the only option is
‘multiple_container’ (i.e. MDB)

6. Installation – HANA server
Installation check
cd /hana/shared/H4S/hdblcm/hdblcm
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7. Installation – NW ABAP server
As root, from the SWPM extract folder, run sapinst
1. Preparation – Prerequisite check
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8. Installation – NW ABAP server
2. Install ABAP server – Standard system
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NW SID = S4H
HANA SID = H4S

9. Installation – NW ABAP server
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Depending on your
server’s resources,
reduce or increase the
parallelism

10. Installation – NW ABAP server
To monitor the import of the packages, go to the installation directory.
• The file ‘import_state_properties’ indicates the status of each package, e.g.
• A package with corresponding TSK.bck file means it is being processed. At the
start of processing of a package, the .TSK file is copied into TSK.bck, then the TSK
is emptied. For each task completed, the TSK is updated
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‘?’ = its in progress (it has corresponding
TSK.bck file) – see below
‘+’ = its complete without error
‘-‘ = error
‘0’ = still to do

11. Installation – NW ABAP server
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Review and process accordingly, e.g. below

12. Installation – NW ABAP server
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Perform standard installation post-tasks (e.g. SGEN)

13. Fact check: Comparison
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IDES Personas ERP
6.0 EHP7 IDES S/4HANA
CVERS Software components 224 162
DD02T SAP DD: SAP Table Texts 7,357,481 5,581,980
REPOSRC Report Source Code 5,212,388 5,531,016
TFDIR Function Module 516,549 502,440
TRDIR System table TRDIR 5,212,111 5,531,007
TADIR Directory of Repository Objects 4,041,073 4,346,880
Comparison on the IDES S/4HANA and IDES ERP 6.0 EHP7 on ASE
• We were expecting a reduction in both the code and dictionary
tables based on SAP’s marketing message, but some actually
went up!

14. Tip: Reclaiming DATAVOLUME unused space
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The DATAVOLUME can go up to > 250Gb.
To free up the unused space, issue the following SQL command
‘ALTER SYSTEM RECLAIM DATAVOLUME 110 DEFRAGMENT’
This reduced the datavolume size from 205Gb to 107GB! This
process can take many hours or days depending on server and
storage speed.
Note that before doing the reclaim/defragmentation, the following
steps were taken
- Create the initial backup (note that at this stage, the
auto_log_backup was still disabled)
- Stopped the ABAP system

15. Monitoring – using cloud-based IT-Conductor
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After the installation
and post-tasks, the
installed IDES S/4HANA
was registered to the IT-
Conductor. The process
is quick (< 5 minutes),
and straight forward.
Once the ABAP system
S4H is registered in ITC,
the tool ‘discovers’ all
related objects (e.g.
application server,
HANA and its services).
ITC has ‘drill-down’
feature, by a single click
on an object

16. Monitoring – using IT-Conductor
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Click on any object for drill-down

17. Monitoring – using IT-Conductor
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Drill-down on CCMS for further
analysis/detail

18. Monitoring – using IT-Conductor
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Configurable alert thresholds, e.g. for Gateway Heartbeat

19. Monitoring – using IT-Conductor
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Application Server Analysis

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HANA Server - Overview

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Drill-down

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Drill-down feature

23. Monitoring – using IT-Conductor
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Click on any object (e.g. CPU,
response time) or the arrow (in
volumes) for more information
(see next page)

24. Monitoring – using IT-Conductor
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25. Summary – S/4HANA Installation
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• The process is not much different than other SAP NW installation
• The HANA database or appliance installation is a separate task, and can
be quite complex if HA/DR is included
• Space reclamation is key to reduce the size of the database following
installation
• Sizing HANA and configuring appropriately is key to operational
performance, otherwise it can be quite slow.
• Monitoring of S/4HANA Availability and Performance is critical to
maintaining its health
• Technically S/4HANA is not simpler than Netweaver on any-DB
• Security configuration of new roles, Fiori, SAP Netweaver Gateway, and
optional Java instance are additional effort

26. Summary – Deployment Comparison
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S/4HANA
• S/4HANA Cloud deployment is much more simple and can be operational in a
few hours, especially with pre-configured instances
• S/4HANA On-premise deployment can take days depending on infrastructure
requirements and other optional components
IT-Conductor Monitoring of complete S/4HANA Stack
• On-cloud S/4HANA: Such as at AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform – less than an
hour
• On-premise S/4HANA: Includes complex scale-out HANA platform, 30 minutes or
less
• In both cases, and including Hybrid environments: IT-Conductor reduces SAP
monitoring effort and cost up to 90% compared to Solution Manager

27. • Any Questions?
• Contact Info:
Linh Nguyen linh.nguyen@itconductor.com
Terry Kempis terry.kempis@itconductor.com
Let
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