SAP S4 HANA Conversion Overview Technical

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion -
Technical Overview
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Agenda
# Topics
1 Overview
2 Transition and Upgrade Path
3 S/4 HANA Conversion Planning & Preparation
S/4 HANA Conversion Realization

4
5 Downtime Optimization
6 Important Notes

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion
• Key Focus
• SAP S/4 HANA - Technical Conversion - Preparation, Conversion Process, Post Conversion, Downtime
Optimization
• Target Audience - SAP Basis Consultant, Solution Architect

SAP S/4 HANA - What is S/4 HANA
• SAP S/4 HANA is latest ERP system from SAP. It is successor to the core SAP ECC Product, specially optimized to
run only on SAP HANA in-memory database to deliver better performance
• Mainstream maintenance support of the existing SAP ECC version will get ended by 2027 and customers should
be prepared to move on with SAP S/4 HANA
• Difference between ECC / SAP S4 - Key differences.. It has New Application / Business Process,Simplified data
model, HANA, Performance rich environment
• Overview of SAP S/4 HANA releases

• SAP S/4 HANA - On-Premise
• SAP S/4 HANA Cloud – SaaS
• Deployment Options
• New Implementation - For new Customer

• System Conversion - Existing customer running with SAP ECC
• Landscape Transformation - Customer with Multiple ERP systems
SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Process Overview
• SAP S/4 HANA Conversion is categorized in to two phases - Prepare and Realize.

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Transition Path
• System Conversion
• Minimum SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP ECC 6.0 EHP8

• Underlying Netweaver release requirement
• SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SP14
• SAP EHP1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SP05
• SAP NetWeaver 7.4 SP02
• Incase ECC - Older Release

• Plan to upgrade it to SAP ECC 6.0 or
higher
• After the prerequisite is met, Plan for
S/4 HANA Conversion

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Upgrade Path
• Upgrade
• Supports SAP S/4 HANA 1511, 1610, 1709,

1809, 1909, 2020
• Except the data migration, rest of the process
will be applicable for upgrade as well

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Planning
• Planning
• Road Map Viewer for Planning

• Prepare to execute SAP Readiness Check
• Review the target release information and identify the key concerns / dependencies well ahead to plan. Review the
below SAP Note and validate
• 3015539 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Release Information Note (Validate the dependency of OS, Kernel, ECC SPS, Database)
• 3015509 - SAP S/4HANA 2021 Feature Package Stack 00: Additional Release Information
• 3079550 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Restriction Note
• 3070443 - Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM 2.0 SP12 (Review the restrictions and dependency of the Source
System)
• Review PAM to understand the supported Operating System and Kernel
• Road Map Viewer - https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group//roadmapOverviewPage/S4HANATRANSONPRE

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Important Notes to begin with

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Requirement
• System Requirement
• Source should be Unicode compliant

• Only ABAP stack is supported
• Platform compatibility to run SAP S/4 HANA PAS & AAS, check PAM Matrix ( Operating System)
• Source database version to support DMO procedure
• Requirement of target database version with supported SPS / revision
• Version interoperability with the other products in landscape
• Check dependencies of the older products in the SAP Landscape via UDA tool, Maintenance Planner will help in doing the
checks
• 3015539 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Release Information Note
• 3015509 - SAP S/4HANA 2021 Feature Package Stack 00: Additional Release Information
• 3079550 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Restriction Note
• 3070443 - Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM 2.0
• 2251604 - Version Interoperability between SAP S/4HANA On Premise Edition and SAP NetWeaver Systems
• 3106645 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Process Integration with SAP on-premise Solutions
• What to do, if the system doesn’t meet the requirement?

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Requirement
• System Requirement
• Integration dependency with the other SAP Products (SAP Note - 3106645) and SAP Netweaver System in Landscape
• It is recommended to upgrade the SAP Netweaver release 7.40 or lower (ABAP / Java Stack) to latest as the maintenance
support has already expired by end of 2020
• Java Stack is currently supported to specifically to run
• Adobe Document Services
• PI / PO
• EP, ESS / MSS Scenarios
• Plan for Fiori deployment - Embedded / HUB

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Preparation
• Preparation - Data Reduction
• Data Archiving - Plan to have data archived which are not required for the Business
• Plan it well ahead of the conversion to get the archival before conversion as a separate Project
• SAP strongly recommends to reduce the data as much as possible, which will help in reducing the system conversion
downtime
• Required to arrive at the Sizing for the target database environment

• Maintenance Planner
• Use the central planning to tool (http://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp) for Installation, Update,

Upgrade, Conversion
• Validates add-on, business functions compatibility
• Allows to perform Upgrade Dependency Analysis

• Use the central planning to tool (http://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp) for Installation, Update,

Upgrade, Conversion
• Validates add-on, business functions compatibility
• Allows to perform Upgrade Dependency Analysis

• Supported Add-On will be included to the stack

• Unsupported SAP or Partner Add-On / Business Functions - Connect with SAP to understand the alternatives
• Other third party Add-On - Connect with the respective Partner in advance
Maintenance Planner Software Update Manager
SAP ECC
Supported Add-On will be included to stack
SUM will expect archive for third party add-on, connect with third party vendor for archives in advance

• SAP Readiness Check Report
Development QA Production
Transport Transport
Implement the below SAP Note

Conversion - 2913617 - SAP Readiness Check for SAP S4HANA Analysis Data
Upgrade - 3059197 - SAP Readiness Check for SAP S4HANA upgrades
3 1
1. Execute report - Production Client
SE38:
RC_COLLECT_ANALYSIS_DATA.
2. Download the output analysis file to
local
2
1. Upload the analysis file to SAP
Analysis Ready Readiness check Application
URL:https://rc.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondeman
d.com
2. Download the report

• Readiness Check Report
Image Source: SAP

• SAP Readiness Check Report - Output

Demo - Quick demo of the
1. SAP Readiness Check report - RC Portal tool

2. SAP Readiness Check report - Word Document

• Sizing - For Conversion
• Readiness check report would provide you the information of Sizing the target infrastructure
• Manual - Report /SDF/HDB_SIZING - 1872170 - ABAP on HANA sizing report (S/4HANA, Suite on HANA...)
• Non-SAP Data Source - Follow Sizing as per SAP Note 1514966. Calculate the data footprint on the source database excluding
the indexes, view and aggregate
• Static Memory: Memory required to store the table data - Source data footprint / 7 *C
• Dynamic Memory: Memory required for computation - Equal to Static Memory
• Total Memory Requirement = Static Memory + Dynamic Memory
• Total Memory Requirement = Source data footprint * 2 / 7 * C (Source Database Compression Factor)
Example Memory Requirement = 1024 GB * 2 / 7 = 292 GB
• Sizing - For New Implementation
• Use SAP Quick Sizer tool in SAP Market Place

• Simplification Item Check
• Simplification item documents the difference in application functionality comparing to the Source Product vs Target
Product
• Adapt the functionality before starting with the conversion

• Simplification Item Check
Relevance Check: Consistency Check:
Simplification item which are relevant to the system Lists down Simplification item which are very critical and need to be
which need to be looked and ensure relevant fixes are addressed. This would potentially going to be blocker for the
made available conversion.
SUM tool will execute the Simplification item check during the
conversion and it will stop the conversion procedure if there is any
mandatory Simplification which requires to be fixed
• Custom Code Check
• Code compatibility to run in target product version need to be validated and plan to adapt the custom code
• Configure central ATC environment to perform the custom code check and Fiori App is also available
• Conversion to new data model, requires the adjustment of the Objects (Pre / Post Conversion)
• FAQ - https://blogs.sap.com/2019/06/25/custom-code-adaptation-for-sap-s4hana-faq/#_Toc470164409

• Custom Code Check: ATC - Options and System Requirement

• Custom Code Check Analysis - On-Premise System:
Custom Code Analysis:
• Build Central check system to analyze landscape

• Establish the connectivity to target environment
• Execute custom code check in central ATC system
• Analyze the results and plan for code adaption
• Usage Tracking - (SCMON/SUSG) – Ignore unwanted code

SAP S/4 HANA Conversion - Realize
• Software update manager:

Covers the below:
Software update - New Application & Tables
Data Conversion - Convert the existing table content to target data model
Database Migration - Migration to HANA database (From Non-HANA to HANA)

• Software update manager - Different Environment & Process :
Example 1: PAS HOST

1. SAP ECC – SoH SUM
2. No Change - Application Server & Database
System. Stays on the same Host.
3. Tool - SAP SUM
Source & Target - HANA DB
PAS HOST Target PAS HOST

Source PAS HOST
SUM SUM
SUM
SUM
DMO
SUM DMO - PAS
Source - Any DB Target - HANA DB Move & DB Source & Target - HANA DB
Source & Target - Any DB
Migration
Example 2 :
1. SAP ECC on Any DB
2. No Change – Primary Application Server Host. Example 3:
New kernel will be updated and PAS will be 1. SAP ECC on Any DB
connect to new HANA database 2. Change – Primary Application Server &
Copyright © Change
3. in Database
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All rights reserved. Database System Host to new Host
• Software update manager - Conversion Steps & Downtime:

• Software update manager - Conversion Steps & Downtime:
Factors influences the downtime:
• Available H/W resources

• Database Size
• # of Tables affected by the Conversion
• Inconsistency in FI Conversion
• Conversion + Migration of Landscape
Downtime Calculator:
• Readiness Check Report - New Planned Downtime Calculator in SAP Readiness Check Is Now Live | SAP Blogs
• Based on Non-Production executions
• Downtime Optimization - Technical Downtime Optimization App – Allows to upload the non-production UPGANA.xml and
would provide recommendation on how to optimize the subsequent executions

• Software update manager - Downtime Optimization Options:
Approach Source DB Scenario SAP Availability Downtime

Note
Near Zero Downtime HANA nZDM - Update / Upgrade & System 1678565 Part of SUM Medium
Maintenance Conversion
Downtime Optimized Non-HANA DB Migration & System Conversion 2547309 Part of SUM Medium
DMO (Uptime Migration)
Downtime Optimized Non-HANA System Conversion to S/4 HANA (Uptime 3074543 Part of SUM Low
Conversion Migration & Conversion)
Near Zero Downtime Non-HANA / nZDT 693168 SAP Offering Very Low
Technology HANA Service
nZDM: Import of new tables structure and clones the impacted structures and transfer the data changes to
the tables (Record & Replay)
Downtime Optimized DMO: Approach help is in migrating the selected large tables to target in uptime and
transfer data changes (Record & Replay)
Downtime Optimized Conversion: Part of the tables migration, conversion and FI data conversion to target in
uptime
nZDT: SAP Service offering, technology allows to perform conversion with very minimal Business downtime
• Software update manager - Downtime Optimization Options: Downtime Optimized DMO & Downtime-
Optimized Conversion

• Software update manager - Downtime Optimization Options - nZDT:
SAP Service offering, technology allows to perform conversion with very minimal Business downtime, support
the below scenarios
• Update and upgrade of the ABAP System
• System conversion from SAP ECC to SAP S/4 HANA
• Production environment will be available for the users to work while conversion happens in Clone
Approach:
1. Clone of Production
2. Activate change-recording in
Production
3. Perform SAP S/4 HANA
Conversion on Clone
4. Synchronize the changes from
Production and to target clone
5. Final synchronization
6. Post Activities and Target Clone
becomes Production
After the SUM technical conversion, below activities must be initiated

• Custom Code Adaption:
• Perform modifications / adjustments of the ABAP Structures and Programs (SPDD, SPAU)
• Technical Post Activities:
• Perform technical post activities
• FI Data Conversion - IMG Activities:
• Perform FI data conversion related post activities
• Technical Validation and Power User Testing

Important SAP Notes
SAP Readiness Check:
2913617 - SAP Readiness Check for SAP S4HANA
3059197 - SAP Readiness Check for SAP S4HANA upgrades
2758146 - SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA & Process Discovery
Business Function Compatibility Notes:

2240359 - SAP S/4HANA: Always-Off Business Functions
2240360 - SAP S/4HANA: Always-On Business Functions
Simplification Item Check:

2502552 - S4TC - SAP S/4HANA Conversion & Upgrade new Simplification Item Checks
https://blogs.sap.com/2018/03/26/sap-s4hana-simplification-item-check-how-to-do-it-right.
Custom Code Analysis:

2241080 - SAP S/4HANA: Content for checking customer specific code
2190420 - SAP S/4HANA: Recommendations for adaption of customer specific code
2185390 - Custom Code Analyzer
https://help.sap.com/doc/9dcbc5e47ba54a5cbb509afaa49dd5a1/202110.000/en-US/CustomCodeMigration_EndToEnd.pdf
Add-On Dependency:
2214409 - SAP S/4HANA: Compatible Add-ons
2011192 - Uninstallation of ABAP add-ons
Important SAP Notes
CVI Preparation:
2713963 – FAQ: CVI – Customer Vendor Integration for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA
https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/31/bp-and-cvi-in-sap-s4hana-system-conversion/
Client Preparation:
SAP Note 1749142 – How to remove unused clients
SAP S/4 HANA Release Specific Notes:
2884313 - SAP S/4HANA 2020: Release Information

3015539 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Release Information Note
3079550 - SAP S/4HANA 2021: Restriction Note
3067553 - SAP FIORI FOR SAP S/4HANA 2021: Release Information Note
3015509 - SAP S/4HANA 2021 Feature Package Stack 00: Additional Release Information
3079720 - SAP S/4HANA 2021 - application specific notes in system conversion / upgrade preparation phase

Important SAP Notes
DMO Specific SAP Note: (Always refer the latest release and SP level related note)
3070443 - Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM 2.0 SP12

2547309 - Downtime-optimized DMO with SUM 2.0
3074543 - Executing and Monitoring Downtime-Optimized Conversion to SAP S/4HANA with SUM 2.0 SP 12
SUM Notes:
3024369 - Central Note - Software Update Manager 2.0 SP12

3070403 - Add. info. on converting to SAP S/4HANA using SUM 2.0 SP12

Important SAP Notes
Database Specific:
3079015 - MaxDB: Additional Information - Software Update Manager 2.0 SP12

3079340 - DB6: Add. Info - Software Update Manager 1.0 SP27 and 2.0 SP12
3064244 - Db2-z/OS: Additional Information - Software Update Manager 2.0
2977565 - MSS: Add. Info. - Software Update Manager
2976852 - Oracle: Add. Info. - Software Update Manager
3053642 - SYB: Add. Info - Software Update Manager 2.0 SP12
3079025 - SAP HANA: Additional information - Software Update Manager of SLToolset 1.0 SP33
3072891 - IBM i: Additional Information - Software Update Manager 2.0 SP12
HANA Specific Notes:
2378962 - SAP HANA 2.0 Revision and Maintenance Strategy

1948334 - SAP HANA Database Update Paths for SAP HANA Maintenance Revisions
2235581 - SAP HANA: Supported Operating Systems
H/W Support: https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/#/solutions?filters=intel

Important SAP Notes
Post Conversion:
2332030 - Conversion of accounting to SAP S/4HANA
TDO App:
3036423 - Frequently Asked Questions about Technical Downtime Optimization App
Integration:
2611066 - SAP SRM and S/4HANA

2974130 - SAP S/4HANA 2020: Process Integration with SAP on-premise Solutions
2231667 - Restrictions for integration of SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition with SAP CRM
2269324 - Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA
2348379 - SAP MII integration compatibility with SAP S/4 HANA
2402120 - Integration between SAP Master Data Governance and SAP S/4 HANA on-premise
2289330 - Integration between "SAP Portfolio and Project Management" and "SAP S/4HANA, on-premise
edition"
2324473 - Integration of SAP CRM with SAP S/4HANA: resolved restrictions
Important SAP Notes
Landscape Dependency:
2251604 - Version Interoperability between SAP S/4HANA On Premise Edition and SAP NetWeaver Systems
2816584 - SAP S/4HANA 1909: Process Integration with SAP on-premise Solutions
2229853 - GRC and S/4HANA oP: compatibility information
2226408 - Global Trade Services and S/4HANA oP: compatibility information
2402120 - Integration between SAP Master Data Governance and SAP S/4 HANA on-premise
2348379 - SAP MII integration compatibility with SAP S/4 HANA
2289330 - Integration between "SAP Portfolio and Project Management" and "SAP S/4HANA, on-premise
edition"
2244695 - Restrictions for Integration of SAP TM with S/4HANA on premise edition
2238445 - Integration of Supply Chain Management Applications to SAP S/4HANA
2668150 - SAP S/4HANA 1809: Release information and restrictions for EWM in SAP S/4HANA


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2 Transition and Upgrade Path

3 S/4 HANA Conversion Planning & Preparation

S/4 HANA Conversion Realization

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• Overview of SAP S/4 HANA releases

• New Implementation - For new Customer

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• Minimum SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP ECC 6.0 EHP8

• Incase ECC - Older Release

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• Supports SAP S/4 HANA 1511, 1610, 1709,

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• Road Map Viewer for Planning

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• Source should be Unicode compliant

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• Preparation - Data Reduction

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• Use the central planning to tool (http://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp) for Installation, Update,

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• Use the central planning to tool (http://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp) for Installation, Update,

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• Supported Add-On will be included to the stack

Maintenance Planner Software Update Manager

Supported Add-On will be included to stack

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• SAP Readiness Check Report

Implement the below SAP Note

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• Readiness Check Report

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• SAP Readiness Check Report - Output

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Demo - Quick demo of the

1. SAP Readiness Check report - RC Portal tool

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• Sizing - For Conversion

Example Memory Requirement = 1024 GB * 2 / 7 = 292 GB

• Sizing - For New Implementation

• Use SAP Quick Sizer tool in SAP Market Place

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• Simplification Item Check

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• Simplification Item Check

Relevance Check: Consistency Check:

• Custom Code Check

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• Custom Code Check: ATC - Options and System Requirement

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• Custom Code Check Analysis - On-Premise System:

Custom Code Analysis:

• Build Central check system to analyze landscape

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