Basis administration in the age of SAP HANA
Clarification and preparation of measures for the use of the Security Audit Log
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The establishment of Software-Defined Data Centres or IaaS are the key to further flexibility and standardisation of SAP technology infrastructure. The concept of a Software-Defined Data Centre is to create an abstraction layer over the individual virtualised components, such as servers, networks or storage, that controls, controls, provisioning, and automates the entire infrastructure.
Offline / Online ReDO Logs
Using various user, administration and monitoring tools, the SAP Basis system is controlled and managed by an administrator, who is thus responsible for its trouble-free operation. Many companies hand over these tasks to an external service provider.
The tasks of a company's own SAP Basis department are currently undergoing enormous change, as SAP is also increasingly relying on cloud services. Strategically, completely self-hosted SAP systems are becoming rarer and the proportion of customers using an SAP system from the cloud is increasing. The new roles of SAP Basis employees tend to be "enablers" and coordinators between the cloud provider and internal IT and the business departments. Until that time comes, companies can also rely on external service providers to offer expert know-how as well as operational support for the transition period.
With "Shortcut for SAP Systems" a tool is available that greatly facilitates some tasks in the SAP basis.
Remove weak password hashes from the system: Only updating the profile parameter does not provide you with the necessary security.
In order to participate in this compared to competitors, it is necessary to introduce these technologies, to use them and to learn about their possibilities.