SAP Solution Manager

Introduction:

• SAP Solution Manager covers the complete application life cycle of an SAP customer’s business processes running on premise, hybrid or in the cloud.
• SAP Solution Manager provides features for both IT and business users for enhancing, automating and improving the management of SAP and non-SAP systems.
• In a distributed environment, SAP Solution Manager is managing system and SAP applications like- ECC, BI, and Customer Relationship module CRM and covers the non-SAP system in solution life cycle.

Solution Manager architecture in SAP:

SAP Solution Manager is a platform to manage the life cycle of your SAP solution in a distributed environment. It provides tools, methods, and process management content that can be used during preparation of business blueprint, configuration, and implementation.

Key features of SAP Solution Manager:

Following are the key features that are provided by SAP Solution Manager −

• Centralized Administration Work Centre – Using SAP Solman, we can manage central access of all functions for administrative tasks.
• Landscape Management Database – It provides central source of system landscape description data.
• Issue Management – we can document the problem and issue tracing using issue management feature.
• Road-maps – Using Roadmaps, we can create predefined project plans to cover most important tasks and phases in project implementation as a part of solution implementation.
• Template Management – To roll out templates globally, we can use template management.
• Test Management – Using Test management, we can perform central test management from test planning to evaluation phase.
• Change Control Management – we can use a central change management process, which is integrated with Transport Management. We can transport ABAP and non-ABAP projects using Transport Management Infrastructure.
• IT Service Management – This is centrally managed and covers IT infrastructure. We can align IT management processes as per Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL. We can set up external Service Desk and access SAP service-support centre.
• Business Process Operations – Automation of business processes is available in SAP Solution Manager. We can also monitor business critical processes.
• Application Operations – we can use Application Operations dashboards to display the availability and performance of your managed systems.
• Maintenance Management – we can use Maintenance Planner to create maintenance plans and stack XML files for installation using Software Update Manager (SUM). we can also use system recommendations option to find and display suitable SAP Notes. Maintenance optimizer can be used to start the maintenance process in production system. This provides you detailed instructions for downloading and installing maintenance files in the system.

Test Management in SAP Solution Manager:

In SAP Solution Manager, we can perform the test-management process central and execute tests for cross system business processes.

Test Management involves the following steps −

• Defining Test Scope
• Test Planning
• Testing
• Transfer changes to production

To perform Test Management activities, we can use Test Management Work Centre to create, manage, and execute test plans.

• Under Test Preparation, we can create a report that allows you to get an overview of your
• business processes and status.
• TBOM work list, is used to display your TBOM edit task.
• BP Change Analyzer, to analyse changes to system. You can use this to ensure how business processes will respond after changes.
• Test Plan Management – we can perform the following functions in Test Management Work Centre → Test Management Plan −
• To create Test Plan − Select Test Plan → Create Test Plan
• To copy Test Plan − Select Test Plan → Copy Test Plan
• To change Test Plan − Select Test Plan → Edit Test Plan
• To change the Attributes of a Test Plan − Click Goto → Attributes
• To transport Test Plan − Select Test Plan → Transport Test Plan
• To create and Assign Test Packages − Click Goto → Test Package Management
• To sort Test Cases in Test Sequences − Click Goto → Sequences
• To assign Testers to Test Cases − Click Goto → Sequences
• Tester Worklist − This is used to directly access all the test cases assigned to you.
• Test Repository − You can use this to create and edit automated test cases.