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Ask the Experts

• Will I fit into a SAP CRM role without IT or practical SAP experience?

  I have three years of sales and marketing experience in the automobile industry and one year of experience in a retail customer service center. I've also received my MBA recently and am planning to make SAP CRM my area of expertise. Without IT and ...  Continue Reading

• Installation procedure, configuration details for SAP Solution Manager

  We are implementing SAP Solution Manager for 4.6C with an Informix database and HP-UX OS. Could you send me the installation procedure and configuration details for Solution Manager? Can I install the Solution Manager for both my development and ...  Continue Reading

• SAP MMC failing to start after renaming my domain

  I have done a complete domain rename; my SAP R/3 on Windows 2000 is installed in a windows 2003 active directory domain. Now the SAP MMC console does not start up. What is wrong?  Continue Reading

• The impact on HR when upgrading from 4.6 to ECC 6.0

  What is the impact on ESS and MSS in HR when upgrading from 4.6 to ECC 6.0?  Continue Reading

• Why are kernel upgrades done on a central instance?

  Why are kernel upgrades done on a central instance?  Continue Reading

• Not connecting to SAP: A connection string problem

  When logging onto SAP, it shows a "Connection to partner broken" message. What is wrong?  Continue Reading

• How does asynchronous updating increase R/3 scalability?

  How does asynchronous updating increase R/3 scalability? Also, I want to learn more about R/3 scalability in general. Could you explain a few case scenarios or examples of update troubleshooting from a Basis point of view?  Continue Reading

• Why are transport requests classified into workbench and customizing?

  Why are transport requests classified into workbench and customizing? What does this classification indicate?  Continue Reading

• Refresh the SAP ABAP/Java system from PRD to QAS

  I want to refresh the SAP ABAP/Java system from PRD to QAS. In the past I have done the ABAP system refresh in which the Quality database was refreshed by that of Production and later we changed the SID from PRD to QAS. I want to know if we need to ...  Continue Reading

• Installing Solution Manager on a mixed Windows/Unix platform

  I'm planning to install Solution Manager 4.2 on a mixed platform. The application server runs off Windows and the database is on Unix. I could not find an installation manual. Any suggestions?  Continue Reading

• SAP installation keys for upgrades or new installations?

  Our Basis group is preparing to upgrade from 4.6c to ECC 6.0. I see notes that an installation key is generated using Solution Manager. Another note stated this key was only good for four weeks and I would need to get a key from SAP afterwards. Will...  Continue Reading

• Where to find your SAP installation number

  Where can I find my installation number in the SAP system?  Continue Reading

• How to develop an RFI for SAP 4.6c to ECC 6.0 migration

  We are planning a migration from 4.6c to SAP ECC 6.0. We are developing an RFI for this. Could you direct me to information regarding this?  Continue Reading

• Is Sun-Solaris knowledge required for SAP Basis integration?

  How much knowledge of Sun-Solaris is required for an integration of SAP Basis? Also, what additional knowledge is required?  Continue Reading

• Building new servers with the same names and IPs as the preexisting system

  We are in the planning stages of upgrading our SAP ECC 5.0 landscape (hardware and OS only) and are trying to come up with the best way to build the new servers. The issue we are trying to overcome is how to build the new servers with the same names...  Continue Reading