§... Introduction ... 13§§... Acknowledgments ... 17§§PART ... I Preparation§§1 ... SAP HANA, SAP ERP, and SAP S/4HANA ... 21§§1.1 ... What Is SAP ERP on SAP HANA? ... 23§§1.2 ... What Is SAP S/4HANA? ... 26§§1.3 ... SAP HANA and the Relational Database Management System ... 28§§1.4 ... In-Memory Database versus Caching ... 30§§1.5 ... SAP HANA Architecture Options ... 32§§1.6 ... Summary ... 37§§2 ... Establishing Project Scope ... 39§§2.1 ... Upgrade and Migration Dependencies ... 40§§2.2 ... Landscape Planning ... 60§§2.3 ... SAP Solution Manager Tools for Establishing Scope ... 70§§2.4 ... Resource Planning ... 105§§2.5 ... SAP Best Practices ... 114§§2.6 ... Summary ... 117§§3 ... Infrastructure Planning ... 119§§3.1 ... Enqueue Server ... 120§§3.2 ... Dual Stack Split ... 125§§3.3 ... Sizing ... 139§§3.4 ... Backup and Recovery ... 150§§3.5 ... Summary ... 161§§4 ... Security Planning ... 163§§4.1 ... Risk-Based Approach ... 164§§4.2 ... Initial Security Implementation ... 165§§4.3 ... Application Security ... 171§§4.4 ... User Security ... 173§§4.5 ... Ongoing Security Management ... 181§§4.6 ... Summary ... 183§§PART II ... Migration§§5 ... Migration Tools and Options ... 187§§5.1 ... Migration Tools ... 188§§5.2 ... Migration Options ... 260§§5.3 ... Summary ... 269§§6 ... Migration Using the Software Update Manager with the Database Migration Option ... 271§§6.1 ... Prerequisites ... 271§§6.2 ... Executing the Software Update Manager with Database Migration Option ... 272§§6.3 ... Postprocessing ... 295§§6.4 ... Troubleshooting and Tips ... 305§§6.5 ... Summary ... 307§§7 ... Migration Using the Software Provisioning Manager ... 309§§7.1 ... Prerequisites ... 310§§7.2 ... Preparation ... 324§§7.3 ... Execution ... 331§§7.4 ... Troubleshooting ... 366§§7.5 ... Summary ... 367§§PART III ... Go-Live§§8 ... Test and Change Management Strategy ... 371§§8.1 ... Regression Test Strategy ... 372§§8.2 ... SAP Solution Manager Business Process Change Analysis ... 377§§8.3 ... SAP Solution Manager Testing Tools ... 395§§8.4 ... Change Management with SAP Solution Manager ... 417§§8.5 ... Summary ... 428§§9 ... Proactive Monitoring ... 431§§9.1 ... SAP HANA Studio ... 432§§9.2 ... SAP HANA Cockpit ... 440§§9.3 ... SAP Database Control Center ... 447§§9.4 ... SAP Solution Manager Technical Operations ... 451§§9.5 ... SAP Database Administration Cockpit ... 462§§9.6 ... Summary ... 467§§10 ... Cutover Planning ... 469§§10.1 ... Building Cutover Plans ... 470§§10.2 ... Cutover Support Resources ... 477§§10.3 ... Summary ... 481§§PART IV ... Optimizations§§11 ... ABAP Optimizations ... 485§§11.1 ... Noncompliant Code ... 486§§11.2 ... Optimization Opportunities ... 496§§11.3 ... Summary ... 503§§12 ... SAP Business Suite Optimization ... 505§§12.1 ... Technical Check ... 506§§12.2 ... Functional Enhancements ... 510§§12.3 ... Enhancement Discovery ... 516§§12.4 ... Summary ... 518§§13 ... SAP S/4HANA Finance ... 521§§13.1 ... Why SAP S/4HANA Finance? ... 522§§13.2 ... Requirements ... 524§§13.3 ... Installation ... 529§§13.4 ... Summary ... 545§§14 ... SAP HANA Live ... 547§§14.1 ... Installing SAP HANA Live Content ... 549§§14.2 ... SAP HANA Live Explorer ... 559§§14.3 ... SAP HANA Live Authorization Assistant ... 561§§14.4 ... SAP HANA Live Extension Assistant ... 564§§14.5 ... Summary ... 567§§... Appendices ... 569§§A ... Project Documents ... 571§§A.1 ... Project Charter ... 571§§A.2 ... Communication Plan ... 578§§A.3 ... Risk Plan ... 580§§A.4 ... Cutover Plan ... 581§§B ... Glossary ... 583§§C ... The Author ... 587§§