Job Scheduling for SAP (H1929)

Description

Learn the ins and outs of job scheduling with "SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood" and "Redwood Cronacle." Readers uncover critical details on the architecture, plus exclusive technical insights that cannot be found elsewhere. The authors cover both decentralized and centralized SAP job scheduling and provide you with practical, real-world advice to drastically bolster standard installation and configuration guides. Special attention is paid to both individual CCMS and BI jobs, as well as to integration methods for these enterprise-level job chains. Best Practices and lessons learned from real-world case studies ensure that this book leaves no stone unturned

Foreword ... 13

Preface ... 15

1. General Job Scheduling ... 19
... 1.1 Organizational Uses of Job Scheduling ... 19
... 1.2 The Origin and Evolution of Job Scheduling ... 27
... 1.3 Job-Scheduling Functionality ... 41

2. Decentralized SAP Job Scheduling ... 61
... 2.1 CCMS Scheduler ... 62
... 2.2 SAP BW ... 85
... 2.3 Mass Activity Scheduling ... 90
... 2.4 Information Lifecycle Management ... 94
... 2.5 SAP NetWeaver Java Scheduling ... 98

3. SAP Job Scheduling Interfaces ... 111
... 3.1 External Batch Processing Interface ... 112
... 3.2 BW-SCH Interface ... 119
... 3.3 BC-XAL and BC-XMW Interfaces ... 120
... 3.4 JXBP Interface ... 121

4. Centralized SAP Job Scheduling ... 125
... 4.1 Systems Setup ... 125
... 4.2 High Availability ... 135
... 4.3 SAP Interface Configuration ... 140
... 4.4 Managing the Scheduling Load ... 153
... 4.5 Monitoring ... 160
... 4.6 Migration ... 161

5. Introduction to SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood ... 163
... 5.1 Available Product Solutions ... 164
... 5.2 Components ... 168

6. Installation ... 183
... 6.1 Before the Installation ... 183
... 6.2 SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood Installation ... 184
... 6.3 SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood Configuration ... 191

7. Principles and Processes ... 199
... 7.1 User Management and Security ... 200
... 7.2 Job Definitions ... 203
... 7.3 Job Allocation ... 211
... 7.4 Job Management ... 214
... 7.5 Job Submission and Monitoring ... 219
... 7.6 Output Management ... 224
... 7.7 Handling of SAP Jobs ... 225

8. Operation ... 237
... 8.1 Operating the Different Components ... 237
... 8.2 Performance ... 249
... 8.3 Debugging and Error Resolving ... 255
... 8.4 Maintenance and Housekeeping ... 263
... 8.5 Exporting and Importing Repository Objects ... 265
... 8.6 Automating Business Processes ... 268

9. Customer Cases ... 281
... 9.1 Customer Case 1: Reducing Complexity ... 281
... 9.2 Customer Case 2: Managing Large Landscapes ... 285
... 9.3 Customer Case 3: SAP and Systems Management Made Easy ... 290

The Authors ... 295

Index ... 297