Academy · Basis & Platform · 100 Foundations
SAP System Architecture for Administrators
Explains how an ABAP-based SAP S/4HANA system is built: systems, SIDs, instances and clients; the dispatcher and work processes inside an application server; central services with the message server, enqueue server and logon groups; SAP HANA and the database interface; and the SAP GUI and SAP Fiori access paths, including the Fiori front-end server. Provides the mental model every platform administrator and technical tester needs.
- 45 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Basis / Platform Administrator, Solution Architect, Test Automation Engineer
What you’ll be able to do
- Describe the components of an ABAP system (central services, application server instances, database)
- Explain work process types and what each handles
- Explain SIDs, instances and clients
- Describe how users are routed to application servers
- Identify where SAP HANA fits in the S/4HANA stack
Sources and further reading
- Work Processes (SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP documentation) · SAP Help Portal
- Client Concept (lesson, Technical Implementation and Operation II of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite) · SAP Learning
- Understanding SAP Fiori Architecture with SAP S/4HANA (lesson) · SAP Learning
- SAPTEC: Technology Fundamentals of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite · SAP Training
- SAP S/4HANA documentation · SAP Help Portal
- SAP S/4HANA - Enqueue Replication 2 High Availability Cluster (setup guide) · SUSE Documentation