Academy · Basis & Platform · 200 Practitioner
System Copies and Test Environment Refresh
Explains how SAP S/4HANA test environments are refreshed from production: why systems drift, how system copies and client copies differ, the post-copy activities that stop a copied system from acting like production, data protection for production data in test, how to fit a refresh into transport and test calendars, and how to verify a refreshed environment before handing it to testers. Built for Basis / Platform Administrators, Test Leads and Data Migration Specialists at Practitioner level.
- 57 minutes
- 6 lessons + quiz
- Basis / Platform Administrator, Test Lead / Test Manager, Data Migration Specialist
What you’ll be able to do
- Compare system copy and client copy approaches
- Plan post-copy activities that protect integrations and outputs
- Coordinate refresh timing with test and transport calendars
- Apply data protection measures to refreshed environments
- Verify a refreshed environment before handing to testers
Sources and further reading
- Client Copy and Client Transport Tools (lesson, Technical Implementation and Operation II of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite) · SAP Learning
- Client Compare and Client Maintenance Tools (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Describing Backup and Recovery (lesson, SAP HANA Installation and Administration) · SAP Learning
- Configuring SAP License, Operation Modes, SAProuter (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Describing System Change Options and Client Change Options (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Software Provisioning Manager · SAP Support Portal