Academy · S/4HANA Transformation · 300 Professional
Conversion Cutover and Downtime Planning
Plans the business and technical downtime of a system conversion to SAP S/4HANA: what makes up the downtime and where SUM with DMO spends it, how mock conversions measure it, which SUM options and SAP Notes shorten it, how to plan the business freeze, ramp-down and communications, how to rehearse from a runbook in SAP Cloud ALM, and how to run the go/no-go sequence, fallback and handover to hypercare. Built for PMO leads, Basis administrators and test leads at Professional level, it closes with a 15-question quiz.
- 59 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Program / PMO Lead, Basis / Platform Administrator, Test Lead / Test Manager
What you’ll be able to do
- Estimate downtime from mock conversions
- Evaluate downtime optimization options
- Plan business freeze and communications
- Rehearse cutover from a managed runbook
- Run the go/no-go, fallback and hypercare handover
Sources and further reading
- Conversion Guide for SAP S/4HANA 2025 · SAP Help Portal
- Understanding the Concept of Downtime-optimized Conversion (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Examining the Main Blocks and Phase Names (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM · SAP Support Portal
- Software Update Manager (SUM) · SAP Support Portal
- Analyzing System Conversion (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Downtime-optimized Conversion Approach of SUM · SAP Support Portal
- Deciding on Appropriate Approach (lesson) · SAP Learning
- SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation · SAP Support Portal
- DMO: downtime leveraging iterations of EU_CLONE_MIG_DT_RUN step · SAP Community