| Homogeneous DMO | Homogeneous DMO now supports doDMO and downtime-optimized Conversion | |
| Homogeneous DMO | Homogeneous DMO: SAP HANA to SAP HANA | DMO Guide,
Blog post |
| DMOVE2S4 | DMO move to SAP S/4HANA (on hyperscaler) as alternative to "DMO with system move" | DMO Guide,
Blog post |
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| DMO to SAP HANA DB | SAP HANA client archive is expected in download directory | |
| DMO | New default schema name "SAPHANADB" (instead of SAPABAP1) for target on BASIS higher than 7.52 | |
| DMO | Row count after migration is now optional | |
| DMO | SAP HANA log mode handling adapted: SUM sets log mode to overwrite before the migration | (see blog post) |
| DMO with system move | "Move from Linux OS to Windows OS" is supported again | |
| DMO with system move | In parallel mode, using delivered synchronization script:
Process Control Center (in SUM Utilities) shows a daemon process for script execution | DMO guide |
| Migration case | New scenario (standalone option) to check cluster tables | DMO guide |
| DMO with system move | Reset on target landscape now works out of the box, using the UI menu (no backup of SUM folder required) | DMO guide |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO can be combined with "DMO without system update" now | |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports SAP ASE as source database type | News List |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized conversion available for educated consultants | Separate Page |
| | No news on migration scenarios | |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports IBM Db2 for z/OS as source database type | |
| DMO with System Move | DMO with System Move now supports a conversion target version SAP S/4HANA 1909 | |
| Shadow repository | "Shadow repository on target" for all migration scenarios independent of target release or target database | |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports MS SQL as source database type | |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO now supports target version SAP S/4HANA 1909 | |
| Shadow repository | DMO to SAP S/4HANA 1909 uses shadow repository on target database | Guide & blog |
| Downtime optimization | Downtime-optimized DMO is generally available | Guide & blog |
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| Win OS | Scenario "DMO with System Move" now supports Windows as target OS | DMO guide |
| Win OS | Scenario "DMO with System Move" now supports Windows as source OS (not as target OS) | DMO guide |
| new folder doc | New folder doc for static UI content, parallel to htdoc | SUM guide |
| Prereq. check | New scenario: prerequisite check for System Conversion | SUM conversion guide
& this blog |
| R3load | R3load now provided as part of SUM 2.0 | SAP Note 2472835 |
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| DMO with System Move | Change the host of PAS instance during DMO | DMO guide
& this blog |
| DMO without software change | DMO to SAP HANA possible without system update,
so no stack.xml is required | DMO guide
& this blog |
| DMO for SAP Solution Manager | DMO to be used for upgrade & migrate SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to 7.2 on SAP HANA database
(procedure is now generally available) | SAP Solution Manager 7.2: Simplified Upgrade and Migration to SAP HANA |
| HANA partitioning via file | Partitioning information can be provided via file | DMO guide
section 4.3.8 |
| HANA schema: SAPABAP# | HANA schema will be SAPABAP# (instead of SAP<SID>), i.e. like SWPM names the schema. | |
| target db type | Target database type SAP ASE is available (without registration); target database type DB6 is available on request | |
| Migration monitoring | Realtime Migration Graph allows to adapt the number of R3loads for migration directly | |
| SL UI | Buttons for Reset and for Cleanup are now only available via menu “More” | |
DMO for SAP
Solution Manager | DMO to be used for upgrade & migrate SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to 7.2 on HANA (available on request) | SAP Solution Manager 7.2: Simplified Upgrade and Migration to SAP HANA |
| Sub progress bar | Shown for some phases (like migration phases) | |
| Migration Preparation | Illustrates table split result, available in menu Utilities | |
| Notification icon | On main UI on "failed buckets", with link to bucket process monitor | |
| Process Monitor | Restart of broken packages is possible without the need to wait until migration phase is done | |
| Observer mode | Allows to monitor the process with non-<SID>adm user ("just look, don't touch" possible) | |
| 7.50 support | SUM SP 15 is exclusively for scenarios targeting SAP NetWeaver 7.50 based systems, and is available parallel to SUM SP 14. SAP Note 2161396 is relevant for DMO with SUM SP 15. | |
| MS SQL as target | The list of target database types is extended to MS SQL. Like with SAP ASE as target database, this is only available on request. (For a request, create an incident on BC-UPG-TLS-TLA). | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| MDC support | Support for Multi Database Containers (MDC) on SAP HANA DB | DMO guide section 4.5.5 |
| non-UC SCM | Support for non-Unicode SAP SCM systems | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| Monitoring | Improved monitoring for R3load usage | DMO guide section 4.2 |
| Test cycle | Test cycle option for quick migration repeat | DMO guide section 4.5.2 |
| DMO notes | The SAP Notes on DMO are now SP-specific: SAP Note 2161397 is specific for DMO with SUM SP 14 (SAP Note 1813548 was for DMO with SUM up to SP 13). | - |
| Benchmarking | Benchmarking tool for testing migration performance | DMO: introducing the benchmarking tool |
| R/3 as start | Start release SAP R/3 4.6C is now supported. | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| ROWID export | ROWID-based export for Oracle source database. | - |
| Win: pipe mode | Pipe mode for R3load is now also used for SUM on Windows OS | DMO: comparing pipe and file mode for R3load. |
| SUM on AAS | It is possible to run SUM (and DMO of SUM) on an Additional Application Server (AAS, fka DI).
Restrictions are described in the SAP Note for DMO, e.g. it is only supported if your system has a separate ASCS instance. | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| New SL UI |
The "DMO UI" is replaced by the "Software Logistics User Interface" (SL UI).
Note that the URL suffix has changed from /doc/gui to /doc/sluigui. | DMO guide section 6.1 |
| Duration files | Table duration files can now simply be put into the download folder to be considered for the next DMO run. | DMO guide section 2.3 |
| SAP ASE as target | SAP ASE is a possible target database type for DMO, apart from SAP HANA - this is available on request. Check the SAP Note on DMO for details and restrictions, e.g. it is only supported if you have a separate ASCS instance. | Respective SAP Note for DMO |
| Table comparison | With table comparison, it is possible to optionally compare not only the number of rows for the migrated tables, but also the content of tables during a DMO run. It should not be used for the DMO run on a productive system as it increases the downtime. | DMO guide section 4.5.1 |
| Unicode Conversion | It is now possible to include the Unicode Conversion (for single code page systems only) as part of the DMO procedure. The manual activities required before the actual technical conversion remain the same. | SAP Note 2108396 |
| Reset button | The reset button is now shown on all dialogs. Previously, it was only available on a roadmap switch dialog, like from Preprocessing to Execution. | - |
| DMO available | Database Migration Option (DMO) is available as a new scenario for Software Update Manager (SUM). It offers the combined update/upgrade of the SAP software with the database migration to SAP HANA DB. DMO is available for SAP Business Suite systems, SAP NetWeaver systems, and for SAP BW systems. | Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM - Introduction |