This blog offers a chronological list of features for database migration option (DMO) with Software Update Manager (SUM) 1.0, starting with SP09 up to the latest release. As a prerequisite, you should read the introductionary document about DMO: Database Migration Option (DMO) of SUM - Introduction
Check this page once in a while for updates with new SUM SPs.
Always check the restrictions and conditions for a specific feature in the respective SAP Note for DMO.
| SP 15 | Details | More information |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | SUM 1.0 SP 14 gets a buddy called SP 15 |
| SP 14 | Details | More information |
| 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). | SAP Note 2161397 |
| 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 | SAP Note 2161397 |
| 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). | - |
| SP 13 | Details | More information |
| 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. | SAP Note 2161397 |
| 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. | SAP Note 2161397 |
| 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 |
| SP 12 | Details | More information |
| 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. | SAP Note 2161397 |
| SP 11 | Details | More information |
| 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 |
| SP 10 | Details | More information |
| 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. | - |
| SP 09 | Details | More information |
| 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 |