About this document

This document deals with the SAP S/4HANA system conversion using the Software Update Manager (SUM) 2.0 SP15 including its database migration option (DMO).

Scope

This document describes the use of the Software Update Manager tool for the following scenarios:

Conversion of an SAP ERP system to a SAP S/4HANA on-premise system or SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition
Upgrade of an SAP S/4HANA system to a higher version

Furthermore it covers specifics of the database migration option of the Software Update Manager, when you want to migrate a source database, which is not SAP HANA, to SAP HANA database in the course of the conversion.

For details about the different transitions paths to SAP S/4HANA, see the appropriate SAP Note for the conversion to S/4HANA using SUM mentioned in Required SAP Notes.

This document contains mainly parts of the SUM guide and the DMO guide, which are relevant in particular for the conversion scenario. They have a special focus on ABAP technology, target release SAP NetWeaver 7.5 or higher, and target database SAP HANA. For the complete SUM and DMO guides, see Other Required Documentation.

How to Use this Document

The document is structured as follows:

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Information about using this document, new features if available, and some naming conventions for the document.
Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts

Short introduction into the concepts of upgrade, DMO, and conversion.
Chapter 3 - The Software Update Manager tool

Introduction into the SUM tool and some additional tools
Chapters 4 to 8 - Update and Conversion Process

These chapters contain detailed information about planning, preparing, and performing the update and conversion procedure, and about follow-up activities. You also find additional information about the database migration option of the Software Update Manager.