Conversion to SAP S/4HANA using SUM: ABAP Systems on UNIX and Linux

Downtime-Optimized Conversion to SAP S/4HANA

Besides the standard approach for the conversion to SAP S/4HANA, there is also a downtime-optimized approach.

The basic Idea behind the downtime-optimized conversion to SAP S/4HANA is that you can update and migrate your SAP system in just one procedure, and thus significantly reduce your business downtime. The downtime-optimized conversion procedure executes part of the data conversion in the uptime processing, which significantly reduces the overall business downtime. The main benefit of this approach is the reduction of technical downtime.

The downtime-optimized conversion feature is delivered with the Software Update Manager tool as a part of the Software Logistics Toolset (SL Toolset). For more information about this approach see the following:

  • the SAP Note 2443938 Information published on SAP site

  • the guide Downtime-Optimized Conversion To SAP S/4HANA, which is attached to the mentioned SAP Note 2443938

  • in the SAP Support Portal the page about Downtime-Optimized ConversionInformation published on SAP site