Creating System Track in SAP Maintenance Planner

 A system track is a logical grouping of related systems, and contains two or more systems in your landscape on the same target software level. A system track helps you to update or upgrade all the systems at once.

• To create a system track in MP , two or more SAP systems, such as Dev, QA, and Production required.

You can put two or more systems in a track in the following scenarios:

• They have the same product versions. For example, three SAP ERP systems or four SAP HCM systems.

• They have different SP levels, but should be on the same level.

  You can put systems with the same start level in a track with the same target level.

  You can put systems with different start levels in a track with the same target level.

Here 3 System we are using to create track.

Development - ES1

Quality - ES2

Production - ES3

1. Go to https://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp

Click on 'Explore System'

2. Select the Development System,

 

3. Check all the status showing Green, then click on the SID on the Center

4. Select 'Tracks' option on the left side,

5. If 'No System tack found' message appear below, it means currently the system is not included in any tracks.

Then click on 'Create Track' option on the right side,

6. You can set any name to the track, which help to identify the track easily,

Then click on the + sign on the System Displayed

7.  Source system will be the system which you selected to create track.

You can set the System Role also,

Then Click on the Target system.

Drop down the list, Select the Quality system which you want to add on the track

Select System Role as Quality (We are using 3 system so Quality selected, if you have some other landscape select appropriate Role)

Then click  'OK'

8. Then click on the + sign on the 2nd system which we have added in above step,

Follow the Step 7 and add the next system & role to the track. 

If you have more number of system on you landscape follow the same step to add them into track.

8. Once it is completed click on 'Save' option on the right side,

9.To visible the track to all users, Verify the Track using 'Verify' Option 

10. Check the systems included in track & Click on 'Next'

11. Click on 'Next'

12. Click on 'Activate' 

Confirm the activation by clicking 'Yes'

13. Track has activated, its visible in MP now

Go to MP Home, Click on 'Explore System Tracks' option,

Check the track & status here. Also you can delete the track.

Related Post - Maintenance Planner in SAP

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Maintenance Planner in SAP

Ø What is Maintenance Planner

Maintenance planner is a solution hosted by SAP that helps you plan and maintain systems in your landscape. You can plan complex activities like installing a new system or updating existing systems. All changes can be scheduled to be deployed at a convenient time, to minimize downtime. 

Maintenance planner is the successor of Maintenance Optimizer, Landscape Planner and Product System Editor. It simplifies the maintenance process by consolidating critical tasks such as definition of product maintenance dependencies, implementing changes by generating stack configuration, downloading archives, and so on, in one tool.

With maintenance planner, you can plan system installation, update, upgrade or system conversion. You can analyze the impact of dependent systems or create dependencies in the form of system tracks. Additionally, you may also use the maintenance planner for creating an integration plan for cloud or hybrid landscapes, which can then be executed by Cloud Integration Automation Service. 

Ø Pre-requisites to access Maintenance Planner 

1. You have Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge browser in your system. 

2. Your SAP Solution Manager system has release 7.1 SP05 or above

3. Ensure that you have an S-user for the SAP Support Portal.

4. Your user in SAP Solution Manager must be assigned to your s-user for the SAP Service Marketplace

Ø Architecture of Maintenance Planner

1. For SAP System Data is sent to the System Landscape Directory (SLD). 

2. Data from SLD is synchronized with the Landscape Management Database (LMDB). 

3. Data from LMDB is uploaded to SAP Support Portal.

4. The SID of the uploading SAP Solution Manager is stored with the data.

Ø How to access Maintenance Planner

1. Go to https://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp or go to ONE Support Launchpad, choose the Maintenance Planner tile under the On Premise section. 

2. Log in with your SAP credentials (S user) 

3. One customer number can be assigned to multiple S-users. Use the S-user with the same customer number on SAP Solution Manager and SAP Service Marketplace.

Ø Some major Limitations of Maintenance Planner

1. Maintenance Planner currently only supports English as a language.

2. The undeployment of Java product Instance Adobe Document Services is not supported as of now

3. In some situations, the result of auto-correction measures are incorrect

4. The product maintenance dependencies created in Maintenance Planner are currently overwritten by the product system definition uploaded from LMDB.

5.For distributed JAVA environment, only the database host is displayed in Explore Systems view, in column HOST, which should show up the central instance host.

6. The technical systems which are ramp down or deleted from LMDB need to be deleted manually in Maintenance Planner. Currently, there is no automatic synchronizations between LMDB and MP for removing deleted systems.

7. Limitation in recognizing systems with unassigned product instances

8. Limitation in using tracks, and copy stack XML for SAP S/4HANA conversion/upgrade planning

9. Limitation in using screen reader for Maintenance Planner user interface

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