After you install an SAP system, you must complete a number of post-installation tasks before your SAP system is ready for use. The order in which you complete the tasks depends on the specifics of your SAP system installation.
Post-Installation Steps
- Create an initial backup of the newly installed SAP system.
- Create a few named users for further configuration activities.
Later, you will implement a detailed user/authorization concept; you will not need these named users any longer.
- Apply a valid license to your SAP system.
- Configure the remote connection to the SAP Support Portal and to SAP Support.
- Execute some basic configuration steps:
- Importing the SAP system profiles and adapting them where necessary
- Configuring operation modes
- Setting up the Transport Management System (TMS)
- Scheduling standard jobs
- Creating printer definitions
- Configuring logon groups
- Import additional languages
- Create a production client (in the case that you do not want to use the default client 001 – if exists)
- Ensure user security and create a basic authorization concept.
- Schedule regular backups.
Note
Some of the steps listed above do not have a required or recommended sequence; for example configuring logon groups and creating printer definitions. However, some steps have strong dependencies: you should import additional languages before applying SAP Support Packages, this will save you work later on.