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Discovering Deployment Management

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to illustrate the creation and assignment of deployment plans

Deployment Management

Screenshot of the definitions of new terms. Information about the definitions is provided in the following text.

The figure highlights the following definitions:

System

Tenant used for a product line and maintained under landscape management.

System Group

Collection of systems belonging to one product line for example SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Release

Common time box across projects to drive a deployment schedule to production.
Same release can be used across multiple projects.

Deployment Plan

Collection of system groups and release timelines.
Same deployment plan applicable for multiple projects.

Explanations:

Change Enablement

Feature used for guided implementation of changes via workflow, approval, and change history.
Collect different transport containers for various software components.

Deployment Orchestration

Synchronous deployment of multiple features by release timebox.
Consistent deployment ensured by underlying landscape information and assignment of Deployment Plan to project

Change Control implies to be more strict (ChaRM, Focused Build for SAP Solution Manager) versus Change Enablement implies to be more flexible (SAP Cloud ALM).

Focus of SAP Cloud ALM on agility with incremental enhancements and continuous feature delivery based on deployment on demand.

Change and Transport System (CTS)

You have to establish a connection between SAP Cloud ALM and the Change and Transport System (CTS) to orchestrate the deployment of transport requests through your implementation landscape.

SAP Cloud ALM supports the integration of Change and Transport System (CTS) for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, and SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP on-premise.

Adaptation Transport Organizer (ATO)

The diagram shows deployment integration and a list of supported systems: public cloud, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Fieldglass, and SAP Ariba. Information about the adaptation transport organizer is provided in the next Instructor Note.

You have to establish a connection between SAP Cloud ALM and the Adaptation Transport Organizer (ATO) to orchestrate the deployment of transport requests through your implementation landscape.

SAP Cloud ALM supports the integration of Adaptation Transport Organizer (ATO) for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

SAP Cloud Transport Management Service (CTMS)

To use the transport capabilities of SAP Cloud ALM with the SAP Cloud Transport Management service (CTMS), you first have to establish a connection between them.

SAP Cloud ALM supports the integration of SAP Cloud Transport Management service (CTMS) for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) - Cloud-Foundry-Environment, SAP BTP - Neo environment, SAP Integration Suite (Cloud integration, API Management).

For an actual list see: Supported content types.

Exercises in the Lesson: Discovering Deployment Management

In the exercises of this lesson, you perform the following steps:

Create Deployment Plan:
- Create a new deployment plan.
- Add mandatory general information including the needed releases.
- Assign system groups.
Assign Deployment Plan:
- Select the project.
- Edit the deployment landscape to assign the deployment plan.

Create a Deployment Plan

Business Scenario

As a project lead, you are asked to create a Deployment Plan to set up a timeframe for your project.

Task Flow

In this exercise, you perform the following steps:

Create a Deployment Plan.
Determine Releases.
Assign a System Group.

Exercise Information

Note

In this exercise, when the values include ## or XX, replace the character with a two-digit number (01–30).

Exercise Options

Perform the exercise by entering the requested values in the fields of the following simulation.

ExerciseStart Exercise

Note

All text input fields can be confirmed by choosing the Tab or Enter key or by leaving the text box.

Assign a Deployment Plan

Business Scenario

As a project lead, you are asked to assign the Deployment Plan to your created Project.

Exercise Information

Note

In this exercise, when the values include ## or XX, replace the character with a two-digit number (01–30).

Task Flow

In this exercise, you perform the following steps:

Select the project.
Assign the Deployment Plan.

Exercise Options

Perform the exercise by entering the requested values in the fields of the following simulation.

ExerciseStart Exercise

Note

All text input fields can be confirmed by choosing the Tab or Enter key or by leaving the text box.

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