Hello,
I am trying to create a new SCM quality system by making a copy of production system using backup/restore. I am a basis person and this is my first time working on SCM system. Please note that we want to copy both SCM database and also the data in livecache database. The SIDs for both SCM and Live cache instance are changing. I have read multiple notes (1015489, 886103, 877203, 457425, 1030857, 1349272 etc) and some GREAT POSTS in this forum BY NATALIA KHLOPINA. Thanks to this info, I have done the following so far:
SCM version is 7.0 SP 11 and Livecache version is 7.7.7.
I first copied over the SCM database using backup restore.
Installed the SCM target system with the new SID
Installed Livecache instance for target system (on a separate host than SCM) using swpm
Then I initialized the maxdb instance via DB manager
then I did restore and initialize using the full backup that I had taken of source livecache system via DBM GUI (pretty much steps in note 457425)
Then ran the following command : load_systab -u superdba,admin
(ran into some issues in between but resolved one by one like upgrading kernel, re-restored the db afer change default_code to Unicode etc )
Then in LC10, LCA - I registered LCAPPS
Then in LC10, I did the integration configuration for LCA connection (it was blank due to some reason after the copy). Also reentered the u/p for LDA and LEA connections.
The LC10 connections are coming up green to livecache
Firstly, can you verify the steps above are correct so far ?
Secondly, I am trying to follow the notes 1015489, 886103, 877203, 457425 and 1030857, 1073954 to do post copy steps and have the following issues/questions:
1) In note 1015489 (connection problems after system copy), it says to run report SLCA_GET_SYSNAME to get system name in livecache. When I do so, It says "Table for system names does not yet exist". Is that normal ( I am on scm 7.0 SP11) ? If I go to dbmcli and try to drop table APPSYSPARAM or APPSYSNAME, it says table does not exist ?? How do I verify if correct system name is registered in livecache?
2) Note 886103 (system landscape copy for SCM) -- It says to change logical system name in /SAPAPO/ORDMAP but this table is not active in my dictionary !! same for table CIFRFCDES and table /sapapo/cifdistr does not exist ??
3) Note 886103 says that if you want to rename the user SAPR3 to SAPEL1, you run some dbmcli commands. Is this necessary ?? my Livecache id is changing from LIP to LIQ, so shall I change it ? The domain.users currently shows control , superdba and also SAPLIP user and SAPLIQ user (SAPLIQ user only started showing up after I registered LC APPS ). Do I need to do anything else or verify something ?
4) Note 877203 once again talks about SAPEL1 user and I am not sure if I need to run these steps or not
5) Note 1030857 tells to run this report zz_update_acckey to correct the external keys. Is this necessary even if we run BDLS ? Shall I ask the SCM functional person ?
6) Note 1073954 (effects of changing the standard livecache user) -- How do I know if I need to run this ? my livecache tables like /sapapo/ordmap are stil owned by SAP<OLDSID> but in LC10 connections I have changed the three connections to use SAP<NEWSID> user and the connetions are green and connection tests in db59 are also successful !!.
The note says that "Only change the standard liveCache user if the system does not contain any data or if you initialize the liveCache directly after the change"
My copied over livecache does contain data and If I initialize the livecache after changing this user id, I guess I will loose the data. So, Can I skip this step as long as connections in LC10 and db59 are working okay ?
7 ) How can I verify that APO optimizer is also installed in Production system. I thought it was optional to install it and I don't know if this client is using it ?
Sorry for this long long post. Hope someone out there has patience to clarify my doubts.
Thanks
BV