Automating System Copy & Refresh
As System Copy and System Refresh remain essential to SAP operations, Basis teams face increasing pressure to deliver up-to-date, production-like environments faster, more frequently, and with fewer resources. But the traditional, manual runbooks behind these processes are long, complex, and prone to human error.
In the Whitepaper, “Automating System Copy & Refresh,” Avantra explores a modern approach to streamlining these time-consuming activities. Learn how automation reduces manual effort, accelerates delivery, and ensures system consistency across SAP landscapes – whether on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid.
Key Learnings and Challenges Explored
The Whitepaper uncovers the hidden complexity behind System Copy and System Refresh processes and the operational pain points SAP teams face when relying on manual execution:
- Highly manual processes: System Refresh runbooks often span dozens of pages and require days or weeks of execution.
- High risk of human error: Detailed steps such as RFC updates, Secure Store key adjustments, and transport synchronization are easy to miss or mis-sequence.
- BDLS bottlenecks: Converting Logical System Names is notoriously long-running, often adding full days to refresh cycles, especially on large or non-HANA systems.
- Shared infrastructure risks: Non-production systems can unintentionally interfere with production if isolation steps are missed.
- Inconsistent execution: Each SAP environment has unique post-copy requirements, making manual standardization difficult across systems.
These challenges make automation not only beneficial, but essential for delivering faster, safer, and more reliable System Refresh operations.
Key Solutions and Strategic Insights
Avantra’s Whitepaper outlines how SAP teams can modernize System Copy and System Refresh by embracing intelligent automation purpose-built for SAP operations.
With Avantra, organizations gain:
- Automated post-copy steps to eliminate most human intervention.
- Accelerated BDLS processing, running conversions in parallel to drastically reduce runtime.
- Automated system isolation to prevent cross-system communication with production.
- Customizable workflows that reflect each system’s unique requirements.
- Consistent, repeatable execution that reduces manual effort and operational risk.
- Better alignment between production and non-production through more frequent, cost-effective refresh cycles.
Avantra enables SAP operations teams to reduce effort, improve reliability, and free skilled Basis staff to focus on higher-value initiatives.
Take control of your System Refresh operations – with Avantra, now you’re really running.
