Automated E2E Solution for Refreshing SAP Systems

A simplified approach to the SAP system refresh process that streamlines numerous administrative tasks into one, automated, end-to-end workflow. Standardize and speed up the time you need to complete system refresh from days to hours!

System Refresh Process

What is System Refresh?

System refresh is simply copying one SAP system to another target system that already exists. When you refresh a system, you overwrite an existing target system with the latest data from a source system while maintaining the configuration.

Automate with IT-Conductor

IT-Conductor is a SaaS platform used to orchestrate complex IT operations remotely. With its capability to automate processes, you will save a significant amount of time and effort performing system refresh in your organization.

Using an Automation-as-a-Service feature in the platform, you can streamline several steps into one, automated end-to-end workflow.

System Refresh Process Definition

System Refresh as a Service

Custom Orchestration

Integrate your SAP systems into the monitoring and automation framework behind IT-Conductor to ensure seamless operation when performing system refresh. 

End-to-End Automation

Design, build, and implement E2E automation in your workflow to reduce your organization's time, effort, and operational cost when performing system refresh.

Platform-Independent

Deploy a solution that is designed to run system refresh in a wide variety of applications, different hardware platforms, and varying software architectures.

SID-Refresh

Automate with SID-Refresh

SID-Refresh is a separate tool developed to automate the exporting, importing, and cleanup process of system refresh. 

It is designed to simplify, automate, and optimize the process of updating the technical data and configuration in SAP systems.

Benefits and Value of SID-Refresh


The benefits and values provided by SID-Refresh are the following:

  • Additional hardware is not required
  • Minimal resources for implementation and operations
  • No major changes in the existing landscape
  • Easy implementation with minimal process
  • Can be deployed on platforms that use different operating systems and databases
  • Automated process*
  • Minimizes downtime
  • Increased integrity

Note: Automated process using the SID-Refresh standalone tool attributes to around 40% of E2E System Refresh Process.

SID-Refresh (Standalone) vs E2E Automation with IT-Conductor

Features SID-Refresh (Standalone) E2E Automation
Automation

40% Automated

SID-Refresh is used for exporting, cleaning, and importing technical and data configurations. Save up to almost half the time it takes to perform this complex administrative task.

80% Automated

This E2E automation helps save up to 80% of the time and effort it takes to perform system refresh. The 20% margin is attributed to variations in the customer's E2E process. 

Customization

Out-of-the-box Software

Instantly save time, effort, and operational cost by using SID-Refresh to perform the three most complex procedures when refreshing your SAP systems—exporting, importing, and cleaning up of technical and data configurations.

Full Custom Orchestration

Enjoy the benefit of having your SAP systems fully integrated with IT-Conductor. With our monitoring and automation framework, you will have more flexibility to run system refresh, regardless of your system environment composition.

Compatibility

Platform-independent

Supports a wide variety of applications, hardware platforms, and software architectures. You can visit our documentation page to see the complete list of supported environments.

Platform-independent

Supports a wide variety of applications, hardware platforms, and software architectures. You can check our documentation page to learn more about the architecture behind IT-Conductor.

Error Handling

Saved Execution Logs

 Logging is a built-in feature of SID-Refresh. Troubleshoot with ease by utilizing the logs that are automatically generated when executing the export, clean, and import process.

Alert Management & Notifications

Get notified when a scheduled system refresh starts, ends, or when an error occurs. You can also configure the system to send notifications to your stakeholders when a system refresh starts and ends. 

Others N/A

Includes Basic Monitoring Features

Integrating your SAP systems with IT-Conductor gives you the ability to monitor resource utilization and availability, manage alerts and notifications, configure basic dashboards, and set different KPIs that you want to closely monitor.

 

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SID-Refresh (Standalone)

$5.5k/year per SAP system landscape

Ready to invest in software that instantly lets you save time, effort, and operational cost to perform the three most complex procedures in refreshing SAP systems?

  • SID-Refresh is used for exporting, cleaning, and importing technical and data configurations. Save up to almost half the time it takes to perform this complex administrative task!
  • Instantly save time, effort, and operational cost by using SID-Refresh™ to perform the three most complex procedures when refreshing your SAP systems–namely the exporting, importing, and cleaning up of technical and data configurations. 
  • Supports a wide variety of applications, hardware platforms, and software architectures. You can visit our documentation page to see the complete list of supported environments.
  • Logging is a built-in feature of SID-Refresh. Troubleshoot with ease by utilizing the logs that are automatically generated when executing the export, clean, and import process.

E2E Automation

$12k/year per SAP system landscape

Enjoy the benefits of having a fully integrated solution that lets you automate system refresh and manage your resources with basic monitoring features included when you enroll your SAP landscapes in IT-Conductor.

  • The Automation-as-a-Service feature in IT-Conductor can help you save up to 80% of the time and effort that it takes to perform system refresh. The 20% margin is attributed to variations in the customer's E2E process. 
  • Enjoy the benefit of having your SAP systems fully integrated with IT-Conductor. With our monitoring and automation framework, you will have more flexibility to run system refresh, regardless of what your systems are made of.
  • Supports a wide variety of applications, hardware platforms, and software architectures. You can check our documentation page to learn more about the architecture behind IT-Conductor.
  • Get notified when a scheduled system refresh starts, ends, or when an error occurs. You can also configure the system to send notifications to your stakeholders when a system refresh starts and ends. 
  • Integrating your SAP systems with IT-Conductor gives you the ability to monitor resource utilization and availability, manage alerts and notifications, configure basic dashboards, and set different KPIs that you want to closely monitor.