A financial services company is converting their SAP ERP 6.0 EHP8 system, running on Oracle, to SAP S/4HANA 2023. The project team has chosen the Database Migration Option (DMO) with SUM. During the uptime phase, the SUM tool creates a shadow repository on the target HANA database and begins migrating data. What is the primary mechanism SUM uses to keep the target database synchronized with changes occurring in the source production system during this long uptime phase?
A project manager for an SAP S/4HANA conversion is reviewing the results of the Simplification Item Check (report /SDF/RC_START_CHECK). The report shows several red-flagged items with a return code of 8. The technical team claims they can proceed because these are not 'showstoppers'. What is the consequence of ignoring these findings and starting the Software Update Manager (SUM)?
During the conversion of a development system, a developer needs to adjust dictionary objects in transaction SPDD. Following best practices, the developer saves these changes to a modification adjustment transport. How is this transport correctly utilized in the rest of the system landscape (QAS, PROD)?
A manufacturing company is preparing for an SAP S/4HANA conversion. Their source SAP ERP system has several third-party add-ons that are critical for their production planning processes. The Maintenance Planner is used to generate the stack.xml file. What happens if one of the installed add-ons does not have a valid conversion path to the target SAP S/4HANA release?
True or False: The Silent Data Migration Infrastructure (SDMI) is designed exclusively to run during the business downtime phase of an S/4HANA conversion to ensure all data is migrated before users access the system.
A project team is performing an SAP S/4HANA conversion and wants to minimize the technical downtime. They are considering various options offered by SAP. Which two of the following are recognized SAP methods for significantly reducing the technical downtime of a system conversion? (Select TWO)
A consultant is running the Simplification Item Check. The results show a relevant item for 'Business Partner Approach'. The consistency check for this item is green. What is the correct interpretation of this result?
A project team is in the process of adapting custom code after an S/4HANA conversion. They are using the ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) with the `S4HANA_READINESS` check variant. The ATC results indicate that a custom program is calling a function module that has been deprecated and is no longer available in S/4HANA. What is the recommended next step according to the custom code adaptation process?
An administrator is preparing the Software Update Manager (SUM) for a system conversion. They need to provide credentials for the SUM tool to connect to the host. Which user is required to start the SUM process on a UNIX-based operating system?
A university is converting its SAP ERP 6.0 system to SAP S/4HANA. The source system is a dual-stack system (AS ABAP and AS Java). What is a mandatory prerequisite activity regarding the system stack before the conversion can be performed?