This blog entry describes a best practice for how to refresh the database content of an SAP Quality or Development System based on an IBM FlashCopy of an SAP Production System. The blog entry Homogeneous System Copy or Refresh Database Content on IB...

On January 20th, 2019 SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 28 has been released for customers. There is a new feature in the SWPM for SAP on IBM i: You now can do an SAP System Copy or a Refresh Database Content using an already existing SAP database library. So far, ...

On May 27th, 2019 SL Toolset 1.0 SPS 26 has been released for customers. You can find an overview over all enhancements at this link: News with Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 SPS 26. For SAP on IBM i, two features were added that you might find inter...

There is an old habit from the early days of SAP on IBM i: When copying an SAP system on IBM i via homogeneous system copy or when refreshing the current SAP database schema with the data from a different SAP system, sometimes the data is just copied...

If your system is still running with an ASCII code page, you may want to convert it to a Unicode code page in order to take advantage of internationalization or to prepare an upgrade to SAP NetWeaver 7.5. For SAP installations on IBM i that are runni...