SAP basis skills for cloud computing

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I am a SAP Basis consultant with 10+ yrs exp  and completed couple of SAP certifications...  what skills will put me to work on SAP cloud computing...

I have checked Amazon cloud services & IBM which they have courses and certifications  on cloub computing... does this will be the right path to move towards cloud architect/Admin  ....

Please guide...

Thanks,

Subhash.G

[pushkar_ranjan · Accepted solution]

Subhash,

Please navigate to the content at http://www.sap.com/pc/tech/cloud/software/hana-cloud-platform-as-a-service/index.html to get an idea about the HANA Cloud Platform and how you could start developing applications leveraging the same.

Thank you.

Pushkar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Thanks for quick reply.

I am a Basis admin ,not a BI developer to login and create any reports or Analytics from HANA.

I am trying to collect what skills are needed for Basis admins to go  move forward with cloud computing ERA.....

[pushkar_ranjan · Accepted solution]

The HANA platform is a comprehensive platform and is more than just a database and analytic report. As you delve deeper into the details you will be able to better understand how to engage with it and enhance your BASIS skills to become a HANA platform expert as well.

I will also let others with more relevant experience chime in on this matter.

Thank you.

[adarshs_kapoor]

Hi Subhash,

The first step you need to take while developing a cloud skill set (and this being the most important step given the fact, you are a basis administrator) - is to get started with "Virtualization".

I try to explain this to our customers in a simple way by saying:

"Virtualization is the underlying technology" and "Cloud is the delivery model".

Especially for you as basis administrator, it important to understand, how a private/public cloud environment (or a data center) is setup and what's going on behind the scenes. As I said, virtualization technology is the enabler for cloud delivery so focus on picking-up skills on setting-up and managing a virtualized data center and deploying/managing SAP applications in a virtualized data center.

One very good SAP product to get started with is "SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM)" which allows SAP customers to simplify the management & operations of their SAP applications and landscapes running in a physical or a virtualized environment by automating
repetitive and time-consuming landscape operations like system clone/copy/refresh etc.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Adarsh