SAP R/3 System Administration: The Official SAP Guide

In addition to the specific guidance offered on how to keep SAP R/3 running smoothly, this book is also designed to serve as a preparatory text for SAP's Certified Technical Consultant test. For example, each chapter ends with review questions similar to those that may appear on the test. You can try out the knowledge you've gleaned with the timed test engine on the bundled CD-ROM. Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

Product Description
This book is an essential foundation for IT managers, technical consultants, and R/3 System administrators. With first-hand knowledge gathered from SAP Global Support specialists working on the implementation of over 20,000 R/3 Systems, this book teaches you how to perform your daily system administration tasks with optimal efficiency. This book also helps to prepare you to qualify as a Certified Technical Consultant (CTC) for R/3 Release 4.6 and Enterprise.

Good Luck!

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I strongly recommend this book to R/3 Administrators   April 25, 1999
S. Reda (Minneapolis, MN)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I purchased this book three weeks before going to the SAP BC360 Class (Unix/Oracle Technical Core Competence). This book covers Installation issues, Transports (TMS), Client Administration, the profile generator, Output, Data Archiving and System monitoring in detail.

This book is so good that it is used in the SAP BC360 course. Each student was given a copy of this book and we used it as a reference.

I strongly recommend this book for SAP R/3 Administrators.


Exceptional book, exceptional value!   December 20, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I recommend this book very highly to anyone who needs to understand the Basis component of SAP. This book is well-written, follows a logical sequence, and should be thoroughly helpful to even those who have some experience with SAP administration.


Excellent guide for novice to midlevel BASIS engineers   September 21, 2005
Steve Harris (Alexandria, Virginia United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

SAP BASIS is very much a "where the rubber meets the road" art, and is subtly different from shop-to-shop. The craft of BASIS is almost always learned at the feet of a self-proclaimed guru, whose credentials may or may not equal what they are advertised to be.

Why is this so? The entry barriers (into SAP) are high, and the audience small. No company realistically wants to hand over multi-million dollar systems to beginners; they will instead seek out seasoned professionals and quickly task those veterans with training the next generation.

There is, however, little incentive for the seasoned BASIS guru to share knowledge. This small, highly technical club remains exclusive because the members of that club wish it to remain so.

But this grim situation may be changing. The doors may be opening, light may be shining on these arcane subjects. Liane's book is a step in that direction.

BASIS covers every point where the SAP VM touches the underlying OS and RDB. That's a huge amount of real estate; no single book could cover it all. But Liane Will's text does a good job, and provides pointers for where to look when the answers you need are not in his book.

If you are learning BASIS or are working with SAP and want to know a little more about it, this well-written, understandable book is for you.

Highly recommended!


A wonderful book to be used as a basic guide to Basis   April 2, 2002
Siddhartha Roy (London ,UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

SAP R/3 Administration itself is a vast subject and it is really
foolish if one expects that a book will provide reference to every aspects of it.I have been working with SAP for the past 6 years and worked practically with all versions of the ERP. I find this book very handy as it tries to address the basics (4.x version) and has given structured and correct info. The author has not tried an impossible task of providing info about everything which eventually ends up in a mess . For a starter this book is a must .