Farrenio Blog
Long-form writing on SAP Basis monitoring, AI for SAP, SAPGUI alternatives, HANA, and SAP-on-AWS. Written by people who run these systems, not by marketing.
SAP kernel patching: a practical guide
What a SAP kernel patch involves, how a rolling kernel switch keeps downtime low, how to validate it, and why tracking kernel, patch and DBSL levels across the landscape matters more than any single patch.
SAP system refresh and client copy with SCC5 and SCCL
System copy vs client copy vs targeted refresh — which one a request really needs, the SCCL copy profiles, deleting a client with SCC5 safely, and what can be automated today versus by hand.
How AI is changing SAP Basis monitoring in 2026
Where machine assistance genuinely helps a SAP Basis team — anomaly detection, forecasting, drafting explanations — and where autonomous remediation on production is still hype.
S/4HANA on AWS: brownfield vs greenfield vs selective transition
How to choose a SAP S/4HANA migration path, the questions that actually decide it, and where AWS landing-zone design and HANA-certified sizing fit once the path is settled.
HANA performance monitoring: the signals that matter
A practical shortlist of what to watch on a SAP HANA database — memory, CPU, savepoints, disk, delta merges, blocked transactions, system replication — and what to alert on versus trend.
Designing a SAP-on-AWS landing zone: a working checklist
A working checklist for SAP-on-AWS landing zones. Account structure, VPC topology, EC2 sizing for HANA, storage choices, multi-AZ HA, cross-region DR, IAM, KMS, FinOps controls.
RISE with SAP vs self-hosted on AWS: how to compare them honestly
How to compare RISE with SAP against self-hosted SAP on AWS. The decisions that actually drive the answer, the questions to ask both vendors, and the hybrid pattern that fits many mid-size landscapes.
SAP audit retention for SOC2: what to log and for how long
A practical guide to designing SAP audit trails that can pass SOC2 and ISO 27001. What to log per role, retention by event class, immutability, and export formats auditors accept.
Monitoring multi-tenant HANA without breaking SYSTEMDB isolation
How to monitor HANA SYSTEMDB and tenant databases as one operational view without leaking cross-tenant data. Discovery, trace classification, allowlists, scope-aware filters.
A web-based alternative to SM50, SM37 and ST22
Why operating SAP through SAPGUI gets expensive across many SIDs, what a web-native alternative covers, and what to look for in one.
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