Practical notes on running SAP operations
One topic at a time, from the people building Farrenio Cloud Control: what to watch, what to automate, and how to show the result to management. Written for Basis teams, SAP operations managers and service providers.
Why we built Farrenio Cloud Control
Most SAP teams can say whether the landscape is healthy. The problem is how long it takes. Why Farrenio built one console for ECC, S/4HANA and HANA operations.
ReadWhat infrastructure monitoring cannot see in SAP
CPU at 40 percent, memory fine, and every dialog work process stuck. The SAP-level signals that infrastructure tools miss, and how to watch them across the landscape.
ReadOvernight SAP job failures: finding them before finance does
Background processing carries billing runs, interfaces and period-end chains. Practical rules for monitoring SAP background jobs across every system, and how FCC applies them.
ReadSAP Solution Manager 7.2 and the 2027 question
Mainstream maintenance for SAP Solution Manager 7.2 ends at the end of 2027. The questions to answer before choosing what replaces your technical monitoring.
ReadSAP monitoring without inbound ports
The FCC collector connects outbound over HTTPS. No inbound port, no firewall rule into the landscape, revocable per-agent tokens and an audit trail behind every privileged action.
ReadHANA backup age: the first metric to check
Not whether the backup job ran, but how long ago the last successful data backup completed, per database and tenant. The HANA signals that matter most in daily operations.
ReadAI in SAP operations, grounded on real measurements
In SAP operations, a recommendation is only useful if an engineer can see where it came from. How FCC grounds its AI layer on computed checks and keeps a person in charge.
ReadSAP operations access without SAP_ALL
Broad access is often granted because it is the easiest way to let someone see something. How role-based access in FCC gives more people visibility with less risk.
ReadSAP availability reporting that holds up
An availability figure is only as good as the evidence behind it. How to build SAP availability reporting from recorded incidents with planned maintenance excluded transparently.
ReadSAP runbooks: guided, audited procedures
Every SAP team has procedures that live in one person's head. How guided, audited runbooks make routine Basis work repeatable without unattended automation.
ReadSAP operations for managed service providers
Different landscapes, access paths, monitoring setups and reporting expectations. How a multi-customer SAP operations platform reduces the context switching for MSPs.
ReadEvaluate FCC on one SAP system you know
The best way to evaluate an SAP operations platform is your own system. Pick one SID, install the outbound-only collector and judge FCC on your own data. FCC is in Beta.
ReadJudge it on a system you know.
FCC is in Beta and running against real SAP systems. Connect one SID and review the data with us.