PAM Basics

Understanding the Basics of the Product Availability Matrix on SAP Service Marketplace

SAP AG Jan 2010

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Product Availability Matrix: What is it?http://service.sap.com/pam

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The Product Availability Matrix (PAM) bundles technical and release planning information on SAP software product versions for quick reference. You find information on the availability and maintenance end dates, as well as release information (languages, country versions, DB-platforms, JSE-platforms etc.).

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Product Version Construction Plans –Product Instances + Software Component Versions

Products and Versions

SAP BBPCRM

Software Components and Versions

SAP CRM ABAP 6.0SAP CRM ABAP 6.0

SAP BBPCRM 5.0SAP BBPCRM 5.0

……

SAP BASIS

SAP BASIS 7.10SAP BASIS 7.10

SAP BASIS 7.00SAP BASIS 7.00

SAP Kernel

SAP KERNEL 7.10SAP KERNEL 7.10

SAP KERNEL 7.00SAP KERNEL 7.00

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PI_BASIS

PI_BASIS 7.01PI_BASIS 7.01

PI_BASIS 2006_1_710PI_BASIS 2006_1_710

……

……

SAP CRM

SAP CRM 5.0

SAP CRM 2007

Product InstanceProduct InstanceCRM AS ABAP

Product InstanceProduct Instance…

Product InstanceProduct InstanceFrontend GUIs

SAP NETWEAVER

SAP NETWEAVER 04

SAP NETWEAVER 7.0

Product InstanceProduct InstanceAS ABAP

Product InstanceProduct InstanceAS Java

Product InstanceProduct Instance…

SAP CRM ABAP 6.0

SAP NetWeaver 7.0AS ABAP … SAP GUI FOR WIN. 6.20

… … …

SAP ABA 7.00

SAP BASIS 7.00 SAP J2EE ENG. 7.00

A SAP software product version is structured into product instances. A product instance is a bundle of technically dependent software component versions to be installed on one single logical system. The technical release information is displayed per product instance.

AS = Application Server

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A very “simplified” View:What is a (Software) Product Version?

Software Component Versions

Product Instances = (Software) Product Versions =

Sets of Software Component Versions Sets of product instances

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Two Types of (Software) Product Versions:Stand-Alone and Add-On Product Versions

Stand-aloneproduct version

Add-on product version

Instance

Product Instances

e.g. SAP CPROJECT SUITE 4.50

e.g. SAP NETWEAVER 7.0

Standalone Product Version

Shipment contains all software component versionsnecessary in order to install and run the product version

Contains software component versions to be installed on top of a product instance of another product version

Add-On Product Version

Examples:

is an Add-On Product version for

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PAM”

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version

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end information

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Displaying Details for a Product Version

General Data for

SAP SCM 7.0

Database Platform information is

available for the instances

”SCM Server” and “SCM WCL” of SAP SCM 7.0

Different available release information

categories for SAP SCM 7.0

Detailed Platform information for SCM Server using

SAP Kernel 7.01 64-Bit on DB2 FOR LUW with AIX

Comments for a release

information

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