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.
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SAP BasisIntroducing Farrenio Cloud Control: your whole SAP estate in one console
A walk through the platform: what it watches across ABAP, HANA, the instance and the host layer, how the collector connects outbound-only over HTTPS, the path from alert to SLA evidence, the automation it runs, the 92-permission access model, and what it does not do.
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SAP on AWSHigh availability for SAP on AWS: HANA System Replication with Pacemaker and ENSA2
Designing SAP HA across two AWS Availability Zones: HANA System Replication modes and operation modes, a Pacemaker cluster with the SAPHana agents and AWS fencing, overlay IPs and Route 53, and ENSA2 for the ASCS, plus why an untested cluster is not HA.
Security & ComplianceSAP security patching: security notes, SNOTE, and staying current without breaking production
How SAP Security Patch Day works, what note priorities (HotNews to Low) and CVSS mean, applying fixes via SNOTE / SPAM / kernel, using System Recommendations to find what applies, and a risk-based cadence auditors accept.
SAP HANASAP HANA backup and recovery: Backint, log backups, and the scenarios that matter
A practitioner’s guide to HANA data protection: complete and incremental backups, automatic log backups, file-based vs Backint to object storage, the log_mode trap, the backup catalog, and the recovery scenarios you actually need to rehearse.
SAP BasisSAP transport management: STMS, transport routes, and a clean import strategy
How the SAP transport system really works: the transport domain and STMS, Workbench vs Customizing requests, consolidation and delivery routes, import strategy and return codes, SCC1 and CTS+, and the mistakes that break production.
SAP BasisSAP 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 BasisSAP system refresh and client copy with SCC5 and SCCL
System copy vs client copy vs targeted refresh, and which one a request really needs: the SCCL copy profiles, deleting a client with SCC5 safely, why BDLS is the step everyone forgets, and what can be automated today.
AI & AutomationHow AI is changing SAP Basis monitoring in 2026
Where machine assistance helps a SAP Basis team, covering anomaly detection, forecasting and drafting explanations, and where autonomous remediation on production is still hype.
SAP on AWSS/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.
SAP HANAHANA performance monitoring: the signals that matter
The handful of SAP HANA signals worth watching continuously: memory vs allocation limit, delta merges, savepoints, disk, blocked transactions and system replication, with the exact M_* system views and hdbsql queries, and what to alert on versus trend.
SAP on AWSDesigning 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.
SAP on AWSRISE 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.
Security & ComplianceSAP 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.
SAP HANAMonitoring 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.
SAP BasisA 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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