Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for SAP 3.0 White Paper

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Figure 1. Automation Can Now Span the Application Service Management Lifecycle

Cisco Process Orchestrator Platform

Cisco Process Orchestrator consists of a core automation engine, GUI with workbench, adapters for connectivity to

applications, systems, environments, and specific automation packs. The automation solution for SAP includes the

orchestrator as well as content packs for SAP specific automation. The combined solution is called Cisco Intelligent

Automation for SAP, and the orchestrator product is the platform for that solution.

Specifically, automation packs are collections of process definitions, target groups, variables, and other

configurations needed to define a set of automated IT processes. Existing Cisco Tidal Horizon content will now be

available as an automation pack within Cisco Process Orchestrator. Cisco delivers its RBA solution extension for

Solution Manager and the SAP Application Lifecycle Management Methodology, through the product Cisco

Intelligent Automation for SAP as noted above.

All SAP content that is currently in Cisco Tidal Horizon for SAP Release 1.95 is included in Cisco Intelligent

Automation for SAP 2.1. As part of the Horizon maintenance agreement, customers on active maintenance of

Cisco Tidal Horizon will have access to the Cisco Process Orchestrator core product. Current Cisco Tidal Horizon

customers are also entitled to the Cisco Process Orchestrator Core Automation Pack for SAP, Incident Analysis for

SAP, and SAP Business Warehouse automation content (Cisco Tidal Horizon content). Also, Cisco Tidal Horizon

customers are licensed for the following adapters that are a part of Cisco Process Orchestrator: Core Functions

Adapter, SAP ABAP, Java Adapter, Email Adapter, Active Directory Adapter, Windows Adapter (one server

license), DB Adapters (SAP DB license connection only), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and

Secure Shell (SSH) Adapters (SAP server license connection only).