Hi all
I need some clarification regarding Solution Manager and whether it's absolutely needed or not.
In this case, the customer will only have one SAP ECC system (NW 7 EHP 1). It's a copy of a specific set of data from a company they aquired and they will only need to access it occasionally for audit purposes.
In general, no changes will need to be made, but over time / due to support agreements etc then potentially it may need to be patched.
For the time being, I believe we can get away without Solution Manager. You don't need SolMan to install a standard SAP license (you can request through OSS and install via SLICENSE, right?).
What about Maintenance Certificates - when are those needed? For Support Package updates? Or for SAP upgrades? We won't be doing either in the short term, potentially in the future this may be required though.
Is it true that you need to use SolMan to install Maintenance Certificates? Or can you do it without?
I found a few forums etc that seem to suggest that you can do it without/that you don't need SolMan. Of course, I can't find this anywhere on SAP's official pages - as they REALLY want you to use SolMan!! It would be great if I could find something 'official' though from SAP that says 'you do not need SolMan' - anyone aware of whether that statement exists somewhere?!?
Is there any legal requirement until SAP's licensing to say that you absolutely have to have a SolMan system if they are to support you? We want to meet all the legal / license requirements but if we don't absolutely need to install SolMan then it would be preferable not to!
Thanks
Ross