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13 Implementing Lifecycle<br />

Management<br />

13.1 <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> Delivery Units<br />

In <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong>, the delivery unit (DU) is the vehicle that lifecycle management (LCM) uses to ship one or more<br />

software components from <strong>SAP</strong> (or a partner) to a customer .<br />

Delivery Units correspond to an "application" with versions, for which support packages and patches are<br />

delivered. Delivery units are not an equivalent to development classes; they are similar to Software Component<br />

Versions in the Product Availability Matrix (PAM). You can also use the delivery unit to transport repository<br />

content between <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> systems, for example, between development systems or between development and<br />

productive systems.<br />

Note: A governance plan exists for the naming of delivery units and the package structure.<br />

A delivery unit is identified by the following key properties:<br />

● Vendor<br />

Used primarily to define the identity of the company producing the software component to deliver, for<br />

example, "sap". However, vendor can also be used to specify any customer implementing <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong>. To<br />

create a delivery unit, it is a prerequisite to maintain a vendor in your system.<br />

● Name<br />

Used to identify the software component to be delivered<br />

Although a vendor might provide multiple versions of a delivery unit in parallel, only one version of a delivery unit<br />

can be installed in a <strong>HANA</strong> system at any one time. In addition, duplicate names are not allowed for delivery units.<br />

<strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> treats delivery units and their versions as software components and software-component versions.<br />

Software components and software-component versions are usually shipped as part of a product (product<br />

version).<br />

Note: If you try to create a delivery unit using a name that already exists in your system, you will receive a<br />

validation error. A validation error also occurs if the check for a valid vendor ID does not find a suitable<br />

entry.<br />

13.2 The <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> Delivery-Unit Lifecycle<br />

In <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong>, lifecycle management (LCM) includes all the activities you need to plan and perform to ensure that<br />

the software components you develop for <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> Application Services are produced and shipped in a<br />

regulated way that meets the requirements laid out for the <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>HANA</strong> platform.<br />

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Implementing Lifecycle Management

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