Additional Host Option in SWPM

Use of Additional Hosts during Export

Why we need Additional Host? How does it help?

Especially for the migration to SAP HANA, it has become common to use an SAP HANA standby server for the
import into the database instance. As SAP HANA servers are very powerful, the import is delayed because it
has to wait for the relatively slow data delivery from the export. To increase the performance of the export you
can use more than one SAP application server of the source system for the export. For example, you can use
the hosts of the existing additional application server instances of the source system.
You can do this by choosing Database Instance Export on Additional Host in the SWPM installer.
With this option you can distribute the packages (to be exported) among the Central Instance and Dialog
Instances of Source Host. An important Note that this option is only valid with Target DB as HANA.
Process Flow of Export:When performing the export you create a MIGRATION EXPORT image, which contains the data of the
exported system, and which you use to install the target system.
The following figure shows the export options and the resulting output files.

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Options To Be Selected On the HOSTS:The following options are selected on the Hosts and the screens that follow up after that need to be handled
accordingly.
1) Running SWPM on Central Instance Host:Select Database Instance Export on Source System (Central Instance Host)

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In the below mentioned screen Select Use Additional Hosts

In the next Screen Hostnames of Central Instances and Dialog Instances are mentioned. Make sure the
Checkbox of Use this Host is marked for the Host on which SWPM is currently running.

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The below screen mentions the Filename package_filter_%hostname%.txt which is generated

by SWPM automatically (based on Size or Runtime) under the Export Installation Directory and
Export Dump Directory (/<Export-DUMP>/ABAP/DB/HDB)

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Once the below stage has been reached the Package Filter files are automatically created at the Export
Installation Directory and Export Dump Directory by SWPM.

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The following files are created in the Installation Directory and Export Dump Directory:-

package_splitter_cmd.properties
package_filter_visual_%hostname%:-Mentions the size of various packages/table/
table_splits to be executed via a particular hostname.
package_filter_%hostname%:- Mentions the name of packages/table/table_splits to be
executed via a particular hostname.
package_filter_files

Contents of package_filter_visual_%hostname%:-

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Contents of package_filter_%hostname%

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In case you want to change the list of Package Distribution to some Custom List then replace the
package_filter_%hostname% file under
Export Installation and Export Dump Directory with your Custom List at the below mentioned stage:-

2) Running SWPM on Additional Host (Dialog Instance):-

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Select Database Instance Export on Source System (Additional Host). Once the offloading of packages has
started on the Central Instance Host SWPM has to be triggered on the Additional Hosts and the following
Option is selected.

The Package Filter file for that particular Host is selected and SWPM is continued from there. The packages
mentioned in the Package Filter file will occupy the resources only of that particular host.

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