Profile: Ulrich Graf,
SAP Technology Consultant
Ulrich Graf
Senior SAP Technology Consultant
Office location
Germany, 71686 Remseck (area of Stuttgart)
Telephone number
+49 170 2200374
Profile
He is a SAP Technology consultant with over 20 years experience. Through his involvement in numerous
projects he has acquired extensive experience in system administration, CTS (Change & Transport
System), technical upgrades, DB / OS migrations and in technical programming.
He was employed as an SAP system administrator until he joined the SAP subsidiary SAP SI, to work as a
SAP Technology consultant. In 2001 he started to work for SAP Germany, Walldorf. From 2004 - 2006 he
was in the lead of the Upgrade Focus Group, which is a group of SAP Technology consultants, specialized
on upgrades.
Since 2006 he is working as a freelancing SAP Technology consultant and as a partner of SAP. His main
focus was always the operative doing of SAP basis activities.
SAP Experience – Summary
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SAP Technology consulting
ABAP and JAVA Basis Administration
ABAP programming
Software logistics, Change & Transport System (CTS, NWDI, CTS+)
System configuration, administration, and optimization (performance and tuning)
SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS) installation and support
Operating systems: UNIX (LINUX, HP-UX, AIX, Sun Solaris) and Windows
Databases: ORACLE, SAP DB, DB2, HDB (Hana DB)
Database backup concepts
SAP implementation project
SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) technology consulting
SAP SCM technology consulting
OS and DB migrations
SAP Upgrades (Updates)
CBU (Customer Based Upgrade)
Upgrade Coach
Profile: Ulrich Graf,
Technology SAP Consultant
SAP Project Experience – Details
Customer
SAP SI, Freiberg am Neckar, Germany
Duration
1995 – 2001
Industry
Software
Project description
Administration of in-house systems
Role
Administration of in-house systems
Used Software
SAP R/3 4.6C (and lower), R3up (today SAPup), tp, R3trans, sapinst,
SAP Basis(SPAM, SAINT, …), ABAP, ORACLE, SAP DB, HP-UX, AIX,
Sun Solaris, SAP BW 2.0A/B
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Administration of productive systems
Support of IDES systems
Upgrades
DB Migrations
Customer
SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany
Duration
1996 – 2001
Industry
Software
Project description
Creation and Delivery of AddOn-Upgrades and installations in the SAP
final assembly
Role
Technical realization and SAP Technology consulting
Used Software
SAP R/3 4.6C (and lower), R3up (today SAPup), tp, R3trans, sapinst,
SAP Basis(SPAM, SAINT, …), ABAP, ORACLE, DB2
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Project work
Working with SAP tools for creating installations, upgrades
and patches (i.e. CRTs)
Testing and documentation of installations, upgrades and
patches
3rd – Level Customer-Support with installations, upgrades
and patches
Optimization and tuning of upgrades
Know-how of internal SAP structures
Customer
Daimler AG Project NACOS, Stuttgart – Untertürkheim/Wangen,
Germany
Duration
July 2001 – December 2002
Industry
Automotive, discrete industry
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Project description
Implementation of a solution for enterprise-wide customizing
distribution using ALE and SAP Technology consulting.
Based on classifications within the end points of a project IMG, a
distinction was made between “master” customizing and “plant”
customizing. “Master” customizing involves settings being automatically
distributed to all plant SAP systems. These customizing settings cannot
be changed in the plant systems.
Role
SAP Technology consulting and programming
Used Software
SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP Basis, NACOS Software, ORACLE, DB2, HP-UX,
Sun Solaris, AIX, Solution Manager, BC-Sets
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Project preparation and project work
Evaluation of options for enterprise-wide customizing
distribution; e.g. using ASAP tools, BC-Sets, ALE CONDA2
Concept and design
Technical implementation
Responsible for testing and training
Customer
Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte, Munich, Germany, in conjunction
with SAP Walldorf
Duration
January 2003 - June 2003
Industry
Consumer products
Project description
Implementation of an enhancement for the Change & Transport System
(CTS).
In complex system infrastructures, ‘vertical’ transport requests can be
consistently integrated into parallel development strands.
Role
Technical consulting and programming based on the Solution Manager
Used Software
SAP R/3 Enterprise, SAP Basis, Solution Manager
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Project preparation and project work
Close collaboration with SAP developers (because it was
planned to include it into SAP standard)
Concept and design
Responsible for coordination between SAP and the
customer at technical level
Program implementation
Customer
Daimler AG Project AmSECAM, Stuttgart – Plant Untertürkheim,
Germany
Duration
2003 – 2004
Industry
SCM 4.1, Automotive, Discrete industries
Project description
Upgrade coordination und –execution, SAP Technology consulting
Role
SAP Technology and upgrade consulting
Used Software
SAP SCM 4.1 (also Ramp-Up), livecache, SAP R/3 Enterprise, SAP
Basis, ORACLE, Sun Solaris, AIX
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Responsibilities/deliverables
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Project preparation and project work
Analyses of offers of hardware-vendors
Execution of upgrades
General upgrade consulting
Interface between SAP and Daimler AG in the area of
upgrade and SAP Technology
Checking Early Watch reports
Customer
Wella, Darmstadt - Weiterstadt, Germany
Duration
2004 (in sum 2 months)
Industry
Consumer products
Project description
Printing at the packing station.
Before completing the packing of goods it must be ensured, that the
printout of the SAP invoice is available in a secure way and as fast as
possible. The implementation used a function module that provides
data for communication by IDOCs, and which gets its input by printing
into a file.
Role
Technical design and implementation
Used Software
SAP R/3 Enterprise, SAP Basis, diverse Printer-Software-Solutions,
OMS (Output Management Systems)
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Project preparation
Evaluate different OMS
Concept and design
Customer
International Retail company, Weinsberg, Germany
Duration
2004 ( in sum 9 months)
Industry
Retail solution, Forecasting and Replenishment (F&R) as part of SCM
4.1 and LES (Logistics Execution System)
Project description
SAP Technology consulting with regard to Retail
Role
SAP Technology consulting
Used Software
F&R (SCM 4.1), R/3 Enterprise, ECC 5.0, LINUX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris,
AIX, ORACLE
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Monitoring Performance
Making of an operations manual
Installation of F&R systems
Project work
Planning of system landscape
Interface between application and technology department
Customer
Kreditwerk, Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany
Duration
April 2005 – May 2005
Industry
Finance products
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Project description
OS/DB Migration
Role
Conducting of OS/DB Migrations
Used Software
sapinst, R3load, SAP-Basis, R/3 Enterprise, DB2, ORACLE
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Planning and design of system landscape
Conducting an certified OS/DB migration
Customer
Gillette, Kronberg, Germany
Duration
May 2005 - July 2005
Industry
Consumer Products
Project description
Upgrade consulting, Upgrade Coach
Role
SAP Technology and upgrade consulting
Used Software
SAP R/3 4.6C, ECC 5.0, SAP Basis, ORACLE
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Project coordination in very complex upgrade
Upgrade on mySAP ERP 2004 with ECC 5.00
Customer
Texas Instrument, Dallas, Texas, USA
Duration
August 2005
Industry
Consumer Products
Project description
CBU (Customer Based Upgrade) consulting
Role
SAP Technology and upgrade consulting
Used Software
SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP R/3 Enterprise, SAP Basis, ORACLE
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Check of customer specific upgrade guides
CBU SAP expert
Conducting upgrades
Support in case of error situations
Customer
SAP Germany, Walldorf, Germany
Duration
January 2006 – May 2006
Industry
Software
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting during Ramp-Up of SAP ERP 6.0
Role
SAP Technology and Upgrade Consulting
Used Software
SAP ERP 6.0 with ECC 6.0, UNIX, internal SAP systems, c-Folders,
ORACLE, DB2, Solution Manager
Responsibilities/deliverables
Customer
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Project work during Ramp-Up of SAP ERP 6.0
Counterpart and support for technical questions
during Ramp-Up
Design of SAP ERP solutions (feasibility of SAP
components)
SAP Germany, Consulting, Walldorf, Germany
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Duration
December 2004 – May 2006
Industry
Software
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting in the area of Upgrades
Role
Lead of Upgrade Focus Group
Used Software
SAP ERP 6.0 with ECC 6.0, UNIX, internal SAP systems, ORACLE,
Solution Manager
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Consulting release strategy
SAP Technology consulting
Conducting of upgrades
Internal contact person for SAP Germany, Consulting in the
area of upgrades
Technology expert for sales presentations
Upgrade events (i.e. road shows)
Technical upgrade assessments
Conducting SAP service Quick Upgrade Evaluation (QUE)
Customer
SAP Education, Walldorf, Germany
Duration
2005 – 2007
Industry
Software
Project description
Trainer of ADM200 (SAP WEB AS JAVA Administration / 5 day training
course)
Role
Trainer of ADM200
Used Software
AS JAVA (NWDI (CBS, DTR, CMS), NWA, SLD, SLM, CTS+
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Preparation of course
Setting up of NW Development Infrastructure (formerly
known as JDI)
Delivering knowledge about JAVA Administration
Knowledge about NWDI (CBS, DTR, CMS), NWA, SLD,
SLM, CTS+
Customer
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Duration
June 2006 – June 2007
Industry
Automotive, Discrete industries
Project description
Technical support of productive SAP system landscape in the data
center of the Daimler AG
Role
Technical director of a productive SAP system landscape
Used Software
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R/3 Enterprise, Xandria, Solution Manager, XI, Incident und
Change Tool, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, ORACLE, DB2, AS
JAVA (Travel Management)
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Responsibilities/deliverables
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Migration of hardware (heterogeneous system copies)
Rollout into different countries
Technical activities in a productive, highly modified and
important system landscape of Daimler AG
3rd level of technical SAP basis problems
Coordination of activities in a data center inclusive offshore
outsourcing partners
Customer
Hewlett Packard, HP, Böblingen, Germany
Duration
June 2007 – December 2007
Industry
Computers, Software Services, Outsourcing
Project description
Technical support and 3rd level of productive SAP system landscape
Role
Technical support of SAP systems in outsourcing department
Used Software
SAP Basis, PI(XI), Incident und Change Tool, HP-UX, ORACLE, SAP
R/3 4.6C, BW (BI 7.0), SAP ECC 6.0, HP Omniback, AS JAVA 6.40
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Administration of MDMP and JAVA Systems
Handling of complex transport system landscapes
Constant activities in a productive, highly modified and
important system landscape of a well know manufacturer of
printing presses in Germany
Installations
System migrations (i.e. of an PI system)
Conducting OS/DB migrations
3rd level of technical SAP basis problems
Customer
Valio, Helsinki, Finland
Duration
March 2008 – December 2008
Industry
Consumer Products
Project description
SAP Technology and Upgrade Consulting (CBU Specialist)
Role
SAP Technology consulting and Conducting of Upgrades (CBU)
Used Software
SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP Basis, SAPup, R3trans, tp, HP-UX,
ORACLE
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Planning and doing of upgrades (CBU)
Interface between customer and SAP
SAP Basis Administration in upgrade project
Performance and tuning
Customer
International Retail company, Weinsberg, Germany
Duration
January 2008 – October 2009
Industry
Retail solution, Forecasting and Replenishment (F&R) as part of SCM
4.1 and LES (Logistics Execution System)
Project description
SAP Technology and Upgrade Consulting with regard to Retail
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Role
SAP Technology consulting and Conducting of Upgrades
Used Software
Incident und Change Tool, EP (Enterprise Portal), LINUX, HP-UX, SAP
ECC 6.0, SAP Basis, ORACLE, ACC 7.1, Solution Manager, SAP
EHP1-4 (SAP Enhancement Packages), SAPehpi (SAP Enhancement
Package Installer), Enterprise SOA with PI 7.1
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Planning and doing of upgrades with and without SAP
Enhancement Packages
Implementation of EHP4 with SAPehpi
System administration
Planning of system landscape
Interface between customer and SAP
SAP Basis Administration of complex landscapes
CU&UC (Combined Upgrade and Unicode Conversion)
Unicode Conversions
System copies
DB Migrations
Automation tools in the system administration
Customer
National Retail company, Hamburg, Germany
Duration
Nov. 2009 – March 2010, Okt.2010 – Dez. 2010
Industry
Retail solution
Project description
SAP Technology and Upgrade Consulting
Role
SAP Technology consulting
Used Software
Incident und Change Tool, EP (Enterprise Portal), LINUX, Solaris, SAP
ECC 6.0, SAP Basis, ORACLE, Solution Manager, SAP EHP1-4 (SAP
Enhancement Packages), SAPehpi (SAP Enhancement Package
Installer), PI 7.11, ACC 7.1
Responsibilities/deliverables
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3rd Level of SAP Technology
System administration
Planning of system landscape
SAP Basis Administration of complex landscapes
Unicode Conversions
System copies
DB Migrations
Unix based automation tools in the system administration
Customer
International Retail company, Weinsberg, Germany
Duration
January 2011 - February 2012 and June 2012 - September 2012
Industry
Retail solution, Forecasting and Replenishment (F&R) as part of SCM
4.1 and LES (Logistics Execution System)
Project description
SAP Technology and Upgrade Consulting
Role
SAP Technology consulting and Conducting of Upgrades
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Used Software
Responsibilities/deliverables
Incident und Change Tool, EP (Enterprise Portal), LINUX, HP-UX, SAP
ECC 6.0, SAP Basis, ORACLE, ACC 7.1, Solution Manager, SAP
EHP4 (SAP Enhancement Package) and EHP5, SAPehpi (SAP
Enhancement Package Installer)
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Planning and doing of upgrades with and without SAP
Enhancement Packages
System administration
SAP Basis Administration of complex landscapes
CU&UC (Combined Upgrade and Unicode Conversion)
Unicode Conversions
Unix based automation tools in the system administration
Customer
International Trading Company and Provider of Logistics and
Services in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sector, Stuttgart,
Germany
Duration
February 2012 - May 2012
Industry
Pharmaceutical Industry
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting
Role
SAP Technology consulting with main focus on Solution Manager 7.1
Used Software
Solution Manager 7.1, SAP ECC 6.0 EHP5, SAP Basis, PI 7.3, BW 7.1
und 7.3, SAP EWM, ORACLE, Wily Introscope
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Connecting Wily agents to the Solution Manager to establish
Monitoring with Introscope Enterprise Manager and for Endto-End-Analysis in Solution Manager
Implementation monitoring concept
Monitoring in Solution Manager 7.1
SAP EWM connection to SAP ERP
Customer
SAP AG, Area DLM, Sankt-Leon Rot, Germany
Duration
October 2012 – December 2013
Industry
Software
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting and Update Consulting Inhouse Systems
Role
SAP Technology Consulting and Updates Inhouse Systems
Used Software
LINUX, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP CRM, SAP SCM (LC), SAP Basis, Hana
DB (HDB), MaxDB, Oracle, DB6 (DB2), Solution Manager 7.1, SAP
EHP4-6 (SAP Enhancement Packages), SUM, SWPM (Software
Provisioning Manager (before sapinst)), SUM with DMO (Database
Migration Option for SUM), OSA (On Shelf Availibility), SAP
NetWeaver Gateway, SAP BW 7.4, POS DM on Hana
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Responsibilities/deliverables
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Installation, administration and tuning Hana DB Systems
Conducting installations with Software Provisioning
Manager (sapinst)
Conducting updates (with SUM)
Conduction OS/DB migrations
Conducting system copies
Complex SAP in-house tasks
Customer
Fujitsu TDS GmbH, Neckarsulm, Germany
Duration
January 2014 – December 2014
Industry
Software, Outsourcing
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting and SAP Updates
Role
SAP Technology Consulting and SAP Updates
Used Software
LINUX, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP CRM, SAP SCM (LC), SAP Basis, Hana
DB (HDB), MaxDB, Oracle, SAP Solution Manager 7.1, SAP EHP4-7
(SAP Enhancement Packages), SUM, SWPM (Software Provisioning
Manager (before sapinst)), SAP NetWeaver 7.40, SAP BW 7.4, SAP
Portal 7.3 (Kerberos, SPNEGO)
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Conducting installations with Software Provisioning
Manager (sapinst)
Conducting updates (with SUM)
Conduction OS/DB migrations and ystem copies
Support systems running with HDB
CTS+
AS JAVA
Customer
National Bank, München, Germany
Duration
December 2014
Industry
Bank
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting Netweaver during SAP Implementaion
Role
SAP Technology Consulting Netweaver
Used Software
Windows, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP Basis, MaxDB, Oracle, SAP Solution
Manager 7.1, SAP NetWeaver 7.40
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Design SAP Solution Manager
Transport via SAP Solution Manager Charm (Retrofit, etc.)
Conduction OS/DB migrations
Conducting system copies
CTS+
Customer
International Retail company, Weinsberg, Germany
Duration
Since January 2015
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Industry
Retail solution, Forecasting and Replenishment (F&R) as part of SCM
5.0 and LES (Logistics Execution System)
Project description
SAP Technology Consulting
Role
SAP Technology consulting and conducting of system copies
Used Software
Incident und Change Tool, EP (Enterprise Portal), LINUX, SAP ECC
6.0 EHP7, SAP Basis, ORACLE, Sybase ASE, SAP Solution Manager
7.1, SAP Hana (HDB)
Responsibilities/deliverables
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Planning and doing of system copies of systems based on
Sybase ASE
System administration
SAP Basis Administration of complex landscapes
Unix based automation tools in the system administration
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Profile: Ulrich Graf,
Technology SAP Consultant
Professional Experience and Certification – Details
1993 – 1995
CfaN e.V.,
SAP System Administrator
1995 – 2001
SAP SI,
Technical Consultant
SAP R/3 system administrator. SAP on UNIX (DEC OSF/1) and
ORACLE.
SAP R/3 system administrator for in-house systems, all operating
systems and databases.
Delivery for SAP AddOn Factory (AOF) Industry Solution Media.
Basis consulting in IS-Media environment (upgrades, installations,
transports, preliminary corrections).
2001 – 2006
SAP Germany,
Technical Consultant
IMG/ALE development project for global automotive company in
Stuttgart – Untertürkheim.
Development project based on CTS for global producer and distributor
of consumer products in Munich, Germany.
Consulting associated with role in Upgrade Focus Group for a wide
variety of SAP customers.
Since 2006
Technical SAP consultant,
Freelancer
Project leader SAP Basis and 3rd Level Support for a global automotive
company in Stuttgart – Möhringen.
SAP Technology consulting and 3rd Level for outsourcing company.
SAP Technology consulting and system administration of complex
system landscapes, both ABAP and JAVA.
General Information
Degree
In electronic engineering, from Fachhochschule Heilbronn (title: Dipl.Ing. (FH)) (1993)
SAP certification
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Accreditation and certificates
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OS/DB – Migration Certificate
Certified Technology Consultant UNIX / ORACLE
(Technology Consultant Certificate 2004, NetWeaverWebAS 6.40 Oracle)
Train the Trainer certificate
Nationality
German and Swedish
Languages
German (native language), English (fluent, written and spoken),
Swedish (fluent spoken, basic knowledge written), French (basic
knowledge)
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