Key facts

LiveCompare is installed on a server with some components installed on the SAP systems that will be analyzed. Users access LiveCompare via a web browser running on their desktop or mobile device. LiveCompare may be installed on physical or virtual servers.

A typical LiveCompare configuration might use the following hardware and software components:

Server

  • Quad Core CPU (Xeon or i7 Based Intel Processor), 64-bit, 32GB RAM, 1TB (1000GB) free disk space.
  • Windows 2022 Server (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server
  • Chrome (64-bit)
  • NetWeaver RFC SDK 7.50 latest patch for Windows on X64 64BIT

Clients

  • Dual Core CPU (i5 or i7 Based Intel Processor). 8GB RAM.
  • Windows 10 Professional
  • Chrome (64-bit)

SAP systems

  • SAP releases 700 and newer, RFC enabled.

Please refer to the System requirements topic for a complete list of the system requirements for LiveCompare.

Skills required

The skills required for a LiveCompare installation are as follows:

Windows Systems Administrator

  • Installs LiveCompare on the physical or virtual server machine.

  • Confirms that the client machines can access LiveCompare from a web browser.

SAP Basis Administrator

  • Installs the LiveCompare SAP components on each of the systems to be compared or analyzed.

  • Creates the SAP user accounts required by LiveCompare on each of the systems.

  • Provides SAP connection details (these are stored securely by LiveCompare).

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