Career change to VMware or SAP BASIS?

Hi Friends,
I have 4 years experience as a System Administrator (Windows & Linux). Now I'm planning to change my career to another technology. I considered VMware and SAP BASIS. Here I have confusion which technology should I choose, which one have better job scope (VMware or SAP BASIS). Please give me your valuable suggestion for my career growth...

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Honestly, I think you would be fine going with either of those paths. Good Luck!

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What are the basic requirements to become a SAP Basis consultant?
Thanks in advance
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SAP Certification is always an added advantage those who are seeking a career in SAP. Just check with the Education Partners like Siemens / Genovate / Yash etc for the pre-requisites... One more important thing is SAP Certification is much difficult that Microsoft Certification. Hope this helps

I am planning to have career change from JAVA to SAP

I am having 4+ yrs experience in JAVA.Now i thought of shifting to SAP.
Is it apt to shift to SAP?If yes which module is recommended in SAP.

Kalpana,
You're in luck. SAP has it's own JAVA programming environment. Your programming skills are directly transferable. You just need to take a class on SAP's programming environment and get certified. See the link below to see the courses offered
https://training3.sap.com/us/en/curriculum/nw_java_dev_na-development-associateprofessional-java-with-sap-netweaver-70-g-en
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https://training3.sap.com/us/en/curriculum/java_na-java-programming-courses-g-en
The links above are for the US, but the classes/information should be the same in India. The only problem is that in India, you have to go through a authorized training center and they're going to want you to pay for all of the training up front. Also, they're probably going to want to run you through the ABAP programming curriculum first, which you don't need if you're happy being a JAVA programmer.
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CAreer in SAP BASIS comaprision with SAP GRC/Security

Hi Everyone,
I am an SAP BASIS consultant with 2 years of experience working in a MNC company,
I want to change my career to SAP GRC/SAP Security, i have some basic knowledge on SAP Security,
COuld you please advice me, which one to choose,?
Does SAP GRC/Security has demand , and can we get oportunities to work abroad compared to SAP BASIS ?
which one has more scope SAP BASIS or SAP Security/GRC ?
Because in BASIS, i am not getting enough scope to work on some good things like Installation, upgrades, Migration,
i am doing a very basic kind of work like tranports, job scheduling, monitoring, and other small activities ?
So request you people to advice me ?
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regards
Rakesh Rao
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Hi Rakesh
I saw your post in GRC and was waiting of it to appear here
First up - 2 years is still junior. You may find batch jobs, transports, monitoring, etc all mundane but it is a foundation and learning ground work and foundations to being a good Basis Administration. And one things for sure, an awesome basic (I name my best-techy-friend) makes a huge difference on project timelines and deliverables for the rest of us.
Installation and Upgrades come with time. Whilst still performing junior tasks you could focus on reading up on approaches in case an opportunity in your job comes us and be prepared to prove to your management that you are ready for a bigger responsibility.
Switching to GRC/Security would be pointless unless you have a desire to learn GRC or Security. These are my background and they are undervalued until things go wrong (insurance policy in a way).
If you do switch you will reset your 2 years of domain experience back to 0 and you will start off with password resets and basic user administration
It takes time to work through the ranks. It was 3 years before I got to build my first role. I spent my first few years in security on email chasing approvals, password resets, user account creation, running reports for audit - sounds familiar to what you are doing now?
You have to master the basics before you are trusted and ready for the more complex activities. By knowing what you are doing now you will be more successful when the time comes to step up and do migrations, upgrades and installations. Support production by mastering you technical analysis skills is how you can break through being a fresher/junior
Regards
Colleen
Ps - if your motivation is more than "good things" happy to answer questions specific to security and GRC.
Also, boring doesn't mean it can't get interesting nor does it mean it's a worthless activity: SPAU transport imported before patching!!
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Added link for when transports go bad

SAP Basis career path Options

Hi All,
Can anyone tell me, what are all the SAP Basis career path options available in future for a Basis/NetWeaver Administrator?
Regards,
Rajkumar

Hello Rajkumar Bhumij
There are n number of skills you can focuses inside sap basis, listing a few important ones
1)Sap abap and java adminstration
2)sap solution manager skills
3)sap security
4)sap database adminstration
5)unix linux and operating systems skills can add very well for your career growth in sap basis.
Also have a look at new things like sap hana(High Performance Analytic appliance) and cloud computing skills so that for life time you can stand in the same domain.Go ahead .
all the best
alen

Confusion for switching my career from IT Infrastructure Management to SAP Basis or not?

Hi Guru's,
I am in IT Infrastructure Management and I have more than 10 years of working experience in multiple companies. I have completed MCA, BCA, CCNA and ITIL and in my last job I was Sr. Manager IT.
I started my career as a Customer Support Engineer in 2004 and then promoted as a Network Engineer and then Team Leader and then Project Manager and then Asst. Manager IT and finally Sr. Manager IT. I switched 6 companies (ISP,IT,Pharmaceutical, Education etc.). Unfortunately my field demands lot of hard-work and payed very little(I got only 5 lac pa) on the other hand I saw several people who moved in SAP they get higher salaries and growing rapidly.
I have good knowledge of system administration and network administration. In 2008 to 2011, I worked for a Pharma company(Production Plant) where I saw SAP implementation and was little involved in it. I was involved in client Installation, SAP Solution Manager roll-out etc. I saw SAP basis syllabus and I feel it is easy for me to learn the BASIS fast rather then other SAP modules.
Now my questions are:-
Is it worthwhile for me to switch my career in SAP Basis?
Will the recruiters consider me as a fresher or they consider my experience?
What is the future growth in SAP Basis with our without certification?
Which is the best institute to get the training and job placement?
Your suggestions are appreciable.
Yours faithfully,
Anand

Hi Basis like all work in sap is hard in begin you will receive moore with experience and knowledge.
Please see this link of basis comunitty . You can talk with great professinals in forum that comunitty they can help you .
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About cretification please read that link.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding SAP Certification & Career Opportunities
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Career for SAP Basis consultant

Dear Friends,
I am into SAP Basis, most of the jobs have been outsourced in UK as such there are hardly any jobs in sap basis . Please can u kindly suggest me what is the next best option for SAP Basis for more career opportunities. Please kindly suggest me, I don't have job for last 10 months.
Thanks.
aarya

I am trying to reply all the bullets in your post one by one.
Some of the agencies (AtoS and some others) I have got in touch with to discuss this certification have suggested doing SAP SD or MM certification, keeping my experience in view. If I do it what is your guess how soon I could find a job with this certification.
for training and certification you can go to any SAP authorized institute , you can find many depends upon which country you are presently staying.
What kind of salary will I be able to attract if I do get a job. Currently I am getting good salary by auto industry standards (around $15K). As per the information I have got the starting salaries in these roles are some times less than half of what I am getting now.
if you are already at $15K (1,50,000 US Dollar if i correctly understand) then you are earning much higer then a SAP consultant having a decade experience in SAP. Better look for management job. If salary is the criteria.
Finally how fast is the growth in this industry? Let us say I do the certification spend some $500 and join a company with salary less than half of my current. After doing this, as per your experience how soon will I be able to reach or exceed the salary I would have been getting otherwise (assume I perform fairly well in my SAP role ;-).
refer the above one
So finally should I go ahead with the certification?
Certification is optional , if you just have user level experience you may not be knowing all what comes within an module, i still recommend training as it give you all back ground about SAP and you can understand most of the master data piece to create a right foundation for a module.
Hope this will help you.
Thanks
Ritesh

Career change - BI or ABAP

It would be much grateful if any forum experts could scribble few lines of advice at this juncture of a career change for me.
Basically a enginnering graduate in mechanical, I was always been interested in a level of programming as well as business processes..so ERP was always in the back of my mind..But my entry to IT has been associated with more of the UI stuff (to be specific, less of java and more of RIA) in my past 4 yrs exp in coding. But now I have taken a career break and am thinking of getting trained in SAP. I want to move away from more of UI development which I have always felt unthankful.
Since, I had a year's experience in purchase at the start of my career, I was thinking of taking up ABAP now and later down the years, I could move more towards a techno-functional role so as to satisfy my interests..Is this fine? I am unaware of ABAP's future directions.
Or I can opt for a training in BI, which also I believe is hot at the moment, and guess will be. But without a computer science background, is it fine to take up BI and become an expert? Also, will i be able to embrace the functional part down the line if I start with BI? What exactly will a BI expert be doing (nature of work) deep down his career path?
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Hello,
correct me if I am wrong. You don´t have any idea about how it works in SAP, how to navigate around, the concepts, nothing about theprogramming, about the database concept and stuff. Is that right? If yes, don´t think about the ABAP basics as the target, it will be thepath to the overall knowledge of the SAP system.
You will learn how it works, about the transactions, SAP standard, function modules, general rules you can use any time and that will provide you a better basis for your decision. After like 2 weeks playing with SAP ABAP trial (minisap) you will understand much more and you can ask the question again, with ability to ask about the details important for you.
In ABAP trial you can play with both ABAP language itself or the BI. Try, learn the basics and reconsider your question.
I hope that could help,
regards Otto

Career change from open VMS system admin

Hello Everyone !!
I was working as a Open VMS system admin for 3 years in a top IT company .
Now i am looking for a change and is willing to move in SAP. I am undergoing training in SAP Basis/NW admin . Can u tell me what career path should i take with kind of exp i had and what certifications should i proceed so as to tap with the recent market demands and also to ensure a progressive career growth in this field.
Your suggestions are invited.
Thanks
Vipul

Hi Vipul,
SAP Basis is always in demand and NW admin knowledge will give you more opportunity. Certification on SAP Basis/NW Basis will be an added advantage for you.
Even after 3 years of experience in SAP you will be as a fresher and have to work very hard to tap the knowledge.
All the best.
Regards,
Subhasha

SAP BASIS

Hello,
I am a network professional working in the past 20 years supporting Novell and Microsoft OS and applications. Now I am looking for a path to start a different career.
I have chosen SAP system to start the new career, but I got many questions because its career options (many of them) and after get some information from a friend of mine that has been working as SAP Consultant since long back, I am thinking about SAP BASIS career.
Does someone could let me know if SAP Netwaver training are the correct path to start SAP BASIS career?
Does someone has idea about the salary average for SAP BASIS professionals?
Does someone has information about how this role is going on the job market in Canada?
Thank you.
Emerson

visit SAP education site - https://training.sap.com/ca/en/
required courses for SAP Basis are:
ABAP Administration:
ADM100 – ABAP Administration
ADM102 – AS ABAP – Administration II
Database: One of the database course (oracle, DB2, MS-SQL, Maxdb etc)
For example:
ADM505 – Database Administration Oracle I
ADM506 – Database Administration Oracle II
Portal (JAVA)
ADM200 – AS Java 7.0x – Administration
Solution manager:
SM100 – SAP Solution Manager Configuration for Operations
Not all these courses are required if you have some experience in SAP Basis module. If you are fresher and then I would suggest go through these. The java / solution manager documentation you can find on the help.sap.com.
The companies will have installation of combination : ABAP, ABAP+java, only java etc...

ABAP or SAP Basis Administration

Hello,
i want to learn SAP. As modul i don't know, which one is better? (ABAP with Netweaver or SAP Basis Administration.)
Which one do you find better and why?
i would be appreciated, if you would inform me.
Best regards,

I recommend you to go for SAP Basis , Which is less stressful than ABAP programming with OOPS concept
What an unfounded statement.
Which one do you find more stressful?
Which one earns more Money?
People don't join a career to avoid stress or to make money out of it (those are just consecuenses). You should consider your options based on your talent, your experience, your ability to learn.
Regards
Juan

Plant Maintenance - Can I change 'validity to' in installed base ?

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I don't know how the validity is taken as end of last month.
I am trying to do that but it seems its not possible.

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Is it necessary to have a SAP(BASIS) certification

HI. This is Nashith
I done SAP(BASIS) with the help of brother in law who is a senior sap consultant
Is it necessary to have a SAP(BASIS) certification to start a career.

Hi Nashith,
please ubderstand the difference between a certification and real time exposure, when you will go to prepare or take any certifications, there only objective type of questiones are asked, it is meant for knowledge, but while working you will get many problems that might not be in certification subject lines.
So, certification only serve to boost your resume that you have knowledge regarding it, but if you will work sincerely on it you will get hands on experience, just telling you a short story.
There was a farmer, he has sended his son to study , after some years he came back and one day he saw that his father's well got dried and the level of water get reduced in the well, that time he remember the story of Crow , who puts concrete in a bucket when he was thirsty to elevate the level of water from bucket.
So he order each person to put stones and concrete in well, when everyone starts putting stones and concrete in the well, the well becomes full of concrete and the water level never get elevated.
This shows that rather than taking knowledge , we have to learn how to use it, so it needs hands on experience, and thats why experienced person are more considered thatn a certified proffesional.
So, according to me take hands on experience as far as practicable, it will be more considerable than being a certified professional, taking a certifications never ever ends your job hunt.

What is BC SET in SAP BASIS related to SAP Security.....................

Hi All,
Please explain me what is BC SET in SAP Basis which is related to SAP Security.
Can anyone explain in detail...
Thanks Much.
Swapna.D

Hi
Prerequisites
You want to create a BC Set from a transport request. A transport request containing Customizing data must already exist.
This Customizing request is a change request with which you can copy and transport the changed system settings.
The BC Set is based on the data in the Customizing request. You can copy all the data records in the Customizing request into the BC Set, or select a subset.
You can subsequently edit BC Sets created from transport requests.
Procedure
Enter the Customizing request number and Continue.
You can search for requests with the F4 help. The request type is Workbench/Customizing requests. The request status is changeable or released.
You get an overview of the transport objects in the transport request. To put a transport object in the BC Set, flag the row Copy.
The Status column tells you the BC Set-compatibility of the transport object. It can have the following values:
·        green traffic light: The transport object can be put in the BC Set.
·        yellow traffic light: BC Set creation or activation problems are possible. Check whether all data records have been put in the BC Set, after you create it.
·        red traffic light: Table entries exist, but they cannot be interpreted. They cannot be put in the BC Set.
·        Cancel: The transport object cannot be interpreted or put in the BC Set.

Getting into SAP Basis Administration

Hi,
I am interested in getting into SAP BASIS Administration. I am currently working as a Windows System Administrator and have been in the IT industry for over 10yrs and looking for a change somewhat...i have very little programming experience, just some scripting here and there. How difficult is it to get into this area? I live in the U.S. Any companies willing to hire someone for entry level BASIS position or mentor? Thanks.

Hi Zylan,
You can refer the below SAP website for authorized training centres in your country.
https://training.sap.com (Visit 'Training locations')
And for details about BASIS, you can refer the below post (especially refer reply from Kiran Kumar).
http://scn.sap.com/thread/3184501
As I had said earlier, if you wish to start without training then you need to be part of an organisation where SAP is implemented.
Regards,
Ravi

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