SAP Five-System-Landscapes (N and N+1 Architecture)
The SAP five-System-Landscape is referred to as N and N+1 architecture, where N indicates the current release in the production system and N+1 is the new release development. Figure 13-1 shows the typical five-System-Landscape and the flow of transports.
FIGURE 13-1 SAP five-System-Landscape
Five-System-Landscapes have a production support path and a new release development path. In the previous example PSS | PSQ | PRD shows the production support path and DEV | QAS shows the new release development path. The following steps explain the detailed flow of activities in setting up a five-System-Landscape: ...