SAP Cloud Appliance Library offers the easiest and fastest way to consume the latest SAP
solutions in the cloud. It is an online repository of ready-to-use SAP solutions that you
can instantly deploy into your own cloud accounts to kick-start your SAP projects. These
solutions are economical and efficient for testing, training, showing demonstrations to
customers, and so on.
Prerequisites
You have the access credentials of the corresponding cloud provider and the
authorizations to use them.
Note
Using a solution instance in SAP Cloud Appliance
Library will generate infrastructure costs from the cloud provider. The charges vary
based on the size of the system landscape and the time for which the instance is
active.
If you are not using your instance, you can suspend it to reduce your
costs. When you suspend a solution instance, the cloud provider does not release
the resources associated with that instance. For more information, see Suspending a Solution Instance .
If you no longer need
the solution instance, you can terminate it. No further cloud provider costs will
be generated. However, the data associated with the instance is lost irrevocably
when the instance is terminated. For more information, see Terminating a Solution Instance . To save the data, suspend the
instance instead of terminating it.
You can check the cost forecast for the
cloud provider infrastructure while you are using the solution instance. To do so,
choose Create Instance for a solution and in the wizard,
configure a sample scheduling of your usage. A cost forecast is displayed on the
right side of the wizard. This forecast is valid for the selected cloud provider.
If the solution instance has already been created, you can check the cost forecast
in the instance details header.
You can define a daily and weekly scheduling
as well as a termination date for the instance. The system automatically
calculates the cost forecast for the instance depending on the selected region,
virtual machine sizes, and schedule configuration.
If you want to
familiarize yourself with the pricing models and current rates of the cloud
provider, go to the provider`s portals and check the pricing
section.
Process
The process for using an SAP solution is as follows:
Log on to SAP Cloud Appliance Library (https://cal.sap.com/ ). When you are initially signed on to the
library, you become an SAP Cloud Appliance Library administrator in your own
tenant.If you want to sign in to another tenant of SAP Cloud Appliance
Library, you have to apply for a user by using the access URL of the library
that your contact sent you. For more information, see Applying
for a User of SAP Cloud Appliance Library .
In the Solutions tab page, select the required solution
and choose Create Instance . For more information, see Creating a
Solution Instance .Note
If you want to use a solution with а subscription period, you have to
fulfill the following requirements:
To own SAP Product Licenses for the required solution
To purchase the SAP Cloud Appliance Library subscription
Otherwise a validation message will be displayed to fulfill these
prerequisites and unlock the solution. For more information, see Unlocking
Solutions .
If you have created an instance from a solution during its free trial
period and you want to continue using this instance, you have to unlock
this solution.
You cannot unlock Educational solutions .
You could switch the license agreement of the Developer
Edition solutions from SAP Developer License
Agreement to SAP Product License
Agreement by choosing Activate Product
License .
Remember
If you want to check the license status of your solution instance, go to the
instance details and open the License Status tab. If
the solution instance is not licensed or license keys are required, you will
find instructions on how to license your instance.
Caution
When you purchase an SAP Cloud Appliance Library
subscription, you decide how many active solution instances you want to have at
once. You can even mix and match the different solutions within a subscription
period, as long as the number of active instances at any given time doesn't
exceed the number covered by your subscription.
If you already subscribed and
you want to increase the number of active instances in the SAP Cloud
Appliance Library, choose My Subscriptions on the
main menu to see where you can purchase another subscription.
Each SAP
Cloud Appliance Library subscription is renewed automatically by the initial
subscription period. You can terminate your subscription effective upon the
end of the initial term or any renewal term by notifying SAP at least 30
days prior to the end of the current term. If you have purchased your
subscription on www.sapstore.com , go to and cancel the subscription. Otherwise, contact us at
cal.admin@sap.com .
For more information
about the quota and usage of your subscriptions, see My
Subscriptions on the main menu of the SAP Cloud Appliance
Library.
Connect to the solution instance. For more information, see Connecting to a Solution
Instance .
). When you are initially signed on to the
library, you become an SAP Cloud Appliance Library administrator in your own
tenant.