The following document references the most important guides and tutorials for creating, running and operating the AS ABAP 7.4 trial instances provided as virtual appliances by the SAP Cloud Appliance Library. For questions and feedback regarding these SCN trial editions please post a message in the corresponding ABAP trial thread.
Prerequisites
- To get familiar with the virtual private cloud concept of Amazon we recommend to watch this video tutorial [15min] or to read the step-by-step guide Getting Started with Amazon VPC.
- To get to know the basic concepts of the SAP Cloud Appliance Library providing access to the virtual appliances please read the SAP CAL FAQ document or visit the SAP CAL landing page on SCN.
Tutorials and Guides
- Watch the following video tutorial [5min] to learn how to get and set up an AS ABAP trial instance in your SAP Cloud Appliance Library account:
- For detailed information about how to set up your local environment and your local clients and how to connect to your ABAP trial instance you can watch the following video tutorial:
- Alternatively, take a look at the corresponding user guides for the different trial variants:
- User Guide for AS ABAP 7.4 on SAP HANA [PDF]
- User Guide for AS ABAP 7.4 on SAP MaxDB [PDF]
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are only a limited number of countries supported for purchasing the free AS ABAP 7.4 trials?
This is a limitation of the SAP Store and we are already trying to solve this issue. Please be patient...
Is it completely free to use the trial editions of these virtual appliances?
To be precise: SAP offers you to instantiate and run these virtual appliances using the SAP CAL test drive center completely for free (according to the terms and conditions). But you have to pay the charges of your cloud service provider hosting these trial instances (without any involvement of SAP).
So do the different trial variants have an impact on the charges of my cloud service provider?
Yes, as an AS ABAP on SAP HANA trial instance requires more virtual CPUs and memory than an AS ABAP on MaxDB trial instance you should use different instance types/sizes (see below). This has an impact on the charges of your cloud service provider as shown in the cost forecast of your SAP CAL account.
Ok, but how do I find out what my cloud service provider charges for these trial instances?
You have two options:
a) The instance creation wizard of the SAP Cloud Appliance Library offers a detailed cost forecast (you could still cancel the creation process).
b) You can take a look at the Amazon EC2 price list for the recommended instance types: x2.4xlarge (AS ABAP on SAP HANA), m1.large (AS ABAP on SAP MaxDB)
How do I run these trial instances cost-effectively on AWS?
If you don't use your trial instance all day we recommend to use the 'activate and suspend manually' option. This setting is part of the instance creation wizard or available within the properties of your existing instance.
How often do you plan to update the trial editions of these virtual appliances?
We plan to offer a new virtual appliance for every major release and enhancement package of AS ABAP. But we are not going to build and publish new trial appliances for every upcoming support package - maybe some major/important ones.