SAP Landscape Management Cloud & ABAP PCA (Post Copy Automation)

Post Copy Automation (PCA) has been part of SAP Landscape Enterprise Edition (LaMa) for many years. SAP Landscape Management Cloud (LaMa Cloud) was launched in 2021 as another product in the family. The two products compliment each other and can be deployed alone or simultaneously to manage the same environment.

As in the case of LaMa Enterprise Edition (perpetual license), PCA is also available with LaMa Cloud (subscription based). PCA entitlement for LaMa Cloud is only for systems residing in a public cloud whereas PCA with LaMa Enterprise allows deployment in on-premise datacenters, public cloud or in an hybrid model.

SAP Landscape Management Cloud is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to manage SAP
systems in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) environments to take full advantage of
on-demand infrastructure in the cloud, enabling you to manage your cloud system to meet the
ever increasing demands on your business and optimize your resources.

ABAP PCA operates identically whether entitlement is via LaMa Enterprise Edition or LaMa Cloud. It automates activities that have to be performed after the copy or refresh of an ABAP based system such as S4/HANA, ECC, and BW.

For more information about PCA please refer to the following links:

I’ve been asked by customers about the difference between the two LaMa products. Below is a table highlighting the key points to be aware of.

For more information on LaMa Cloud please refer to these links: