What is TMS?

TMS is used to move, manage, control, copy development objects and customizing settings in an orderly fashion across SAP systems in a landscape through pre-defined transport routes (RFC Connections). The transport process basically consists of exporting of objects out of the source SAP system and importing them into the target SAP system/s. TMS Stands for Transport Management System

Why do we need a Transport System?

The CTS components play an important role in the overall development and customization environment. CTS stand for Change and Transport System CTS is an instrument for: Administering & controlling new development requests. Managing transports Recording of where and by whom changes are made Configuring systems landscape

Overview of CTS Components

CTO (Change and Transport Organizer) – It’s the main tool for managing, browsing, and registering the changes done on the repository and customizing objects. It’s the central point for organizing the development projects. SE01 is the transaction with the new extended view. Transport Tools – The actual transports happen in the back-end at the OS level using transport tools, which are part of SAP Kernel and includes the program R3trans and the transport control program tp. (TMS) Transport Management System

SAP System-Landscape

The system landscape (also known as SAP System Group) is the arrangement of SAP servers. Ideally, in a SAP environment, a three-system landscape is recommended. It consists of the Development Server – DEV Quality Assurance Server – QAS Production Server – PRD.