WFT has the solutions, technical leadership and staff necessary to successfully guide your organization through an effective migration to new hardware/OS/database platform. We work with you to ensure the new platform meets current and future needs of your SAP systems.
We offer:
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Our team of SAP certified migration consultants. (SAP requires a certified consultant to perform the migration to ensure SAP support during and after migration)
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Our team knowledge with migrations from/to various Operating Systems (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows, OS/400) and Databases (Oracle, Informix, DB2, MSSQL).
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Our experience with implementing a technically robust operation of your new operating system and/or database at minimum cost.
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Minimizing expensive system downtime.
Migration issues
Traditionally, the hardware, operating system and database platform for a SAP implementation is decided based on initial capacity sizing, cost and skill sets required to support. During SAP application life cycle changes in following criteria leads to hardware, OS and/or database platform changes.
Growth in SAP transaction volume, users and database leads to the threshold of the current hardware, operating system, and database platform.
Technology change in hardware/ OS/ database platform leads to a choice of better performance and reduction in cost.
Merger/Acquisition of businesses having SAP environments in different OS/database platform requires consolidation and migration to single platform.
The challenge current customers face is determining how a company can migrate their SAP environment to a new platform, while at the same time, ensuring its functionality and processes continue to operate without significant.
WFT Migration services
The contribution of a SAP certified migration consultant with previous migration experience becomes an important factor for a seamless execution of an OS/DB migration project. WFT has the experience, leadership, and resources to provide you with a timely, costeffective, and successful OS/DB migration. We have supplemented the SAP migration process with our unique technical accelerators to enhance success. Our accelerators provide you with a structured approach to migrate the landscape, handle change management transports, and provide a successful, proven, detailed and complete project plan.
During our migration process, we assist you with
- Project Management
- Coordination with SAP support
- Hardware/OS/database selection
- Basis support
- Change Management
- Migration Landscape
- Execution of migration activities
- Technical support and tuning
- Bolt-on migration
- Backup strategy and implementation
- Disaster recovery on new platform
- Post-migration support
Our approach at a glance
Preparation
During our pre-planning session we will determine and alleviate compatibility issues between your Operating System, database, and SAP to make sure that they will function correctly together. Many installations have external systems that will need to be evaluated as well. The bolt-on systems will be reviewed and recommendations given for any changes that may need to occur with them. During this time we will undertake the following activities:
-Evaluate the current SAP environment
-Target system OS requirement
-Evaluate Software requirements
-Develop an initial migration workplan
-Obtain Management Approval
-Coordinate with SAP support
The Preparation phase in the migration process is to take detail action on all aspects of migration planning. We can provide you with resource planning, budgeting, project plan and time frame to ensure successful completion. We check that all of the necessary technical prerequisites are ready such as: Hardware, Operating system, Database and SAP software. We assist you to co-ordinate with SAP support and contract team to receive software and support for the migration project.
Test run & Non-Production Systems Migration
The Execution phase starts with migration of the "proof of concept" test system. Many times there are other non-SAP components requiring migration as well. These will need to be carefully researched and planned for during the migration. Some of the non-SAP components that we have expertise in are Interfaces, Job Scheduling, EDI, Tax software (Vertax / Taxware / BSI), Output Management, Faxing and Monitoring/Capacity tools
Our migration process involves performing a test migration of the production environment to the target platform and applying all fixes required to prepare for migration of the other systems in the landscape. It is during this phase of the project that the key business processes and interfaces are tested to ensure operability and that the functionality works correctly. If there are fixes required due to OS/database platform changes, they are implemented and tested during this phase of the project.
After the "proof of concept" test system is migrated and the technical functionality of the system has been proven, all systems in the landscape will be migrated. Throughout the process of migrating additional systems the processes are refined to streamline and ensure success during the cutover of the production system. Before we proceed to the Go-Live phase, we make sure we receive full management approval.
Final Migration & Go-Live
The Go-Live phase consists of the final migration of the production system to the new platform. In this phase we perform the migration of the production database and all dynamic data of SAP Production, interfaces and add-on systems. All changes and fixes are applied based on previous migration cycles. The functional team checks the system to ensure it is operating correctly. Once agreement that the system is operational the users are then allowed to sign on and begin use of the new system. Our team also assists with post-go live tuning. After going live with target production system, we schedule post go-live migration check with SAP support and assist with implementing recommendations from SAP support.
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