technical architecture for sap hana overview v03

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Technical Architecture for SAP HANAA Transition to SAP HANA Service Offering

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Technical Architecture for SAP HANA

Transition to SAP HANA - SAP AGS General OfferingTechnical Architecture for SAP HANAWorkshop ConceptPlanning Workshop OverviewDelivery Model


SAP AGS Value Based Delivery for SAP HANAAddressing the Challenges to Support the Opportunity

The Opportunity

Run Better – Run yourBest-Run Business on

SAP HANAUnified and seamlessly integratedapplication and database stackSimplified maintenanceEffective end-to-end operations supportReduced TCOCompletely new possibilities with SAPHANA

The Challenge

Common Questions Related to theAdoption of SAP HANA…

Will the new platform fulfill theperformance requirements?How will SAP HANA fit into the existinginfrastructure?What does it mean for the operationsteam?How to minimize business downtime forthe transition?What is the project duration, related effortsand risks?

The Offering

SAP Solution Manager BasedMethodology and SAP AGS

Engineering ServiceHolistic approach, covering all phases andaspects of a migration projectAddress the related challenges proactivelyApply best practices and experiences fromsupporting the top companiesMake a transition to SAP HANA safe,effective and predictable


Transition to SAP HANA - From Strategy to Value RealizationBig Picture

PlatformStrategy

• Understand the value and benefit of SAP HANA to Business and IT• Proof how to manage the transition

Establish a consistent platform strategy leveraging SAP HANA

High-levelRoadmap

• Evaluate technical feasibility, migration risks & efforts, and Business & IT value per system• Define a customer specific adoption roadmap driven by business value – best migration sequence

Develop an overall high-level value and transition roadmap

DetailedPlan

• Create a detailed plan for the transition of one or multiple systems to SAP HANA• Focus: Migration approaches/project plan and Technical Architecture for SAP HANA

Develop a detailed transition plan per system

Execution• Execute the detailed migration plan, with the help of SAP Active Global Support

SAP Landscape is successfully and safely transitioned to SAP HANA


Technical System Landscape for SAP HANADesign Approach

Objective• Develop a technical architecture and IT

Infrastructure concept for SAP solutions based onSAP HANA, considering customer’s boundaryconditions.

AvailabilityRequirements

Flexibility / ScalabilityRequirements

Technical Architecture forSAP, OS, Virtualization

(+ Hardware)

Software ChangeManagement

Landscape

HardwareDecision

TechnicalDeployment

Plan

Data CenterStrategy

ApproachIntroduction of typical architecture and landscape optionsDiscussion of design aspects and definition of technicalarchitecture building blocks.Major topics:– General SAP technical architecture– Availability SLAs, DC strategy & HA/DR architecture– IT infrastructure architecture– Scalability and load balancing– Software change management landscapeJoint assessment of options according agreed set ofevaluation criteria.

SizingGeneral SAP

TechnicalArchitecture


Delivery model can be tailored in a flexible way to the concrete customer situation(partners, division of work, priorities in the project,….)

Technical Architecture for SAP HANADelivery Model

The Technical Architecture for SAP HANA offering is delivered as a flexible packageconsisting of

The methodology and content implemented in SAP Solution ManagerFocus on technical architecture of SAP HANA as well as the SAP application server layerBest Practices and guidelines for each of the tasksTemplates for essential process steps

Onsite services: Technical Architecture for SAP HANA – Planning Workshop

Tailored to the concrete customer situationDelivered as independent workshop or in the context of other Transition to HANA relatedengineering service offerings


SAP Solution Manager RoadmapFocus Areas

Technical Architecture for SAP HANA– Scalability– HANA appliance, cloud and storage options– HA/DR with SAP HANA– PRD and non-PRD HANA solution landscapeTechnical Architecture for SAP ApplicationServer layer– Sizing and scalability of SAP Solution

Landscape– Server Platform and private cloud options– HA/DR for SAP application servers

Technical Architecture for SAP HANASAP Solution Manger Roadmap


Technical Architecture for SAP HANA - WorkshopDefine required HANA capacity

Sizing, Scalability, PerformanceGreen Field SizingSizing based on an existing SAP SystemExpert sizing for existing SAP System onHANA

ResultRequired capacity for new or existingPRD and non-PRD HANA landscape

Memory sizeDisk sizeCPU (related to memory)

Workshop Examples


Technical Architecture for SAP HANA - WorkshopOutline Productive HANA landscape

Technical platform options andarchitecture

HANA topology optionsAppliance and Tailored Datacenterconcept overviewDeployment options

ResultDefinition of the productive HANAsystem

HANA layoutStorage implementationDeployment model for planned HANAuse cases and applicaitons

Workshop Examples


Technical Architecture for SAP HANA - WorkshopDefine Required Topology for HA/DR, Backup/Restore

High Availability / Disaster Recoveryand Backup / Restore

Error classificationAvailability featuresBackup / restore functionalities

ResultDefinition of the additional HW setupto provide proper failover and restorefunctions

Defined availability SLA’sDefined node and/or site failoverRestore capabilities

Workshop Examples


Technical Architecture for SAP HANA - WorkshopDefine Entire HANA Landscape

PRD and non-PRD SAP Systemlandscape

Software Change Managementlandscape requirementsUsual non-PRD system sizing

ResultOutline of entire HANA systemlandscape

Finalized size of non-PRD systemsPRD and non-PRD HANA landscapeincluding SAP application server layer

Workshop Examples


Technical Architecture for SAP HANAAreas in planning workshop

Areas HANA Landscape SAP Application Server Landscape Results

01: Current andplanned SAPLandscape

• System landscape, (HW, size, DB/OS, Virtualization, DC, …)• Mid- and long term strategy (mergers and acquisitions, business growth, consolidation, new

applications)• On-Premise – On Demand• How does HANA complement the SAP landscape• What is the future HANA vision• HANA solutions (business driver’s)

• Overview on current landscape• Future plans, assessment of

change and potential risks

02: SAP HANAPlatform in thePrivate Cloud

• Major building blocks (Application layer, HANA Platform Layer, Storage Layer)• Architecture of the building blocks• SAP HANA as future platform

• Understanding of future vision ofSAP HANA platform in privatecloud

03: ArchitectureOverview

• HANA Architecture• Appliance Model• HANA solutions

• Get an overview about SAPHANA Architecture in general

04: Sizing,Scalability,Performance

• Source and target system based on workload analysis (performance baseline in source system,migration to HANA, resizing, …)

• Sizing methodology and approaches• Performance and scalability• HANA sizing for various HANA scenarios• Scale out, Scale up options• NLS solutions• Capacity planning & Performance

• Required capacity (& futureoutlook) and scalabilityassessment

• Assessment of qualitative state ofthe systems

• (documentation of performance-critical business areas)


Technical Architecture for SAP HANAAreas in planning workshop

Areas HANA Landscape SAP Application Server Landscape Results05: Technicalplatform optionsand architecture

• Single or scale out• Scalability options• SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration concept for storage and networks• HANA in the cloud• Virtualization• Different HANA partner solutions

• Architectural outline of the options• Description of the options• Assessment along the decision

criteria of the options• Basic technical configuration

based on best practices +expected future size (deploymentoptions)

06: HighAvailability /DisasterRecovery andBackup / Restore

• Availability classification and requirements (RPO / RTO)• Error categories• DC Strategy• High Availability and Disaster Recovery capabilities provided by the SAP HANA platform• DR in the cloud or on non-PRD• Backup and recovery solutions and integration into existing backup solutions provided by partners

• Decision on required HA / DR /backup / restore technology andarchitecture of entire solutionstack including HANA

07: PRD and non-PRD SAP Systemlandscape

• High-level Software change management (non-PRD landscape, use cases, …)• Number and size, … of non-PRD• Data quality in non-PRD (QA, …)• HANA options for non-PRD systems• HANA stacking options (MCOD, multi-SID, Virtualization)

• Complete Picture of SAP systemmapping to servers platforms

• HA DR backup technology• RZ setup

08: Future Planning • Project setup• Roles and responsibilities• Partner relationships (HW, hosting partner, implementation, …)• Risks collection

• Next Steps• Roles and responsibilities plan


Technical Architecture for SAP HANADelivery Model

This offering delivered

via the

SAP MaxAttention

and

SAP ActiveEmbedded

support

engagement model

providing them in a

… tailored to concrete customer situations

… leveraging experiences from many years of workingwith companies in all industries and providing them in aconsistently consumable way via SAP SolutionManager

… providing different delivery options – ranging fromprovisioning of best practices to remote enabling toonsite services – creating flexibility to define a project ina customer-specific way

… laying the foundation to ensure a consistent qualityof migration projects independent of which company orpartner executes the tasks

In the context ofIn the context of

the Engineering

Service

Transition to

HANA

or as a

independent

planning

service


BenefitsHolistic DB Migration Offering to SAP HANA or SAP Sybase ASE

Risk mitigated

Fast time-to-value

Tailor fit

Content

Keep risks under control

Benefit from existing knowledge to speed up migration

Flexible plan service to local customer situation

Leverage the SAP Solution Manager roadmap

Holistic end-to-end view to all aspects of entire project

Active Global Support expertise on supporting top companies

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Comprehensive

Expertise

Cost controlled

Quality optimized

Careful planning and strong AGS partnership guarantees costs undercontrol

AGS actively manages QA during entire project

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