SAP System Copy with NetApp Storage
Short summary:
Executive Summary. An overview of the NetApp solution for SAP system copies ... SAP system copies are accomplished using the NetApp LUN clone feature. ...
Long summary:
SAP System Copy with NetApp StoragePage 1SAP System Copy with NetApp Storage NetAppSAP Competency Center December 2006 | TR3540Executive Summary An overview of the NetApp solution for SAP system copiesPage 22 Table of ContentsBusiness Challenges .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... ..................... 3NetApp Solution for SAP System Copies.................................... .......................................... ...................................... 3NetApp System Copy Implementation .......................................... .......................................... .................................... 6Page 33 Business ChallengesA typical SAP customer environment today consists of multiple mySAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver components. In order to be able to test application patches to run performance and data integrity tests or to provide user training environments copies of SAP components are required. A typical SAP customer on average needs about 10 copies of different SAP components. Often these copies need to be refreshed on a weekly ormonthly basis. The creation of a SAP system copy normally takes several days and negatively affects the production environment. In addition numerous manual steps must be performed consuming the valuable time of IT staff. The source database must be exported using SAP tools and imported at the target system or an offline backup of the source database will be restored at the target system. Depending on the database size these steps have a significant impact on the application availability. It takes many hours to replicate a 1TB database from the source to the target system. Preparing the cloned system so that it can be used in the new environment takes several additional hours. This preparation is often done manually consuming SAP Basis administrators time. Being able to create a SAP system copy on demand very quickly becomes more a ...
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