Steps For Successful SAP AWS Migration

by Apprisia C. SAP Service Provider

SAP is one of the most widely used ERP systems across the globe. Many organizations use the SAP on-premise edition while a few others use the SAP cloud edition. Everyone in the corporate industry is witnessing the transformation public cloud has brought. Hence, experts say that it is the right time for SAP cloud migration.

Let us see the steps for SAP migration or SAP AWS migration.

Step 1: Compatibility check
Various cloud-based platforms support a variety of versions for SAP applications. Before initiating the migration process, one must check whether the proposed solution is compatible with the cloud concerning the SAP system, operating system (OS), and database software too. This is the first and most crucial step in SAP migration.

Step 2: Right storage size
As we know, the cloud offers various storage space sizes. To understand the correct cloud storage size for your migrated system, you must know the number of SAPS essentials for each SAP system used. Applying the average utilization may help in a critical scenario, which will also enable you to grow the storage space in the future as and when needed.

Step 3: Choosing a convenient location
As far as the demographic aspect is concerned, then SAP cloud servers can be located anywhere across the globe. However, one must choose the closest and most appropriate location wisely so that that vast area network cost can be reduced to a greater extent.

Step 4: Choosing the right supporting services
Choosing the correct supporting service on the right platform for your SAP product is a significant step in the SAP migration. You can select from Entry service, Development service, and Full service depending on your requirement. Per the recent studies, running SAP products on the AWS platform can provide as good as 69% infrastructure cost saving! So, SAP AWS migration can also be a wiser option for you.

Step 5: Wise planning and budgeting
This is a crucial step. Deciding what part of the system to migrate first and striving for the perfect strategy to make the overall process hassle-free is essential. This step directly impacts the financial aspects of your organization.

Step 6: front-end testing by end-users
Enabling user access and handing over the front-end testing to the end-users is an effective methodology. If the back-end is working seamlessly, then there is no harm in getting tested the functional workflow of your SAP system by the end-users, and making sure that everything is working fine.

Step 7: Cleansing of system
Before migrating your system from an on-premise edition to cloud, all the inconsistent and redundant files should be removed. The seldom-used data can be archived—this helps to simplify the SAP AWS migration process too.