Tips for Efficient Administration of SAP Data Archiving

by Alex Barker Content Wirter There can be various reasons behind a company’s need to archive their data, but the fact remains; SAP data archiving can be an extremely complex process. There are ways that can help you be more efficient in this task. Following are some tips that can help in the simplification of the SAP data archiving process:

Start/Stop

It is normal for your SAP data archiving project to go into a start/stop mode. This happens for a number of reasons such as, lack of resources or business say they don't want their data archived because they may need it for reporting in the future.

Tools

You can improve your SAP archive’s efficiency by leveraging the use of tools; many administrators make use of such tools to automate and simplify the archiving process,

Analysis

As business requirements change over time, so does the data and how it is used, you need to analyze the data every six months. DataVard can help you with all types of detailed SAP performance analysis.

Landscape

It is prudent to look at your complete SAP landscape when archiving. This will help you increase your savings by factor of 3 or 4. If you were saving a 1TB of space before, you can increase that to up to 4 TB.

Deleting

Retention period of corporate data varies in different countries. For this reason, the data you want to delete (expired data) should be kept in offline files. You don’t have to retain your archived data longer in countries that have shorter stipulated retention periods.

Coordinate

There are a number of different personnel that play a significant role in the SAP data archiving process, so it is essential that there is constant communication between them and that their combined efforts are coordinated.

After implementing the information in the tips above, if you are still facing problems with your SAP database archiving, contact DataVard. They have expertise and experience in resolving all SAP related issues and problems.

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