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IBM Archiving Solutions for SAP

IBM Archiving Solutions for SAP. W hy do SAP Customers A rchiv e ?. Continuous growth of SAP DB Growing investments into hard disk, servers, racks, backup devices... Performance of SAP servers degrade SAP system response time increases SAP is the b as e of core business processes

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IBM Archiving Solutions for SAP

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  1. IBM Archiving Solutions for SAP

  2. Why do SAP Customers Archive ? • Continuous growth of SAP DB • Growing investments into hard disk, servers, racks, backup devices... • Performance of SAP servers degrade • SAP system response time increases • SAP is the base of core business processes • Procurement, Sales, Finance, Customer Relationship Management • Internal and external and legal requirements concerning document retention

  3. Why Data Archiving? *Customer Example “We have archived 15 months ’ SAP documents so far —approximately 3 million of them — and have freed 55 gigabytes of hard disk space,” says Bicak. “That ’s a saving of over $70,000 on disk upgrade costs alone, and we will save much more as we continue to archive. –Fulya Bicak, Information Systems Project Manager, DanoneSA *Source: SAP 2002

  4. What are the Benefits of Archiving for SAP Customers? • For the SAP system administration • Reduces growth of the SAP data bases : Smaller data bases • Faster Backups are possible • Faster data base recovery • Increased throughput of the SAP system • Reduces investments for additional hardware • Reduces efforts for maintenance and administration • For every SAP end user • Optimizing of business processes • Better response times to customer • Information is available instantly, even after years

  5. SAP application data Old, inactive database  Archive Records  Retrieve IBM Content Manager / TSM CommonStore SAP business documents Non-SAP business documents • Incoming documents • Print lists • Outgoing documents • Desktop documents • Webflow integration @ • E-Mail • Scanned images • Audio WAV, MP3 • Video • Office documents • CAD Drawings

  6. SAP ArchiveLink • SAP's defined interface for connectingarchive systems to R/3 and mySAP • SAP standard • Certified by SAP AG • mySAP Complementary Software Program • Common interfacefor all SAP applications • Finance • Logistics • etc.

  7. DB2 CommonStore for SAP • Certified archiving solution for all current SAP releases • Any operational SAP DB (DB2, Oracle, Informix etc.) is supported • Archiving of Business Documents • SAP Document Finder Text slide withlarge image

  8. SAP Specific Functionality ..Data Archiving • Data Archiving • Transparent processing of SAP archive files (ADK Files) • All SAP archiving objects are supported • Automated media management for archive files on hard disc, tape or optical libraries • Highest performance and scalability with Tivoli Storage Manager implementation • No modifications in the SAP System for CommonStore (just customizing) • Display is done through the SAP GUI • Support for the SAP Archive Information System (SAP AS) Text slide with inset imageand two-line heading

  9. ADK deletion program DB2 CommonStore Archive SAP Data Archiving : The Process 1 ADK archiving program R/3 database SAP archive files 3 2 • Data Archiving • 1..Unloading the SAP DB • 2..Storing the ADK Archive Files in Archive • 3..Delete DB records from SAP DB • Reorg data base

  10. SAP specific functionality : Content Repository • Content Management und Document Management • DB2 CommonStore acts as a Content Repository for SAP • Supports all ArchiveLink processes, eg: • Processing of incoming invoices • Processing of delivery notes and other incoming documents • Archiving of outgoing documents, eg. Billing process • Archiving of any workstation document • SAP Webflow (Business Workflow) • Full integration in SAP BWF and Webflow Text slide with inset imageand two-line heading

  11. Summary • DB2 CommonStore for SAP and Content Managerand TSM • Offer a full Enterprise Content Management solution for SAP • Provide a scalable infrastructure based on industry strength device manager with Tivoli Storage Manager • Integrate the SAP and non-SAP world • Manage SAP-based, structured and unstructured data within one content management system

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