TCS SAP Cloudify automates Google Cloud SAP deployments with one touch
Cloud transformations are being undertaken by businesses in order to provide scalable and secure infrastructure, enhanced resource availability, a higher return on investment, and improved user experiences. They utilise various cloud adoption tactics, such as multi or hybrid cloud systems, based on company needs. Those organisations intending to deploy SAP on Cloud are looking into options that would allow for a seamless transformation.
However, organisations encounter a number of hurdles in this transformation process, including a lack of automation, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and DevOps.
Running on-premises SAP environments in uncertain and changing market conditions presents a number of challenges, including scalability issues that lead to increased CapEx, inability to meet innovation demands, ever-changing infrastructure needs and cost overruns, time-consuming and error-prone manual tasks, and poor security.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has created SAP Cloudify, an automation system that addresses these on-premises issues and speeds up cloud migration. This framework adds to Google Cloud’s significant investments in flexible and configurable SAP deployment, automation, and operational solutions, such as Workload Manager for SAP Solutions. TCS SAP Cloudify is founded on the following principles:
- Automation
- Optimisation
- Reducing and reusing
- This solution’s primary features are as follows:
- Built with supervised automation, secure infrastructure
- A unified pipeline for provisioning VMs, cloud resources, and the SAP application.
- Passwords for critical positions are generated automatically and stored securely.
- Scripts that can be customised to fit a variety of scenarios
- Automation-led migration from assessment to execution on Google Cloud.
- Tools, best practises, and automation scripts for efficient SAP application implementation, migration, and operation.
TCS SAP Cloudify offers automation-led migration from assessment to execution on Google Cloud, in cooperation with existing Google Cloud migration services. The solution includes tools, best practises, and automation scripts that allow businesses to easily implement, migrate, and run SAP applications with:
- increased productivity
- enhanced system quality
- improved agility and security
- TCO reduction
- Downtime reduction
- Process automation has been increased.
- Business insights in real time
- Reduce the time to market
- Let’s look more closely into TCS SAP Cloudify.
The discovery phase of the cloud journey begins with TCS analysing the client landscape with preset documents that aid in understanding the landscape, difficulties, pitfalls, decision on move groups, and proper sizing of the SAP system. This step also aids in determining network bandwidth and other cloud resource requirements.
Following the assessment phase, in which the SAP capacity planning and move groups are determined, we proceed to the migration phase, which begins with the provisioning of VMs and the installation of the OS and SAP apps. TCS SAP Cloudify has included a collection of reusable automation assets on Google Cloud to customise SAP applications for greenfield and brownfield SAP migrations based on customer needs.
TCS SAP Cloudify assists with evaluation, planning, and automation-led migration execution for migrating SAP apps to Google Cloud utilising pre-built CI/CD pipelines backed by Terraform and Ansible scripts.
Installations/deployments: In greenfield deployments, automation scripts assist in standing up SAP applications faster based on sizing and environment needs (Dev, QA,Prod, and DR). The SAP Cloudify framework supplements existing Google Cloud automation scripts, with a focus on customisation for complex dispersed SAP installations or a wider landscape with multi-regional needs.
TCS SAP Cloudify’s automation scripts offer a wide range of possibilities for many SAP applications. The scripts allow for easy customization and can suit a variety of scenarios such as standalone, distributed, custom SAP applications, database deployments, and so on. These automation scripts receive input from a.csv file and are deployed via the Google Cloud CLI.
The following scenarios are available for greenfield implementations on Google Cloud:
- HANA DB VM Installation Setup SAP S/4HANA
- SAP ECC running on HANA
- BW/4HANA SAP
- SAP BW post-processing on HANA Solution Manager
- SAP BODS, BOBJ Web Dispatcher – FL/PAL HANA Addons
These automation scripts are resilient, dynamic, and secure in order to suit the needs of customers. Furthermore, post-installation tasks such as SPAU and SPDD, as well as automated bulk transport requests, are automated.
Migration: In many migration circumstances, organisations select the appropriate migration option depending on their requirements, criticality, and downtime tolerance. The TCS SAP Cloudify architecture consists of selecting the appropriate SAP certified VMs, adding necessary disc space and other network components, and installing SAP apps, including a secondary server for HANA replication. This reduces the overall time required to construct and move SAP applications while also minimising downtime.
TCS SAP Cloudify migration scenarios include high availability (HA) and failover configuration, export and import, backup and restore, retrofit transport movement, and system copy or system refresh of SAP systems.
TCS SAP Cloudify intends to automate the necessary migration steps, such as export/import, backup/restore, and HANA system replication. TCS SAP Cloudify, in collaboration with Google Cloud, enables error-free restores with decreased complexity that are 30% faster than traditional manual restores.
TCS provides Application Managed Services (AMS) support. SAP Cloudify enables organisations to manage their SAP applications on Google Cloud more effectively. SAP Cloudify provides automation scripts for the most typical operational tasks, such as SAP application stop/start, kernel upgrade, HANA HSR, client copy, and backup/restore.
TCS’ solution enhances resource efficiency and reduces concerns related with activity downtime, allowing organisations to focus their resources on other vital application support activities.
TCS’s cooperation with SAP has aided organisations in their business growth and digital transformation for over two decades. TCS’ SAP-led business transformation experience is grounded in extensive industry and technical expertise, as well as trusted contextual knowledge, allowing enterprises to rebuild the digital core, reimagine business processes, and address business challenges.[MJ1] [RS2].
Our best-of-breed offerings, advice, and delivery expertise enable enterprise-level technology-driven business transformation and return on investment. Furthermore, TCS’ Google Business Unit offers end-to-end cloud migration, application and data modernization, managed services, artificial intelligence (AI), SAP on the cloud, digital transformation, and industry-specific business innovation on Google Cloud.[MJ3] [RS4]
Prepare to install TCS SAP Cloudify on Google Cloud for a smooth migration of your SAP systems, regardless of their size, the complexity of your current journey, or budget constraints.
