Upgrade Project + Virtualization = Reduced
Costs and Increased Efficiency

Customers can also minimize and accelerate database upgrade efforts by creating one copy of the SAP solution-based system and using the snapshot feature to roll back or roll forward the virtual platform in case of corruption, rather than re-deploying the whole SAP system. This snapshot technology can be used not only
to upgrade the database, but also to aid in the different phases of an SAP upgrade project — to respond to unexpected events that may occur during first-time upgrades, for example.

5 Key Virtualization Advantages
Here are several benefits of using virtualization technologies in an SAP upgrade project:

• IT can reuse the virtually upgraded SAP system to further rehearse upgrade scenarios (dry runs) to fine tune the process, especially by using a re-homed copy of the quality assurance or production system to learn about the timing of the different upgrade phases.

• System copies can be created easily to provide a duplicate system to the integration testing or training team, enabling IT to train employees before and during the actual upgrade. The snapshot capability allows the training system to be reset quickly after a training session so it can be reused for the next session. A native training system, on the other hand, requires additional effort for reuse because it has to be cleaned up manually or a client copy must be performed.

• IT can perform, evaluate, and test modification adjustments completely independently while the actual production landscape is live. These adjustments can be realized and prepackaged in the form of a turnkey transport to be reused with the actual upgrade.

• The implementation team can review new functionality well ahead of the actual upgrade, enabling the team to start the blueprint phase independent of the internal hardware deployment
  and procurement processes.

• SAP solutions, such as SAP Solution Manager, or third-party software, such as BSI TaxFactory or Vertex Sales and Use Tax, can be easily simulated, evaluated, and integration-tested in a similar manner without any intrusion to the customer’s data center.

All involved parties can perform their tasks collaboratively
while remaining independent of their location as
they obtain the appropriate access, approved by the
customer, through the remote access infrastructure
that TExperts provides.

Reduce Costs During Your Upgrade
TExperts’ Virtual Off-Premise services offer many
opportunities to reduce upgrade costs with:

• Zero footprint in the SAP customer’s data center
  Inexpensive snapshots that replace backup and
  recovery processes

• Instantaneous system copies for training and testing

• No additional cost for the access infrastructure

• Access to Basis experts

• No travel costs due to virtual collaboration among the various team members

technologies internally typically plan to extend
them to their SAP solution-based landscape because of
the defined benefits of virtualization. These customers
will gain additional benefits by using TExperts’ Virtual
Off-Premise services because of the de-coupling
effect of virtual platforms. The Virtual Off-Premise services
concept can be utilized to start virtualizing SAP
systems off-site while the internal implementation of the
virtual platform is underway. TExperts’ certified consultants
provide expertise in migrating SAP solutionbased
systems running on native hardware onto a virtual
platform allowing customers to benefit from our
Virtual Off-Premise services that seamlessly integrate
with their existing landscape. To learn more, please visit
www.texpertsinc.com/content.php?page=saponvmware