Lessons learned in running virtualized SAP HANA & SAP NetWeaver in a long distance Hybrid Cloud Rajesh Gupta Deloitte Consulting LLP SESSION CODE: BT506
Introduction Rajesh Gupta - rajgupta@deloitte.com Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP ASUG HQ - Enterprise Architecture SIG Group Community Facilitator SAP HANA Distinguished Engineer Rajesh is a lead SAP HANA/NW/BASIS & OS/DB Certified Consultant Over 21+ years of consulting experience with around 15+ years in SAP and over 6 Year as Oracle DBA. Extensive background in SAP HANA, SAP upgrades, Unicode conversions and OS/DB Migrations. This presentation should not be interpreted as a representation about or endorsement of any third party products, including SAP software
Introduction Chandra Mahale - cmahale@deloitte.com SAP Alliance GTM Lead, Deloitte Consulting LLP Leading SAP HANA & Cloud Computing (IaaS) Initiatives SAP Technology Veteran, SAP Consulting Sales, Delivery Leader, Eminence Leader Lead, Fund and Execute SAP projects in HANA, Cloud Computing Domains Manage SAP HANA & Cloud GTM initiatives 18 years of SAP Consulting experience 2x HANA & Cloud Certification This presentation should not be interpreted as a representation about or endorsement of any third party products, including SAP software
Goal of this Session Highlight of increasing adoption of SAP on Cloud This session provides lessons learned in running virtualized SAP HANA & NetWeaver on Deloitte's Cloud ServiceFabric as a Hybrid Cloud between long distance private cloud Explanations of the solutions used & best practices to enable CSF Hybrid Cloud, including market leading data replication technologies and cloud remote provisioning methodologies will be reviewed
Agenda SAP on Cloud Scenarios Deloitte s Cloud ServiceFabric (CSF)? Why the need to run virtualized SAP HANA & NetWeaver on Hybrid Cloud? Overview of Proof of Concept Project RUBICON RUBICON Architecture for CSF in Hybrid Cloud mode Remote provisioning & monitoring of SAP landscapes Long distance workload relocation for SAP HANA & NetWeaver Best practices and lessons learned Summary Q&A
Learning Points Private Cloud (On or off premise) is sought for SAP/HANA deployments Cloud ServiceFabric is holistic private cloud solution Business drivers behind running virtualized SAP HANA & NetWeaver on a VMware Hybrid Cloud Architecture Options & Key Considerations Hybrid cloud scenario for SAP / HANA Best practices and lessons learned
Cloud Computing Primer Cloud is the convergence of hardware, software, and services that allows an organizations to use IT products and services in a subscription-based model, to establish scalable and flexible IT for businesses while driving cost and operational efficiency Service Model Software-as-a-Service Pay per use Universal access Platform-as-a-Service Infrastructure-as-a-Service Deployment Models Resource pooling Self-service Elasticity Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud Private Cloud Community Cloud A Consumption Transformation From Purchases To X as a service
Drivers for Private Cloud Adoption for SAP Business & IT seek cloud capabilities for their SAP applications but adoption related challenges are stopping our clients in realizing full potential of true private cloud Business and IT Issues Barriers and challenges to adoption Security, control & integration is concern for public cloud Manual Change Management Inconsistent Quality of Service YoY Cost Improvement Business-IT Misalignment Current IT Ecosystem Velocity & Unpredictability of Change High Touch Delivery Processes Slow Time to Market Private Cloud is a logical solution Organizations want on premise cloud functionality for mission critical apps Organizations lack skills and foundations to deploy capabilities like Software Defined Data Center & IT as a Service (ITaaS) Implementation of private cloud is time consuming, complex & costly therefore a comprehensive and flexible solution can jumpstart the adoption Overarching Security People, processes & governance needs to be part of any true cloud solution.. Deloitte s Cloud ServiceFabric is a private cloud deployment accelerator
Holistic private cloud accelerator - CSF Deloitte Cloud ServiceFabric - A Private Cloud Solution Technology Process & Operating Model Organization Governance Fast Deployment Pre-configured technology stack 100% Cloud capabilities Software Defined Data Center foundations Self-service and on-demand model driven through service portal Pre-integrated with 4 key IT Service Management processes Cloud organization playbook Cloud roles and responsibilities framework Cloud governance framework Cloud Operating Model Accelerated deployment cycle ( 6 to 10 weeks versus more than 6-8 months) Hardware agnostic Cloud ServiceFabric facilitates ITaaS providing clients with the agility of a fully functional holistic cloud environment upon which future business functionality can grow
Cloud ServiceFabric Initiative Objectives We kicked off a project Rubicon in Q4 2013 to develop & test common asks from our SAP HANA clients leveraging our Cloud ServiceFabric Faster deployment of HANA Validate appliance & TDI model for HANA Reduce risk in infrastructure setup Long distance DR automation for Suite on HANA or data mart Extensive performance testing of virtualized Suite on HANA Enable self-service for provisioning Suite on HANA in a Hybrid Cloud deployment Model to move from CAPEX to OPEX
Key Business Needs from SAP/HANA Infra. The lower total cost of ownership across CapEx + OpEx. Preference for OpEx vs. CapEx for agility Lower Overall Infrastructure Costs Faster deployment Focus on IT innovation for differentiation Leverage comprehensive virtualization and cloud solutions Greater Business Responsiveness Reliable and proven solutions for your infrastructure to support LoBs Reduced Business Risk
Cloud ServiceFabric Cloud ServiceFabric is based upon VMware s vcloud platform which helps us avoid following pitfalls or challenges on private cloud adoption Your Datacenter / Private Cloud Proprietary Platform Optimized for New Apps Only Limited Network Integration Separate Management Tools Separate Processes, Skillsets, Public Clouds CONFIDENTIAL 13
Driver Changing Landscape of Technology Technology innovations are driving companies to transform their SAP footprint to achieve cost and operational efficiency Before On-Premise Now Transition Future Public Cloud SAP ERP SAP ERP SAP ERP SAP Cloud Solutions SAP Applications Hosted Solution Cloud Solution Software as a Service SAP HEC Traditional Database Traditional Database In-Memory Database Platform as a Service Server Storage Network Storage Network VMware Vcloud Air AWS Etc. Dedicated Infrastructure Hybrid Infrastructure Cloud Infrastructure as a Service
Everyone Will Have Their Own Unique Cloud Mix HCP PaaS HCI Force.com SuccessFactor SaaS SFDC Concur Vcloud Air IaaS AWS On Premise HEC
Benefits of CSF in Hybrid Cloud Mode Rapidly deploy any SAP applications including HANA based, mobile or big data projects. Reduce IT operating costs while still retaining deep management and governance oversight of current infrastructure. Simplify the provisioning of SAP HANA environments Reduce implementation and operating costs Optimize internal IT resources Create dramatic cost savings Process improvements Better time-to-value for users.
SAP HANA with virtualization With VMware vsphere, it is possible to virtualize SAP HANA database. Deploy one or multiple SAP HANA database SIDs on one ore more Virtual Machines. Offers agility, hardware consolidation and ease system provisioning. Reduce TCO and offer additional options for planning & managing multiple SAP instances. VMware vsphere support following both appliance and Tailored Datacenter Integration (TDI) V delivery methods.
Project RUBICON - Background Deloitte, EMC, VMware, Cisco, and VCE functional and technical experts completed Project RUBICON to : Run the production type ERP on HANA system on Virtual SAP HANA appliances on a VCE Vblock and validate how it handle Production workload. Validating how to operate SAP HANA in a hybrid cloud model over long distance How CSF can monitor off-premise infrastructure and relocate significant workloads from one datacenter to another in an orderly fashion Long distance disaster recovery (over 500km)
High level RUBICON Landscape Deloitte DC in Suwanee, GA SAP HANA TDI Data Replication distance of 341 miles (550km) EMC DC in Durham, NC SAP HANA TDI Deloitte / EMC VPN Tunnel EMC RecoverPoint Architecture Components Cisco Nexus EMC VMAX Storage VMware ESX, VMware SRM EMC RecoverPoint Cisco MDS SAN Cisco UCS Compute EMC RecoverPoint This approach lowers bandwidth utilization and enables a fully automated & more aggressive recovery strategy by leveraging VMware SRM integration with EMC RecoverPoint
Detail Architecture EMC RecoverPoint Gen5 appliances VMware vcenter Server 5.5 VMware vrealize Operations Manager 6.0, VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.8 VMware vrealize Orchestrator 6.2, VMware vrealize Automation 6.2 Blue Medora for SAP HANA Cisco IA for SAP EMC ViPR SRM Performance Testing Tools Using a VPN over an existing Internet connection is viable and proved to be a cost-effective solution
Key Technology Components vrealize vcloud Cloud ServiceFabric vcenter Server Site Recovery Manager Cisco IA for SAP Blue Medora vsphere Viper Storage Recoverpoint
Deloitte CSF Remote Provisioning VMware vrealize Automation (vcac) is the main tool vrealize Automation working with vcenter Orchestrator & the VMware SRM 5.8 vco Plug-in is key VMware vcenter Orchestrator 5.x Deloitte Cloud ServiceFabric Self-Service Portal vra Advanced Services PowerShell vco Plug-In vra 6.2 vco Plug-In REST API vco Plug-In SRM 5.8 vco Plug-In PowerShell Host *PowerCLI on SRM VM VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.8 Primary Site Suwanee, GA Deloitte Datacenter vrealize Automation Advanced Services in combination with vcenter Orchestrator and PowerCLI can expose recovery operations to system administrators through the self service catalog. With the release of the SRM 5.8 vco Plug-in, users can easily extend VM life cycle management to expose disaster recovery as a service.
Deloitte CSF Service Catalog Deloitte CSF Provisioning Portal offers local & remote options VM configurations (CPU, memory, and storage allocation) have been defined in a custom set of blueprint properties or associations
CSF association with VMware SRM Deloitte CSF Provisioning allows for easy association with SRM Once provisioned, the VMDK images are automatically replicated to the remote site
Deloitte CSF Simplicity Deloitte CSF Provisioning is easy & intuitive Costs for internal charge back are known before provisioning starts
Deloitte CSF Simplicity Provisioning & connection between the sites are done behind the scene Quick & easy to understand graphical user interface
EMC RecoverPoint contribution Provisioned VMs are automatically replicated between the sites Allowing for quick & orderly restarted of complex SAP environments
Business Lessons Learned Extending the capabilities of Deloitte s CSF to a hybrid cloud mode allows for orderly relocation from on-premise to offpremise and back without any data loss. Providing SAP customers with greater flexibility, resource utilization, and cost effectiveness around where they locate their SAP applications Compute, Storage virtualization platforms are crucial Cross cloud monitoring platform like Blue Medora helps Allowing for Production to be run at either data center thanks the orderly workload relocation Cloud ServiceFabric can jump start your cloud adoption journey
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