Whether you are refreshing server hardware to POWER9, reorganizing storage, or consolidating data centers, migration plays an important role in keeping your IBM i environment up to date, efficient, and productive. Yet, IT pros often fear migration projects due to past experiences with intolerable downtime, lack of predictability, and time demands. View this webinar on-demand and learn how Syncsort can help organizations like yours accelerate your migration project, minimize risk and eliminate downtime. Key topics include: • What your peers say about their migration challenges • How to migrate without downtime using replication • Minimizing migration risk and resource demands • How Syncsort can help

1. MIGRATION:
MOVE WITHOUT DOWNTIME
John Dunn – Senior Product Manager
Craig Hartwig – Advisory Consultant

2. Topics for Today’s Webinar
Migration challenges
IT insights on migration projects
Near-zero downtime migration
Customer successes and case studies
Q&A
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3. MIGRATION AND DOWNTIME CHALLENGES
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4. Migration Challenges
Down time
– Operations may be down 1-48+ hours
– 24/7 operations make outages difficult
Unforeseen problems after cutover
– Lack of application testing on new target
– Lack of infrastructure testing on new target
– Lack of viable and robust fallback plan
Penalties incurred for missed migrations
– Missing hardware return deadlines
– SLAs or regulatory mandates for downtime
Tape is too slow and unreliable for migration
– Read error could abort a migration
– Long migration window; limited back-out options
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5. Industry Snapshot: Is IT Turbulence the New Normal?
Malevolent state- and non-state actors breached corporate and governmental systems.
Non-hacking failures afflicted companies.
Mother Nature: an adversary of resilience. Natural disasters—wildfires, hurricanes, floods—
highlight the need for protection and recovery.
Broad mix of solutions—operating systems, databases.
Hardware and software approaching the end of service life.
Escalating storage driven by exploding content on social, mobile platforms, IOT.
Real-time data is a requirement; data-driven decision making via analytics a must.
Rapidly evolving regulatory environment: Data privacy/security laws vary from country to country.
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6. Central Issues for IT Leaders in 2018
Security, business continuity, and disaster recovery are flashpoints for IT professionals.
Companies use a mix of data protection technologies. Diversity can impact recovery, resource use, IT
efficiency.
Security is the chief initiative—and headache—of professionals in the coming months. Education, policies,
and procedures would most help IT professionals address security challenges.
Migration practices lag. Many migrations fail; a majority are delayed due to fears of downtime.
Business intelligence and analytics are main goals for data sharing. Most companies use real-time data
sharing technologies. But heterogeneous database environments complicate the work of IT staff--especially
those using older data sharing tools.
Cloud use is pervasive, yet concerns about data privacy and sovereignty remain. Multi-platform cloud
environments add complexity and risk to IT management.
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7. Top Technology Initiatives
Security
High availability / disaster recovery
Cloud computing
Upgrading application(s)
Virtualization
Hardware refresh
IT workflow automation
Reduced IT spending
Big data / analytics / business intelligence
Mobile access
Modernizing internal applications
Document management
Storage refresh
BYOD policies
Change control
I don't know
Other (please specify)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
What are your company’s top IT initiatives for the next 24 months?
Choose all that apply.
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The most common IT
initiatives for the next
24 months:
Security (49%)
High availability / disaster
recovery (45%)
Cloud Computing (43%)
Note that this was a check all that apply question so
figures will not total to 100%.
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8. The State of Migration
Key Takeaways
The majority of IT organizations migrate to upgrade outdated technology.
Business disruption is a major issue: Downtime is the primary reason
companies delayed migrations.
IT must balance the risk of migration downtime against the business impact of
inaction—continuing to use outdated or unsupported hardware or software.
Most companies use staff and third party consultants after hours.
IT resilience during migration calls for better tools, technologies, and practices
to minimize risk.
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9. Top Three Drivers for Migration
Upgrade outdated technology
Improve performance
Consolidate servers
Adopt virtualization technology
Reduce maintenance costs
Move to a different data center(s)
Adopt a cloud platform
Reduce required management resources
Change virtualization and/or cloud strategy
Conserve data center resources
Move to hosting by a managed service provider
Don’t know
Other (please specify)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
What were the objectives for your organization’s last migration?
Please check all that apply.
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Upgrade outdated
technology (68%)
Improve performance (50%)
Consolidate servers (42%)
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10. Migration: The Staffing, Scheduling Challenge
• 92% use internal staff for migration.
• 50% use third party consulting services.
• A remarkable 72% performed migrations on weekends.
• 54% migrated on weekdays after the office closed.
Fast Facts
The State of Migration
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11. Migration Time: Not Trivial
Less than 1 hour
1 to 8 hours
9 to 24 hours
25 to 50 hours
51 to 100 hours
More than 100 hours
Don’t know
0% 10% 20% 30%
For your last migration project, what was the average number
of hours required to perform the entire migration project
including planning, migration, testing and cutover?
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Roughly 20% of respondents
(each) selected the options
from 1 to 50 hours or more
than 100 hours.
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12. Zero Downtime Not a Reality for Most
64% of professionals reported that their systems were actually down
between 1 and 48 hours during their last migration. Nearly half noted that
their systems were down between 1 and 12 hours.
Fast Facts
The State of Migration
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13. Vulnerability: Migration Failures
42%54%
4%
Have you ever experienced a migration failure?
Yes No Don't know
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Many professionals had
experienced a migration failure
(42%).
When a migration failed, the
most common action they took
was to delay the migration and
attempt it at a later date.

14. The majority of IBM Power users (66%) had not experienced a migration
failure. 31% had. IBM is a workhorse for high transaction processing
applications in banking, finance, manufacturing, and retail.
The consequence of failure in these industries is serious, so perhaps these
organizations plan migration more carefully to avoid performance problems
and higher costs.
IBM Power Insight
The State of Migration
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15. The State of Migration: Delayed Projects
Roughly two-thirds of respondents
have delayed a migration (66%).
Have you found yourself in the
position of needing to delay a
migration?
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Yes
No
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Have you ever delayed a migration?

16. The State of Migration: Reasons for Delay
Among those who had delayed a
migration, over half (57%) sited
concerns about downtime.
– 42% selected lack of resources.
– 24% cited lack of expertise
Do you have downtime or staffing
concerns about your next
migration?
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Concerns about downtime
Lack of resources
Lack of expertise
No management mandate…
Lack of a plan
Cost
Other (please specify)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
In the previous question you said you had delayed a
migration. What were the reasons for the delay? Please
check all that apply.

17. MIGRATE WHILE ACTIVE
Complete Migration Service Offering
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18. Migrate While Active Service for All Your Migration Needs
System upgrade or refresh
Data center consolidation
Data center migration
Moving to new Power generation
Cloud migrations
Storage refresh
Application or OS upgrades
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OS
Let Syncsort’s migration experts meet all your migration
needs with minimal downtime!

19. What Is a Migrate While Active Service?
Software and services from Syncsort
– Software for near-zero downtime migration
– Expert services to manage the migration process and mitigate risks
Covers all your migration needs
– Data
– Applications
– Critical objects
Hardware and OS independent
– Any version of IBM i to any version of IBM i (V5R4 to 7.3)
– Any server to any server
– Any storage to any storage
– Physical, virtual or Cloud
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OS

20. How Does a Migrate While Active Service Work?
Syncsort HA/DR products provide the engine
– Comprehensive, real time replication powered by a Syncsort HA/DR product
– Audits verify the integrity of the replicated objects
– Straightforward cutover procedures
Syncsort migration experts provide the expertise
– Software installation and configuration
– Synchronization monitoring
– Verification testing on new system
– Final switch to your new system
– All scheduled with your staff to ensure a successful
migration and cutover window
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21. Comprehensive Replication of Critical Data & Objects
Data (libraries, files)
Data areas
Data queues
IFS
MQ / WebSphere
User profiles
Spool files & output queues
Program objects
Controllers, lines and devices
Triggers
Constraints
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22. Popular Migration Scenarios
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Current
Production
New
Server
Current
Production
HA/DR
Server
New
Server
New
Server
New
Server
Current
Production
Current
Production
Production System Migration
One to Many Migration Many to One Migration
Replication from an HA/DR Server
Current
Production
New
Server
Broadcast or Cascade

23. Minimizes Migration Risk and Downtime
Current and new system run in parallel
– All changes are replicated to the new system in real time
– Test your new system on current data before making the switch
– Users work without interruption
Minimal downtime at cutover
– A typical 24-hour system upgrade/migration requires
only minutes of downtime
Syncsort personnel are there from start to finish
– Installation and configuration
– Synchronization
– Testing
– Cutover
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Save time and money by starting your migration
when it is convenient and easy for you, maintaining
regular business operations, and cutting over when
it is convenient for your and incurs the least risk.

24. Move and Protect
After migration use Syncsort HA/DR to protect your new server
The HA/DR product is already installed on the source
Makes implementation of your High Availability policy easy
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MOVE PROTECT

25. WHAT ARE CUSTOMERS SAYING?
Customer Success Stories
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26. Case Study: Raven Transportation
Corporate overview
– Truck fleet authorized to operate in the 48 lower United States
– Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, USA
Business challenge
– Upgrade IBM i hardware at the same time as upgrading the OS
– 24 x 7 x 365 operation requires little or no downtime
– Wanted seamless migration for end users
– Lean IT department
Result
– New hardware installed in parallel with the old system
– Created a replica and kept it in sync throughout testing
– Automated cutover with virtually no downtime
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“If you want someone to
take you from the
beginning and put you to
the end—in production—
that’s what Migrate While
Active does.”
- Craig Faulkner,
Systems Administrator,
Raven Transport

27. Case Study: Adventist Health
Corporate overview
– 17 hospitals with more than 2,600 beds, 17,500 employees
– Numerous clinics, outpatient facilities, 14 home care agencies
Business challenge
– Upgrade to System i model 570 to remedy response time
– 800 gigabytes of data
– Best case scenario was 20 hours of downtime
Result
– Allowed Adventist to run the new 570 in parallel
– Testing was performed on-line
– Users logged off the old system and logged on to the
new system at midnight on day of cutover
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“There were other alternatives,
but [Syncsort’s] product was the
best. We would have had to
cover a 20-hour migration with
two shifts of technicians. Being
able to run the two servers in
parallel also eliminated
unwelcome surprises at cutover
time.”
- Florencio Alcocer,
Senior System Engineer,
Adventist Health

28. More Syncsort IBM i Migration Customers
Nationwide Insurance
Electrolux
Campbell’s Soup
SYSCO Foods
Seneca Gaming
Adventist Health
Sutter Health
Trinity Health
Tropicana Hotel and Casino
Isle of Capri Casino
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Beaulieu USA
DOT Foods
Jennie-O Turkey
Key Energy
RCN Corporation
Norfolk Iron and Metal
DR Horton
Wire Harness Via Systems
ACH Foods
The Venetian Hotel and Casino
Siemens Medical
Corrflex Graphics Displays
Johnson Diversey
US Healthworks
Silver Legacy
Hormel Foods
Comcast Cable
Resorts International
Gerald Champion Regional
…..and more!

29. Syncsort Migration Benefits
Minimizes Downtime
All changes are replicated while users are online and productive
Cutover windows take minutes as opposed to hours of downtime
Flexibility for scheduling cutover window
Eliminates Risk
Syncsort migration experts work with you from start to finish
Test the new server and perform test cutovers before the final cutover
In case of unforeseen problems on new server, failback is quick and easy
Flexible Implementation
Hardware, storage and OS independent
Supports physical, virtual, cloud configurations
Custom services available for cross-OS or cross-database migrations
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30. Craig Hartwig
Advisory Consultant
Craig.Hartwig@syncsort.com
Thank you for attending
Questions or comments?
John Dunn
Senior Product Manager
John.Dunn@syncsort.com