This document discusses strategies for upgrading and migrating Business Objects from an on-premise installation to cloud hosting. It outlines five scenarios: 1) patching an on-premise system, 2) upgrading and migrating on-premise, 3) upgrading and migrating to the cloud, and provides an overview of 360Suite accelerators that can assist with assessment and planning, execution, validation and optimization, going live, and day-to-day maintenance of the migrated system.

3. Patching
Upgrade & Migration Scenarios
Upgrading & Migrating
to Cloud Hosting
Upgrading & Migrating
On Premise

4. Why Migrate to the Cloud?
Lower Infrastructure Costs Increase Business Agility
Not just hardware. Maintenance and data
center costs as well as staffing.
Quick and easy to deploy machines to
respond to increased capacity demand.

5. The (on-prem to cloud) Transition
Data On Premise, BI in the cloud
• Reduce or eliminate BI
deployment and support logistics
• Migrate or build new
deployments
• Deploy via SAP HANA Enterprise
Cloud or public cloud
• Access to on-premise data via
HANA Cloud Integration or VPN
• Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
Hybrid BI Deployment
BI 4.2
Platform
Build, Run, Deploy all your BI in the
Cloud
• End-to-end BI solution
fully-hosted in the cloud
• Enable faster innovations
• Simplify landscape
• Deploy via SAP HANA
Enterprise Cloud or public
cloud (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud,
Google Cloud Platform, Aliyun)
• Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
Cloud-hosted BI
Data and
BI software
All Analytics. All Users. One
Product
• Discover a new range of
cloud analytics
• Includes planning,
predictive analytics and
business intelligence in a
single SaaS Solution
• Built on SAP Cloud Platform
(SCP)
SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics
Cloud (SAC)Lumira
Server
BI Behind the Firewall
• All BI and data on site
• From simple to complex
deployments
• Most hardware intensive
On Premise

6. Scenario 1: Patching
● Backups: Server(s), Repository, FileStore, Audit DB
● Installation: Long downtime
● Reconfiguration (Tomcat, SSO, .sbo, .prm, palettes, etc)
● Regression Testing
● Repairs
● Go Live

7. Scenario 2: Upgrading & Migrating On Premise
● Installation (In Place):
○ Backups: Server(s), Repository, FileStore, Audit DB
○ Long (very long) downtime
○ Reconfiguration (Tomcat, SSO, .sbo, .prm, palettes, etc)
● Installation (Side by Side)
○ No Backup, No Downtime
● Regression Testing
● Repairs
● Go Live

8. Scenario 3: Upgrading & Migrating to Cloud Hosting
● Analysis
● stallation (Side by Side)
○ No Backup, No Downtime
● Regression Testing
● Performance Testing
● Repairs
● Go Live

9. 360Suite Accelerators

10. Spend Less and Achieve Success

11. ● Get a crystal clear picture of the overall platform
● Identify objects that need to be migrated based on
historical activity
● Establish the basis for sizing and performance requirements
● Design the migration plan
1. Assessment & Planning
Key deliverable: Outputs to validate the migration
project requirements

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Perform BI on BI Assessment
Users Last Login Date

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Perform BI on BI Assessment
Last Documents Used

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Perform BI on BI Assessment
User Connections & Sessions

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Perform BI on BI Assessment
Document Quantity & Size

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Perform BI on BI Assessment
Impact Analysis

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Perform BI on BI Assessment
Query Stripping

18. ● Install and configure Business Objects on the cloud platform
● Run a backup on the old platform
● Clean up obsolete objects on the new platform (based on
phase 1 insights)
● Migrate content from on-premise to the cloud platform
2. Execution
Key deliverable: A running Business Objects
system on the cloud platform

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Incremental and Object Level Restore and Compare Restore
Backup Environment

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Cleanup Environment
1. Find and delete never
connected users
2. Delete Unused Documents
3. Archive Instances

21. ● Automate regression testing of content between
source (on-premise) and target (cloud)
● Validate performance of the new platform (execution
time of business reports)
● Perform fine tuning before going live based on findings
3. Validation & Optimization
Key deliverable: A tested and validated Business Objects
platform in the cloud

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Regression Challenge

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Regression Challenge

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Automate Regression Testing
WEBI 4.2 On Prem WEBI 4.2 On Cloud

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Universe and Security Validation

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Benchmark Performance
Highlight Differences in Response times
based on threshold set:
WEBI 4.2 On Prem WEBI 4.2 On Cloud

27. ● Migrate deltas
● Promote to other Business Objects environments
● Minimize post migration needs
● Improve user adoption
4. Going Live
Key deliverable: A successful migration and a Business
Objects cloud platform that is ready for end users

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Migrate Content Deltas
Source and Destination - Live to Live or Live to biar to Live
Delta Promotion Mode
Content Options

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Promotion, System Copy, DR
Source and Destination - Live to Live or Live to biar to Live
Full Promotion Mode
Content Options

30. ● Control costs
● Automate maintenance tasks
● Provide availability metrics
5. Day-to-Day Maintenance
Key deliverable: A high-performing and cost-effective
Business Objects platform

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Automate Maintenance Tasks
3. Purge Webi docs1. Find and disable never connected users
2. Add Enterprise alias to
3rd party groups

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Monitor Schedules
Scheduling Analysis Report
Additional Information available:
- Prompts and Prompt Values
- Error message
- Schedule Destination (Email, folder, etc.)
- Frequency (Once, Daily, Weekly, etc.)

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Achieve Better Outcomes: 360Suite methodology reduces costs and shortens timelines
by up to 80%, ensuring cheaper, faster, easier, and more successful phased cloud
migrations.
Benchmark Performance: By comparing the execution times of identical reports run
on-premise and in the cloud, 360Suite identifies performance issues so they can be
resolved.
Inspire Confidence: 360Suite automates regression testing to ensure that migrated
documents display accurate information (data, images, look and feel) and are embraced
by end users.
Safeguard Sensitive Data: By keeping regression testing in-house, 360Suite protects
sensitive data (e.g., financial, medical, personnel) and facilitates regulatory compliance.
Value Drivers: Why 360Suite?

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