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76 steps in a BW to HANA migration Workplan
by Dr. Berg

June 3, 2013 Lev eraging SAP HANA to Enhance SAP

Business Planning and Consolidations
M any organizations are planning to m ove BW to to HANA and is looking for inform ation on how to Capabilities
do this. In this blog we take a look at som e of the m ajor tasks you should consider when m oving BW
to HANA. We also include references to notes and transactions so that you can get started on HANA Studio-Based M odeling of BW
writing your project plan. Obj ects Without Transaction Code RSA1

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h2>Introduction
T hese are som e of the m ajor tasks for a BW to HANA m igration. Once you have added all sub-tasks,
a typical workplan has 400-600 detailed item s, including status reports, team m eetings, issues,
hardware validation, portal integration and tests of front-end tools.

However, these first 76 steps should give you enough to get you started on writing your project plan.

h2>Pre-Activity Steps for each environment (Dev, QA & Prod)

1. Clean the Persistent Staging Area (PSA) for data already loaded to DSOs

2. Delete the Aggregates aggregates (sum m ary tables). T hey will not be needed again.

3. Com press the E and F tables in all InfoCubes. T his will m ake InfoCubes m uch sm aller.

4. Rem ove data from the statistical cubes (they start with the technical nam e of 0CT C_xxx). T hese
contain perform ance inform ation for the BW system running on the relational database. You can
do this using the transaction RSDDSTAT or the program RSDDSTAT _DATA_DELET E to help you.

5. Look at log files, bookm arks and unused BEx queries and tem plates (transaction RSZDELET E).
6. Rem ove as m uch as possible of the DT P tem porary storage, DT P error logs, and tem porary
database objects. Help and program s to do this are found in SAP Notes 1139396 and 1106393.

7. For write-optim ized DSOs that push data to reportable DSOs (LSA approach), rem ove data in the
write-optim ized DSOs. It is already available in higher level objects.

8. M igrate old data to Near-Line Storage (NLS) on a sm all server. T his will still provide access to
the data for the few users who infrequently need to see this old data. You will also be able to query
it when BW is on HANA, but it does not need to be in-m em ory.

10. Rem ove data in unused DSOs, InfoCubes and files used for staging in the BW system . T his
includes possible reorganization of m asterdata text and attributes using process type in RSPC 11.
You m ay also want to clean up background inform ation stored in the table RSBAT CHDATA. T his
table can get very big if not m anaged.

12. You should also consider archiving any IDocs and clean the tRFC queues. All of this will reduce
size of the HANA system and help you fit the system tables on the m aster node.

13. Size reduction of Basis Tables. In SAP Note 706478, SAP provides som e ideas on how to keep
the basis tables from growing too fast too fast in the future.

14. As of Service Pack 23 on BW 7.0, we can also delete unwanted m aster data directly (see SAP
Note: 1370848).

15. Use the program RSDDCVER_DIM _UNUSED to delete any unused dim ension entries in your
InfoCubes to reduce the overall system size (not a factor if you plan on using the optim ized HANA
infocubes)

h2>Pre-Validation steps
16. Run BW to HANA M igration Readiness Check (v2.0) in SAP Note 1729988 and resolve all high

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priority issues including connectivity checks, service packs, security, basis, db notes and general
check in the tool for SB, Dev, QA and Prod.

17. Run ZBW_ABAP_ANALYZER for checks of ET L ABAP code and fix outstanding issues in SB,
Dev, QA and Prod. Add HANA hints where required. T his is found in SAP Note 1847431

18. Run full delta load and gather benchm ark perform ance statistics for load and activations

20. Run key queries, reports and dashboards for collection of benchm ark statistics and perform ance,
including any BEx broadcaster jobs, pre-calculations and workbooks.

- Other:

a) Conduct HANA developm ent workshops

b) Com plete HANA Adm in workshop and training

c) Create an SLA and Support plan for SAP HANA internally

d) Confirm Backup, Disaster recovery and HA plan

h2>Environment staging and Migration (post hardware install, validation and

handover)
21. Run backup of database in SAP BW Sandbox

22. Suspend jobs and SB developm ent activities

23. M igrate Database to SAP HANA (export and im port)

24. Connectivity validations and security checks (roles, authentication and authorization)

25. External job scheduling checks (openhub and outbound interfaces)

26. Execute key queries identified in step 20 and reconcile data at sum m ary level and detailed as
required.

27. Collect new HANA perform ance statistics for dashboards, BEX broadcaster, reports, workbooks
and WAD tem plates and analyze perform ance gains.

28. Run full Delta Loads from process chains (create a few records in the source environm ent if
required) and collect benchm ark statistics from ET L processing and activation. Analyze these
against those collected in step 18.

29. Rerun the HANA M igration Readiness Check in SAP Note 1729988 and resolve any issues

30 Go / No-Go decision

31. Run backup of database in SAP BW Developm ent environm ent

32. Suspend jobs and developm ent activities in the developm ent environm ent

33. M igrate Database to SAP HANA (technical m igration export and im port)

34. Connectivity validations and security checks (roles, authentication and authorization)

35. External job scheduling checks (openhub and outbound interfaces)

36. Execute key queries identified in step 20 and reconcile data at sum m ary level and detailed as
required.

37. Collect new HANA perform ance statistics for dashboards, BEX broadcaster, reports, workbooks
and WAD tem plates and analyze perform ance gains.

38. Run full Delta Loads from process chains (create a few records in the source environm ent if
required) and collect benchm ark statistics from ET L processing and activation. Analyze these
against those collected in step 18.

39. Rerun the HANA M igration Readiness Check in SAP Note 1729988 and resolve any issues

40 Go / No-Go decision

41. Refresh QA box from Prod if feasible

42. Run backup of database in SAP BW QA environm ent

43. Suspend jobs and transports in the QA environm ent

44. M igrate Database to SAP HANA (technical m igration export and im port)

45. Connectivity validations and security checks (roles, authentication and authorization)

46. External job scheduling checks (openhub and outbound interfaces)

47. Execute key queries identified in step 20 and reconcile data at sum m ary level and detailed as
required.

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48. Collect new HANA perform ance statistics for dashboards, BEX broadcaster, reports, workbooks
and WAD tem plates and analyze perform ance gains.

49. Run full Delta Loads from process chains (create a few records in the source environm ent if
required) and collect benchm ark statistics from ET L processing and activation. Analyze these
against those collected in step 18.

50. Rerun the HANA M igration Readiness Check in SAP Note 1729988 and resolve any issues

Other:

a) Test backup/restore capabilities

b) Test and collect benchm arks for High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery

51 Go / No-Go decision

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52. Develop detailed Production cutover plan with tim es steps for export and im port of files.

53. Develop production validation test plan and assign resources

54. Run backup of database in SAP BW QA environm ent

55. Suspend jobs and transports in the QA environm ent

56. M igrate Database to SAP HANA (technical m igration export and im port)

57. Connectivity validations and security checks (roles, authentication and authorization)

58. External job scheduling checks (openhub and outbound interfaces)

59. Execute key queries identified in step 20 and reconcile data at sum m ary level and detailed as
required.

60. Collect new HANA perform ance statistics for dashboards, BEX broadcaster, reports, workbooks
and WAD tem plates and analyze perform ance gains.

61. Run full Delta Loads from process chains and collect benchm ark statistics from ET L processing
and activation. Analyze these against those collected in step 18.

62. Rerun the HANA M igration Readiness Check in SAP Note 1729988 and resolve any issues

63. User m igration and log-on validation

64. Setup Alerts in SAP HANA Studio

65. Assign System roles and privileges in all environm ents

66. Setup basepaths for all backups

67. Validate CPU usage, m em ory footprint and system load during test run for reports and data
loads.

68. Create a standard operating procedure for SAP HANA support staff

69. Setup update site and process for HANA studio (SUM ), license keys and support

70. Go/No-Go Decision (restore)

71. Optional: Optim ize key DSOs to new HANA optim ized DSOs

72. Optional: Optim ize key InfoCubes to new HANA optim ized InfoCubes (flattened dim ensions)

73. Optional: rem ove partitions from LSA and sim plify data architecture by reducing layers

74. Optional: Create a New capabilities assessm ent to take advantage of near-tim e data
warehousing using SLA

75. Optional: setup external data m ovem ent into new Data Services ET L processing chains

76. Optional: Start rem oving InfoCubes and build HANA views on DSOs where appropriate, thereby
reducing data replication, size and data latency (non-IP, BPC and non-cum ulative KFs).

h2>Summary
While not a com plete workplan, these tasks can function as the skeleton and starting point for your
m ore detailed workplan with tim elines and assigned resources specific to your organization and
scope.

pre>Hope it helps.. pre>Dr. Berg

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