Welcome

To

“IT-Technical meet 2014”

Presented by : Mr. Vinod Pandey

at GHCL, Sutrapada Plant, (13-14 Aug 2014).

IT Mission

1) System Simplification : Making the IT systems & applications simple so that it can

be easily operated and understood by the end users.

2) Process Atomization : Once systems and applications are simplified, these need to

be atomized and must be tested thoroughly.

3) Reduction in Hard Copy circulation : Among the users, promoting more use of systems and

applications to reduce the Print copy of documents.

4) User Trainings : on existing and new Systems & Technologies.

IT Vision Statement

“An Online, Simple and User friendly solution which enable its users to take fast and accurate decisions with no data duplicity.”

Our existing IT InfrastructureWide-Area-Network

SutrapadaPlant

AhmedabadOffice

Noida Head Office

Haria Unit (Vapi)

Mumbai Office

SMMLMadurai

SMMLManaparai

Bhilad Plant (Vapi)

Punit Unit (Vapi)

Minarva Unit

Reliance MPLS Hub

Local WAN service

provider

SAP Landscape

Soda Ash Division Textile Division

Go-Live Feb-2010 Apr-2007

SAP Version SAP ECC 6.0 SR3 SAP ECC 6.0 SR1 (MyERP 2005)

Database Oracle 10.2.2.4 g Oracle 10.2.0.2 g

Database Size 277 GB 378 GB

SAP System Architecture implemented at GHCL Ltd, Soda Ash Plant, Sutrapada, Nr.Veraval, Gujarat. SAP – Application (Appln), Central Instance (CI), Database Instance (DB) Servers: Prd Server, QA & Dev Server, Backup Server, DR Server. Assuming max. 20% Growth per year in DB & User Ids. | Raid-10 & Raid-5 Fiber Channel Connectivity Fiber Channel Connectivity Cluster Configured Cluster Configured Raid-5

Storage for Backup Server HDD: 8 * 300 GB SAS, 15K Rpm ; 3 * 750GB 7.2Krpm

SAP Production Server (Server 1) OS UNIX on each LPAR.

CI & DB Server (LPAR2)

Appln Server 1 (LPAR1)

Min.Config. CPU: 2 * 4.2 GHz HDD: 2* 146 GB 2* 300 GB RAM: 16 GB Fiber Card: 1 nos 4Gbps Gbps LAN: 2 nos

Min.Config. CPU: 2 * 4.2 GHz HDD: 2* 146 GB 2* 300 GB RAM: 8 GB Fiber Card: 1 nos 4Gbps +1 spare Gbps LAN: 2 nos

Storage (For CI & DB) Gbps LAN: 2 nos Fiber Card: 4 nos - 4Gbp HDD: 19 * 300 GB, 15K Rpm 10 * 750GB SATA 7.2K Rpm

Gbps 8/16 Port Switch

Tape Library (Autoloader) SCSI Card: 2 nos Gbps LAN: 2 nos

Cluster (Secandary) & Backup Server (Server 2) OS UNIX on each LPAR.

CI DB Cluster (LPAR3) & TSM Backup Server

Appln Server 2 (LPAR4)

Min.Config. CPU: 2 * 4.2 GHz HDD: 2* 146 GB 2* 300 GB RAM: 16 GB Fiber Card: 1 nos Gbps LAN: 2 nos

Min.Config. CPU: 2 * 4.2 GHz HDD: 2* 146 GB 2* 300 GB RAM: 8 GB Fiber Card: 1 nos 4Gbps +1 spare Gbps LAN: 2 nos

SAP Dev & QA Server (Server 3) OS UNIX on each LPAR.

QA Server (LPAR6) Dev Server (LPAR7) Min.Config. CPU: 2 * 4.2 GHz HDD: 2* 146 GB 4 * 300 GB RAM: 16 GB Fiber Card: 1 nos 4Gbp Gbps LAN: 2 nos

Min.Config. CPU: 2 * 4.2 GHz HDD: 2* 146 GB 2 * 300 GB RAM: 8 GB Fiber Card: 1 nos 4Gbp Gbps LAN: 2 nos

LTO Drive LTO Drive for Direct Backup

LTO Drive

Tivoli Client on LPAR2

Tivoli Server on LPAR3

SAP Landscape – Soda Ash Division

LAN Switch Gigabyte Port HACMP for Prd Server Failover HACMP (SAP Prd Server File Systems are here.) IBM DS4300 Storage 12 * 146 GB HDDs (Raid-5) IBM SCSI LTO IBM SCSI Autoloader LTO (22 nos of Ultrium 3 400/800GB Cartridges) LAN - Gigabyte Port Ultrium 3 400/800GB (14 days cycle for Online Bkup.) IBM SCSI LTO Ultrium 3 400/800GB (Manual Backup)

P550 – 55A SAP Production Server CPU – 2 * 2.1 GHz P5 2 * 146 GB HDDs 2 * 300 GB HDDs 16 GB RAM 2 * Fiber Card 2 * LAN Card + addn 2 * 300 GB HDDs + 4 GB RAM + SCSI Backplane Existing Server after upgrade

P520 – 52A Exclusively for HACMP & DR CPU – 4 * 1.65 GHz P5, 2 * 146 GB HDD, 4 * 300 GB HDD, 16 GB RAM, 2 * Fiber Card, 2+1 * LAN Card LPAR 1 LPAR 2 CPU– 2 * 1.65 GHz 2*146 + 1* 300 GB HDDs 8 GB RAM 2 * Fiber Card 2 * LAN Card HACMP

CPU–2* 1.65 GHz 3 * 300 GB HDDs 8 GB RAM 1 * LAN Card Nr. Line DR

New Server

P520 – 52A Configured as SAP QA/Dev Server CPU – 2 * 2.1 GHz 8 * 146 HDDs 28 GB RAM 2 * Fiber Card 2 * LAN Card Existing QA/Dev Server

Periodic restoration of Production Client Backup with/without Tivoli Software.

SAP Landscape – Textile Division

Know Yourself & Improve

Core Values and its importance

Core-Values: Respect, Ownership, Trust and Integrated Team Work.

Respect

Integrated Team Work

Trust

Ownership

• Understand the Impact of Core-Values.• Importance and Timelines of

Commitments.• Sharing…….• Ask for Help whenever needed.• Show strength when required.

Be Happy and make others Happy

Working with your TeamYour People Your Asset

• Set a reminder (maintain calendar/notebook).• Keep someone updated.• Keep backup ready.• Train him as you grow.• Keep perfect documentation & help preparing

the Policies.

Manage your work

Dealing with Outside World

Dealing with End-users

• Respect every user : (Give Respect Take Respect)

• Reply responsibly : (Think, Think and then Reply)

• Take Firm & Bold Decisions. (One Problem One Solution)

Dealing with Vendors/Suppliers(Stake holders outside the company)

• Clearly express your requirement. (First impression is last impression).

• Decide the agenda before meeting.• Working with Vendors/Suppliers against your

requirement on a long term contract.• Work for a Win-Win deal.• Regularly Monitor performance of

Vendors/Suppliers.• Then …. Decide for future expansion/ continuity - Yes

or No.

Know your limits

• Self Planning : Plan your day.• Raise questions to self and work to find the

answers.• Skill up-gradation : Prepare for new

(innovation)• Documentation : Record your evaluation.

Self Development : Think, Evaluate and Adopt

Presentation

• Brief to your Team.• Present with Live Demo.• Share with your Team.

Implementation

• Thorough implementation plan.• Action Plant : You & Team (Roles & Responsibilities)

• SAP Roadmap : Implementation of SAP Business Intelligence, SAP Software upgradation, Hardware refresh etc.

• New Enhancements in SAP : CRM, SRM, Fiori etc.• Training to the end-users : Sr.Mgmt, HODs &

Operators.• Online solutions (HCM,EIS etc.)• Auto Failover VPN/WAN links : Load Balancing & Link

aggregators.• Internal & External Training programs for IT Team

Members.

IT Future Plans

• Standardization of IT Technologies (Software, Hardware & Networking) : Across all the GHCL Locations.

• Centralization of IT Services : for all the GHCL Locations.

• IT Spend Analysis on Capex and Revenue expenditures.

Thank You