SAP Upgrade Success Story @ YASH
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SAP Upgrade Success Story @ YASHSAP Upgrade Success Story @ YASH
Industry
Manufacturing
USA
Geography
“Partnering with YASH has provided an efficient, flexible, cost-effective solution for SAP upgrade. We are impressed with the contributions YASH has made and have found a true partner for our IT needs.”
Director, IT - Colder Products Company
The Client
Project Objectives
SAP Version Upgrade to meet the increasing demand of the business
Implement new functionality available with new version
Hardware Migration from 32 bit server to 64 bit
OS Upgrade from 32 bit OS to 64 bit OS
Colder Products Company is the leading provider of quick disconnects couplings for industrial, biopharmaceutical, medical, chemical, and packaging markets.
Services Offered
Pathfinder road map, anexcellent Upgrade Assessmentservice to reduce time and costof upgrade significantly
Hardware Migration from 32 bitto 64 bit server
Solution manager setup
ABAP/4 adjustments
Basis support
R/3 Security adjustments
Load Monitoring
Performance Tuning
System Maintenance tasks
Knowledge Transfer
Pathfinder, an UpgradeAssessment Accelerator
YASH SAP Version UpgradeInstallation guide
Colder Specific Upgraderoad map document
Upgrade checklist
Onsite–Offshore responsibilitychecklist
Timestamp checklist
Performance analysis report
Upgrade related risk mitigationplan
YASH Accelerators
Key Challenges
Commitment of 30 Hour downtime to minimize business impact
Due to unavoidable reasons, security consultant was not available from the client’s side
YASH consultant helped the Colder onsite team in solving the security issues
Unexpected connectivity error in the new cluster environment
Engagement Model
YASH performed the production upgrade successfully. Entire upgrade was done at offshore development center. YASH employed a team of four consultants which includes two ABAP consultants, one Basis consultant, and one security consultant. There was one onsite Project Manager provided by Colder.
Resources
SAP Version
Database
Operating System
Landscape
Before Upgrade
4.6C
MSSQL 2000
Windows 2003 (32 Bit)
3 System Landscape (Dev, QA, Prod) Two Application server for Production Box .Cluster in Production environment
After Upgrade
ECC 6.0
SQL 2005
Windows 2003 (64 bit)
Cluster Environment -3 System Landscape
Environment Details
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Solution
Completely executed from Offshore
Downtime minimized methodology followed
45 man days taken for completing the upgrade
Solution Highlights
Cost benefits to tune of 60% because of offshore model
Reduced downtime through proactive upgrade and resource planning
Safeguarded against future issues and problems by engaging post-upgrade support
Cost-effective and minimized time of doing upgrade with identified best practices and using YASH Accelerators, such as PathFinder