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SAP Accelerators by Syniti Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide 7.1.4

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Table of Contents Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Relevant Documentation ..................................................................................................................................................... 2

System Landscape ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Software Requirements ........................................................................................................................................................ 3

DSP Application Server .................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Windows Server Component Requirements ................................................................................................................................. 3

Required Roles and Role Services – Windows Server 2012/R2 and 2016.............................................................................. 4

Web Server (IIS) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Required Features.......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

DSP Database Server ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

End User Workstations .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Developer Level Users ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Hardware Considerations .................................................................................................................................................... 6

Note Regarding Virtual Machines (VMs) ...................................................................................................................................... 6

Third-Party Hosting Providers ................................................................................................................................................... 6

Licensing and Virtual Machines ................................................................................................................................................. 6

DSP Application Server .................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Minimum Configuration for Application Server ......................................................................................................................... 7

DSP Database Server ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Minimum Configuration for Database Server .............................................................................................................................. 7

Security Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 9

SAP Components ............................................................................................................................................................... 10

System Landscape ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Hardware Requirements for Data Services .................................................................................................................................. 10

CPU ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

RAM .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Disk ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Network ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10


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Hardware Requirements for SAP Information Steward ........................................................................................................ 10

DSP Application Server .................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Certified Software Versions ........................................................................................................................................................... 10

Appendix A - Version History ........................................................................................................................................... 12

Appendix B – SAP Advanced Data Migration by Syniti .................................................................................................. 17

Hardware Considerations .............................................................................................................................................................. 17

Web Server ................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Database Server .................................................................................................................................................................. 18

Appendix C - SAP Information Steward Accelerator by Syniti ....................................................................................... 22

Software Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................... 22

SAP Accelerators Application Server ....................................................................................................................................... 22

End User Workstations .............................................................................................................................................................. 22

Hardware Considerations .............................................................................................................................................................. 22

Web Server ................................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Database Server ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23

Recovery Model and Backup Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 24

Appendix D – Mass Maintenance...................................................................................................................................... 27

End User Workstations .................................................................................................................................................................. 27

Recovery Model and Backup Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 27


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Overview

This document outlines software requirements and hardware sizing guidelines for the following SAP Accelerators by Syniti (DSP):

• SAP Advanced Data Migration by BackOffice Associates • SAP Information Steward Accelerator by BackOffice Associates

The body of the document contains generic requirements and solution-specific adjustments are contained within the appendices.

NOTE: For detailed information about versions of Syniti-compatible third-party products, by version and release date, contact SAP Support at https://launchpad.support.sap.com/

The online help is hosted on a Syniti server. To access help, users must be able to navigate to https://dsphelp.syniti.com/*.

NOTE: Send feedback or information about errors or omissions in this guide to [email protected].

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/

https://dsphelp.syniti.com/

mailto:[email protected]?subject=DSP%20SRHS%20Guide%20Feedback



Relevant Documentation

The SAP Accelerators by Syniti Implementation Quick Start Guide details the order in which these manuals should be used. Review the Quick Start Guide prior to beginning the installation process, and follow the steps detailed in the other manuals in the order described.

• SAP Accelerators by Syniti Implementation Quick Start Guide • SAP Accelerators by Syniti Installation and Upgrade Manual • SAP Accelerators by Syniti Operations Guide • SAP Accelerators by Syniti Configuration Guide

System Landscape

The DSP environment consists of a rendering engine hosted on a web server, a database server backend containing both data and WebApp metadata and an SAP server running Data Services and Information Steward. WebApps hosted on the DSP framework consist of an application database, registrations in the meta-data repository and possibly additional reference and work databases as well as external components, such as web pages and DLLs.



Software Requirements

DSP Application Server

The following are basic requirements for the DSP application server. It is the responsibility of the client to install and license the required software.

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.0/8.5/10.0. • The IIS software is bundled with the Microsoft Windows Server operating system. Supported versions of Windows

are Windows Server 2012, 2012R2 and 2016. The Windows roles, role services and features required to support SAP Accelerators are described in detail in the section Windows Server Component Requirements.

• Microsoft .Net Framework versions 4.5/4.6 must be installed. The applicable version depends on the underlying operating system version.

NOTE: Upon upgrade to 7.1.4, .Net 4.8 will automatically install with the upgrade. 4.8 is required for proper alignment of the DBVT with SQL Server 2019.

The following SQL Server components must be installed on the application server:

• If using SQL Server 2016: Management Tools—Complete, SQL Server Data Tools, Integration Services (as needed), Documentation components (recommended).

• If using SQL Server 2017: Management Tools—Complete, SQL Server Data Tools, Integration Services (as needed), Documentation components (recommended).

• If using SQL Server 2019: Management Tools—Complete, Integration Services (as needed), Documentation Components (recommended), and SQL Data Tools for Visual Studio 2017 (requirement if using SSIS packages in Collect)

NOTE: SSIS downloads are supported by SQL Server 2016, 2017 and 2019, and must have the associated SQL 2016/2017/2019 Integration Services installed for the specific version of SQL Server.

NOTE: The following SAP products are compatible with the DSP 7.1.4 release:

• SAP Information Platform Services 4.2 SP7 Patch 6 • SAP Data Services 4.2 SP14 Patch 1 • SAP Information Steward 4.2 SP14 Patch 2

• All database drivers required to connect to external data sources • If any Syniti cloud-based services will be used, the server must be able to establish outgoing connections to cloud

sites located on the internet. This may require firewall exceptions for the specific port numbers used by the cloud services and/or proxy configuration.

Windows Server Component Requirements

The following roles and features are required to run DSP on Windows Server. Additional features and roles may be added if desired.



NOTE: IIS components must be installed before the DSP setup is run.

Required Roles and Role Services – Windows Server 2012/R2 and 2016

Web Server (IIS)

• Web Server • Common HTTP features

• Static Content • Default Document • HTTP errors • HTTP redirection

• Application Development • .NET extensibility 4.8 • ASP • ASP.NET 4.8 • ISAPI extensions • ISAPI filters

• Health and Diagnostics • HTTP logging • Request monitor • Tracing

• Security • Basic Authentication • Windows Authentication • Digest Authentication • Request Filtering

• Performance • Static Content Compression

• Management Tools • IIS Management console • IIS 6 Management Compatibility

• IIS 6 Metabase compatibility • IIS 6 WMI compatibility • IIS scripting tools • IIS 6 Management console

• Third-party software • SAP GUI version 7.4.3 Patch Level 8, 7.5.2 Patch Level 10, and 7.6.1 Patch Level 1 The installation of SAP Data Services Designer Client on the application (web) server is required if working

with Data Services Automation. The version must be the same as the Data Services Designer installed in the Data Services server.



Required Features

The Windows Server features required for DSP are installed automatically as part of the installation of the Required Roles and Role Services – Windows Server 2012/R2 and 2016. No additional features are needed unless desired by the client. It is assumed that the default features resulting from a standard installation of Windows Server will still be present.

DSP Database Server

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2017 or 2019 x64 Standard or Enterprise Edition • SQL Server must be installed using the default server level, case-insensitive collation sequence,

SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. • Latest SQL Server service packs and patches are highly recommended. • Mixed authentication (SQL Server and Windows) must be enabled as a SQL Server Login is used by the application

to access the databases.

NOTE: In complex deployment scenarios where multiple application server nodes are deployed, an additional SQL Server instance (configured as above) may be needed to allow for maintenance and upgrades to be performed. This instance only needs to be available on a temporary and occasional basis and does not require separate hardware to be provisioned.

End User Workstations

End user interaction is accomplished using a web interface; a recent, standards-compliant internet browser with JavaScript and cookies enabled is the only requirement. If users wish to view reports generated in Microsoft Office formats (Word and Excel), they will also need the appropriate software.

NOTE: A version of Excel compatible with .xlsx files is required.

DSP have been tested to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11.0 (IE Compatibility View must be disabled for all intranet sites), and Google Chrome; Apple Safari is also supported, though not explicitly certified.

Developer Level Users

Developer level users require Remote Desktop access to the DSP application server in addition to the End User Workstations requirements.



Hardware Considerations

Several factors influence the hardware requirements, and in turn, the hardware selected for the project will dictate the performance levels experienced, both in terms of interactive responsiveness of the WebApp and of the speed of processing background tasks. The storage space needed by the databases is mainly dependent on what ERP objects the application(s) cover.

Sizing of the Application Web Server depends on several factors, specifically:

• The number of users, both total and concurrent. Concurrent users are the number of active user sessions at any given time.

• The number of concurrently running Waves. • The number of Target objects per Wave.

Note Regarding Virtual Machines (VMs)

Virtual machines configured with sufficient resources to meet the hardware recommendations are acceptable for the servers in the Syniti Solutions landscape.

Oversubscription of VM Host resources is not supported. Oversubscription happens when the Hypervisor host has assigned more resources than physically exist (for example, Assigned 350GB of RAM to VM Guests but only 256GB exists on the host).

Third-Party Hosting Providers

If you use a third-party hosting provider to host your database, configuration details will be provided on a case-by-case basis during the pre-deployment process.

Licensing and Virtual Machines

Because licenses are tied to a hardware ID, any hardware change can invalidate your current license. If this occurs, DSP will display the warning below and you will have 14 days to contact SAP Support at https://launchpad.support.sap.com using component XX-PART-SYN. .




Processor and memory are the key factors for the performance of the Syniti DSP rendering engine. DSP performance deteriorates with more than 40 concurrent users per processor. High-end processors are preferred (for example, XEON or similar).

It is imperative that the database server is physically located near the web server. Syniti DSP requires continuous LAN-speed bandwidth and close proximity between the web server and the database server. We consider close proximity to be within the same Data Center LAN and a total latency of less than 5ms.

Minimum Configuration for Application Server

• 4 to 8 Xeon processor cores or equivalent • 16 GB memory • (2) 300GB disks RAID1 configuration for OS and applications

NOTE: It is a "best practice" to not put application data on the same disk as the Operating System. The activity of reading/writing to the same storage can conflict and hurt performance.

DSP Database Server

Database server performance is heavily dependent on memory, processor and disk I/O; correspondingly, high-end hardware is required. It is strongly recommended to use a 64-bit version of SQL Server to avoid memory bottlenecks.

Database storage should follow Microsoft guidelines for optimal performance and fault tolerance. Broadly speaking, these guidelines indicate the use of RAID 10 for Data and Log files, and the separation of Data and Log files onto discrete arrays, with as many separate arrays used for log files as the hardware can accommodate.

The database server should have 4Gbps or greater connectivity to the DSP application server and high-speed connectivity to source servers. Traffic management, filtering and access controls can interfere with the communications between web server and database server, and can cause timeouts.

Minimum Configuration for Database Server

• 8 Xeon processor cores or equivalent (up to 32 for higher volume environments) • >32 GB Memory (up to 128 GB for higher volume environments) • 4Gbps network connectivity (10Gbps+ for higher volume environments) • Storage

• Separate OS Volume(s) to support the OS and pagefile. • One or more volumes for Database Data files • One volume for Database Log files • One volume for TempDB Database files • One or more volumes for Database backups

NOTE: Storage throughout is expected to be 200MB/s per CPU core in the SQL server. Latency is required to be less than 5ms.



NOTE: Recommended minimum array sizes can be found in the solution-specific appendices to this document.

If a Storage Area Network (SAN) is available, careful storage design can yield better performance. For example, additional LUNs can be defined so that the following can be stored separately: TempDB, sdb* data files, dsw* and dg* data files, sdb* log files, dsw* and dg* log files.

Many variables come into play with performance of a SQL Server.

Please contact SAP Support at https://launchpad.support.sap.com using component XX-PART-SYN for detailed recommendations.

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/



Security Overview

The DSP framework and the hosted applications offer access and authorization to pages and data on a per user level, most often controlled by group memberships. Authentication can either be performed with native functionality or by leveraging external systems such as Windows Active Directory.

The DSP rendering engine on the web server and the DSP Service use a single SQL Server login to connect to all application databases. The same login must be used for all application and reference databases.

Network communication between the end user client and the web server may be secured using the HTTPS protocol with an SSL certificate.



SAP Components

The following sections outline the requirements for the SAP Components, which must be followed in addition to the other requirements outlined in this document.

System Landscape

A dedicated server running Data Services and/or Information Steward

Hardware Requirements for Data Services

CPU

A minimum of 8 cores is required.

RAM

32 GB (64 GB preferred), calculated as number of CPU cores multiplied by 4 GB.

NOTE: More intensive work like address verification, matching and grouping can increase this requirement to more than triple the initial calculation. The Development Environment should have 25% more RAM than other environments to support the overhead of developers connected to the system. RAM can be added and configured as needed.

Disk

High speed, 250-500 GB for the application (separate from the OS to provide a buffer).

Network

A minimum of 1 Gbps with local connectivity to the main systems being utilized (i.e. Systems residing in the same data center) is recommended.

Hardware Requirements for SAP Information Steward

The hardware requirements for Information Steward is the same as for Data Services. See the Hardware Consideration section in Appendix C - SAP Information Steward Accelerator.


Certified Software Versions

It is the responsibility of the client to install and license the required software.

If using DSP Data Services AutoGen:

• IPS 4.1 SP9 • Data Services 4.2 SP08



• Information Steward 4.2 SP08

SAP Data Services requires the vcredist_x64.exe patch for Windows 2012 and 2008 x64.

NOTE: Install the patch before launching IPSInstall.exe to install Information platform services.

• Any additional third-party components required by the SAP Data Services Designer. • The installation of SAP Data Services Designer Client on the SAP Accelerators Applications server is required if

working with Data Services Automation. The version must be the same as the Data Services software installed on the Data Services server.

If posting to SAP using Integrate or extracting from SAP using the Collect RFC connectivity:

• For • SAP GUI version 7.4.3 Patch Level 8, 7.5.2 Patch Level 10, and 7.6.1 Patch Level 1



Appendix A - Version History

Revision Release Date

Associated Release Version

Revision Description Associated JIRA Tickets

04/09/2020 7.1.4 • Updated occurrences of Syniti Data Replication to correct product name.

• On 64-bit install, the Managed Pipeline Mode must be set to Classic rather than Integrated in order to ensure proper function of Master Data Management.

• Changes in column encryption in Collect affect upgrade to 7.1.2 and necessitate validation of Common data source.

• DSP compatibility with MS SQL Server 2019 DBVT requires .NET 4.8.

• To avoid Workflow Links login prompt, enter the fully qualified domain name in Web Site Root field in DSP Parameters configuration.

• Added link to Product Certification Matrix • .NET framework has been upgraded to

version 4.8; updated the DSP Application Server and Windows Server Component Requirements

• Added Align Column Encryption State for key Target Source column in Collect Before Upgrade section to the Upgrade Overview section.

• The DSP is now compatible with Synit Data Replication 9.6.2.0

• The DSP, including SSIS packages, is now compatible to run on MS SQL Server 2019. Additionally, MS SQL Server 2014 is no longer a supported platform for the DSP.

• If SSIS packages are used in Collect on a SQL Server 2019 environment, SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2017 must be installed.

• DSP70-454 • DSP70-740 • DSP70-869 • DSP70-903 • DSP70-862— Syniti

Data Replication 9.6.20 for DSP 7.1.2

• DSP70-856— DSP Compatibility with MS SQL Server 2019

• DSP70-889— Update references to support address in help for 7.1.2

• DSP70-870— DSP Compatibility with MS SQL Server 2019 for SSIS packages

• DSP70-860— Syniti Data Replication: Additional Rebranding Items






• Cosmetic changes were made to the DSP to reflect the renaming of DBMoto to Syniti Data Replication.

• A note was added to the section "Server Version Compatibility" in the Installation Guide and the "Application Server" Section of the Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide indicating the following SAP products are compatible:

• SAP Information Platform Services 4.2 SP6

• SAP Data Services 4.2 SP12 • SAP Information Steward 4.2 SP12

However, these are not compatible with MS SQL Server 2019. For full DSP integration with these products running on MS SQL Server 2019, clients will need to wait until SAP release MS SQL Server 2019 compatible versions.

• Added Appendix I - SQL Server Optimizations

• These names have been updated: • Syniti Data Replication, formerly

DBMoto • Mass Maintenance, formerly

dspCompose • Data Quality, formerly dspMonitor • Advanced Data Migration, formerly

dspMigrate • Master Data Management, formerly

dspConduct • Removed Performance Notes and updated

the Recovery Model and Backup Recommendations section of the Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide.






• Added the topic Appendix H - Multi-Tier Environment Recommendations

07/12/2019 7.0.6 • Updated company name to Syniti

throughout • Removed the section "Configure the

Connection Between Syniti and the DSP" from the Installation and Update Manual as the feature has been deprecated.

• Updated Web Server requirements to • SAP GUI version 7.4.3 Patch Level 8, 7.5.2 Patch Level 10, and 7.6.1 Patch Level 1.

• Updated Install Manuals and Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide: Added additional web site for online help. Users must be able to access both ttps://dsphelp.boaweb.com/* and https://dsphelp.syniti.com/*.

DSP70-536- Support of GUI 7.5 DSP70-687 - Support of SAP GUI 7.6

2/27/2019 7.0.4 Removed Set the Password for the Administrator User Account section from the SAP Accelerators by BackOffice Associates Installation and Upgrade Manual as it is no longer necessary with the new DSP Administrator prompt during installation.

DSP70-459 - Allow for entry of Administrator account password within installation package

1/15/2019 7.0.2 Updated the Server Version Requirements section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual with currently supported Windows Server and SQL Server versions.

1/14/2019 7.0.2 Updated the Before Proceeding with the Upgrade section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual with an updated DSP directory.

1/14/2019 7.0.2 Updated the Windows Server Component Requirements section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual and the Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide to include updated specifications for Manta.

https://dsphelp.boaweb.com/*





12/17/2018 7.0.2 Updated the SQL Server section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual to include a manual workaround for WebApp Page Customizations using SQL Server 2017.

DSP70-474–7.0.2: Document a manual workaround for known issue of SQL Server 2017 running Compatibility Level of 140

12/17/2018 7.0.2 Updated the Windows Server Component Requirements section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual and theConfiguration for Application Server section of the Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide to include specifications for Manta.

9/25/2018 7.0 Removed note from the Configure Web Browser section regarding the online help windows. Updated online help access information in the Relevant Documentation section of the Installation and Upgrade manual and the Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide.

8/31/2018 7.0 Removed the .NET 3.5 Web Server Role requirement from the Windows Server Component Requirements section.

8/17/2018 7.0 Added support for SQL Server 2017 and removed support for SQL Server 2012. Updated the Server Version Compatibility, the Server Version Requirements, the Web Server and the SQL Server sections of the Installation and Upgrade Manual and the Database Server and the Application Server sections of the Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide.

DSP70-45–Add support for SQL Server 2017

8/17/2018 7.0 Updated the Server Version Compatibility, the Server Version Requirements and the Windows Server Component Requirements sections of the Installation and Upgrade Manual and Software Requirements and Hardware Sizing Guide to include support for Windows Server 2016.

DSP70-43–Add Support for Windows Server 2016 for the DSP

8/17/2018 7.0 Added this note to the Post Upgrade Installation Operations section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual: If you are using custom styles for the DSP and are upgrading to version 7.0 or later, you must configure the Style Editor with new style properties for your customized stylesheet to display the DSP properly. Please see the BackOffice Associates Solutions 7.0 Release Notes for more information.

DSP70-184–Update Style Editor UI to Expose New Style Properties



8/17/2018 7.0 .NET framework has been upgraded to version 4.6. Updated the Windows Server Component Requirements section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual.

DSP-7842–Upgrade .NET framework

4/18/2018 6.7 All currently supported versions of SQL Server work with their associated SQL 2014 Client Tools or SQL 2014/2016 Integration Services. Updated the Web Server section of the Installation and Upgrade Manual.

DSP-9412–SSIS only works when 2012 SQL Client Tools is installed



Appendix B – SAP Advanced Data Migration by Syniti

The following appendix outlines requirements specific to the SAP Advanced Data Migration by Syniti (ADM). They should be followed in addition to the other requirements outlined in this document.

ADM comprises the following components:

• Console • Design • Map • Construct • AutoGen • Transform • Data Stewardship Platform (DSP)

NOTE: The DSP downloads data from source and target systems to repository databases so the other applications do not work directly on production data, but instead use a recent copy. DSP utilizes SAP Data Services connections to the source and target data stores.


Web Server

The hard drive only needs to be large enough to contain the DSP rendering engine, WebApps and Service (< 2GB), the .Net Connector, and any ODBC drivers and log files. Some projects may need more space for flat file sources and reports.



Database Server

As a rule of thumb, ADM needs 2 GB for the Component’s metadata plus 300% of the space used by the raw data supplied by the legacy systems. For example, if the raw data extracted for all legacy systems was 500 GB, it is recommended that 1.5 TB (3 x 500 GB) of space be allocated on the database server. As a recommendation, use a minimum of 1TB if the calculation is lower than the legacy data calculation.

NOTE: Space for TempDB and backups are separate from this sizing. TempDB typically is 25-50% of the size of all user databases on the system. The amount of storage needed for backups depends on the backup strategy, compression, retention, and the size of the databases being backed up.

Database Overview Recovery Model

Backups

Console Console for the migration Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

CranSoft Base application database Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

CranPort Base application database Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

DataGarage Schedules data refreshes Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover - needs shrink done daily between data refresh.

DSPCommon Common components of the DSP

Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover

DataConstructionServer Constructs new data Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

dgSAP Stores SAP data Simple At discretion of project - start at once weekly.




Backups

cMap Facilitates mapping process for SAP implementation

Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

cMap_Data Map generated templates Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

dspTrack Tracking progress of a project


dspAddon Custom dsp Changes Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

cMass Mass Maintenance web app providing single or mass update to SAP


cMass_Data Mass Maintenance generated templates and staging area for data


RADToolKit Contains setting for building XLS components


InterfaceServer Automates and manages business processes using the power and flexibility of the platform and the WebApps


Integrate Integrate contains process for build files to load or RFC access to SAP


IntegrateStaging Integrate generated Simple Full every night with




Backups

templates 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

ContentMaster ContentMaster Database Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

DSW Transform for the migration


AutoGen AutoGen for the migration Simple Full every night with 5-day rollover or preferred rollover.

dspMonitor_AccPak Generates reports and workflow notifications


dspMonitorConfig Client Configuration Values


DBMoto_Client Syniti Data Replication configuration tables


Custom Web Apps Custom Web Apps for each client


dgDSProfile Data Services Profiling Simple At discretion of project - start at once weekly.

dgRepository_IS Collect download of Repository Information Steward

Simple At discretion of project - start at once weekly.

ISFailedData Stored information Steward result data

Simple At discretion of project - start at once weekly.




Backups

Dg* Target Data Repositories Simple At discretion of project - start at once weekly.

Sdb Source Data Repositories Simple At discretion of project - start at once weekly.



Appendix C - SAP Information Steward Accelerator by Syniti

The following appendix outlines requirements specific to SAP Information Steward Accelerator by Syniti (ISA).

They should be followed in addition to the other requirements outlined in this document.

ISA is comprised of the following Components:

• Information Steward Accelerator • Data Stewardship Platform (DSP)

NOTE: The DSP downloads failed data from IS rules to a repository database (IsFailedData) so ISA Reports do not work directly on production data, but instead use a recent copy. DSP utilizes Microsoft SSIS and SAP Data Services packages. The Closed Loop Remediation feature of ISA will correct production data directly using standard SAP interfaces (BDC, BAPI, IDOC).

Software Requirements

SAP Accelerators Application Server

• • SAP GUI version 7.4.3 Patch Level 8, 7.5.2 Patch Level 10, and 7.6.1 Patch Level 1 • Java Runtime Environment x86

NOTE: The DSP downloads failed data from IS rules to a repository database (IsFailedData) so ISA Reports do not work directly on production data, but instead use a recent copy. DSP utilizes Microsoft SSIS and SAP Data Services packages. The Closed Loop Remediation feature of ISA will correct production data directly using standard SAP interfaces (BDC, BAPI).


For integrated recording of SAP transactions to function properly, • SAP GUI version 7.4.3 Patch Level 8, 7.5.2 Patch Level 10, and 7.6.1 Patch Level 1 on the workstations performing the recording. Integrated recording also requires Internet Explorer.


For ISA the space requirements depend on the size of failed data that is returned from the data quality rules that are executed within Information Steward.

Web Server

The hard drive only needs to be large enough to contain the DSP rendering engine, WebApps and Service (< 2GB), the .Net Connector, and any ODBC drivers and log files. Some projects may need more space for flat file sources and reports.



Database Server

As a rule of thumb, ISA needs 2 GB for the Component’s metadata plus 150% of the raw data against which reports will be written. For example, if the raw data extracted for all legacy systems was 500 GB, it is recommended that 1.5 TB (3 x 500 GB) of space be allocated on the database server. As a recommendation, use a minimum of 1TB if the calculation is lower than the legacy data calculation.

NOTE: Space for TempDB and backups are separate from this sizing. TempDB typically is 25-50% of the size of all user databases on the system. The amount of storage needed for backups depends on the backup strategy, compression, retention, and the size of the databases being backed up.



Recovery Model and Backup Recommendations

The following table outlines recovery model and backup recommendations for ISA. The ISA Solution is based on a transactional database model and therefore requires a more stringent backup and recovery model.

Additional database server maintenance is required per industry standard for database administration, such as DBCC, page compression and index defragmentation. This table does not include backup databases or the administration of system databases.


Backups

Console Console for the migration Simple Full back up every night.

CranSoft Base application database Simple Full back up every night.

CranPort Base application database Simple Full back up every night.

DataGarage Schedules data refreshes Simple Full back up every night.

DSPCommon Common components of the DSP

Simple Full back up every night.

DataConstructionServer Constructs new data Simple Full back up every night.

dgSAP Stores SAP data Simple Full back up every night.

cMap Facilitates mapping process for SAP implementation


cMap_Data Map generated templates Simple Full back up every night.

dspTrack Tracking progress of a project Simple Full back up every night.




Backups

dspAddon Custom dsp Changes Simple Full back up every night.

cMass Mass Maintenance web app providing single or mass update to SAP

Full Full back up every night.

cMass_Data Mass Maintenance generated templates and staging area for data


RADToolKit Contains setting for building XLS components


InterfaceServer Automates and manages business processes using the power and flexibility of the platform and the WebApps


Integrate Integrate contains process for build files to load or RFC access to SAP


IntegrateStaging Integrate generated templates Simple Full back up every night.

ContentMaster ContentMaster Database Simple Full back up every night.

DSW Transform for the migration Simple Full back up every night.

AutoGen AutoGen for the migration Simple Full back up every night.

dspMonitor_AccPak Generates reports and workflow notifications





Backups

dspMonitorConfig Client Configuration Values Simple Full back up every night.

DBMoto_Client Syniti Data Replication configuration tables


Custom Web Apps Custom Web Apps for each client


dgDSProfile Data Services Profiling Simple Full back up every night.

dgRepository_IS Collect download of Repository Information Steward


ISFailedData Stored information Steward result data


Dg* Target Data Repositories Simple Full back up every night.

Sdb Source Data Repositories Simple Full back up every night.

Last Updated on 10/16/2020



Appendix D – Mass Maintenance

The following appendix outlines requirements specific to Mass Maintenance. They must be followed in addition to the other requirements outlined in this document.

Mass Maintenance comprises the following components:

• Mass Maintenance • Data Stewardship Platform (DSP)


Mass Maintenance does include recording SAP transactions using Integrate which requires the use of Internet Explorer. It is recommended to include the DSP URL as a trusted site in Internet Explorer. The following setting is required:

• Enable Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting on the Security tab (Custom Level) of Internet Options.

Recovery Model and Backup Recommendations

Full recovery model with daily backup schedule for the cMass database and preferred rollover.

Documents

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