SAP on AWS - Architecture, Migration, and Operation

Are you ready to move to Amazon's public cloud? Find all the information you need to deploy SAP on AWS in this guide! Learn how to design a system that meets your business needs with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Then, prepare for your migration by reviewing AWS-approved methodologies, approaches, and tools. Finally, you'll see what daily operations look like on AWS, and get tips for multicloud strategies and SAP workload transformations. Your cloud journey starts here!

Highlights include:
1) Cloud deployment
2) AWS Well-Architected Framework
3) Landing zones
4) Architecture
5) Migration
6) Operations
7) Automation
8) Multicloud configuration
9) Transformation
10) Cloud-native services

List of contents

... Preface ... 15

... Objective of This Book ... 15

... Target Audience ... 16

... Structure of This Book ... 16

... Acknowledgments ... 19

1 ... Cloud Providers and Business Requirements ... 23

1.1 ... What Are Cloud Providers? ... 23

1.2 ... Translating Business Use Cases into Cloud Solutions ... 27

1.3 ... Summary ... 47

2 ... AWS Service Offerings for SAP ... 49

2.1 ... Deployment Models ... 49

2.2 ... Connecting On-Premise Infrastructures to AWS ... 55

2.3 ... AWS Services for SAP ... 57

2.4 ... Summary ... 101

3 ... Framework for Designing Solutions on AWS ... 103

3.1 ... AWS Well-Architected Framework ... 103

3.2 ... SAP Lens ... 115

3.3 ... Cloud Service Level Agreement ... 118

4 ... AWS Landing Zones ... 127

4.1 ... AWS Landing Zone Architecture ... 128

4.2 ... AWS Organizations ... 134

4.3 ... AWS Control Tower ... 143

4.4 ... AWS Service Catalog ... 151

4.5 ... Resilient Architecture Patterns ... 154

4.6 ... Summary ... 173

5 ... Reference Architecture ... 175

5.1 ... Support for SAP and Related Products ... 176

5.2 ... SAP Architecture ... 181

5.3 ... Application- and Database-Specific Architecture ... 186

5.4 ... Trade-Offs ... 248

5.5 ... Summary ... 254

6 ... Migrations ... 255

6.1 ... Migration Frameworks ... 256

6.2 ... AWS Migration Methodology ... 263

6.3 ... Current State Discovery ... 266

6.4 ... Migration Tools and Services ... 284

6.5 ... SAP Migration Approaches ... 303

6.6 ... Project and Portfolio Management ... 315

6.7 ... Summary ... 319

7 ... Operations ... 321

7.1 ... Operating SAP in the Cloud ... 321

7.2 ... Common Operational Aspects ... 331

7.3 ... Cost Optimization ... 386

7.4 ... Summary ... 391

8 ... Automation Tools and Technologies ... 393

8.1 ... Getting Started ... 394

8.2 ... AWS-Native Tool Set for Automation ... 394

8.3 ... DevOps for SAP on AWS ... 419

8.4 ... SAP on AWS Automation Code Examples ... 423

8.5 ... Summary ... 426

9 ... Multicloud Considerations ... 429

9.1 ... How Do SAP Customers End Up with Multiple Clouds? ... 430

9.2 ... Multicloud Planning Aspects ... 432

9.3 ... Skilling and Challenges ... 441

9.4 ... Vendor Lock-In and Open-Source Tools ... 442

9.5 ... Multicloud Strategy Recommendations ... 444

9.6 ... When Multicloud Doesn't Work ... 445

9.7 ... Summary ... 446

10 ... Transformation ... 447

10.1 ... Event-Driven Architectures ... 449

10.2 ... Serverless Application Design ... 459

10.3 ... Application Extensibility with Cloud-Native Services Integration ... 466

10.4 ... Modern Data Architectures for SAP ... 471

10.5 ... Multi-Cloud Integration Patterns ... 482

10.6 ... Summary ... 484

11 ... What's Next? ... 485

11.1 ... SAP Modernization ... 485

11.2 ... Self-Service IT ... 490

11.3 ... Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Powered SAP Value Chains ... 492

11.4 ... Autonomous Operations and Autonomous Security ... 498

11.5 ... Model-Driven Architectures ... 502

11.6 ... No-Code Development ... 503

11.7 ... Summary ... 504

... The Authors ... 505

... Index ... 507

About the author

Ravi Kashyap is a senior SAP solution architect at Amazon Web Services. Previously, he worked at Microsoft as an architect and customer advocate for SAP systems on Microsoft Azure. Ravi has worked with SAP systems throughout his career, as an SAP migration lead, SAP managed services lead, and SAP cloud architect, in large and small consulting companies and for a variety of clients across multiple industries. He believes that subject expertise is only half the battle—to be a trusted advisor, you must also understand customer behavior and know how to ask the right questions.Rajendra Narikimelli is a senior SAP solution architect at Amazon Web Services. He has more than 18 years of experience with the SAP technology layer.Rozal Singh is a SAP solution architecture at Amazon Web Services. He has more than 13 years of experience working with SAP infrastructures.

Summary

Are you ready to move to Amazon’s public cloud? Find all the information you need to deploy SAP on AWS in this guide! Learn how to design a system that meets your business needs with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Then, prepare for your migration by reviewing AWS-approved methodologies, approaches, and tools. Finally, you’ll see what daily operations look like on AWS, and get tips for multicloud strategies and SAP workload transformations. Your cloud journey starts here!

Highlights include:
1) Cloud deployment
2) AWS Well-Architected Framework
3) Landing zones
4) Architecture
5) Migration
6) Operations
7) Automation
8) Multicloud configuration
9) Transformation
10) Cloud-native services

Product details

• Authors: Ravi Kashyap, Rajendra Narikimelli, Rozal Singh
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2024
• EAN: 9781493224906
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-2490-6
• No. of pages: 518
• Series: SAP PRESS Englisch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Public Cloud, Hyperscaler