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Technical IT-Infrastructure forR/2 - R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim: 

Technical IT-Infrastructure for R/2 - R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim Who we are IT Infrastructure and R/3 Basic Components Be prepared for Big Bang

Who we are: 

Who we are International corporation present in more than 60 countries Mainly Pharmaceutical Products About 27,000 employees in 2000 Locations in Germany Biberach an der Riß and Ingelheim am Rhein About 7,500 employees Research, development, medical, production, sales and administration www.boehringer-ingelheim.com www.boehringer-ingelheim.de

Requirements for Big Bang: 

Requirements for Big Bang Migration from: SAP R2 Individual programs for production planning Individual program for warehouse management Several interfaces to other systems to: One SAP R/3 System: Integrated Boehringer-Ingelheim System 1st of November 2000 Fulfil the requirements of “FDA” on computer validation

R/3 Modules: 

R/3 Modules

Server Sizing: 

Server Sizing Development Qualification (User) Production System 2 * K370/3 MCSG Cluster, 1.7 GB Mem each, 260 GB Disc Space 1 * N4000/5 4.0 GB Mem. 860 GB Disc Space 2 * N4000/6 MCSG Cluster, 4.5 GB Mem each, 270 GB Disc Space + Mirror in second Data Center 6 * Application Server K-Class and L-Class, 3 GB Mem. each Sandbox 2 * L1000/1 MCSG Cluster, .5 GB Mem each 50 GB Disc EURO Testing N4000/2. 4.0 GB Mem 270 GB Disc Running on Qualification System Running on Qualification System Training Testing (Programmers) Transport

Disc Subsystem: 

Disc Subsystem HP - XP256 Discs (Hitachi) XP 256 Storage Area Network (2 Brocade Switches) HP-UX Computer Sandbox System Production System Test and Training Systems

Network and Data Backup: 

Network and Data Backup IP: 194 100 Mbit/s IP: 230 Gbit/s Router R/3 private Network R/3 public Network Company Backbone Network ... Application Server DB Server Data Backup Server

Business Continuation Planning: 

Business Continuation Planning Computer Room 1 Computer Room 2 XP 256 XP 256 TSM TSM SAN LAN DB SRV DB BCK Uninterruptable Power Supply Access Control two different buildings

Big Bang’s Technical Risks: 

Big Bang’s Technical Risks Technical risks: Performance - Test Performance Program Errors - Do software quality assurance HW Instability - Partner Users don’t know how to handle - Key users Business Process doesn’t fit to SW Solution - verify your business processes (quality) Business risks: Supply Chain - only short term precaution Not being able to accept orders from customers Not being able to deliver goods

Customizing and Developmentincl. Computer Validation: 

Customizing and Development incl. Computer Validation Business processes User Requirement System Specification Program Code Code Review System and Integration Tests Acceptance Test functional qualification Operational qualification Development processes Quality assurance

Performance: 

Performance We didn’t do a full performance test with a large number of users or simulating users ! Identify the business critical transactions Test those by key users and verify the usage of system resources and expensive SQL statements Check your job-network In case of performance problems: only the performance approved transactions are allowed

Migration: 

Migration

Helpdesk for the first days: 

Helpdesk for the first days

Many Thanks to ourConsultant Partners: 

Many Thanks to our Consultant Partners IT Infrastructure and “Basic Components” Support HP Hardware (Server, Disk, SAN, ...) and Operating System, Installation SAP R/3 Kernel, Performance IT Beratung Michael Kauth Hardware and Solution Provider independent Consultant for R/3 “Basic Components” and technical Issues (over all) SAP Server Sizing, Installation and Support for R/3 Kernel and “Basic Components”, Support for Big Bang Tivoli / IBM Data Backup and Recovery

Next Steps: 

Next Steps Supporting other European Boehringer-Ingelheim companies Starting with my.SAP.com in 2001: SEM June 2001 APO planned in 2001 BW planned in 2001

R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim: 

R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim Who we are IT Infrastructure and R/3 Basic Components Be prepared for Big Bang Peter Semmel Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG A Informationsverarbeitung Binger Straße 173 D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein Germany Phone +49 (0) 6132 -77-4177 Fax +49 (0) 6132 -72-4177 E-mail: mailto:peter.semmel@ing.boehringer-ingelheim.com Web: http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com