SAP migration- Lift and Shift to Azure

Diptangshu Chakraborty 61 Reputation points
2023-02-24T13:08:34.2233333+00:00

I want to perform a lift and shift migration for SAP application which is hosted on IBM Cloud. How can I migrate IBM cloud server to Azure? Is Azure Migrate supports that?

SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
Microsoft branding terminology for an Azure offer to run HANA instances on SAP HANA hardware deployed in Large Instance stamps in different Azure regions.
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  1. Carlos Solís Salazar 16,611 Reputation points
    2023-02-24T19:37:38.4566667+00:00

    Thank you for asking this question on the Microsoft Q&A Platform.

    If you have your SAP Application on Servers (IaaS) in another cloud, you can use Azure Migrate.

    Specifically, you should Migrate machines as physical servers to Azure

    Hope this helps!

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  2. Tech-Hyd-1989 5,746 Reputation points
    2023-02-24T20:11:13.7166667+00:00

    Hi Diptangshu Chakraborty,

    Yes, Azure Migrate supports the migration of the IBM server to azure treating it as Physical server. However Azure Migrate is application agnostic. If there are any other dependent servers along with the SAP, you need to migrate them along. You could perform a dependency analysis within azure migrate. Dependency visualization can help you assess groups of servers to migrate with greater confidence. Dependency visualization cross-checks machine dependencies before you run an assessment

    Migrate SAP platform to Azure, if you chose to use Azure Migrate service , this is the approach https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/tutorial-migrate-physical-virtual-machines

    I would highly recommend reviewing the comprehensive document by Microsoft Azure here SAP adoption - Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

    This document describe how SAP workloads impact your overall strategy, cloud adoption plan, and environmental readiness efforts, with detailed guidance on common drift for each effort.

    To accelerate these efforts, the articles also include detailed technical resources that describe how to build an enterprise-scale landing zone that can support your mission-critical SAP needs.
    So, before you start to migrate your SAP platform, validate that you have established a compatible Azure landing zone for the SAP platform and:

    • Assess the SAP platform and dependant workloads.
    • Evaluate sizing considerations for the SAP platform.
    • Migrate the platform.
    • Migrate the workload.

    If you need to run to SAP HANA large instance, refer to Run SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances)

    If this does answer your question, please accept it as the answer as a token of appreciation.

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  3. Pramod Dahale 0 Reputation points
    2023-06-26T20:30:09.42+00:00

    As I understood from discussion with Microsoft team, Azure migrate is not a recommended tool for SAP workloads as of today.

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