{"id":56918,"date":"2019-04-12T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=56918"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T13:39:09","slug":"s-4-and-hana-migration-what-to-do-with-the-old-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/s-4-and-hana-migration-what-to-do-with-the-old-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"S\/4 and Hana Migration - What to do with Legacy Systems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For example, how can legal retention periods be complied with when changing systems? The SAP S\/4 Hana migration is not the only time ERP processes need to be redefined and data that has accumulated over the last few decades needs to be tidied up.<\/p>\n<p>An intelligent, selective migration approach makes it possible to retain relevant data and processes while archiving old or cold data. However, this does not automatically simplify the entire system landscape - whether in the cloud or on-premise.<\/p><div id=\"great-2683070818\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This is because existing SAP systems usually have to be retained for several years due to legal requirements (keyword: legal hold) or for accounting purposes.<\/p>\n<h3>Taming the \"zoo\" of legacy systems<\/h3>\n<p>Existing SAP customers must migrate to S\/4 by 2025. At the same time, they may have to keep their old SAP systems running for years after the changeover in order to access data.<\/p>\n<p>This can be time-consuming, as the old operating system and database must continue to be operated and patches and sometimes even life cycle upgrades are necessary.<\/p>\n<p>This can lead to a \"zoo\" of legacy systems that cannot be tamed. Intelligent software for decommissioning SAP systems, such as DataFridge from Datavard, helps to tame it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"S\/4 and hana migration - what to do with legacy systems?\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56919\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3.jpg\" alt=\"Infrastructure Graphic E3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3-100x53.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3-480x253.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3-640x338.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3-720x380.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Infrastruktur-Grafik-e3-960x507.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The solution manages legacy data in a central location, thus reducing TCO and supporting compliance with legal requirements. When preparing the migration, the data in this system is first inventoried (into active, cold and old data) in order to then transfer the old application data to DataFridge.<\/p>\n<p>The software extracts these and classifies them according to legal entity, creation date, authorization group and other properties for future data determination and access.<\/p>\n<p>Data from any number of SAP and even non-SAP systems can be recorded. The technology uses a worm memory (write-once-read-many).<\/p>\n<p>Such storage enables initial data storage and grants read access until the data may be destroyed. DataFridge is also based on SAP NetWeaver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/partners\/datavard-gmbh\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"S\/4 and hana migration - what to do with legacy systems?\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/partners\/datavard-gmbh\/\" width=\"1000\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD-768x86.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD-100x11.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD-480x54.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD-640x72.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD-720x81.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-DATAVARD-960x108.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A changeover to S\/4 is a challenge, but also brings great opportunities. In this context at the latest, many companies are also concerned with the question of what will happen to their legacy systems.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":56920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,28431],"tags":[833,722],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-56918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-management","category-mag-1903","tag-migration","tag-netweaver","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",400,180,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",600,270,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091.jpg",600,270,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_622486091-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Ein Umstieg nach S\/4 ist eine Herausforderung, bringt aber auch gro\u00dfe Chancen. Viele Unternehmen besch\u00e4ftigt sp\u00e4testens in diesem Zusammenhang auch die Frage, was mit den Altsystemen passiert.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/it-management\/\" rel=\"category tag\">IT-Management<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag-1903\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 19-03<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"1 comment","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56918"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=56918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}