BusinessObjects IN Cloud ……InfoSol’s story Minith Patel Enterprise Architect@InfoSol mpatel@infosol.com

What is Cloud? Why the Trend? Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and more—over the Internet (“the cloud”) Fancy Word for remote server access (mostly not owned by you) Advantages Capital-Expenditure fee (pay as you go or subscribe) Operational Agility (flexibility/scalability) Better DR (disaster recovery) Automatic software updates (vendor managed) Work from Anywhere and better Collaboration Security © InfoSol 2018

Questions ? On migrating BO to any public cloud, what is the typical process? Should BO platform be reinstalled on cloud and meta data migrated? How is the security set up? Is there a possibility to set up clusters in the cloud? Would it be necessary? How is load balancing achieved? Can we do Full Cloud or Hybrid Model will work ? © InfoSol 2018

Infosol on premises Infrastructure Infosol Infoburst Infosol Consulting Infosol Education/Training Finance and Administration 2 Full time network administrators Over 20 applications to Manage servers and access In-house VOIP system VPN Special Firewall ©InfoSol 2018

Welcome to our Server room (old) © InfoSol 2018

Old Infrastructure Server CPU Ghz RAM (GB) Disk (TB) VM Power cost ESXI- 1 8 2.26 16 1.1 3 ESXI -2 N/A ESXI- 3 2.2 192 5.7 33 ESXI- 4 2.39 80 1.4 ESXI- 5 12 2.5 64 1.6 ESXI- 6 ESXI- 7 2.4 24 0.7 ESXI- 8 2.0 176 3.3 19   Total 2.29 552 13.8 74 Power cost Skilled work force Redundancy (Backup and un utilized server) Upgrades and Upkeep © InfoSol 2018

InfoSol’s Operations in Cloud VM1 VM2 VM3 + OD VM1 for Hosting Applications (Private) VM2 for Training (Private and public) VM3 for Consulting and Demo (Public) © InfoSol 2018

Infosol’s Cloud Architecture BO Architecture BO Edge with Tomcat and 3rd party Apps on one single server (all in one server with all the latest bells and whistles) Open ports range 6400 -6420 Connectivity Whitelist of Users and Network Internal and External IP (Private and Public) Max 2-10 simultaneous user logon to server Cloud Model VM1 and VM3 are dedicated (subscribed) VM2 is Dedicated but On Demand (pay as you go, switched off when not needed) VM on demand Service (POC, special Projects) © InfoSol 2018

So what changed Resources Before After Network Admin 2 Full time 1 Part time Storage 14 TB 1 TB VM’s 74 3-5 Cost for Maintenance XXX $0 VM Access Needed InfoSol Laptop Anywhere (VPN) Infosol Education On Premises Anywhere Performance Medium Fast © InfoSol 2018

How to Move to Cloud Simple Answer - Like any another migration Install new version of BO and migrate content LCMBIAR File Upload copy of existing server setup* Use tools such as 360 to make sure everything is working and accounted. 360 Eyes for Inventory 360 View + for Source and Target comparison 360 Bind for automated report validation 360 Plus for Back up and versioning 360 View for security setup © InfoSol 2018

InfoSol’s Approach to Cloud Analysis of Current Infrastructure Analysis of Actual Business Need Develop Cloud Model Sourcing of Vendor and POC Setup and Migration Go-Live © InfoSol 2018

Important Lessons Learned Security, Security and Security Network and Connectivity to cloud Ports are the key to security in BO Check Latency between the servers Check each and every connection (database and BI server) Test VPN connectivity Test RESTFUL web service Turn around time (each request is a Ticket) Support and Help co-ordination with provider can be a challenge Select your Services Wisely and do not decommission Old servers ASAP © InfoSol 2018

Keys to Successfully implementing Cloud Audit your Current Infrastructure and Cost to Compare it against Cloud pricing Develop a set of business requirements (Important) Shortlist potential cloud providers and perform POC Check to make sure your Internet can handle the bandwidth Make sure cloud providers meet your requirements Have a good Migration and Testing Plan © InfoSol 2018

Keys to Successfully implementing Business Objects in Cloud Test, Test & Test Create a Checklist for testing (ensure all servers talk to each other) Make sure End to End testing is done (creating data to seeing data in a report) Test Each Database Connection in BO (32 bit and 64 bit) Use tools such as 360 to make things easy Infoburst moves easily but remember to test © InfoSol 2018

Disadvantages of Cloud Latency Vendor dependent support (depending on the model) Pay more for each feature Full Vs Hybrid cloud Can get expensive for some businesses Cost of free upgrade © InfoSol 2018

Who is InfoSol’s current Cloud Provider http://www.tonaquintdc.com/facility/facility-schematic.php © InfoSol 2018

Moving to Azure…..Why? © InfoSol 2018

Phase 1 Plan in Azure © InfoSol 2018

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