Lenzing: EMC Documentum as SAP Archive

Brunswick - June 05, 2015 : In collaboration with fme AG, Lenzing AG has replaced its old IXOS SAP archive and modified EMC² Documentum, its existing content management system, to serve as an SAP archive. The Documentum infrastructure has been optimized for stability and reliability. The archive data was migrated using »Migration4ArchiveLink«, a proven migration tool from our longstanding partner KGS. In addition, complete documentation was provided and there was no significant downtime.

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Lenzing AG has been using IXOS as its SAP archiving solution for several years now. When the project started it contained about 1 terabyte of archive data from SAP. However, there were SAP upgrades planned and the maintenance contract had expired soon so the IXOS Archive was to be replaced with an alternative archiving solution. Since EMC² Documentum has been in use as enterprise content management system (ECM) at Lenzing since 2000, the existing infrastructure was to be used or rather expanded to be also used as archiving solution and the data was to be migrated from the IXOS legacy system.

The main objective was to replace the IXOS Archive as soon as possible because the service contract had expired. The existing Documentum infrastructure was to be used as an archiving solution. The Documentum Archive needed to be fail-safe and stable before going live. Alternatives for the scan client and IXOS Viewer, a system to display archive documents, had to be found when the IXOS Archive was replaced. Further, the archived documents and data should be accessed via SAP only. Furthermore, the replacement of the archive and all affected components was to be done with a minimum of downtime.

By using a proven migration tool, the SAP archive data was reliably and traceably transferred. The consolidation of document management and SAP archiving to the unified EMC² Documentum platform will save future maintenance and administration costs.

Benefit

    • Optimal utilization of existing infrastructure components
    • Consolidated unified operating model
    • Increased system stability through redundant components
    • Reduction in annual maintenance costs

Case Study Lenzing – EMC Documentum as SAP Archive

Overview of solution architecture including temporary migration components

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