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When migrations run in parallel across multiple systems, customers and projects, maintaining control quickly becomes a critical success factor. This is where Central monitoring comes in. The solution automates migration processes, centrally monitors critical activities, and ensures that even the most complex transformations remain manageable, even in highly dynamic multi-customer environments.
Central monitoring is primarily used in Selective Data Transition (SDT) migration projects such as carve-outs, NewGL, and conversions. It can also centrally manage anonymization scenarios with DCS Protect. One of its greatest advantages is the ability to execute all scenarios in parallel across multiple customers while keeping the entire process fully automated, which is also its primary objective. Central monitoring ensures the automated execution of migration processes while providing a centralized overview of all clients and projects.
How does central monitoring work?
Central monitoring retrieves the status of every defined project, task group, and task, then generates the corresponding execution step. If a project is located on a different system than the one running central monitoring, its status is retrieved via RFC. The following execution options are available:
- Execute each step individually.
- Execute all steps within a client in a predefined sequence.
Execution can be stopped at any time. However, projects, task groups, or individual tasks cannot be reset through central monitoring itself.
Within each client, every step starts only after the previous one has been completed successfully. Multiple clients can run in parallel, increasing efficiency and reducing overall migration time.
Monitoring capabilities
Even while migrations are running, central monitoring provides complete visibility into the process. The solution enables:
- Monitoring the runtime of individual steps.
- Tracking the current execution status.
For project and migration teams, this means issues can be identified at an early stage, bottlenecks can be detected more quickly, and migration processes can be managed more reliably. Another major advantage is support for parallel execution across multiple clients. This not only reduces the overall duration of large migration projects but also improves scalability in enterprise transformation initiatives.
At present, central monitoring primarily supports two system landscapes:
- A single source system with one or more clients.
- Source and target systems with identical clients.
Future enhancements will also support execution across systems with non-matching keys, increasing both flexibility and the range of supported migration scenarios.
When can central monitoring be used?
To use central monitoring, several prerequisites must be met. DCS Migrate must be installed, and predefined step lists must be available. These serve as the foundation for the structured and automated execution of individual migration steps.
For organizations looking to make their migrations not only faster but also more controlled and transparent, central monitoring provides a powerful approach.
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