SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3192757 - Migration of HXM Tenants from Moscow datacenter (DC18) to Frankfurt datacenter (DC55)

Symptom

Major migration milestones and timelines for customers migrating from DC18 to DC55

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite 

Resolution

For the migration, you need to follow the below checklist (note that timeline differs for Preview and Production). All pre-migration and post migration activities are required to be completed in order for the tenants to be fully functional, after the migration to Frankfurt

Also, note that IP information would need to be changed for integrations as per DC55 information at the end of this KBA.

Pre and Post Migration Checklist for Preview tenants

Phase

Activity

Owner

Timeline

Comments

Pre-Migration

Allow Support Admin User access to for DC18 and DC55 to SAP SF Services

Customer

May 10

 

Pre-Migration

Communicate to end users of Service Downtime and new URL's

Customer

May 10

 

Pre-Migration

Provide Non-SAP SFTP server Details (Source IP:, Hostname:, Port: )

Customer

May 10

 

Pre-Migration

Share SF SFTP credentials

Customer

May 12

 

Pre-Migration

Allowlist DC55 Email servers

Customer

May 12

 

Pre-Migration

Allowlist DC55 outbound IPs

Customer

May 12

 

Pre-Migration

Allowlist non-SAP SFTP server in HXM network

SAP Operations

May 12

 

Migration

Migration Execution

SAP Operations

May 13-15

 

Migration

SFTP Data Transfer

SAP Operations

May 13-15

 

Post-Migration

Re-integration and configuration changes on migrated instance

SAP Services

May 17-20

Handover time will vary depending on applicable BTP integrations.

Post-Migration

Basic Validations

SAP Services

May 17-20

 

Post-Migration

Set up SSO access for target tenant

SAP Services & Customer

May 17-20

 

Post-Migration

Functionality Testing

Customer

May 18-22

 

Post-Migration

CPI Tenant Configuration

SAP Services

May 16-20

Customer must provide information to SAP Professional Services team for the CPI integration implemented in the instance. Meetings may have to be scheduled with customer counterpart for the CPI activities.

Post-Migration

Update Third Party integrations

Customer

May 18-21

 

Post-Migration

Re-register Mobile App

Customer

May 18-21

 

Post-Migration

Create incidents in Launchpad when needed

Customer

May 18-May 25

 

Pre and Post Migration Checklist for Production tenants

Phase

Activity

Owner

Timeline

Comments

Pre-Migration

Allow Support Admin User access to for DC18 and DC55 to SAP SF Services

Customer

May 20

 

Pre-Migration

Communicate to end users of Service Downtime and new URL's

Customer

May 20

 

Pre-Migration

Provide Non-SAP SFTP server Details (Source IP:, Hostname:, Port: )

Customer

May 20

 

Pre-Migration

Share SF SFTP credentials

Customer

May 27

 

Pre-Migration

Allowlist DC55 Email servers

Customer

May 27

 

Pre-Migration

Allowlist  DC55 outbound IPs

Customer

May 27

 

Pre-Migration

Allowlist non-SAP SFTP server in HXM network

SAP Operations

May 27

 

Migration

Migration Execution

SAP Operations

May 27 – May 29 

 

Migration

SFTP Data Transfer

SAP Operations

May 27 – May 29

 

Migration

iContent Data Transfer (Prod & Prev)

SAP Operations

May 27 – May 29

 

Post-Migration

Re-integration and configuration changes on migrated instance

SAP Services

May 30 – Jun 1

Handover time will vary depending on applicable BTP integrations.

Post-Migration

Basic Validations

SAP Services

May 30 – Jun 2

 

Post-Migration

Set up SSO access for target tenant

SAP Services & Customer

May 30 – Jun 1

 

Post-Migration

Functionality testing

Customer

May 31 – Jun 3

 

Post-Migration

CPI tenant configuration

SAP Services

May 30 – Jun 2

Customer must provide information to SAP Professional Services team for the CPI integration implemented in the instance. Meetings may have to be scheduled with customer counterpart for the CPI activities.

Post-Migration

Update Third Party integrations

Customer

May 31 – Jun 3

 

Post-Migration

Re-register Mobile App

Customer

May 31 – Jun 3

 

Post-Migration

Create incidents in Launchpad when needed

Customer

May 31 – Jun 13

 

Details of DC55 URL’s and IP’s

DC55 New URL's and IPs

BizX Prod URL

 https://hcm55.sapsf.eu/login

BizX Preview URL

https://hcm55preview.sapsf.eu/login

Email Servers

prodmail55a.sapsf.eu (IP-35.242.247.107) ,prodmail55b.sapsf.eu (IP 34.107.8.58)

SFTP Server

 https://sftp55.sapsf.eu

SFAPI Prod Service URL

https://api55.sapsf.eu/sfapi/v1/soap

SFAPI Preview Service URL

https://api55preview.sapsf.eu/sfapi/v1/soap

ONB Prod URL

https://onboarding55.sapsf.eu/ONB

ONB Preview URL

https://onboarding55preview.sapsf.eu/ONB/

JAM URL

https://jam55.sapjam.com/

Career site Prod URL

https://career55.sapsf.eu/career?company=companyid

Career site Preview URL

https://career55preview.sapsf.eu/career?company=companyid

LMS URL Hostname

lms.sapsf.eu

Outbound IPs

34.107.88.2 , 35.246.224.53

See Also

2353719 - Reports missing in Report Center

2747798 - [SSO] Creating the Metadata File for SSO Between SuccessFactors and Identity Provider

2432796 - Public outgoing IP for SAP SuccessFactors BizX Platforms

2087468 - Emails Blocked or Not Delivered Due to Spam Filters, Spoofing, Bombing (mass mail), IP Address Allowlists

Keywords

Migration Moscow Russia DC18 , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT-SEC , Security Reports , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Platform all versions