SAP Data Archiving Services with ILM
Shrink your SAP footprint, stay compliant, and speed up S/4HANA
End-to-end SAP Data Archiving and ILM—from assessment to go-live—so you improve performance, lower infrastructure costs, and meet retention and audit requirements without disrupting your business. We also offer the option to integrate PBS Software to keep archived data transparently accessible in SAP.
Why Data Archiving + ILM?
Performance & availability: Smaller DB = faster jobs, backups, and restores.
Lower TCO: Slow database growth and defer costly storage/CPU upgrades.
Compliance & risk control: Retain, hold, and defensibly delete data per policy.
S/4 readiness: Archive what you don’t need online to streamline migration.
Services That We Deliver
Data Archiving (ADK) & Data Avoidance
ILM strategy & implementation (retention rules, legal holds)
Nearline Storage (NLS) & system decommissioning
DaRT (Data Retention Tool) enablement
PBS integration for intuitive access to archived data in familiar SAP transactions.
How It Works: Our Approach
Assess current DB size, growth, access patterns, and compliance needs.
Design archiving objects, ILM rules, and access UX.
Execute archiving/NLS with phased runs and business sign-offs.
Validate (reconciliation & audit logging) and optimize for steady-state.
Outcomes You Can Expect
- 20–60% online DB size reduction (typical range, project-dependent)
- Faster batch/backup/restore windows
- Audit-ready logs and defensible retention lifecycle
Tech & Integrations
Verbella implements SAP-native archiving with seamless user access and ILM controls. We also integrate PBS ContentLink (PCL) for “online-like” access to archived data in SAP.
Keep archived data transparently accessible in SAP while enforcing retention and legal holds. PCL adds ArchiveLink/WebDAV 3.1 connectivity and audit-ready metadata, allowing users to view “online-like” data without database bloat.
Archive access in SAP: AIS / DRB / Print Lists — users keep a familiar experience.
ILM-aware storage: ArchiveLink + WebDAV 3.1 for retention, legal hold, and defensible deletion.
Also explore our PBS Software Suite for SAP.
Works with SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA
Frequently Asked Questions
SAP Data Archiving
Can you integrate ContentLink/ILM-aware storage?
Yes, PBS ContentLink supports ArchiveLink and WebDAV 3.1 for ILM-aware storage with retention metadata.
Do we need ILM to start?
You can start with classic archiving and layer ILM (retention & legal hold) as policies mature.
Will users still find archived data easily?
Yes, via SAP tools (AIS/DRB/Print Lists) and, with PBS, using familiar transaction codes as if the data were still online.
Why Choose Verbella?
For over 20 years, Verbella has helped SAP customers automate and simplify how they capture, manage, and archive business documents. Our team combines deep SAP expertise with proven integration experience across leading technologies like Tungsten Automation, OpenText, SharePoint, and PBS delivering end-to-end solutions from AP Automation to enterprise content management.
We partner closely with our clients to understand their goals, tailor solutions, and provide dedicated support that ensures lasting success.
