Read this guide for step-by-step instructions on how to backup and restore Mksysb in Skytap on Azure.

Azure NetApp Files (ANF) solves numerous challenges and can be a go-to solution for Skytap customers who are looking to have a shared files solution on Skytap.

Skytap on Azure is a public cloud offering for IBM Power workloads – AIX, IBM i (AS/400) and Power Linux – to run in a hyperscale environment, alongside more traditional x86 Windows / Linux operating systems.

Under a time crunch and after a major acquisition, Skytap and Meridian IT helped Rivus migrate IBM Power to the Azure cloud with minimal disruption while boosting performance and productivity by 25%.

With no easy recovery option for a business-critical legacy ERP system running on outdated IBM Power hardware, TCM Living faced the risk of significant disruption in the event of a disaster recovery (DR) scenario. Working with Northdoor, the company has successfully created a native DR instance within Skytap on the Azure cloud, facilitating rapid recovery without the need for ongoing investments in new on-premises hardware.

Adopting cloud transformation strategies and adjusting business operations can present challenges, such as transitioning investments in IBM Power-based workloads to the cloud without costly or lengthy refactoring efforts. With Skytap on Azure, organizations can gain cloud-scale benefits while modernizing mission-critical applications, with no rebuilding efforts, quickly and easily.

A recording of Skytap Live 2022, an online event open to all Skytap customers. The event includes information about using Skytap Cloud as well as a peek at our 2022 roadmaps.

With Skytap on Azure, you can minimize the latency between traditional workloads and those running natively on Azure. You also can enhance traditional applications to extract more value from your data with Azure services—including Azure Synapse, AI/ML and Azure SQL—and more easily integrate traditional and Azure native applications.

Global retailer, SPAR, migrates to Skytap on Azure to ensure business continuity despite civil unrest. Thanks to the immediate response from cloud migration experts, SPAR’s 10 business-critical IBM i LPARs were quickly and remotely migrated to Skytap on Azure. Now SPAR can continue to modernize its workloads and advance its digital transformation strategy while saving costs.

Skytap Service Delivery offerings are designed to ensure customer and partner success throughout Skytap Service Delivery offerings are designed to ensure customer and partner success throughout the stages of cloud adoption. The Skytap team has the skills and experience to support key cloud migration phases including proof-of-concept, migration, and post migration. the stages of cloud adoption.

Unlock Cloud Power and Possibility for SAP® NetWeaver® Workloads with Skytap on Azure. Skytap creates a path to Azure for organizations running applications based on the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform on AIX on-premises. Skytap enables SAP ERP systems to be migrated to the cloud, regardless of operating system.

Traditional business-critical applications running in the data center lack the reliability and functionality you need to support the changing face of business. Migrating these often-fragile applications to the cloud has historically meant rewriting or rearchitecting code that may be decades old. Skytap makes it easy to move production Windows, AIX, IBM i, and Linux workloads into the cloud without replatforming.