Empresa Baiana de Água e Saneamento S/A (Embasa) is a water supplier and water treatment utility operating in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Embasa manages one of the largest water treatment services in Brazil. Embasa provides drinking water for more than 94 percent of the population in its coverage area.

1. Overview
Embasa improves data flows with
SAP and IBM Challenge
Sanitation services supplier
Embasa wished to replace its
Empresa Baiana de Água e explains. “There was no integration legacy business management
Saneamento S/A (Embasa) is a water between systems. Some data was and operational software with
supplier and water treatment utility replicated or redundant, and there was modern commercial solutions.
operating in the Brazilian state of Bahia. little or no validation of data integrity.
Embasa manages one of the largest We passed information from the Solution
water treatment services in Brazil. existing operational systems to the Embasa hosted SAP ERP
Embasa provides drinking water for management systems manually, a slow applications for business
more than 94 percent of the population and inefficient process that could easily management on Linux partitions
in its coverage area. introduce errors.” on an IBM System z196, with
their databases on IBM DB2 for
Embasa is a public-private partnership Embasa was running its legacy z/OS. The company deployed
with the Government of Bahia as its solutions on the IBM System z® IBM System Storage DS8800 for
majority shareholder. Founded in 1971, platform, with IBM DB2 . Long
®
data management. This is the first
the company has annual revenue experience with System z had implementation of Linux on the
of more than US$ 900 million and demonstrated its scalability, reliability IBM System z platform in Brazil.
employs around 8,000 people. and security. The ability to run the Linux
operating system alongside IBM z/OS® Key benefits
In common with many large utilities, made the platform a strong candidate By implementing the new SAP
Embasa ran multiple legacy systems for the new applications. applications and consolidating
to manage both operational services to the System z196, Embasa has
and its back-office business Selecting SAP ERP for optimal simplified its IT infrastructure,
management. In general, each back- business management making significant savings on
office application was run separately, “The challenge was to find the data center energy, cooling and
with no shared financial or customer best ERP solution for business floorspace.
data. Suelene Diniz, IT Leader for management,” says Denise Britto,
the SAP implementation project, Embasa’s CIO. “Additionally, our
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2. experience of DB2 on z/OS had shown
that it is a highly reliable solution for
managing our information, and close “The challenge was
integration between DB2 and the to find the best ERP
business management software was solution for business
Business Challenge
essential.” management.
Sanitation services supplier
Following a public tender, Consórcio Additionally, our
Embasa wished to replace its
Porto Seguro was selected to experience of DB2 on
legacy business management and
implement SAP ERP, its recommended z/OS had shown that
operational software with modern
business management solution. it is a highly reliable
commercial solutions.
SAP offers a very wide range of solution for managing
components, many of which are our information, and
With operational data and millions
specifically available for the utilities close integration
of customer records managed
sector. Embasa deployed asset between DB2
cost-effectively by IBM DB2 on the
management, business process and the business
IBM System z platform, the company
control, cost controlling, financials, management
needed to find a high-performance,
materials management, production software was
cost-effective way to introduce new
planning, project systems, and sales essential.”
and distribution among others.
software while continuing with the
tried and trusted database solution. Denise Britto
Embasa also implemented SAP CIO
NetWeaver Portal for connectivity Embasa
Its proposed operational software
services, SAP NetWeaver Business
package, SAP, runs on the Linux
Warehouse for data warehousing, and
operating system, and Embasa was
SAP BusinessObjects for analytics and
keen to avoid introducing additional
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. To support the new workload, Embasa
server platforms and a complex IT
upgraded its IT environment to an
landscape.
Working with Consórcio Porto Seguro IBM System z196™ server with seven
and IBM, Embasa followed the SAP central processors (CPs) to run z/OS
implementation methodology, starting workload, two IBM System z Integrated
with unit and integration tests, and information Processors (zIIPs) to
moving to a full business assessment of run specific DB2 transactions, and
the impact of the new solution across six integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
the company. There will be around 500 processors to support the SUSE
users initially, which may rise to 1,300. Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating
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3. Networking between the virtual servers
“The z196 and is handled by HiperSockets, the high-
DS8800 can be speed virtual networking technology
doubled in capacity built into System z, which removes the
within the same requirement for external switches while
Solution
physical footprint, providing increased data throughput.
ensuring that Embasa hosted SAP ERP
Embasa has plenty IBM offered a complete solution
applications for business
of room for growth. package, which included infrastructure
management on Linux partitions
The z196 offers a and architecture consulting, system
on an IBM System z196, with their
powerful and highly sizing and workshops run by a
databases on IBM DB2 for z/OS.
scalable solution.” specialist IBM SAP team. This
commercially attractive “Solution
The company deployed
Humberto Sampaio Edition” approach gave Embasa
IBM System Storage DS8800 for
DB2 and z/OS Administration the confidence to go ahead with
data management. This is the first
Manager the first implementation in Brazil of
implementation of Linux on the
Embasa SAP applications on Linux on the
IBM System z platform in Brazil.
IBM System z platform.
system hosted on z/VM, the System z High-performance data storage
virtualization layer. With the SAP applications consolidated
to the System z196, Embasa
The SAP software environment considered its data storage options.
uses five CPs, one zIIP and six IFL On the same principle of centralization
processors. DB2 runs natively in z/OS and simplification, Embasa selected
with the load distributed between the an IBM System Storage® DS8800 fibre
CPs and zIIPs, providing excellent price- channel disk array, with 29 TB of raw
performance for database workload capacity.
and legacy applications.
Humberto Sampaio, DB2 and z/OS
Embasa operates four logical partitions Administration Manager, reports, “The
(LPARs), two running z/OS with DB2, company employs today just two
and two z/VM environments containing system support analyst for both the
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to z196 and DS8800, who is responsible
support SAP applications. for maintaining the operating system
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4. (z/OS and z/VM), the database (DB2),
security (RACF), and network (VTAM,
TCP/IP). “Embasa is building a
The z196 and DS8800 can be doubled cost-effective, highly
in capacity within the same physical scalable business
Key Solution Components
footprint, ensuring that Embasa has management solution
plenty of room for growth. The z196 with SAP ERP and
Industry
offers a powerful and highly scalable the z196, DS8800
Utilities
solution.” and IBM DB2.”
Applications Massive business scalability Suelene Diniz
SAP ERP components Solution
®
By implementing SAP in Linux IT Leader for the SAP
Manager (SM); Financial partitions on the z196, with DB2 on implementation project
Accounting/Controlling (FI/CO) z/OS providing high-performance Embasa
Material Management (MM); Plant shared information management,
Maintenance (PM); Project System Embasa has created a simple, unified
(PS); Human Resources/E-recruiting IT infrastructure capable of enormous
(HR/E-Rec); SAP NetWeaver Portal,
®
growth. its carbon footprint as a means of
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, achieving green data center targets.
SAP BusinessObjects ,™
Consolidating multiple workloads to
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration the z196 has enabled Embasa to avoid “Embasa is building a cost-effective,
the need to add smaller systems to the highly scalable business management
Hardware data center, making space available solution with SAP ERP and the z196,
IBM System zEnterprise z196,
®
while cutting energy and cooling DS8800 and IBM DB2,” says Suelene
IBM System Storage® DS8800 requirements. Diniz. “With the consolidation to z196,
Embasa is ready for the next phase of
Software Because the applications and database growth.”
IBM z/OS , IBM z/VM , IBM DB2 ,
® ® ®
are connected internally within the z196
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise environment, Embasa has been able
Server 10 to eliminate external cabling, network
switches and power supplies, further
Services simplifying the system landscape,
IBM Global Technology Services which is now easier to understand
and maintain. Embasa has reduced
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5. “With the consolidation
to z196, Embasa is
ready for the next
phase of growth.” Business Benefits
Suelene Diniz • Simplified IT infrastructure
IT Leader for the SAP
implementation project • Reduced administration workload
Embasa that saves one full-time employee
equivalent
• Made significant savings on
data center energy, cooling and
floorspace
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