Production vm storage?

what you guys use for production vm storage?
i mean explicitly not labs / homes but something you roll in the office you don't own yourself :)
would you put into production some free solution with allowed commercial use (no eula violation! ) but with community only / limited vendor support?
what would be a game changer for you? say going freenas (free) -> truenas (paid) upgrade?
tnx!! :)

We have used a variety of storage solutions under Hyper-V clusters for production, and have inherited some through acquisition which have now been collapsed into our main production environment.
Serveral considerations exist for the Admin:
How much availability do you need?
How many VMs are you planning to deploy across how many hosts?
Do you want to use FCoE or iSCSI?
How much support do you feel you will need when it all goes wrong and the storage solution wont boot, taking your entire environment down?
how many IOPs and what type are you likely to be pushing? BIG IOPS or lots of small?
How much money do you want to spend?
We have used in production (through acquisitions):
Synology DS3612XL (Very good for cheap deployments)
Netgear ReadyNAS (Good for cheap installs)
Dell MD3200 (Very good)
All of these are very good for budget storage solutions
In production we have used the following (Probably a bit pricey for most):
EMC VNX 5500 (Great, with replication but a little slow on writes)
EMC VMAX (Used for our production SQL virtual workloads - Extremely highly available)
EMC XtremIO (Truely amazing storage array) my personal favorite.
Every time we have had issues of any sort MS and the storage vendor have always been on the ball and easily engaged. I would NEVER risk running "roll your own" in a true production environment. Just not worth the risk.
If you really do want to roll your own i'd recommend using 2012R2 SoFS and JBOD. You can always do some funky stuff with replication or DFSR if you need even higher availability. But obviously this solution isn't FREE.

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Material A0001 is an in-house product in my company, and the material [A0001] is also issued as a component for other Finshed Good [A000FG] inhouse product.
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User expects the A0001 material to automatically GR at in-transit storage location 000X.
When ever the material A0001 is issued as a component to A000FG. The material A0001 whould automatically issued as a pick items from Storage location 000Y or backflush as kanban items from Sloc 000Z.
Is options we can do the above setup through PRODUCTION VERSIONS.
If it is how can I proceed to set that, Please provide me a guidance.
or else please tell me other options to perform the above scenario.
Thanks in Advance

hi madan,
Maintain the receiving storage location 000X for A0001 in production version screen of MRP4 view.
and second scenario maintain production storage location 000Y for the the component of A0001 in the BOM of A000FG
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Hello,
I have the following situation at hand in a Client.
They use Process Orders and want to do material staging of the components.
The Production Supply área is an IM managed storage location but the storage location of the components is WM managed.
The staging should take place as pick parts (control cycle) transfering the components from the WM storage location to the IM production Storage location.
Im not sure we need to use Deliveries instead of Transfer Requirements.
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Aart,
For Transfer requirement creation for production order components WM staging please follow below steps.
1.Activate PP interface in Warehouse number control for PP interface in Logistic execution.
2.You need to assign WM replenishment movement type 319 against the production supply storage type.
3.In production scheduling profile all necessary WM TR/TO configuration to be done based on your requirement.
4.Create PSA in PK05.
5.Create Control cycle in LPK1.
6.Assign the PSA to production work centers.
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Incorrect Storage Location Detemined in Production Order

Hi There,
When convert planned order to Production order, storage location is determined for component material.
Till 4.7 system, we see that the system was following below sequence for determination storage location:
1)     Storage location set into BOM item
2)     Storage location determined by WC.
3)     Storage location set into material master.
However, in the upgraded ERP 6.0 system we see that the above sequence is not followed any more.
1)     Storage location determined by WC.
2)     Storage location set into material master.
3)             Storage location set into BOM item
Is our understanding correct? How can be bring back the old sequence?
Thanks in advance for your support.
Kind Regards,
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Hi Anish,
The issue is that in earlier system it was '2' as well, still the storage location was taken from BOM.
But, in ERP 6.0 it is not taken from BOM.
We do not want to change the master data for this purpose, but need a reason why SAP has changed this behaviour?
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Prakash
Edited by: Prakash Ayer on May 11, 2009 5:01 PM

Storage Location or Storage type

Hi Experts ,
Here is the complete scenario .....
W1 -- Warehouse1 which has Supplies and Pharma
W2 -- Warehouse 2 which has Supplies and Equipments
W3 -- Warehouse 3 has Pharma only
W1 and W3 are in one Physical structure with partition
W2 is across the road...
1. Supplies move from W2 to W1 when supplies go low in warehouse 1 (W1) this is done almost daily .
2. Supplies from W1 are moved to W2 if there is any overflow or supplies come in excess which happens few times a week.
3. We have 3 shipment points where they perform shipping and receiving each for W1,W2 and W3.
4. we have 6 staging spots for staging of international shipments on W1
 and we have about 10 staging spots in W2 ....We need to know the exat location of where the shipping pallet is located for compliance purpose (Inspection )
5. Most of the receiving is done in W1 (about 85 %) where it is inspected , arranged and then put away is done accordingly ....
 If the shipment contains only equipments or Beds then its received in W2.
6. When there is an overflow of Pharma in W1 then some of the supplies in W1 are removed and put in W2 so that they get space for Pharma storage .....
7. Warehouse 3 (W3) has high value Pharma, basically used for domestic shipments (in US) or the pharma products which dont have space in W1.
8.. Moving of Pharma products for storage from W3 to W1 happens rarely;
9. Moving from W1 to W3 happens almost daily ..cause when ever the products get over in W3 then they move it from W1.
10. Picking for international shipments takes place from W3 and W1 and are shipped from W1 in big Pallets.
11. When they receive the product in Big pallets in W1 some pharma products go to W1 and some in W3 , depending on the value .
12. Some times the domestic Shipments are in large quantity so its taken from W3 to W1 and staged for shipment in W1.
13. Domestic (within US) shipments is done through Fed Ex ....which is done daily ....
My Question is will it be wise to
OPTION 1:make these 3 warehouses into 3 storage locations...(1 plant >3storage locations>1 warehouse )or
OPTION 2: is it wise to make these 3 warehouses into 3 storage types ...... (1plant --->1 storage location --->1 warehouse -
>3 storage types -->1 section under each storage type )
Will there be any problem to define shipping point,carry physical inventory,stock transfers and work with RF devices in future if i choose option 2 
Your Advise is precious to me ....Please do let me know the pros and cons .....for options ..above ....
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Hello Albert,
It's always suggested to have very simple organization structure so we can avoid extra transaction.
Now in your case, if you define three Plant/SLoc/warehouse then you are going to end up with more and more transactions at inventory level and followed by warehouse transactions.
I suggest to have one Sloc and one warehouse for this kind of organization and maintain different storage type for each physical location. This will reduce the IM level transactions. Now when moving material from one facility to another facility you can maintain one more storage type for the Transport Equipement (i.e. Cart/Forklift etc) so when you move from W1 to W2 at that time you can do bin to bin transfer.
Also you want facility for overflow in one facility so this can be achieved with allowing two storage type for putaway.
for different kind of Supplies and pharma, I am sure you will plan different material type for them so that will help to get reports for each category.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Arif Mansuri

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Best way to activate WM in a storage location

Hi all.
We want to activate warehouse management in a certain warehouse (0001) where stock is currently available.
What is the best way to make the begin using WM in this warehouse?
We thought to:
1. transfer all the stock (unrestricted/ quality/ blocked...) from 0001 into another warehouse
2. transport all customizing related to WM for that warehouse (0001)
3. create master data in the new warehouse number/ storage type
4. transfer the stock into the warehouse 0001 again to include the storage bins
Is this flow correct or maybe is there any one better?
Apart from this, I had a question about how to manage storage type and storage sections?
We have clearly different areas in this warehouse:
reception area
production area with repetitive manufacturing
storage for consumibles
storage for pallets (where have been previously produced in production area)
storage for aftermarket
The mandatory requirement is to make goods receipt in a common area for all materials in this warehouse and, although there is no bin determination because operator will decide the bin to keep the material, he should know at least the type of material or the area where materials should be kept. For example, in reception area the operator is going to pick a consumible, he should know in which part of the warehouse it should be kept.
My idea is to create one storage type with different storage sections (one per *) but maybe it is better organized if different storage types are created. What is the best criteria to do it?
May thanks in advance and best regards.
Edited by: sapera01 on Mar 18, 2010 10:59 AM

HI,
Check this link
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WM -Production Supply

Hi
i configured the WM -PP Configuration
After material staging and clicked the Proceed option in the production order . i found the TR thru lx09 (t code) and
i did TO...after this i have same stock is appearing in (production supply) -storage type 100 .
after this process, i did GRN against production order... but stock is still available the storage type100 have some quantity ...
is it right??? ....if wrong means what i do for storage type 100 stock.pls suggest me to do steps
note : in the control cycle which i have maintained the storage type 100.
with regards
dinesh
Edited by: code acess on Oct 11, 2011 8:40 AM
Edited by: code acess on Oct 11, 2011 8:42 AM

hi mgl
same production order only, i followed this steps only
1 .created production order ,release and saved
2 . i did material staging
3 i did proceed.
4. i did TR and Transfer order, confirmation-now stock is showing storage type 100
5 . production order confirmation
6 GRN against production order
7. I did FG for TR and TO
my question is after production grn done, stock is showing in storage type 100. so what i do this storage type stock .....is it right
way i followed the steps
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Add storage location field into report COOIS

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Where and what to configure to pull storage location into report COOIS?
Thanks
Rafi

Hi Mohammed,
Ideally it should come, field storage location is fetch from the GR tab from production order. May be PP guy can help you much better.
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Material Rejection At Production Floor

Hi,
We are a Manufacturing house, and the below mentioned scenaio is common for us:
We receive Material against a PO, say 10000 PCS, SLoc 1000, Batch 200701.
As per the QC Norms, we pass the entire 10000 PCS,
The MIRO & Payment is done for 10000 PCS.
Material is issue to Prod Stor Loc 1001 for Production.
While doing Assembly, we come to know that 100 PCS are actually rejected.
We want this 100 PCS to be sent back to Vendor as REJECTION with a DEBIT NOTE.
Our Views:
We want to create Damage Stor Loc 1003.
The Material 100 PCS to be moved to S Loc 1003 with Quality Inpection Lot.
The QC Head will give the final UD (can be OK/ REJECTED).
Based on the QC Decision, the OK Material to be moved back to Prod S Loc 1001, and the REJECTED Material will be send back to Vendor.
Pls. guide to solve this issue. Also try to mention the Mov Types.
Regards,

Hi Karn
Please look at the process steps given below, may suits to your requirement.
1) Make goods receipt against PO in to main storage location 1000 managed by stores department (mvmt type:101, stock type: Unrestricted)
2) Transfer the goods to production floor storage location 1001 into quality stock and with generation of inspection lot (mvmt type: 311)
3) Processing of inspection lot and usage decision by QA.
Here we have to see, whether systems supports for 122 from sloc 1001 or not.
warm regards
sairam akundi

Material Withdrawal for Production

Hello all,
I'm using Pull list (MF60) to pull material for production supply Storage location.I'm not using PP-REM, but staging is a requirement in my scenario. While executing MF60 with reservation & MF65 to Goods Issue,the Goods Issue happns in one step in SAP, but physically it may take hours to transfer the material. Please suggest how to allign the physical & logical goods movement.
Please note the material is batch managed & automatic batch determination needs to be done before GI
Regards
Mahesh

Dear Friend
I faced similar issue in a chemical implementation.Do not try to develop ABAP programs to address this.Try to align the physical practices instead.I am explaining what we did.
We divided the physical storage location in two areas (Not in SAP).One area is demarketed with Green paint and called it a preparation zone.
Based on Pull list and batch determination , orderwise we used to Pull out the material and put in preparation zone.Handout printout with Batch numbers to forklift operator and he will issue to production zone at designated places.He will tick the printout against each material and batch number on printed pull list.At the end of issuance , he will handover the pull list to stores officer who will then do the PGI.If managed properly there is a time lag of 30-45 minutes between staging and PGI update.
This procedure ensures :
1.Batch and quantity is double checked (By Forklift operator).
2.The issuance and staging is at decided time.
3.You need not modify SAP programs.
This was accepted and appreciated by client.Please check this can be possible in your situation.
I hope this is of some help.
with regards
Prakash Wagh

Storage bin does not exist

Hi Experts,
While doing the goods issue while confirming the production order (Mvt 261), i am getting error message for the component " Storage bin 01 does not exist (check your entry) Message no. L9 009"
I dont know why it is only checking storage bin as 01, where as stock is maintained in other bins also,
Whether i am missing any point in this.
Pl help.
regards
Utsav

Hi,
Find out why movement type for a component is looking for 01 as storage bin.
I am also finding out this issue.
It must be some fixed bin assigned at storage type level in material master.
I checked in MMR, but no fix bin is assigned in WM2 view. Field is blank. No entry is maintained.
Or check movment type setting what is the source
Where to check this?
Also check any storage bin created for production supply storage type.
Where to check this?
Also youmay need to check any special Movement indicator in material master WM 1 view.
This field is blank in MMR.

WM Replenishment and 2-step picking with storage units.

Dear Colleagues,
I am attempting to use SAP standard fixed bin replenishment and implement it as a 2-step picking process. Generally, the process goes as follows:
- Generate replenishment pick tasks
- Place the picked products onto storage units in an intermediate storage type
- Put the products away from storage units into the respective fixed bins
I have setup the necessary parameters to get standard replenishment to work. I can run LP21 and generate all TR's, and subsequently TO's. The product moves from respective reserve bins into the fixed bins based on strategies that I have setup.
The issue i am experiencing is when I try to introduce the intermediate storage type to place the product into, before it goes into the fixed bins. Additionally, the intermediate storage type needs to have SUM enabled, so that the product gets placed onto pallets. This way, the warehouse personnel will be able to track the physical product movements before it is put away.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
HK
Edited by: Husein Kadribegic on Aug 4, 2009 6:49 PM

Hi,
I'm not sure your scenario is viable in (standard) SAP.
As I understand (e.g.):
- source storage type: productA 10 pc, productB 20 pcs, productC 30 pc
- intermediate storage type: SU1 (productA 2 pc, productB 17 pcs, productC 10 pc), SU2 (productA 8 pc, productB 3 pcs, productC 20 pc)
- destination storage type: bin1: productA 2 pc, productB 17 pcs, productC 10 pc, bin2: productA 8 pc, productB 3 pcs, productC 20 pc
Please notice that SAP determines the to be removed quantities (~corresponding to SU1 & SU2 but not as SUs) when you remove the goods from the intermediate storage type ("allocation") and not when you place the goods into it.
Please also notice that automatically you cannot create storage units (palletize) with different products on it (I'm not sure this is requirement in your case or not).
Please check this link where it is explained where to carry out customizing for 2-step picking and how it works:
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/c6/f842674afa11d182b90000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
Regards,
Csaba
Edited by: Csaba Szommer on Aug 6, 2009 7:01 AM

WM- -Production Material Staging process

hi friends
             i cant do material staging ,i configured the following steps
             1 OMK0 - Check all the settings are ok
             2 PK05 - Supply area is created and assigne to Plant/Storage location
             3 WM PP staging control - check what staging indicator is assigned
             4 Check any storage bin created for Production supply storage type 100 in LS03N
             5 Check in LPK3 whether control cycle is created for ST 100 with bin for plant and suplply area
             6 Also check Supply area is assigned to Work center in CR03
             7 maintain WM1 & 2 views for compnents
i issued the stock against production order. i did TR and TO and stock is showing in the 914 storage   type..
i have the error"no wm relevant components exist function not possible"
then what i do next steps....
pls suggest to me to do production order process
with regards
dinesh
Edited by: code acess on Sep 29, 2011 9:25 AM
Edited by: code acess on Sep 29, 2011 12:04 PM

The system determines the material staging type on the basis of the control cycle and determines the production storage bins, in which the components should be staged.
Please take a look at this topic: WM-PP interface - material staging
This information: Material Staging - Warehouse Management System (WMS) - SAP Library
And this one too: Control Cycle - Warehouse Management System (WMS) - SAP Library
This will help you understand the staging process in detail and is quite easy to read.

Assign HU to 2 production orders

Hello
i'am trying to assign one HU do 2 different production orders, but when i'am executing the assignement for the second production order ( tcode COPAWA) the assignement for first production order is automatically cancelled. how can i avoid that?
more i've noticed that i can assign only HU which are in production shopfloor ( storage location) . can i assign an HU which is still stored in WM storage location (knowing that the production shopfloor it is a MM HUM st loc)?
thanks Lena

Hello ,
Transaction COPAWA , have a error message when assigning HU to Order , already assigned .
i should deassigned first .
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