SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

SAP & HA & HANA Platform

Eduardo Diaz
SUSE
ediaz@suse.com
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
The infrastructure for SAP solutions

is SAP Software Development Reference Platform

First SAP on SLES certification in 1999

4000+ joint customers, 100+ References

70+% Market share

Integrated 24x7 Support through
SAP Solution Manager

Appliance and OS Platform

SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator*

SAP High Performance Analytic Appliance*

SAP StreamWork Enterprise Agent*

SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search*

SAP Business All-in-One Fast Start

SAP Business ByDesign*

* SLES only
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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?

SAP's
Dev.Reference
Platform
Certified
Optimized
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SAP's
preferred
Appliance
platform
SAP priority
support

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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?

Guided
SAP Installation Installation
Wizard (OS + SAP)
Install.
Framework
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 3rd party ext.

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 SAP Installation Wizard

Optionen:
Guided automated
install for SLES and
SAP
OS prepared for
SAP
Possible to hook
into the workflow

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 SAP Installation Wizard

Data required for the

Linux Installation
Hostname
Domain
IP address
Subnet mask
Domain searchlist (DNS)
IP for nameserver
IP for gateway
Masterpassword for the system
installation

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 SAP Installation Wizard

Data required for the

SAP Installation
System ID of the system to be
built up
Virtual hostname
Virtual IP address for SAP service
Virtual netmask
Instance number of the SAP
system
Solution Manager key for the SAP
system
System T-Shirt Sizing (S, M, L)
Database Log Mode

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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?

Cluster
High Availability SAP Installation
manager Extensions Wizard
Cluster
filesystem
SAP SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
resource
Agents

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 High Availability
Best Practices and Technical Guides

Simple Stack HA Enqueue Replication DRBD Data Replication

HP CLX SAN Based Mirror NFS and SAP in one Cluster HA in Virtualized
Environments
work in progress work in progress
Node A Node B

Local Disk Local Disk

/export /sapmnt /export /sapmnt

/sapmnt /SID /sapmnt /SID

Equivalent setup for

NFS Mount Point /usr/sap/trans
SID /sapdb/programs
Mount Point global /sapdb/data
before Switchover possible.
profile
Mount Point
exe
after Switchover
See Protection of business critical
applications in VMware vSphere4
virtualized SLES environments
demonstrated with SAP
NetWeaver

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 VMware HA and SUSE HAExtention
SUSE Linux Enterprise * Both SLE HA Nodes running on ESX server 1
High Availability Extension * ESX Server 3 is powered down

DB APP APP APP APP

OS SCS

VMware HA and DRS Cluster VMware DPM

VMware ESX VMware ESX (VMware ESX)

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DPM = Distributed Power Managment

DRS = Distributed Resource Scheduler
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 VMware HA and SUSE HAExtention
SUSE Linux Enterprise * VM is migrated to ESX server 2 without
High Availability Extension * SLE HA cluster interference

DB SCS
APP APP APP APP APP
OS SCS vMotion SCS

VMware HA and DRS Cluster VMware DPM

VMware ESX VMware ESX (VMware ESX)

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 VMware HA and SUSE HAExtention
SUSE Linux Enterprise
High Availability Extension
* SLE HA cluster now runs on different
ESX servers to have HA against
Hardware failures...

DB APP APP APP APP

OS SCS

VMware HA and DRS Cluster VMware DPM

VMware ESX VMware ESX (VMware ESX)

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 VMware HA and SUSE HAExtention
SUSE Linux Enterprise
High Availability Extension
* ... This was just in time, because
Unfortunately a ESX hardware system fails
* SLE HA migrates the Database and
optionally shutdown an Application Server

DB DB APP APP APP

OS SCS

VMware HA and DRS Cluster VMware DPM

VMware ESX VMware ESX (VMware ESX)

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 VMware HA and SUSE HAExtention
SUSE Linux Enterprise
High Availability Extension
* ESX server 1 is now in hardware Maint.
* VMware DPM powers up ESX server 3
* Failed Virtual Machines get started by
VMware HA

DB APP APP APP

SCS OS

VMware HA and DRS Cluster

(VMware ESX) VMware ESX VMware ESX

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 VMware HA and SLE HA
* One of the virtual machines with
an SAP application server is migrated
SUSE Linux Enterprise
to ESX server 3
High Availability Extension * SLE HA starts the SAP application
Server on the cluster node

DB APP APP APP APP APP

SCS vMotion
VMware HA and DRS Cluster

(VMware ESX) VMware ESX VMware ESX

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 VMware HA and SUSE HAExtention
SUSE Linux Enterprise * Migration is ready with complete
High Availability Extension business continuity

DB APP APP APP APP

SCS

VMware HA and DRS Cluster

(VMware ESX) VMware ESX VMware ESX

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 VMware HA and SUSE HA DRBD
Metrocuster
Node1
DB
SAP
Primary
VMware Vcenter Site1

DRBD Network Link

Node2
DB
SAP
Secondary

VMware Vcenter Site2

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 SAP on SUSE High Availability Extension (HAE)
Enqueue Replication Server
Best Practice (120 pages)

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 Page Cache Limit Feature
Solution Overview

Tells kernel that once page cache is

filled to configured limit, application
memory is more important and
should not be paged out
No memory paged out if memory
footprint of the workload plus the
configured page cache limit does not
exceed the amount of physical RAM
SAP Note 1557506: Linux paging
improvement

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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?
A SAP
application
can use the
Page
ClamAV Clam
engine to scan Cache
SAP
for malicious Limit
uploads
High Availability SAP Installation
Extensions Wizard

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?
Extends
Service
Page Pack
Clam
Cache ESPOS overlap
SAP support
Limit
from 6
months to
High Availability SAP Installation
18 months
Extensions Wizard

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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 Extended Service Pack Overlap Support

General Support Extended Support

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

GA

SP1 ESPOS

SP2 ESPOS

SP3 ESPOS

SP4 ESPOS

6 month

18 month

18 month upgrade window

18 month extended lifecycle

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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?

Page
Clam Web Web based
Cache ESPOS Management
SAP YaST
Limit interface
required for
High Availability SAP Installation appliances
Extensions Wizard

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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 WebYast

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 What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

for SAP?

Page
Clam Web
Cache ESPOS
SAP YaST
Limit

High Availability SAP Installation

Extensions Wizard Additional
maintenance
channel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Allows SAP
specific
patches
Updates for
SAP specific update channel
SAP specific
packages

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 SAP-Notes
Relevant SAP Notes*
# 171356 - SAP Software on Linux: Essentials
# 1310037 - SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11: Installationsguide
# 1056161 - SUSE Priority Support for SAP Applications
# 1557506 - Linux paging improvements
# 1122387 - Linux: SAP Support in virtualized Environments

VMware Knowledge base

1034165 Disabling simultaneous write protection provided by VMFS using
the multi-writer flag

* SAP S-User Id required

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Strategic Linux Platform for

VMware and SUSE have a strategic partnership for Linux

Enterprise Server in VMware vSphere environments
SLES is the standard-OS for VMware Virtual Appliance
Products (e.g. Application Manager)
Common ISV Software Certifications
SLES optimized as 'best-guest' for VMware ESX
SLES for SAP Applications for critical
SAP Systems in vSphere environments

Leverage the
power of
Linux on
vSphere

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 SUSE Manager
a modular approach

SUSE Manager delivers complete

lifecycle management for Linux
servers through its management,
provisioning, and monitoring
modules

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 More information
http://www.suse.com/products/sles-for-sap

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