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Christoph Reisbeck
Director, Global SAP Alliances
VMware, Inc.
Running SAP ERP on VMware® - a customer example
AP14
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Contents
Business Drivers
SAP on VMware Infrastructure – Support Status
Use Cases
Customer Example
Steps for a successful SAP implementation
Summary and Q & A
Business Drivers
SAP on VMware Infrastructure – Support Status
Use Cases
Customer Example
Steps for a successful SAP Implementation
Summary and Q & A
Contents
SAP Customer Pain Points
AddressingCompliance
HighOperational Costs
SAPCustomer
Pain Points
Expensive & Time-Consuming
SAP Upgrades
Expensive & ComplexBusiness Continuity
Solutions
A Root Cause: One server per application
SAP Customer Pain Points
“Enterprise SOA with SAP NetWeaver and
Virtualization from VMware deliver most flexible,
reliable and cost effective business agility solutions for
the customers’ business needs today.”
Roland WartenbergChief Virtualization Strategist
SAP Labs
The ESOA and Virtualization Opportunity
Operating System
SAP
Operating System
Hypervisor (ESX Server)
VMware decouples software from hardware.
The Solution: Virtualization
Virtualization: Fundamentally Better
X
Automated Resource Assurance
Dynamic BalancingContinuous OptimizationNo stop and restart ofSAP applications
Increased Availability
AutomatedAcross ApplicationsAnd across SAP deployments
On Demand Capacity
Non-disruptive Scaling Flexible, Reconfigurable
Contents
Business Drivers
SAP on VMware Infrastructure – Support Status
Use Cases
Customer Example
Steps for a successful SAP Implementation
Summary and Q & A
[….]
SAP and VMware
Windows and Linux Production Support
Over 30 Awards in 2007
Most Reliable: VMware ESX (#2: IBM Mainframe)
Best Breakout Technology: VMware
Easiest to Use/Manage: VMware Workstation
Biggest "Wow" in an IT Product: VMware Fusion
Business Drivers
SAP on VMware Infrastructure – Support Status
Use Cases
Customer Example
Steps for a successful SAP Implementation
Summary and Q & A
Contents
1. SAP Upgrades
2. Business Continuity
3. Operational Costs
4. Compliance
Use Cases
Benefit 1: Faster SAP Upgrades
• Instant environment creation - no need to wait for new hardware
• No paying consultants while environment is not ready
• Fast roll-backs through VMware Snapshot technology
Benefit 2: Safer SAP Upgrades
• More test runs and better risk mitigation
: 100% more test cycles!
Benefit 1: High-Availability
• Cost-Effective HA for all environments
Benefit 2: Disaster Recovery
• Much simpler Disaster Recovery in a virtualized environment
• Automated disaster recovery testing and fail-over with VMware Site Recovery Manager
Use Cases
1. SAP Upgrades
2. Business Continuity
3. Operational Costs
4. Compliance
Benefits:
• Faster environment deployments
• Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion
• Server Consolidation
• Easy migrations to new servers
• Effective matching of compute resources with business requirements
• Significant power savings
• Business Process Automation
“VMware Infrastructure has many benefits for hosted environments. We’ve been able to automate internal business processes and increase service levels to internal customers. In addition, we have reduced costs with consolidation and automation of system deployment, as well greatly reduced the required hardware for internal training and development systems... ”
Markus WinterHead of Strategic Projects SAP Hosting
Use Cases
1. SAP Upgrades
2. Business Continuity
3. Operational Costs
4. Compliance
Benefits:
• Easy maintenance & migrations of legacy systems
• Faster deployment of ‘approved’ server configurations
• Easy documentation of server deployment according to approved regulatory standards
• Virtual Machine lifecycle management with VMware Lifecycle Manager
: “Approved server available in 30 minutes instead of 8 hours.”
Use Cases
1. SAP Upgrades
2. Business Continuity
3. Operational Costs
4. Compliance
VMware Virtualization Competency Center for SAP at AddOn premise in Walldorf www.vcc-sap.com
VMware member in SAP Co-Innovation Labin Palo Alto
„VMware Infrastructure for SAP“ classroom training in SAP curriculum
Start of „VMware SAP Solutions Community“ – a community for service partners
VMware and SAP: a growing ecosystem
Business Drivers
SAP on VMware Infrastructure – Support Status
Use Cases
Customer Example
Steps for a successful SAP Implementation
Contents
Running SAP ERP on VMware® - a customer example
Norbert Günther
Director, Virtualization Competence Center Walldorf
AddOn Systemhaus GmbH
The Customer
Industry
Pharmaceutical
Employees
64900 (Worldwide)
2300 (Germany)
Revenue 2006
26 Billions $ (Worldwide)
1.2 Billions $ (Germany)
AstraZeneca Plankstadt
AstraZeneca Wedel
Project Objectives
Cost Compensationwithout lost in:
Performance
High Availability (HA)
Flexibility
Standardization
Computer Center Computer Center ConsolidationConsolidation
Flexibility of the Server Flexibility of the Server Infrastructur Infrastructur
High AvailabilityHigh Availability
Additional Requirements of the SAP Landscape
Export/Import of 6 SAP R/3 Central Instances
Heterogeneous Migration of:
2 HP Alpha Tru64 UNIX Server
To 2 VMware ESX Hosts with 6 Virtual Machines
based on Windows Server 2003 64Bit
Oracle Database
Reorganisation of the Oracle Database (appr.
2x65GB, 4x300GB)
Conversion to “locally managed tablespaces”
Reduction of the Maintenance/Support Cost of the legacy Alpha Server
ESX-Host1 ESX-Host2
HP Alpha Server
Virtualization of the Computer Center
Virtualization-Check (Analysis and Conceptional Design) for AstraZenca locations Plankstadt and Wedel (with 214 Server)
Implementation of the VMware Infrastructure 3 in Plankstadt
Consolidation of the Computer Center (RZ1, RZ2) in Plankstadt
Virtualization of 70 Server based on the legacy physical Windows Infrastructure
ESX-Host1 ESX-Host2
Migration of the SAP Landscape
OLD: SAP Hosts:HP Tru64 UNIX (formerly DEC)
NEW: VMware Virtual MachineMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 64Bit
New Installation of OS and SAP Instances
SAP DATA: Heterogeneous Migration
R3Load per Export/Import at the weekend
Certified Consultant necessary (Heterogeneous SC)
Migration Key necessary
ESX-Host1 ESX-Host2
HP Alpha Server
VM-Ci
Project Timeline
Virtualization-Virtualization- CheckCheck
Assembly- / Pilot- &Trainingsphase
Implementation ofImplementation ofHigh AvailabilityHigh Availability
VMware VMware InfrastructureInfrastructure
MigrationMigration of Q&E of Q&E
SAP R/3-SystemeSAP R/3-SystemeCOM,HR COM,HR
ServerServerConvertingConverting
Physical to VirtualPhysical to Virtual
MigrationMigration of the Produktiveof the ProduktiveSAP R/3-SystemeSAP R/3-Systeme
COM, HR COM, HR
Q3/Q4 2006Q3/Q4 2006 Q3/Q4 2007Q3/Q4 2007Q1/Q2 2007Q1/Q2 2007
Conception-/ Sizing- &Calculationphase
CC Consolidation / Migration of the SAP R/3 Productive-
Systems
The SAP / VMware Infrastructure
SAP SAP LandscapeLandscape
SAN-Storage
SAPGui
Vi-Client
HW
-Mirro
ring
LUN‘s
CX500
Backup
BackupSAN-Storage
DL580G4
DL580G4
Data Center 2
Data Center 2
VMware Virtual InfrastructureVMware Virtual InfrastructureHigh Availability (HA)High Availability (HA)
CX500
Backup-SRV
Backup-SRVVirtualCenter
Server
ESX-Host
ESX-Host
Data Center 1
Data Center 1LTO
LTO
SAP User SAN
LUN‘s
Computer Center 2
Admin
Structure of the SAP LandscapeProductive - SystemsProductive - Systems
Quality Assurance - SystemsQuality Assurance - Systems
Development - SystemsDevelopment - Systems
SAP Instance DB Instance
SAP Landscape - ESX Host AllocationProductive - SystemsProductive - Systems
Quality Assurance - SystemsQuality Assurance - Systems
Development - SystemsDevelopment - Systems
SAP Instance DB Instance
ESX-Host2
ESX-Host1
Virtual Machine (VM) AssignmentProductive - SystemsProductive - Systems
Quality Assurance - SystemsQuality Assurance - Systems
Development - SystemsDevelopment - Systems
SAP Instance DB Instance
VM-Ci
VM-Ci VM-Ci
VM-CiVM-CiVM-App
VM-CiESX-Host2
ESX-Host1
VM-Ci
VMware High Availability (HA) - FailoverProductive - SystemsProductive - Systems
Quality Assurance - SystemsQuality Assurance - Systems
Development - SystemsDevelopment - Systems
SAP Instance DB InstanceVM-Ci VM-Ci
VM-CiVM-CiVM-App
VM-CiESX-Host2
ESX-Host1
Failover
Cost Calculation
Hard and Software Invest
Implementation
High Availability
Storage Virtualization
TCO over 3 Years
Results for the Project
All expectations are fullfilled
Performance and availability are good
Consumption of CPU performance is less than expected
Pilot-Phase was successful and on schedule
Training for the VMware Operating und System-Management has been successfully completed
The VMware Infrastructure is live and in production
Business Drivers
SAP on VMware Infrastructure – Support Status
Use Cases
Customer Example
Steps for a successful SAP implementation
Contents
10 Steps for a Virtual SAP Infrastructure (1-5)
Step 1: Believe in the Vision of Virtualization
Step 2: SAP – Virtualization Check
Step 3: Budget Aquisition
Step 4: Realization of an Virtual Infrastructure
Step 5: Onsite Workshop / Training SAP AD310
Collect your VMworld voucher !
10 Steps for a Virtual SAP Infrastructure (6-10)
Step 6: Start with uncritical SAP Systems
Step 7: Test / Performance Operations
Step 8: Virtualize SAP Production Systems
Step 9: SAP Going Live Check
Step 10: Improve Resource/ System Management
Summary
Benefits of VMware Infrastructure 3 to SAP Customers
Mitigated risk
Improved SAP upgrade projects
Significantly increased flexibility in the SAP environment
Improved availability and uptime
Server consolidation and server containment
Great disaster recovery benefits
Hardware maintenance without service disruption
…..
…… the time to start is now!
More Information
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http://www.vmware.com/partners/alliances/technology/sap.html
Visit regularly:
http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/SAPsolutions
Consider also the following SAP Notes:
674851 – Virtualization on Windows
1056052 – VMware ESX Server configuration guidelines
1122388 – Linux: VMware ESX Server 3 configuration guidelines 1122387 – Linux: Supported Virtualization technologies with SAP
895807 – SAP support in virtualized Linux environments
1084815 – SAP support in virtualized Solaris environments
Questions?
