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SAP NetWeaver on IBM Cloud

Infrastructure

Quick Reference Guide

Microsoft Windows

December 2017

V2.0

SAP NetWeaver on IBM Cloud infrastructure quick reference guide—Microsoft Windows

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Contents

Purpose of this guide ............................................................................................................ 4

Installing a 32 GB server single-node .................................................................................... 5

Order your 32 GB server ..................................................................................................................... 5

Preparing your server for the SAP installation (32 GB) ..................................................................... 13

Partitioning and file systems ............................................................................................................. 13

Installing a 256 GB and a 32 GB server in a three-tier setup ............................................... 14

Order your servers for a three-tier installation ................................................................................ 14

Preparing your server for the SAP installation (256 GB)................................................................... 21

Partitioning and file systems ............................................................................................................. 21

Network and CIFS share considerations for three-tier setup ........................................................... 22

Provisioning external storage to your server .................................................................................... 24

Installing your SAP landscape ............................................................................................. 29

Download your SAP software ........................................................................................................... 29

Installing SAP software ..................................................................................................................... 29

Trademarks ......................................................................................................................... 32




Purpose of this guide The purpose of this guide is to provide an introduction for customers who are new to the

IBM® Cloud environment and would prefer a “quick start” format versus more detailed

documentation. Two sample configurations help you through the ordering process to the

start of the SAP installation.

The first configuration sample is the smallest one possible—a single node 32GB RAM

server. The second is an advanced configuration of two nodes, a 32GB RAM server and a

256GB RAM server with an external storage configuration. The disk layout might vary if you

do not choose the same options as in the examples. The sample layouts may not be your

preferred layout; the purpose is to show you two possibilities if you are not experienced with

the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Note that you can find an example of how to attach external storage to your provisioned

server under https://console.bluemix.net/docs/infrastructure/BlockStorage/accessing-block-

storage-windows.html#connecting-to-mpio-iscsi-luns-on-microsoft-windows.

IBM has unified their SoftLayer®, IBM Bluemix®, and IBM Cloud offering solutions, making

the SoftLayer and Bluemix infrastructures synonymic for the IBM Cloud IaaS offering. See

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2017/10/bluemix-is-now-ibm-cloud/ for more information

https://console.bluemix.net/docs/infrastructure/BlockStorage/accessing-block-storage-windows.html#connecting-to-mpio-iscsi-luns-on-microsoft-windows


https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2017/10/bluemix-is-now-ibm-cloud/




Installing a 32 GB server single-node

Order your 32 GB server 1. Open a browser window, enter and click the Log in with IBMid link.

Figure 1. SoftLayer log in dialog box

2. Enter your IBMid or email and click the Continue button.

3. Enter your Password and click the Sign in button.

4. Click the Devices icon on the Account Summary page.

Figure 2. Device icon

5. Click the Monthly link under Bare Metal Servers on the Devices page.

Figure 3. Bare metal servers monthly link

The Server List dialog box will appear.




6. Click the hyperlink under STARTING PRICE PER MONTH to select server

BI.S1.NW32.

Figure 4. Hyperlink to Configure/Order page

7. Enter the number of servers you are ordering in the Quantity field.




Figure 5. Configure/Order page

Server and RAM will default to predefined values based on your server selection and cannot

be changed.

8. Select DAL10 for Data Center. The list of data centers depends on product

availability within a particular data center.

9. Select the Microsoft Windows version of your choice as your Operating System.




10. Under Hard Drives, select a second disk of the same type as the first one, create a

RAID storage group of RAID1 from both disks, and choose Windows Basic as the

Partition Template.

Continue with the network configuration.

11. Select 500 GB for Public Bandwidth.

12. Select 1 Gbps Redundant Public & Private Network Uplinks for Uplink Port

Speed.

For this sample installation, leave the default values for all other fields. You can consult the

SAP NetWeaver Implementation and Operations Guide

(http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/sap-ibm-bluemix-infrastructure) for detailed

descriptions of the options.

13. Click the Add to Order button at the end of the scroll. You will be redirected to the

Checkout page once your order has been verified.

Figure 6. Checkout page

http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/sap-ibm-bluemix-infrastructure




14. Scroll down and enter the values in Table 1 under Advanced System

Configuration.

Field Value

Backend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example, dal10.bcr01a.981

Subnet Select from the drop-down list, for example, 10.177.119.192/26

Frontend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example, dal10.fcr01a.926


Provision Scripts Defaults to None

SSH Keys Add (leave it – means: no SSH Key)

User Metadata Leave blank

Hostname For example, e2e1270

Domain For example, saptest.com

Table 1. 32 GB advanced configuration values




Figure 7. Advanced System Configuration on the Checkout page

15. Confirm your selections on the Checkout page and click the Cloud Service terms

checkbox on the right-hand side of the page.




Figure 8. Cloud Service terms checkbox

16. Click the Submit Order button on the right-hand side of the form. You will be

redirected to a page with your order number. You can print the page because it is

also your order receipt. In addition, you will receive a confirmation email with the

subject Your IBM Cloud Order ## has been approved with ## being your order

number.




Once the order is submitted, the server will, depending on your order, be available for use

within one to four hours. You can check the Device Details screen on the main Customer

Portal page (Devices > Device List) for a status of the provisioning steps. Click your Device

Name to see its status (Figure 9).

Figure 9. Device provisioning status

See once your server has been provisioned.




Preparing your server for the SAP installation (32 GB) A public IP is being used for remote access, which means you can connect to your server

through a Remote Desktop (RDP) client (for example, Microsoft Windows’ MSTSC). Use the

public IP address displayed in the Device List for your device. The administrator password

for your server is also displayed; be sure to click the Show Password checkbox to see it.

Figure 10 Device List - find password

Partitioning and file systems For the single-node example, a server with one logical disk (on RAID1) was ordered. There

is one mirrored disk appearing in the operating system (OS)—with one large filesystem

equal to the total size of the ordered disk.

Regarding storage, the server does not require any further installation steps.




Installing a 256 GB and a 32 GB server in a three-tier setup Following is a more complex scenario using a 32 GB server as the SAP NetWeaver

application server and a 256 GB server as the database server. External storage will also be

provisioned as backup space for the database for both archived log files and online full

backups.

Order your servers for a three-tier installation Follow the steps in Order your 32 GB server to order the SAP NetWeaver application server.

The following steps will guide you through ordering the database server.

1. Open a browser window, enter and click the Log in with IBMid link.

Figure 11. Login dialog box



4. Click the Devices icon on the Account Summary page.

Figure 12. Device icon




5. Click the Monthly link under Bare Metal Servers on the Devices page.

Figure 13. Bare metal servers monthly link

The Server List dialog box will appear.

6. Click the hyperlink under STARTING PRICE PER MONTH to select server

BI.S1.NW256.

Figure 14. Hyperlink to Configure/Order page




7. Enter the number of servers in the Quantity field.

Figure 15. Configure/Order page

Server, RAM and Hard Drives will default to predefined values based on your server

selection and cannot be changed.

8. Select DAL10 for Data Center.

9. Select the Microsoft Windows version of your choice as your Operating System.

10. Under Hard Drives, select a second disk of the same type as the first one, create a

RAID storage group of RAID1 from both disks, and choose Windows Basic as the

Partition Template.




Continue with the network configuration.

11. Select 500 GB for Public Bandwidth.

12. Select 1 Gbps Redundant Public & Private Network Uplinks for Uplink Port

Speed.

For this sample installation, leave the default values for all other fields. You can consult the

SAP NetWeaver Implementation and Operations Guide

(http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/sap-ibm-bluemix-infrastructure) for detailed

descriptions of the options.

13. Click the Add to Order button at the end of the scroll. You will be redirected to the

Checkout page once your order has been verified.

Figure 16. Checkout page

http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/sap-ibm-bluemix-infrastructure




14. Scroll down and enter the values in Table 2 under Advanced System

Configuration:

Field Value

Backend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example, dal10.bcr01a.981


Frontend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example, dal10.fcr01a.926


Provision Scripts Defaults to None

SSH Keys Add (leave it – means: no SSH Key)

User Metadata Leave blank

Hostname Server1 For example, e2e2690

Domain Server1 For example, saptest.com

Table 2. Advanced System Configuration values




Figure 17. Advanced System Configuration on the Checkout page




15. Confirm your selections on the Checkout page and click the Cloud Service terms checkbox on the right-hand side of the page.

Figure 18. Cloud Service terms checkbox

16. Click the Submit Order button. You will be redirected to a screen with your order

number. You can print the screen because it’s also your order receipt.

Once the order is submitted, the server will, depending on your order, be available for use

within one to four hours. You can check the Device Details screen on the main Customer

Portal page (Devices > Device List) for a status of the provisioning steps. See once your

server(s) has been provisioned.




Preparing your server for the SAP installation (256 GB) A public IP is being used for remote access, which means you can connect to your servers

through an RDP client (for example, Windows’ MSTSC). Use the public IP addresses that are

displayed in the Device List for your device. The root passwords for your servers are also

displayed; be sure to click the Show Password checkbox to see them.

Figure 19. Device List - find password

Partitioning and file systems For the three-tier example, a 256 GB server (database server) with one logical disk (on

RAID10) was ordered, as well as a 32 GB server (application server) with one logical disk

(on RAID 1). Both servers come with one large filesystem equal to the total size of disks.

Regarding storage, the server does not require any further installation steps.




Network and CIFS share considerations for three-tier setup If you are planning to install a three-tier setup, you need to prepare the network setup

accordingly. For the sample setup, a 256 GB database server (named e2e2690) and a 32

GB application server (named e2e1270) were deployed. The database server will also host

the ABAP SAP Central Services (ASCS) instance. Adding the IPs on the private network to

your hosts file will help with upcoming steps and make sure that SAP internal network

traffic will go through the right network.

Figure 20. Sample of three-tier set up

The network setup in Figure 20 of the deployed servers will look like Figure 21 in Windows.

Figure 21. Deployed servers network setup




In this example, 10.17.139.35 is the private IP of the database server found under Private

Network-Teamed; it is from one of the IP ranges from RFC 1597. You can determine the IP

of the application server, too, and add both IPs to both servers’ hosts files under

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.

Your servers are now prepared to host the components of a distributed SAP installation. See

next chapter for information on how to provision external storage for backup purposes to the

database server.




Provisioning external storage to your server External storage can be added to your provisioned server(s) if you want to use it as a

backup device or use a snapshot to quickly restore your database in a test environment. In

the example, block storage will be used for both archiving log files of the database and

online and offline backups for the database. The fastest block storage (4 IOPS per GB) was

selected to help assure a minimum backup time. Slower block storage may be sufficient for

your needs.

External storage is ordered through the Customer Portal.

1. Open a browser window and log in to .

2. Click the Log in with IBMid button.



5. Select Storage > Block Storage.

Figure 22. Storage drop-down menu

6. Click the Order Block Storage link on the Block Storage page.

Figure 23. Order Block Storage link

7. Select the specifics for your storage needs. Table 3 contains recommended values,

including 4 IOPS/GB for a typical database workload.

Field Value

Select Storage Type Endurance

Location Data center where your device is located.

Select Storage Package 4 IOPS/GB

Select Storage Size Make your selection based on your workload

needs.




Specify Snapshot Space Size 0 GB

Select OS Type Microsoft Windows

Table 3. Recommended values for block storage

Figure 24. Ordering block storage (Endurance) page

8. Click the Continue button.

9. Click the I have read the Master Service Agreement checkbox and click the Place

Order button.




Figure 25. Placing order for block storage

10. Click the Actions drop-down menu to the right of your LUN and select Authorize

Host to access the provisioned storage.

Figure 26. Block Storage page

11. Select Devices; the Device Type will default to Bare Metal Server. Click the

Hardware drop-down menu and select the hostnames of your database server.




Figure 27. Authorizing your hosts for storage

12. Click the Submit button.

13. Check the status of your provisioned storage under Devices > (select your device) >

Storage tab.

14. Note the Target Address and iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) for your server (iSCSI

initiator) as well as the username and password for authorization with the iSCSI

server. You will need that information in the following steps.




In the sample deployment, the data retrieved from the Storage tab was

Target IP: 10.2.62.78

IQN: iqn.2005-05.com.softlayer:SL01SU276540-H896345

User: SL01SU276540-H896345

Password: EtJ79F4RA33dXm2q

Follow the steps in Connecting to MPIO iSCSCI LUNS on Microsoft Windows

https://console.bluemix.net/docs/infrastructure/BlockStorage/accessing-block-storage-

windows.html#connecting-to-mpio-iscsi-luns-on-microsoft-windows) to connect your block

storage to your database server using the data above. Follow the steps carefully; they will

lead to a new, “offline” disk available for your Windows server (Figure 28).

Figure 28. “Offline” disk

You can now bring the disk online and initialize it.

http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/accessing-block-storage-microsoft-windows






Installing your SAP landscape

Download your SAP software Log in to the SAP Service Marketplace (https://support.sap.com/) and download the required

digital versatile discs (DVDs) to a local share drive and then transfer them to your

provisioned server. Another option is to download the SAP Software Download Manager,

install it on your target server and directly download the DVD images to the server. See for

more information on the SAP Software Download Manager.

Note that you will need an S-User ID and the Download Software authorization when

downloading the DVDs from the SAP Service Marketplace. See if you need to request an S-

User ID.

Installing SAP software 1. After downloading the installation media, follow the standard SAP installation

procedure documented in the SAP installation guide for your SAP version and

components, and the corresponding SAP Notes. Open the root folder of your SWPM-

DVD or of your installation master DVD as Administrator, and execute sapinst.

Figure 29. Executing sapinst




The Welcome to SAP Installation page will display like in Figure 30.

Figure 30. Welcome to SAP Installation page




Figure 31 provides the steps for a three-tier setup. Begin by selecting Distributed System

and execute the first two steps in the list shown in Figure 31 on the database server. The

third step can be executed on the application server). Make sure that you use the private

addresses for the ASCS and the database hostnames during installation of the application

servers. This will assure that network traffic between the application server and ASCS, or

database, will path through the private network and not through the public network.

Figure 31. SAP SWPM

Make sure that sapinst successfully shared folders \\sapmnt and \\usr\sap\trans

after an ASCS database instance was installed for the Primary Application Server

Instance installation to work.

You can now execute your SAP installation according to the SAP installation instructions.




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