CoreToEdge Preinstalled SAP Systems on Amazon Web Services
Before We Start
This document introduces a product offering by CoreToEdge and will guide the reader through the process of setting
up and deploying our product.
It is assumed that the reader has the proper technical knowledge on the technologies mentioned below including but
not restricted to: AWS architecture, Microsoft Windows, SAP Basis technology and ASE Database
Welcome
CoreToEdge Preinstalled SAP systems AMIs include a SAP Business Suite system already installed. Installation has
been done by a team of experienced SAP Basis and AWS Consultants including all available best practices for
deployment of SAP systems on AWS.
These systems are ideal for small and medium deployments of non-productive systems where a single instance can
handle all workload and no high availability is required.
For production use cases and high availability scenarios we recommend the usage of custom built systems that
follow the best practices delivered by SAP and AWS and available on: http://aws.amazon.com/es/sap/resources/ At
CoreToEdge we can also offer custom deployment options for large-scale, highly available and replicated SAP
systems on AWS. You can reach us at [email protected]
The Preinstalled SAP systems AMIs do not include the corresponding SAP product license. You as a customer
acknowledge that you already have the license required to use this software. Also, you will be responsible for
operating your own AWS account.
Document version This document has been reviewed on September 30th, 2016 and reflects some changes implemented on the latest
versions of our Windows/ASE AMIs at that time.
These are the current AMIs we made available for you:
Platform SAP Product Version Database Product Version
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Standard 64-bit
SAP CRM 7.0 Ehp2 IDES SAP ASE 15.7.0.137
Our team of consultants is continuously working on updating available AMIs and adding new products. In case you
miss something, please let us know by sending an e-mail to [email protected]
Licensing
This is offered as a BYOL (Bring Your Own License) model. Please obtain your SAP license through SAP or your
preferred SAP partner.
Then download your license file from SAP Service Marketplace (http://service.sap.com/licensekeys).
How to create your own SAP Business Suite environment
Prerequisites
• An AWS account - if you don't have one yet, you can register here (click "Sign Up Now"). Have your credit
card handy.
• Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) or EC2-Classic.
• An SAP Service Marketplace valid S-User Account for requesting the SAP License Key.
Part 1 - Create your own SAP instance on AWS
• Log on to Amazon Market Place: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace and find SAP Preinstalled AMI
by CoreToEdge Click into it and launch an instance.
• Configure AWS instance size from the available choices. For small SAP systems, up to 10 concurrent users,
we recommend that you use an EC2 instance with at least 7.5 Gb or memory (ex. m3.large). For medium
sized systems, up to 50 concurrent users, we recommend that an EC2 instance with at least 15 Gb of
memory (ex. r3.large). For more detailed information about SAP Business Suite Sizing and appropriate EC2
instance types, please refer to SAP documentation, SAP sizing tool and OSS Notes (S-User required):
(http://service.sap.com/instguides)
• (http://service.sap.com/quicksizer)
• (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1656099)
• You can launch the SAP System on EC2-CLASSIC or VPC:
• Next you can choose the EBS volume type, you can leave as default or use SSD / IOPS for best
performance:
• Next step is to tag the instance so you can identify it in the AWS Console:
• The next step is the security group. Default proposed values allow access from anywhere. You should adapt
this settings to meet your specific security policies:
You can review your options here:
• After a few minutes, you can access your instance with RDP and do the final configuration steps.
Part 2 - Connect to your SAP AWS instance
• In the EC2 console, navigate to “INSTANCES Instances”. This should show all your instances in
Amazon EC2. Make sure the SAP instance you want to connect to is in “running” state. If not, choose the
instance, then click on “Instance Actions” menu, and click on “Start” in the pull down menu.
• Make a note of the IP address assigned to the instance. You will need it to connect to this SAP instance in
AWS.
• RDP to the instance with username “crtadm” and master password “Crt2016Tst”.
• You must change hostname to “crmtest” and restart the instance afterwards.
• Get the instance’s hardware key using transaction SLICENSE to obtain the license from the SAP Service
Marketplace:
• Go to https://support.sap.com/keys-systems-installations/keys.html and obtain a valid license key for your
• system (SID CRT and the hardware key obtained in the preceding step).
• Now you can install the SAP license using SLICENSE and start working with the system.
• You can use SAP MMC to stop SAP system.
NOTE: we strongly recommend that you update the Master Password and apply a proper password
management mechanism.
SAP SYSTEM DETAILS
All Preinstalled SAP SYSTEMS have the same technical configuration:
Hostname crmtest
Domain local
Master Password Crt2016Tst
Database SID CRT
SAPSID CRT
Instance numbers 01 (ASCS), 00 (DVEBMGS00)