Jeff LindholmSenior Sales EngineerSUSEJLindholm@suse.com

Jan WeberSAP Product ManagerSUSEJweber@suse.com

SUSE Linux Enterprise andSAP NetWeaver 7.30 HA Cluster

Expert Networking SessionLounge 7Wednesday, October 17 5pm

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise ServerThe Linux infrastructure for SAP solutions

• Reference platform for SAP's software development

• 7000+ Joint Customers, 100+ References

• 70+% Market share

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server optimized for SAP

• Full SAP NetWeaver certification since 2006

• SAP Certified High Availability Offering

• Virtualization support for VMware, XEN and KVM

• SAP Solution Manager

• SLES 24x7 Priority Support integrated withinSAP Customer Support Network

• Integrated Java Support

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Apps

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

High Availability Extensions

SAP Installation Framework

Page Cache Limit

ClamSAP

ESPOS

SAP specific additional update channel

Web YaST

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High Availability Extensions• Cluster

management• Cluster

filesystem• SAP resource

Agents• Templates &

best practices

SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2High Availability Extension

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SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2High Availability Extension

• Pacemaker - HA Cluster Manager

• OpenAIS Cluster Framework / Corosync

• Resource Agents to monitoravailability of system- and application resources

• SAP Instance Resource Agent

• SAP Database Resource Agent (Oracle 10+11, DB2, MaxDB)

• Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) for concurrent data access

• Cluster Logical Volume Manager (cLVM2)

• Distributed Replicated Block Devicse (DRBD8) for data replication (sync/async)

• HA GUI and Cluster Shell

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Know How and Best Practices - WorkshopThe Experts

Beside vendors such as HP, VMware, SAP and SUSE several partners have implemented successful SAP HA projects with SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension:

• B1 Systemshttp://www.b1-systems.de/

• Computer Conceptshttp://cc-dresden.de

• LINBIThttp://www.linbit.com/

• Realtechhttp://www.realtech.de/

The Workshop

In a joint HA workshop users and partners developed, tested and documented together with HP, SAP and SUSE best practices for SAP high availability implementations:

Whitepaper: SAP solutions made High Available on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications.

Best Practice Guide: Best Practices for Running SAP NetWeaver on SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension.

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Simple Stack Enqueue Replication

DRBD Data Sync HA in Virtual Environments

High AvailabilityValidated best practices with partners at SAP Linux Lab

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High AvailabilitySix Best Practices and Technical Guides

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SAP NetWeaver High Availability Cluster 730 Certification

Details of the certification:

• certifies the Start/Stop infrastructure within HA-Setups (SAP NetWeaver Management Agents, Cluster-API).

• establish a single SAP HA setup scenario that will be known to all HA Vendors and will be the reference.

• unify HA setups for SAP NetWeaver 7.x, based on 7.20 DCK availability for ABAP as well as for Java Application Servers

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-26718

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Important Interfaces to Integerate 3rd party HA Solutions

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-25453

12http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-28875

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ResourcesSLES for SAP Apps Landing Page

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Apps Resources:• https://www.suse.com/products/sles-for-sap/resource-library/ (white papers, etc.)• http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h9542-emc-vplex-business

-continuity-sap-wp.pdf

SUSE / SAP Alliance Webpages:• http://www.suse.com/partners/alliance-partners/sap/ • http://www.experiencesaphana.com

Download SLES for SAP Apps 11 SP2:• http://tinyurl.com/download-sles-for-sap

Questions & Answers

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