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Cisco and SUSE Linux:The Perfect Platform for SAP
Dirk OppenkowskiSAP Partner Executive
• Improving performance on key SAP BI applications
• Streamlining data center management and enhancing scalability
• Reducing complexity and costs of technology servers
• Performance and Reliability issues with existing Solaris servers
•Cisco UCS platform
•EMC storage, VMWare vSphere Enterprise
•SAP HANA, BW, BO Suite
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Business Issues:
SUSE Solution: Results:
•Analyzing millions of records in hours to hundreds of millions of records in seconds
•Daily DB loads running up to 24 times faster
•Lowered IT administration costs by more than 150,000 euros
With an unrivalled local presence of destination services companies in over 50 countries, a database of over 55,000 hotels worldwide, and a global network of port and shore-side services to the world’s leading cruise operators, TUI Travel operates in diverse sectors of the leisure industry to offer a wide breadth of customer experiences.
TUI Travel
SAP on UCS
Cisco SAP Partnerships
Develop• In-memory computing• Mobility• Cloud
Design• Validations & benchmarks• Adaptive computing• Joint technical activity with new
Partner Port and UCS in SAP labs
Deploy• SAP on Vblock• SAP on Flexpod• HANA and BWA• CPO for SAP
Cisco Flexpod: Validated Design
UCS
Database
SAP
SAP LVM
VSphere 5
Vmware HASLES for SAP Applications
HAExtension
SAP installations on Linux steadily increasing each year (SCN)
• Most SAP UNIX migration goes to Linux
• Linux on Intel achieves 5x SAPS/$
• No Limits for SAP workloads on Linux
• Competitive Advantage‒ Improved Performance
‒ High Availability
‒ Increased Reliability
‒ Tightened SecuritySource: The Trend from UNIX to Linux in SAP Data-
Centers, RealTech Consulting, Oct 2012
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Why are customers moving away from RISC?
SAP customers are using Linux to run the database and/or application server
of these are running their workloads on SUSE Linux Enterprise
SUSE Linux Enterprise is SAP's development platform for UNIX and Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the recommended and supported OS of choice for SAP HANA
First Linux distributor to certify HA extension for integration with SAP Netweaver
16,800
70%
#1
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SAP and SUSE by the numbers
SAP and SUSE13+ years of technology and engineering collaboration
• Front runner technologies‒ 1st Amazon EC2 OS for SAP
‒ 1st validated open source HA
‒ 1st validated virtualization
• Strategic OS for:‒ SAP HANA
‒ SAP BWA
‒ SAP Business ByDesign
• Integrated Enterprise Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAPThe only operating system optimized for SAP Applications
• Built in HA components to enable you to protect Mission Critical Applications
• Extended Update Cycle (18 months) to fit your needs
• Enables High Performance of Large Workloads
• Integrated Priority Support from both SUSE and SAP
• Enables Fast and Easy Deployment with Installation Wizard
What is SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for SAP?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SAP Installation Wizard
•Guided Installation (OS + SAP)• Install. Framework 3rd party ext.
What is SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for SAP?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
High Availability Extensions
SAP Installation Wizard
• Cluster Resource Manager
• Cluster Filesystem
• SAP Resource Agents
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension Achieves SAP-Certified Integration with SAP NetWeaver
• Press release by SUSE (link)
• Technical collaboration with SAP Linux Lab
• High Availability included in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
• SAP Connector available only in SUSE for SAP product
Simple Stack Enqueue Replication
DRBD Data Sync HA in Virtual Environments
High Availability Solutions for SAPValidated best practices with partners at SAP Linux Lab
What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
High Availability Extensions
SAP Installation Wizard
Page Cache Limit
Fully supported optimization for SAP workloads
Page Cache Limit FeatureSolution 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
What is SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for SAP?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
High Availability Extensions
SAP Installation Wizard
Page Cache Limit
ClamSAP ESPOS
Extends Service Pack overlap support from 6 months to 18 months
Extended Service Pack Overlap Support
18 month upgrade window
18 month extended lifecycle
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
What is SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for SAP?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
High Availability Extensions
SAP Installation Wizard
Page Cache Limit
ClamSAP ESPOS
SAP specific update channel
Web YaST
•Additional maintenance channel•Allows SAP specific patches•Updates for SAP specific packages
That is theSUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Applications 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
High Availability Extensions
SAP Installation Framework
Page Cache Limit
ClamSAP
ESPOS
SAP specific update channel
Web YaST
PRIORITY SUPPORT for SAP
PRIORITY SUPPORT for SAPP
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Product Elements SLES 11
Basic Priority Basic Priority Premium
Maintenance / Update X X X X X
Dedicated SAP Update Channel X X
Priority Support 24X7 X X X
SAP Solution Manager Integration X X
Installation Wizard X X
Linux Kernel 3.0 X X X X
Xen Virtualization supported by SAP X X X X
KVM Virtualization supported by SAP X X X X X
Page-Cache Limit X X
Expanded Service Pack Overlap Support X X
High Availability Clustering X X
Cluster File System support X X
Support for SAP required JVM X X X
ClamSAP integration X X
SLES for SAPApplications 11
RHEL 6 for SAP Business
Application
Competitive Assessment
Additional Information
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
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2Enhancements
• Support for Kernel 2.6 compatibility environment‒ SAP Applications require uname output of 2.6.x
‒ uname26 and PAM module providing compatibility environment
‒ SAP Notes 1629558 and 1310037
“SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2’s new Linux kernel version 3.0 offers many new features and enhancements that will help SAP customers utilize the newest
technology improvements with their SAP infrastructures, together with SUSE, we're developing easy installation and migration paths for existing SAP installations, such
as SAP NetWeaver, to support Linux kernel 3.0 so our customers can confidently run SAP solutions on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2."
(Helge Deller, head of SAP LinuxLab at SAP).
More InformationSUSE Websites
• www.suse.com/smart
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications
• SUSE and SAP Alliance
• SUSE Linux Enterprise and SAP HANA
SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications
• Overview and Features
• Video Introduction
• Solutions Guide
• Success Stories
• Whitepapers
• Best Practice Guides (High Availability)
• FAQ
• Technical Information
• Evaluation Download
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