Implement high availability for SAP applications on IBM Power Virtual Server SLES References
The following information is a comprehensive list of product documentation, SLES Knowledge Base articles, and SAP notes that you need to review before you implement high availability for SAP solutions. A SUSE Customer Portal ID is required to access Knowledge Base articles and an SAP user ID is required to access SAP Notes.
General requirements
See the following general requirements before you begin.
- An IBM Cloud account
- An SAP for Me account
- A SUSE Customer Center account
- A valid SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications license is required to enable the repositories that you need to install SAP HANA and the resource agents for HA configurations.
SUSE Enterprise Linux Cluster product documentation
For more information about SUSE Enterprise Linux Cluster, see the following documentation.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications product documentation
For more information about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications, see the following documentation.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications - Guide
- Installation Quick Start
- SAP Automation
- An overview of supported High Availability Solutions by SLES for SAP applications
- SAP HANA System Replication Scale-Up - Cost Optimized Scenario
- SAP HANA System Replication Scale-Up - Performance Optimized Scenario
- SAP HANA System Replication Scale-Out - Performance Optimized Scenario
- SAP HANA System Replication Scale-Out - Multi-Target Performance-Optimized Scenario
SUSE Linux Enterprise server for SAP cluster knowledge base article
For more information about SUSE Linux Enterprise server for SAP cluster, see How to prevent pacemaker from auto-starting on boot or after a fence.
SAP HANA product documentation
For more information about SAP HANA, see the following documentation.
SAP Notes
The following items are SAP Notes that you need to be aware of.
- SAP Note 2578899 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: Installation Note
- SAP Note 2235581 - SAP HANA: Supported Operating Systems
- SAP Note 2684254 - Recommended OS settings for SLES 15 / SLES for SAP Applications 15
- SAP Note 1763512 - Support details for SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications - HA Solution for SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA
- SAP Note 2369981 - Required configuration steps for authentication with HANA System Replication
- SAP note 3115048 - sapstartsrv with native Linux systemd support
- SAP note 3139184 - Linux: systemd integration for sapstartsrv and SAP Host Agent