CoreToEdge SAP Systems AMIs on Amazon Web Services Setup Guide

CoreToEdge 10/4/16 V1.1

1 Contents 2 CoreToEdge SAP Systems AMIs on Amazon Web Services ................................................................... 2

2.1 Before We Start............................................................................................................................. 2

2.2 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................... 2

2.3 Document version ......................................................................................................................... 2

2.4 Licensing ........................................................................................................................................ 2

3 How to create your own SAP Business Suite environment .................................................................. 3

3.1 Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................. 3

3.2 Create your own SAP instance on AWS ........................................................................................ 3

3.3 Connect to your SAP AWS instance .............................................................................................. 6

2 CoreToEdge SAP Systems AMIs on Amazon Web Services

2.1 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, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SAP Basis technology

and SAP HANA Database

2.2 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

get@basis.support

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.

2.3 Document version This document has been reviewed on November 22nd, 2016 and reflects some changes implemented

on the latest versions of our SLES/HANA AMIs at that time.

These are the current AMIs we made available for you:

Operating System Database

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP 1 SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 12

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 get@basis.support

2.4 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).

3 How to create your own SAP Business Suite environment

3.1 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.

3.2 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 61 GB for

memory (ex. r3.2xlarge). For medium sized systems, up to 50 concurrent users, we

recommend that an EC2 instance with at least 244 GB of memory (ex. r3.8xlarge). 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 these settings to meet your specific security policies:

You can review your options here:

After a few minutes, you can access your instance with SSH and do the final configuration

steps.

3.3 Connect to your SAP AWS instance Open an SSH client. (find out how to connect using PuTTY)

Locate your private key file. The wizard automatically detects the key you used to launch the

instance.

Your key must not be publicly viewable for SSH to work. Use this command if needed:

chmod 400 <keypair_name>.pem Connect to your instance using its Public IP. Example:

ssh -i "<keypair_name>.pem" ec2-user@<Public_IP> For more up-to-date information, please refer to AWS Guide at:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html

When connected, you can issue sudo su command to switch to root user.

SAP HANA Database is installed on the environment. You are ready to install your SAP

system.

Before installing SAP System, please check SAP Note 2369910 for SAP Systems on Linux.

After installing SAP System, go to https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/licensekey/wizard

and obtain a valid license key for your system.