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SAP NetWeaver on IBM Bluemix

Infrastructure

Quick Reference Guide

Microsoft Windows

September 2017

V2.0

SAP NetWeaver on IBM Bluemix infrastructure quick reference guide—Microsoft Windows

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Contents

Purpose of this guide ............................................................................................................ 2

Installing a 32GB server single-node ..................................................................................... 3

Order your 32GB server ...................................................................................................................... 3

Preparing your server for the SAP installation (32GB) ..................................................................... 13

Partitioning and file systems ............................................................................................................. 13

Installing a 256GB and a 32GB server in a three-tier setup ................................................. 14

Order your servers for a three-tier installation ................................................................................ 14

Preparing your server for the SAP installation (256GB) ................................................................... 23

Partitioning and file systems ............................................................................................................. 23

Network and CIFS share considerations for three-tier setup ........................................................... 24

Provisioning external storage to your server .................................................................................... 26

Installing your SAP landscape ............................................................................................. 31

Download your SAP software ........................................................................................................... 31

Installing SAP software ..................................................................................................................... 31

Trademarks ......................................................................................................................... 34

Purpose of this guide The purpose of this guide is to provide an introduction for customers who are new to the

IBM® Bluemix® environment and would prefer a “quick start” format versus more detailed

documentation. Two sample configurations help you through the ordering process to the

start of the SAP installation.

The first configuration sample is the smallest one possible—a single node 32GB RAM

server. The second is an advanced configuration of two nodes, a 32GB RAM server and a

256GB RAM server with an external storage configuration. The disk layout might vary if you

do not choose the same options as in the examples. The sample layouts may not be your

preferred layout; the purpose is to show you two possibilities if you are not experienced with

the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Note that you can find an example of how to attach external storage to your provisioned

server under http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/accessing-block-storage-

microsoft-windows.

The SoftLayer®, an IBM Company, infrastructure is the core of IBM Bluemix. Over the

coming months all references to SoftLayer will be replaced with Bluemix branding and

naming. You will find SoftLayer referenced in this guide as well as on IBM web pages, for

example., the SoftLayer customer control portal and KnowledgeLayer.

Note – important information: Currently, all SAP certified servers are shipped with a pre-

configured amount of RAM and CPUs that cannot be changed during the ordering process

nor via a support ticket after provisioning.

http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/accessing-block-storage-microsoft-windows



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Installing a 32GB server single-node

Order your 32GB server 1. Open a browser window, enter and click the Log in with IBMid link.

Figure 1. SoftLayer log in dialog box

2. Enter your IBMid or email and click the Continue button.

3. Enter your Password and click the Sign in button.

4. Click the Devices icon on the Account Summary page.

Figure 2. Device icon

5. Click the Monthly link under Bare Metal Servers on the Devices page.

Figure 3. Bare metal servers monthly link

The Server List dialog box will appear.




6. Click the hyperlink under STARTING PRICE PER MONTH to select server

BI.S1.NW32.

Figure 4. Hyperlink to Configure/Order page

7. Enter the number of servers you are ordering in the Quantity field.




Figure 5. Configure/Order page

Server and RAM will default to predefined values, which cannot be changed.

8. Select DAL10 for Data Center. The list of data centers depends on product

availability within a particular data center.




9. Select the Microsoft Windows version of your choice as your Operating System.

10. Select the type and number of hard drives to add to the server, for example, two SAS

disks of 600GB each.

Figure 6. Configuring hard drives

11. Click Create a RAID storage group.

12. Select RAID1 under Type, enter 600 for Size and select Windows Basic for

Partition Template.




Figure 7. Setting up RAID

Continue with the network configuration.

13. Select 500 GB for Public Bandwidth.

14. Select 1 Gbps Redundant Public & Private Network Uplinks for Uplink Port

Speed.

For this sample installation, leave the default values for all other fields. You can consult the

SAP NetWeaver Implementation and Operations Guide for detailed descriptions of the

options.




15. Click the Add to Order button at the end of the scroll. You will be redirected to the

Checkout page once your order has been verified.

Figure 8. Checkout page

16. Scroll down and enter the values in Table 1 under Advanced System

Configuration.




Field Value

Backend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example,

dal10.bcr01a.981

Subnet Select from the drop-down list, for example,

10.177.119.192/26

Frontend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example,

dal10.fcr01a.926


169.46.15.96/27

Provision Scripts Defaults to None

SSH Keys Add (leave it – means: no SSH Key)

User Metadata Leave blank

Hostname For example, e2e1270

Domain For example, saptest.com

Table 1. 32GB advanced configuration values




Figure 9. Advanced System Configuration on the Checkout page

17. Confirm your selections on the Checkout page and click the Cloud Service terms

checkbox on the right-hand side of the page.




Figure 10. Cloud Service terms checkbox

18. Click the Submit Order button on the right-hand side of the form. You will be

redirected to a page with your order number. You can print the page because it is

also your order receipt. In addition, you will receive a confirmation email with the

subject Your IBM Bluemix Order ## has been approved with ## being your order

number.




Once the order is submitted, the server will, depending on your order, be available for use

within one to four hours. You can check the Device Details screen on the main SoftLayer

customer portal page (Devices > Device List) for a status of the provisioning steps. Click

your Device Name to see its status (Figure 11. Device provisioning status).

Figure 11. Device provisioning status

See once your server has been provisioned.




Preparing your server for the SAP installation (32GB) A public IP is being used for remote access, which means you can connect to your server

through a Remote Desktop (RDP) client (for example, Microsoft Windows’ MSTSC). Use the

public IP address displayed in the Device List for your device. The administrator password

for your server is also displayed; be sure to click the Show Password checkbox to see it.

Figure 12 Device List - find password

Partitioning and file systems For the single-node example, a server with one logical disk (on RAID1) was ordered. There

is one mirrored disk appearing in the operating system (OS)—with one large filesystem

equal to the total size of the ordered disk.

Regarding storage, the server does not require any further installation steps.




Installing a 256GB and a 32GB server in a three-tier setup Following is a more complex scenario using a 32GB server as the SAP NetWeaver

application server and a 256GB server as the database server. External storage will also be

provisioned as backup space for the database for both archived log files and online full

backups.

Order your servers for a three-tier installation Follow the steps in Order your 32GB server to order the SAP NetWeaver application server.

The following steps will guide you through ordering the database server.

1. Open a browser window, enter and click the Log in with IBMid link.

Figure 13. SoftLayer log in dialog box



4. Click the Devices icon on the Account Summary page.

Figure 14. Device icon




5. Click the Monthly link under Bare Metal Servers on the Devices page.

Figure 15. Bare metal servers monthly link

The Server List dialog box will appear.

6. Click the hyperlink under STARTING PRICE PER MONTH to select server

BI.S1.NW256.

Figure 16. Hyperlink to Configure/Order page




7. Enter the number of servers in the Quantity field.

Figure 17. Configure/Order page

Server, RAM and Hard Drives will default to predefined values, which cannot be changed.




8. Select DAL10 for Data Center.

9. Select the Microsoft Windows version of your choice as your Operating System.

10. Select the type and number of hard drives to add to the server, for example, four

SAS disks of 600GB each.

Figure 18. Configuring hard drives

11. Click Create a RAID storage group.

12. Select RAID10 under Type, enter 1200 for Size and select Windows Basic for

Partition Template.




Figure 19. Setting up RAID

Continue with the network configuration.

13. Select 500 GB for Public Bandwidth.

14. Select 1 Gbps Redundant Public & Private Network Uplinks for Uplink Port

Speed.

For this sample installation, leave the default values for all other fields. You can consult the

SAP NetWeaver Implementation and Operations Guide for detailed descriptions of the

options.




15. Click the Add to Order button at the end of the scroll. You will be redirected to the

Checkout page once your order has been verified.

Figure 20. Checkout page!




15. Scroll down and enter the values in Table 2 under Advanced System

Configuration:

Field Value

Backend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example,

dal10.bcr01a.981


10.177.119.192/26

Frontend VLAN Select from the drop-down list, for example,

dal10.fcr01a.926


169.46.15.96/27

Provision Scripts Defaults to None

SSH Keys Add (leave it – means: no SSH Key)

User Metadata Leave blank

Hostname Server1 For example, e2e2690

Domain Server1 For example, saptest.com

Table 2. Advanced System Configuration values




Figure 21. Advanced System Configuration on the Checkout page




16. Confirm your selections on the Checkout page and click the Cloud Service terms checkbox on the right-hand side of the page.

Figure 22. Cloud Service terms checkbox

17. Click the Submit Order button. You will be redirected to a screen with your order

number. You can print the screen because it’s also your order receipt.

Once the order is submitted, the server will, depending on your order, be available for use

within one to four hours. You can check the Device Details screen on the main SoftLayer

customer portal page (Devices > Device List) for a status of the provisioning steps. See

once your server(s) has been provisioned.




Preparing your server for the SAP installation (256GB) A public IP is being used for remote access, which means you can connect to your servers

through an RDP client (for example, Windows’ MSTSC). Use the public IP addresses that are

displayed in the Device List for your device. The root passwords for your servers are also

displayed; be sure to click the Show Password checkbox to see them.

Figure 23. Device List - find password

Partitioning and file systems For the three-tier example, a 256GB server (database server) with one logical disk (on

RAID10) was ordered, as well as a 32GB server (application server) with one logical disk (on

RAID 1). Both servers come with one large filesystem equal to the total size of disks.

Regarding storage, the server does not require any further installation steps.




Network and CIFS share considerations for three-tier setup If you are planning to install a three-tier setup, you need to prepare the network setup

accordingly. For the sample setup, a 256GB database server (named e2e2690) and a 32GB

application server (named e2e1270) were deployed. The database server will also host the

ABAP SAP Central Services (ASCS) instance. Adding the IPs on the private network to your

hosts file will help with upcoming steps and make sure that SAP internal network traffic will

go through the right network.

Figure 24. Sample of three-tier set up

The network setup in

Figure 24 of the deployed servers will look like Figure 25 in Windows.




Figure 25. Deployed servers network setup




In this example, 10.17.139.35 is the private IP of the database server found under Private

Network-Teamed; it is from one of the IP ranges from RFC 1597. You can determine the IP

of the application server, too, and add both IPs to both servers’ hosts files under

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

Your servers are now prepared to host the components of a distributed SAP installation. See

next chapter for information on how to provision external storage for backup purposes to the

database server.




Provisioning external storage to your server External storage can be added to your provisioned server(s) if you want to use it as a

backup device or use a snapshot to quickly restore your database in a test environment. In

the example, block storage will be used for both archiving log files of the database and

online and offline backups for the database. The fastest block storage (4 IOPS per GB) was

selected to help assure a minimum backup time. Slower block storage may be sufficient for

your needs.

External storage is ordered through the SoftLayer Control panel.

1. Open a browser window and log in to .

2. Click the Log in with IBMid button.



5. Select Storage > Block Storage.

Figure 26. Storage drop-down menu

6. Click the Order Block Storage link on the Block Storage page.

Figure 27. Order Block Storage link

7. Select the specifics for your storage needs. Table 3 contains recommended values,

including 4 IOPS/GB for a typical database workload.

Field Value

Select Storage Type Endurance

Location Data center where your device is located.

Select Storage Package 4 IOPS/GB

Select Storage Size Make your selection based on your workload

needs.




Specify Snapshot Space Size 0 GB

Select OS Type Microsoft Windows

Table 3. Recommended values for block storage

Figure 28. Ordering block storage (Endurance) page

8. Click the Continue button.

9. Click the I have read the Master Service Agreement checkbox and click the Place

Order button.




Figure 29. Placing order for block storage

10. Click the Actions drop-down menu to the right of your LUN and select Authorize

Host to access the provisioned storage.

Figure 30. Block Storage page

11. Select Devices; the Device Type will default to Bare Metal Service. Click the

Hardware drop-down menu and select the hostnames of your database server.




Figure 31. Authorizing your hosts for storage

12. Click the Submit button.

13. Check the status of your provisioned storage under Devices > (select your device) >

Storage tab.

14. Note the Target Address and iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) for your server (iSCSI

initiator) as well as the username and password for authorization with the iSCSI

server. You will need that information in the following steps.




In the sample deployment, the data retrieved from the SoftLayer Storage tab was

Target IP: 10.2.62.78

IQN: iqn.2005-05.com.softlayer:SL01SU276540-H896345

User: SL01SU276540-H896345

Password: EtJ79F4RA33dXm2q

Follow the steps in Connecting to MPIO iSCSCI LUNS on Microsoft Windows

http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/accessing-block-storage-microsoft-windows)

to connect your block storage to your database server using the data above. Follow the

steps carefully; they will lead to a new, “offline” disk available for your Windows server

(Figure 32).

Figure 32. “Offline” disk

You can now bring the disk online and initialize it.






Installing your SAP landscape

Download your SAP software Log in to the SAP Service Marketplace (https://support.sap.com/) and download the required

digital versatile discs (DVDs) to a local share drive and then transfer them to your

provisioned server. Another option is to download the SAP Software Download Manager,

install it on your target server and directly download the DVD images to the server. See for

more information on the SAP Software Download Manager.

Note that you will need an S-User ID and the Download Software authorization when

downloading the DVDs from the SAP Service Marketplace. See if you need to request an S-

User ID.

Installing SAP software 1. After downloading the installation media, follow the standard SAP installation

procedure documented in the SAP installation guide for your SAP version and

components, and the corresponding SAP Notes. Open the root folder of your SWPM-

DVD or of your installation master DVD as Administrator, and execute sapinst.

Figure 33. Executing sapinst




The Welcome to SAP Installation page will display like in Figure 34.

Figure 34. Welcome to SAP Installation page




Figure 35 provides the steps for a three-tier setup. Begin by selecting Distributed System

and execute the first two steps in the list shown in Figure 35 on the database server. The

third step can be executed on the application server(s). Make sure that you use the private

addresses for the ASCS and the database hostnames during installation of the application

servers. This will assure that network traffic between the application server and ASCS, or

database, will path through the private network and not through the public network.

Figure 35. SAP SWPM

Make sure that sapinst successfully shared folders \\sapmnt and \\usr\sap\trans

after an ASCS database instance was installed for the Primary Application Server

Instance installation to work.

You can now execute your SAP installation according to the SAP installation instructions.




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