SUSE Solutions for SAP Applications

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Why Do You Need an Enterprise Linux Distribution?

2

4

SUSE Value add above base

operating system including services

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SAP

NetWeaver

SAP

S/4HANASAP HANA

SUSE Has the Ideal Platform for Your SAP Landscape

2

4

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Unrivaled Relationship Making SUSE the Smart Choice for SAP

Workloads

• 17+ years of joint testing and development at the SAP LinuxLab

• Joint collaboration on Cloud Foundry

• SUSE Linux Enterprise is the leading platform for SAP workloads on Linux

• Seamless support from SAP and SUSE

• SUSE Linux Server for SAP Applications delivers built-in high availability, superior performance and

security

• First and leading OS for SAP HANA

• The platform powering SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

• SUSE OpenStack Cloud powers SAP’s HANA Cloud platform

2

4

Challenge Solution Results

• Expand HANA

Enterprise Cloud

• Meet enterprise

requirements

• 6,600 servers

• 12,000 CPUs

• 16,000 VMs

• SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server for SAP

Applications

• 99.999% availability

• Reduced TCO

• Streamlined operations

SAP is also a SUSE Customer

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4

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

Extended Service Pack Support18 Month Grace Period

SAP specific update channel

24x7 Priority Support for SAP

......Page Cache Management

SAP specific update channel

SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerSLE High Availability

SAP HANA & SAP NetWeaver

SAP HANAFirewall

SAP HANAResource

Agents

InstallationWizard

24x7 Priority Support for SAP

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2017 2018 2019 2020

SUSE Linux Enterprise—Mission Critical

12 SP3

15

12 SP4

15 SP1

12 SP5

High Availability & GEO

Clustering • Azure cloud support

• Geo bootstrap kit

• HAWK2: edit fencing

topologies

Live Patching• Power LE support

12 SP3

High Availability & GEO

Clustering Improve integration into

Single sign-on

Published API

Live Patching Deeper integration with

other SUSE products

High Availability & GEO Clustering • Rebase stack on SUSE Linux Enterprise 15

common code base

• Expand options for host based mirroring

• Merge GEO clustering into HA

• ClusterAPI**

Live Patching• More architecture support

(following market needs)

High Availability & GEO

Clustering Improve integration into

single sign-on

Published API

Extended RBAC for cluster

ops

Cluster templates (app/use

case specific)

Live Patching Userland LP**

Integration with other SUSE

products

Real Time New: SUSE Linux

Enterprise 15 based RT

capabilities

High Availability & GEO

Clustering Expand options for host

based mirroring

Merge GEO clustering into

HA also for SUSE Linux

Enterprise 12

Live Patching More architecture support

(following market needs)

15 12 SP4 15 SP1 12 SP5

* Information is forward looking and subject to change at any time.

** Items are tech preview

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SAP Platform Installation Automation

Installation Wizard now installs:

• A complete SAP high

availability stack

• SAP HANA TDI (tailored data center

Integration) environments

• Uses SUSE Manager

SAP HANA Firewall installation options

• Installation Wizard

• Auto-configuration

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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension

2

4

Virtually eliminate unplanned downtime with an advanced

clustering system that can be deployed in both physical

and virtual environments.

www.suse.com/products/highavailability

• Get near 100% uptime, maximized for your Linux workloads

• Boost flexibility and maintain continuity by supporting mixed clustering

• Protect data integrity and minimize data loss with data replication across clusters

• HAE and GEO Clustering merging

75%Cost Savings

100%Server Deployment

99.999%Uptime

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Overview Supported SAP HA Scenarios

• Manual failover

• Simple stack

• Enqueue replication

• Combined stack

SAP NetWeaver

• Manual failover

• Performance optimized

• Cost optimized

• Multitenant database

containers

• Storage replication

• Public Cloud

• Others

SAP HANA

ScaleUp

• Auto-host failover

• Manual takeover

• Performance optimized

• Storage replication

• Public cloud

• Others

SAP HANA

ScaleOut

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Available with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2

SAP HANA Scale-Out: Performance Optimized

SAP

HANA

(PR1)

primar

yPR1

SAP

HANA

(PR1)

secondary

PR1

pacemak

eractive/activ

e

System

replication

Cluster

1Cluster

2

vIPCluster 2 usage

Data pre-load on

secondary

Take-over decision

Take-over process

Take-over reaction

time

Take-over speed

Dedicated

Yes

Fully Automated by SUSE cluster

solution

Fully Automated by SUSE cluster

solution

Fast due to pacemaker heartbeat

Fast since data pre-loaded

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

2

5

The recommended and supported

operating system for SAP applications.

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