computing infrastructure

SPC201:Computing Infrastructure Strategy

SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 2

Contributing Speaker(s)

Dr. Franz J. Fritz

Dr. Carol Gustav


Learning Objectives

As a result of this lecture, you will be able to:

Understand SAP platform and computing infrastructure strategy Use the latest information regarding support of operating system

and database management system Have an overview of the Computing Infrastructure Track

at this TechEd Look for availability information on SAPs Web pages

DISCLAIMERThis presentation reflects current planning. Contents may be changed without prior notice, and are in no way binding upon SAP.


Computing Infrastructure Track Overview

Session ID Session title Session typeSPC100SPC101SPC150SPC151

SPC200SPC201SPC202

SPC203SPC205SPC206SPC207SPC250

SPC251Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems Hands-On (2 hours)

MaxDB The Professional Database Lecture (1 hour)Sizing UP SAP NetWeaver Lecture (1 hour)Managing LiveCache Hands-on (2 hours)Managing MaxDB Hands-on (2 hours)Adaptive Computing and Enterprise Grid Computing with SAP NetWeaver Lecture (2 hours)Computing Infrastructure Strategy Lecture (1 hour)Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode Lecture (2 hours)High Availability for Solutions based on SAP NetWeaver 04 Lecture (2 hours)Planning and Conducting High-Volume Load Tests Lecture (1 hour)System Consolidation with Client Migration Server Lecture (1 hour)The 64bit Future is Here mySAP Solutions for Linux Lecture (1 hour)Making Programs Unicode Enabled Hands-On (2 hours)

Computing Infrastructure StrategyPlatform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004sDBMS UpdateOperating Systems UpdateSummary


SAP NetWeaver 2004

ONE PLATFORM ONE PRODUCT

1 PlatformSynchronized release dates

1 FoundationWeb AS 6.40

1 PackageCoherent installation and maintenance process

1 Set of scenariosIntegrated components

All AppsBusiness Suite, partner solutions

SAP NetWeaver

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PEOPLE INTEGRATION

Multi channel access

Portal Collaboration

INFORMATION INTEGRATION

Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgmt

Knowledge Mgmt

PROCESS INTEGRATION

Integration Broker

BusinessProcess Mgmt

APPLICATION PLATFORM

J2EE

DB and OS Abstraction

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Open integration and applicationplatform that enables change!

and xApps developed on NetWeaver


Release Roadmap SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver2004s

(minor release)

SAP NetWeaver2004

(major release)

SAP NetWeaverBPP release(major release)

mySAP Business Suite edition of SAP NetWeaver 2004

Delivering on specific needs of mySAP and xApps solutions built on top

Recommended only for customers requiring it in application implementation project (e.g. SAP ERP 2005) Some customers may request it due to specific enhancements in

certain functional areas

2004 2005 2006


DB and OS AbstractionFreedom of Choice Potential to Grow

Wide Scalability and Adaptability

Multiple Hardware architectures

Multiple Operating Systems

Multiple DBMS

Multiple Browsers

One application abstraction layer Open SQL Web Dynpro Enterprise Services

Architecture

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PEOPLE INTEGRATION

Multi channel access

Portal Collaboration

INFORMATION INTEGRATION

Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgmt

Knowledge Mgmt

PROCESS INTEGRATION

Integration Broker

BusinessProcess Mgmt

APPLICATION PLATFORM

J2EE

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Open integration and applicationplatform that enables change!


IT Scenarios and Usage Types in the IT Landscape

require

IT Scenarios

NetWeaverSystems

NetWeaverUsage Types

NetWeaver System NetWeaver System

BI

Enabling UserCollaboration

InstallationGuides/Tools

LandscapeGuide

NetWeaverMaster Guide

ConfigurationGuides/Tools

AdminGuides/Tools

reflected in

active on

Enterprise Reporting,Query & Analysis

BI-Java

AS-ABAP AS-Java EP

AS-Java

PI

Usage Types allow to install, deploy and configure SAP NetWeaver, enabling

customers to run IT and business scenarios determine the intended purpose of a system determine the role which a system plays in a given (distributed)

scenario


Usage Types with SAP NetWeaver 2004s

Usage Type Required stacks

Long name

BI ABAP Business Intelligence

BI Java Components(require Enterprise Portal on the same System)Development Infrastructure

Mobile Infrastructure

Enterprise Portalincluding Knowledge Management & Collaboration)Process Integration(Exchange infrastructure, BPM)Application Server ABAP

Application Server Java

BI-Java Java

DI Java

MI ABAP+Java

EP Java

PI ABAP+Java

AS-ABAP ABAP

AS-Java Java


64 bit Addressing

Goal Leverage new features of emerging hardware / operating systems for solutions Example: Leverage performance benefits of large main memory

and 64 bit addressing

Strategy Provide abstraction layer via SAP Web Application Server Work with hardware and OS partners to provide 64 bit support for all infrastructure

combinations Leverage 64 bit address spaces for all SAP NetWeaver components and services as

appropriate

Status 64 bit support has become mainstream for all Unix system some time ago 64 bit support now available for all operating systems

(including Windows and Linux) 64 bit support for Java becoming available with JDK 1.4.x New 64 bit chips (AMD Opteron, Intel EM64T) rapidly replacing 32 bit chips


Unicode Strategy

Goal: Be able to serve multiple communities with multiple languages in one system Provide seamless interoperability on a world-wide basis

Strategy Standardize on one worldwide unified set of character representations

Unicode

Status All SAP offerings are Unicode-enabled and can run in Unicode mode Non-Unicode R/3 systems with multiple codepage support (MDMP)

have some serious restrictions New SAP offerings will only be offered based on Unicode Tools are ready for conversion from non-Unicode systems to Unicode systems

SPC202 Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode, Lecture 2hSPC250 Making Programs Unicode Enabled, Hands-On 2hSPC251 Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems, Hands-On 2h


What is Unicode?

Unicode is a Character encoding schema containing (almost) all characters used world wide


Sick of Code Page Issues and Possible Data Loss?

Only Unicode systems can display all data of multiple languages concurrently!Only Unicode systems can completely avoid corruption or loss of data

West European View Japanese View Korean View Unicode View


Versions of Unicode

SAP supports the latest Unicode version

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40.000

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Representation of Unicode Characters

UTF-16 Unicode Transformation Format, 16 bit encoding Fixed length, 1 character = 2 Bytes* Surrogates 4 Bytes Platform dependent byte order 2 byte alignment restriction

UTF-8 Unicode Transformation Format, 8 bit encoding Variable length, 1 character = 1...4 bytes Platform independent no alignment restriction

E3 91 B9 79 3434 79U+3479

CE B1B1 0303 B1U+03B1C3 A4E4 0000 E4U+00E46161 0000 61U+0061a

UTF-8UTF-16little endian

UTF-16big endian

UnicodeChar. ID

Character

* Surrogates require 4 Bytes


Hardware Requirements Overview

Unicode systems need some more main memory and disk space.But: compare minimal additional hardware cost vs system complexity.

z +30%z depending on

existing scenario(MDMP, double byte)

CPUz +50%z Application Servers

are based on UTF-16internally

RAM

z UTF-8 : +/- 10% (max.)z UTF-16 : +30..60% (max.)

Database size

z UTF-8z almost no change

due to efficientcompression

Network Load

based on parallel benchmarking of Unicode / non-Unicode systems


FF4Unicode printing

Printing with single code page printers is possible with naturalrestrictions.

Unicode printers are available (Lexmark, HP, etc) Cascading fonts printing solution available:

On windows driver (SAPlpd).PCL and PostScript solutions are in the queue.

FF4 Restrictions for using non-UC printers still not clearFritz; 09.07.2005


Cascading Fonts (The Principle)

From Munich (Mnchen) to Shanghai

When the whole string is written in one font, e.g Helve, "

()" cannot be

displayed correctly. In order to display "" correctly, switching into one of the Asian fonts is required.

Helve CNSONG

No need to enhance/translate Smart Forms No need to replace the printers for Unicode printing


mySAP Business Suite Unicode Availability

SAP NetWeaver

mySAP SCM

mySAP PLM

mySAP SRM

mySAP CRM

mySAP ERPFinancials

Human ResourcesCorporate Services

Operations SAP R/3 Enterprise Ext. Set 2.00Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment

mySAP ERPUnicode version is in unrestricted shipment

SAP BW 3.5 Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment

SAP XI 2.0, EP 6.0, SAP MDM 2.0, -> Unicode versions only

SAP CRM 4.0

Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment

SAP SCM 4.x


SAP SRM 4.0


All availability dates and release schedules based on SAP internal planning.Relevant OSS notes: 79991, 540911

SAP KW 7.0

SAP Mobile Infrastructure 3.0 (NW05)

For all Web AS based solutions: Pilot projects for 1.) Arabic Printing and 2.) conversions of large databases (> 1 TB) with short downtime


Unicode Conversion at a Glance

Preparation Conversion Post-Conversion

Set up the Unicode conversion project

Check prerequisites

Data analysis for downtime minimization special

MDMP treatment

Enabling of customer developments

Highly automated

System will be down during database conversion

Unload / reload process for small databases

Minimum downtime tool for large databases

Unicode system is up and running

Verification of data consistency

Integration testing focused on

language handling

Unicode conversion tools services are ready for prime time!Sequence: First upgrade, then conversion to Unicode


SAPs High Availability Strategy

SAPs High Availability scope: 1. Integration and application platform (SAP

NetWeaver) 2. business applications (and related

components)

Infrastructure components DB OS server storage network:

HA solutions to be delivered by partners

Unplanned downtime: eliminate Single Points Of Failure for Business applications (components) Databases Operating systems Server Storage Network

Planned downtime:

Network

Storage

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High Availability: Customer ExpectationsGoal: Ensure / improve High availability of systems, scenarios, landscapes

Customers need different HA levels at different cost Minimized unplanned downtime of systems and service Minimized planned downtime of systems and services

Needs additional hardware for switchover time Further reduced unplanned downtime by protection of remaining

single points of failure (SPOFs) Needs additional (expensive) failover infrastructure (Hardware, OS, file systems ..)

Enable continuous availability on service / landscape level Needs redundancy of systems, permanent synchronization efforts etc.

End-to-end HA solution is provided by SAP together with partners Infrastructure partners: OS, DB, file system, network .. SAP: software & documentation & services

Additional cost and risk of High Availability measures are minimized Standardized and validated installation and upgrade procedures Selective protection of critical resources only must be possible

SPC203 High Availability for Solutions Based on SAP NetWeaver 04, Lecture 2h


Roadmap for HA of Systems and Landscapes

Target Leveltimeframe

System protect HA setup possible for

maintenance System Online backup possible Significant reduction of downt

ion possible (with some workarounds) whole NetWeaver stack, not destroyed by regular

NetWeaver 2004

ime for support packages Information available (documentation, notes, how-to guides )

System protection possible with lower TCO overhead HA setups with reduced cost and effort

expensive hardware only for protected service)

Symmetric HA setup for AS-ABAP and AS-JAVA Heterogeneous setup possible

services (Message & Enqueue Reuse of failover cluster

for Windows) Quality management and guidance for

platform

hardware for multiple systems (Work in progress

HA setups of SAP NetWeaver

NetWeaver 2004s

System protection possible with improved HA maturity Consolidated API (monitoring + admin) for vendor failover cluster

management Ongoing monitoring and improvement of HA KPIs All Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) secured, new SPOFs avoided All virtual IP addresses / virtual hostnames centrally configurable Extend HA capabilities for whole IT scenarios (span over different systems)

2006


NetWeaver 2004sRecommended HA Setup, Dual Stack ABAP + Java

Database

Java Schema

Database Processes

Database Processes

Separation of central instance and central

services

Dual stack central instance installed outside the switch-

over environment

ABAP and Java Central services (Enqueue & Message services)

within own switch-over group

JSCSInstance

ENQ Server(Java)

MSG Server(Java)

ASCSInstance

ENQ Server(ABAP)

MSG Server(ABAP)

JSCSInstance

ENQ Server(Java)

MSG Server(Java)

JSCSInstance

ENQ Server(Java)

MSG Server(Java)

ASCSInstance

ENQ Server(ABAP)

MSG Server(ABAP)

ASCSInstance

ENQ Server(ABAP)

MSG Server(ABAP)

JSCSInstance

ENQ Server(Java)

MSG Server(Java)

ASCSInstance

ENQ Server(ABAP)

MSG Server(ABAP)

JSCSInstance

ENQ Server(Java)

MSG Server(Java)

JSCSInstance

ENQ Server(Java)

MSG Server(Java)

ASCSInstance

ENQ Server(ABAP)

MSG Server(ABAP)

ASCSInstance

ENQ Server(ABAP)

MSG Server(ABAP)

Add-In Central Instance

Java Server

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Java Server

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Server Process

Java Dispatcher

SDM

JavaABAP

ABAPDispatcher

WorkProcessWorkProcessWorkProcess

Gateway

ICM

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Add-In Central Instance

Java Server

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Java Server

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Java Server

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Java Server

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Server Process

Java Dispatcher

SDM

JavaABAP

ABAPDispatcher

WorkProcessWorkProcessWorkProcess

Gateway

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Dialoginstance

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2 switch-over groups

1 or 2 switchover-environments

ABAP Schema

Database in separate switchover-group

(same host or different host)


Heterogeneous Systems and Landscapes

Strategy SAP works towards support of heterogeneous configurations of application

servers and database servers

Rules Database server and application servers can be on different operating systems Central services can be on different operating systems than dialog servers

Restrictions No automatic Installation procedure so far Upgrade procedure works also for heterogeneous systems (some manual

steps required)

Status Tests are planned for NetWeaver 2004s


SAP NetWeaver 2004s Platform Availability

Same OS/DB platform support for all NetWeaver usage types In particular: Complete platform support for Enterprise Portal!

Platform availability continuously extended during Ramp-up Depending on availability of database versions etc.

(Details on next slide)

This information represents a snapshot only The actual information is always found on the SAP Service Marketplace at:

http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001936242005Eor

http://service.sap.com/nw2004s -> Product Availability Matrix -> SAP NetWeaver 2004s PAM


OS/DB Product Availability Matrix For NW 2004s

NW The whole SAP NetWeaver stack

DB Database Server

HA High Available Solution only

x64 X64 and x86_64 represent thesame hardware

NU Non-Unicode only. Empty cells: Unicode and Non-unicode

Windows (*9) AIX HP-UX Solaris Linux SUSE SLES9, RedHat EL 4, Red Flag on z/OS1.6 64bit

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Planned

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Note: PI-PCKs do run on the same platforms as PI Platform coverage of IGS isidentical to Web AS


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SolarisLinuxWindows AIX HP-UX

SAP liveCache x(*5) x x x(*5)x(*5) x x(*6) x x x x x(*5) x x x x x x xTREX 7.0 (*2) x x UR UR UR UR URRedwood Cronacle Proc. Srv X X X X X X X X X X XJCo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XSAP Content Server 6.30 (*3) X X X X X X X X X X

Optional 3rd party components for SAP BI (OEM/reselling) TeaLeaf: Available on Windows 2000/2003 32-bit ESRI: Available on Windows 2000/XP Crystal: Available on Windows 2000, AIX 5.1/5.2, Solaris 8/9

Planned availability:X PlannedUR Starting with Unrestricted

Shipment(*) Needed for SAP KW only(*2) 32-bit only(*3) Either on MaxDB 7.5 or SAPDB

7.3(*4) Intel Xeon 64bit supported only(*5) Client only(*6) No Red Hat EL 3 support

Platform combination notsupported

SAP BI SAP BI Precalculation Service available on Windows only. TREX is optionalRedwood Explorer 6.0 Available on Windows 2000SAP PI: J2SE based adapters on all SAP PI platforms.IPC: Performance degredation with SAP Java technology


DBMS Update - Overview

Update regarding DBMS releases and SAP releases Oracle Microsoft SQL Server IBM DB2 MaxDB

Special topics Informix transition IBM DB2 UDB for Unix and Windows offerings

SAP AG 2005, / 33

Oracle Overview

Support by Oracle until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

June 2007 Supported

Not supported

Not supported

Oracle 10g RAC

5+n years per version

Not supported

Not supported tbd tbd Planned

Oracle 9.2 RAC June 2007

Supported

Not supported Pilot support Pilot support

Not supported

Planned (Q1 2006)

5+n years per version

Web AS 6.20based applications

Web AS 6.40NetWeaver 2004mySAP ERP 2004 et

Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s(ff)

Oracle 9.2 Supported Supported

Not planned

Oracle 10g

Planned (Q1 2006)

Planned (Q4 2005) Supported

Legend Meaning

Planned Not available yet, but planned

Supported (Almost) Available already or with firm plans

Please note that this document is subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice. The document is not intended to be binding upon SAP to any particular course of business, product strategy and/or development.


Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Status

Operating System StatusSun Solaris Controlled Availability phaseHP-UX Pilot ph

Controlled Availabilityase

phase planned in Q4/2005IBM AIX Controlled Availability phaseLinux 32 bit SLES8: Pilot phase; Controlled Availability phase planned for

Q3/2005Red Hat: Controlled Availability phase

Windows 32 bit Controlled Availability phaseTru64 Controlled Availability phase

(only for NetWeaver 2004)

Current status in OSS Note 527843 Technical White Paper: http://service.sap.com/dbaora -> Media Library -> Oracle RAC



IBM DB2 UDB for Windows and Unix (DB2/UDB)

Support by IBM until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

tbd Supported Supported


Web AS 6.40NetWeaver 2004mySAP ERP 2004 etc

Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

V 8 Supported Supported Supported

SAP on DB2 UDB Community Private Initiative: www.sap-db2.de Feedback at [email protected]



SAP and IBM Partnership on DB2/UDB

SAP and IBM work jointly from product definition to service Joint SAP+IBM development team located in Walldorf New: Joint product definition of DB2 optimized for SAP deliverables Joint SAP and IBM Integration Center works on product integration, QA and

service

Extremely well working partnership since 1993 Regular, bi-yearly development meetings with DB2 development

management callsexecutive reviews

Weekly Quarterly

IBM Toronto Lab

SAP WalldorfIBM Bblingen Lab

IBM Toronto LabIBM Toronto Lab

SAP WalldorfIBM Bblingen LabSAP WalldorfIBM Bblingen Lab


DB2/UDB Optimized for SAP - Status and Vision

IBM and SAP working jointly on optimizing DB2 for SAP Joint IBM and SAP product planning for DB2/UDB Executing towards the vision of an "invisible database" with unlimited

scalability DB2 Saturn V8.2.2 : First optimized DB2/UDB version specifically

designed usage for SAP:

The next DB2/UDB release optimized for SAP is targeted for 2006. Series of major technology steps will follow.

Database Administration Business Suite 2005 EnablementAutoextend DMS tablespaces Robust and silent install (Windows)Automatic Storage SQL for some CLP CommandsUniform Page Size Tablefunction for History fileRegistry setting: DB2_WORKLOAD=SAP (*) MDC Rollout (*)

enhanced MDC Insert (*)Supportability

Complete Deadlock Analysis (*) ConcurrencyService Tool for Optimizer Problems (*) Evaluate Uncommitted - Stage 2Optimizer Guidelines Skip InsertedIndex Heuristic

(*) Items in bold red are unique DB2 features and not available with any other database supported by SAP


IBM DB2 UDB for OS/390 and z/OS


R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

tbd Supported

Supportedtbd

Supported

Supported



Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

V 7.1 Supported1) Supported 1) 2)

Not supported

V 8.1 Supported Supported Supported

Remarks1) No Unicode support with V 7.1 for ABAP applications2) Introduction of DRDA (DB2Connect) with DB2 V8 for ABAP VM

Migration from ICLI to DRDA protocol with SAP NetWeaver 04 DRDA = Distributed Relational Database Architecture ICLI = Integrated call level interface



IBM DB2 UDB for iSeries

Support by IBM until R/3 up to 4.5

R/3 4.6 1)

September 2005 Supported

V5R2 tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

Supported

Supported

Supportedtbd


2)

Web AS 6.40NetWeaver 2004mySAP ERP 2004 etc 2)

Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

V5R1 Supported 3) Not supported Not supported

V5R3 Supported Supported Supported

Remarks

1) SAP and IBM decided to standardize on the GLS (ASCII) Solution of mySAP.com on iSeriesR/3 Rel 4.6 is the release for conversion from EBCDIC to ASCII

2) ASCII support only

3) Not supported with 6.40 downward compatible SAP Kernel



Microsoft SQL Server

Support by MS until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

December2007 Supported

SQL 2000 / Win 2003

December2007

Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Supported

Not supported

Supported

Planned 2)tbd



Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

SQL 2000 / Win 2000 Supported Supported

Not supported

SQL 2005 / Win 2003 Planned 2) Planned 2) Supported

Remarks

1) Not supported for 3.1I

2) Q4 2005



Informix


R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

March 2006 Supported

9.30 April 2005 Not supported Supported Supported Not supportedNot supported

9.40 15th April 2006Not supported Supported Supported Supported 1)

Not supported

Not supported

Supported

Plannedn/a


Web AS 6.40NetWeaver 2004mySAP ERP 2004 BW 3.5

Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

7.31 Not supported Not supported Not supported

9.50 Planned Planned 1) Not supported

Remarks

1) ABAP only, no Unicode support, no support for new NetWeaver components like EP, XI, MI, MDMJava stack requires DB2 or Max DB as secondary DBMS



SAP DB / MaxDB

Support by SAP respmySQLuntil

R/3 up to 4.5

R/3 4.6

Not yetannounced

Supported

SAP DB 7.4 (*) Supported Supported Supported Not supported

Not supported

MaxDB 7.5 Not yetannounced

Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

Not supported

Supported

SupportedNot yetannounced


Web AS 6.40NetWeaver 2004mySAP ERP 2004 BW 3.5

Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

SAP DB 7.3 Supported Not supported

Not supported

MaxDB 7.6 Supported Supported Supported


SPC100 MaxDB The Professional Database, Lecture 1hSPC150 Managing LiveCache, Hands-On 2hSPC151 Managing MaxDB, Hands-On 2h

(*) MaxDB 7.4.02: As long as APO 3.1 is supported. MaxDB 7.4.03 for OLTP: End of 2005, but supported for liveCache as long as SCM/APO 4.0 migration to 7.5 not fully reliable


MaxDB SAPs Professional Database

Selecting a DBMS is a tactical decision

MaxDB is an enterprise-class low-cost DBMS offers a competitive feature set and performance level automates most DBA activities which means minimal TCO is owned, licensed and supported by SAP is fit for the job and tuned for SAP applicationsmeanwhile MaxDB technology counts 10.000+ installationsmeans one-stop shopping:

Enterprise class database technology from SAP for SAPMore SAP application value (SAV) for the same money


SAPs Commitment to MaxDB

SAP needs a low-cost alternative to other DBMS offerings

MaxDB is SAPs strategic DBMS offering: Part of SAPs technology stack Runs nearly all SAP applications Bundled e.g. with SAP NetWeaver

Ongoing SAP investment into the development of MaxDB

Optimized and extended for SAP requirements E.g. SAP liveCache Technology


OS Key Topics

Update regarding OS releases and SAP releases In general: OS / DBMS coverage will be driven by market demand

and partner support JVMs have introduced a new dimension of dependency and complexity 64 bit support for Windows and Linux Number of Linux distributions still growing, but standardization in sight (LSB)

SAP develops on reference platformsWindows 2003 / x64, restrictions so far Linux 64 bit

Special topic TRU64 end-of-life


Windows on x64

Update regarding OS releases and SAP releases In general: OS / DBMS coverage will be driven by market demand

and partner support Planned availability for ABAP:

today 24.10.05 Q4 2005 End 05/Q1 06

Application Server 6.40 for all 6.10/6.20/6.40 product versions only(heterogeneous environment)

Full installation of NW 2004s

Full installation of NW `04 SR1, ERP 2004 SR1, SRM 4.0 SR1, SCM 4.1, R3Ex2.0 SR1, CRM 4.0 SR1, and

Full installation of ERP 2005, SRM 5.0, CRM 5.0

Installation/Upgrade of SCM 5.0


Microsoft Windows

Support by MS until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

Win 2000/IA32 32 bit March 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

Win 2003/IA32 32 bit June 2010

Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Supported

Win 2003/x64 64 bit June 2010

Planned3)

Planned3)

Planned4) 5)

Supported4) 6) Supported

Not supported SupportedJune 2010



Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

Win 2003/IA-64 64 bit

Supported 2)

Supported 2) Supported

Remarks1) supported for all SAP systems from R/3 4.0B onwards2) Restrictions for some Java applications, e.g., SAP EP3) 32-bit only4) 64-bit only5) With 6.40 Downard Compatible Kernel only6) ABAP only



Linux Support by distributor until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

SUSE SLES 8 32bit November 2007 Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Not supportedSUSE SLES 9 32bit

IA64

X86_64

zSeries

Power

August 2009 Planned 1, 2) Supported 1, 2) Supported 3) Supported Supported

Red Hat EL 4.0 32bit February 2012 Not supported Planned 1, 2) Supported 3) Supported SupportedSUSE SLES 8 64bit November 2007 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supportedSUSE SLES 9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Planned 2) Planned Planned Supported

SUSE SLES 9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Supported 4) Supported Supported Supported

Red Hat 4 64bit February 2012 Not supported Planned 2) Planned Planned Supported

Red Hat EL 4 64bit February 2012 Not supported Supported 4) Supported Supported Supported

SUSE SLES 9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Supported 1, 2) Supported 3) Supported SupportedSUSE SLES9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Supported

Red Hat EL 3.0 32bit October 2010 Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Not Supported

SUSE SLES 8 64bit November 2007 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supported

IA32



Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

Remarks1) Not supported for SAP R/3 Re. 3.1I2) Only for _EXT kernel versions3) Only with 6.40 kernel4) Fully supported with existing 32bit-4.6D_EXT Kernel. A special 64bit SAP-Kernel wont be made available


SPC207 The 64bit Future is Here mySAP Solutions for Linux, Lecture 1h


Unix Systems Support byvendor until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

April 2006 SupportedAIX 5.2 64bit August 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported SupportedAIX 5.3 64bit June 2011 Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

Supported



Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

AIX 5.1 64bit Supported Supported Not supported

Solaris 10/SPARC 64bit December 2009 Not Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

HP/UX 11.0/PA-RISC 64bit December 2006 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

HP/UX 11.11, 11.23/PA-RISC 64bit

December 2013 Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

HP/UX 11.23/IA64 64bit December 2013 Not supported Supported1)

Supported Supported Supported

Solaris 8/SPARC 64bit December 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

Solaris 9/SPARC 64bit December 2008 Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

Tru64 5.1B 64bit December 2009 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

Remarks1) Supported for Informix only



Additional IBM Operating System z/OS

Support by vendor until

R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6

September 2005

Supported

OS/400 V5R2 64bit

tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

OS/400 V5R3 64bit

tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported1)

z/OS 1.4 32bit March 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported

z/OS 1.6 64bit End 2008

z/OS 1.5 32bit March 2007

Not supported Not supported

Not supported Supported Not Supported3)

Not supported Not supported

Supported Supported2)

Not supported

Supported



Business Suite 2005

NetWeaver 2004s

OS/400 V5R1 64bit

Supported 4) Not supported Not supported

Remarks1) V5R3 required for IPV6 support, table partitioning, PASE support 2) Restrictions: Several new SAP NetWeaver components and services wont be available

(e.g. Portal, Adobe Document Service, Unicode support, Web AS Java..).3) High availability with Central Services only4) Not supported with 6.40 downward compatible SAP Kernel



Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (1)

Inhttp://service.sap.com/platforms



PPT PAM(manually generated)


Summary

SAP has extended the computing infrastructure strategy from SAP Web AS to the whole SAP NetWeaver platform

The platform availability has significantly increased for many components of SAP NetWeaver Especially for Enterprise Portal

SAP makes technology features available to existing solutions in a transparent way 64 bit addressing, high availability and many more

SAP supports important new / upcoming infrastructure combinations

Platform information readily available in SAP Service Marketplace


Further Information

Public Web:www.sap.comSAP Customer Services Network: www.sap.com/services

Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2005SPC100, MaxDB The Professional Database, Lecture 1hSPC150, Managing LiveCache, Hands-On 2hSPC151, Managing MaxDB, Hands-On 2hSPC200, Adaptive Computing and Enterprise Grid Computing with SAP NetWeaver, Lecture 2hSPC201, Computing Infrastructure Strategy, Lecture 1hSPC202, Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode, Lecture 2hSPC203, High Availability for Solutions Based on SAP NetWeaver `04, Lecture 2hSPC207, The 64bit Future is Here mySAP Solutions for Linux, Lecture 1hSPC250, Making ProgramsSPC251, Unicode Interfaces

Uniocde Enabled, Hands-On 2hData Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems,

Hands-On 2h

Related SAP Education Training Opportunitieshttp://www.sap.com/education/


References

http://service.sap.com/Unicode http://service.sap.com/Unicode@SAP Questions? Mail to [email protected] http://service.sap.com/platforms for all DB/OS Information http://service.sap.com/linux for Linux http://service.sap.com/ha for High Availability http://service.sap.com/maxdb for MaxDB http://service.sap.com/grid for SAP Enterprise Grid Computing http://service.sap.com/adaptive for Adaptive Computing

Look for SAP TechEd 05 presentations and videos on the SAP Developer Network.

Coming in December.

http://www.sdn.sap.com/


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SPC201:Computing Infrastructure StrategyContributing Speaker(s)Learning ObjectivesComputing Infrastructure Track OverviewSAP NetWeaver 2004Release Roadmap SAP NetWeaverDB and OS AbstractionFreedom of Choice Potential to GrowIT Scenarios and Usage Types in the IT LandscapeUsage Types with SAP NetWeaver 2004s64 bit AddressingUnicode StrategyWhat is Unicode?Sick of Code Page Issues and Possible Data Loss?Versions of UnicodeRepresentation of Unicode CharactersHardware Requirements OverviewUnicode printingCascading Fonts (The Principle)mySAP Business Suite Unicode AvailabilityUnicode Conversion at a GlanceSAPs High Availability StrategyHigh Availability: Customer ExpectationsRoadmap for HA of Systems and LandscapesNetWeaver 2004sRecommended HA Setup, Dual Stack ABAP + JavaHeterogeneous Systems and LandscapesSAP NetWeaver 2004s Platform AvailabilityOS/DB Product Availability Matrix For NW 2004sSAP NetWeaver 2004s PAM: Additional ComponentsDBMS Update - OverviewOracle OverviewOracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) StatusIBM DB2 UDB for Windows and Unix (DB2/UDB)SAP and IBM Partnership on DB2/UDBDB2/UDB Optimized for SAP - Status and VisionIBM DB2 UDB for OS/390 and z/OSIBM DB2 UDB for iSeriesMicrosoft SQL ServerInformixSAP DB / MaxDBMaxDB SAPs Professional DatabaseSAPs Commitment to MaxDBOS Key TopicsWindows on x64Microsoft WindowsLinuxUnix SystemsAdditional IBM Operating System z/OSAutomatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (1)Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (2)Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (3)Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (4)SummaryReferencesQuestions?FeedbackCopyright 2004 SAP AG. All Rights Reserved

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