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IBM SAP International Competence Center

© 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM Systems and Technology Group


SAP Solutions on IBM System x and BladeCenter

Charlie LaiIBM Taiwan / STG / System x


© 2008 IBM Corporation2

Agenda

4 System x and SAP Solutions

1 SAP on System x in the x86 Market

2 Processor Technology Information / Update

3 System x Advantage

5 High Availability Solutions for SAP

6 Virtualization Technologies for SAP

7 Resources



Intel / AMD Servers are a key fit for SAP solution environments

58,000 SAP installations on Windows, representing 56% of all existing installations

27,000 SAP installations on SQL Server, representing 25% of all existing installations

65% of all new SAP installations based on Windows

42% of all new SAP installations on SQL ServerCustomers have deployed SAP on SQL Server withover 2,500 concurrent users and 7TB of production data.

Linux is growing (over 3000 installs.)

Increase customer basis from 40.000 to 100.000 by 2010 (incl. SAP Business One)

SME 60% of customer basis

Revenue increase SME from 30 – 45%

System x and the SAP Intel / AMD Market




SAP Applications / Appliances on Intel / AMD Platform

BI Accelerator(Integrated BladeCenter and Storage based appliance thataccelerates SAP Business Intelligence workloads)

SAP Enterprise Search(Google-like appliance that accelerates information search queriesin the SAP enterprise)

eSOA Discovery Server(SOA platform enabler for SAP development environments)

MDM(BladeCenter based appliance to handleMaster Data Management workload)

Still some specific SAP Application Components (e.g. SAP CRM)




Intel /AMD is strongly rising to become the No. 1 HW platform for SAP

Price / Performance offered by System x is a perfect fit

The eX4 based server family can now scale up to app. 10.000 SAP SD Users

IBM BladeServer is the ideal platform for server consolidation, scale out forapp. servers and in-a-box solutions

Heterogeneous deployments are very common for SAP solution,which includes Intel based application servers attached to other database servers

More than 5,000 customers run SAP on an IBM System x (22% market share Intel/AMD)

More than 10.000 productive installs on IBM System x



Customer ChallengesArchitectural deadendManagement challengesApplication migrationPower/cooling limitations64-bit debate

Customer ChallengesVirtualizationPower/Cooling associated with server sprawlData intensive applicationsContinued budget challenges

Customer Challengesx86 scalabilityReliability/AvailabilityManagement challenges

3rd Generation: 2005

x366/x3850: Leadership 4-socket performance, First-to-market with 64-bit Xeon MP

x460/x3950: System x 32-socket flagship optimized for scalability & virtualization

X260/x3800: Extending EXA to the 4-proc. Tower space with max. storage for SMB

Attacking application-serving tier with 64-bit performance + 32-bit compatibility + DC technology

2nd Generation: 2003

x365: Leadership density (3U) with 4X storage capacity & advanced EXA features

x445: the fastest industry-standard server in history, 20 more #1 benchmarks (little competition to compare)

x455: Unleashing EXA on Itanium2 for pure 64-bit

XpandOnDemandScalability up to 32-way plus Remote I/O

10 Consecutive Quarters (3Q02) as #1 8-way database server in the Industry

1st Generation: 2001x360: 6-month time to market advantage, Most rack dense 4w (3U) ever introduced

x440: 12-month TTM, Most rack dense 8w (4U), Most successfully benchmarked server in history (35 #1’s)

XpandOnDemandScalability up to 16-way plus Remote I/O

Industry-first High Availability Technologies: Active Memory & Memory ProteXion

Leadership Virtualization for Server Consolidation

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IBM’s System Architecture – ‘X–Architecture’ –has been a catalyst in the high end x86 server market

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x3850 M2: Leadership 4-socket performance

x3950M2*: System x 16-socket flagship optimized for scalability & virtualization

x3850M2: Superior Scalability with ScaleXpander option

x3850M2/x3950M2 Embedded Hypervisor for Virtualization out-of-the-box

Attacking application-serving tier with 64-bit performance + 32-bit compatibility + quad-core technology

Source: 1Q07 IDC Tracker; *ann. for x3950M2 multi node/EH/SX exp. in Q1/Q2 08

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Caneland Platform

Intel® Xeon® Processor Roadmap*

Dual CoreDual Dual CoreCore Quad CoreQuad Core Six CoreSix Core

PaxvillePaxvillePaxville TulsaTulsaTulsa

Future Platform

TigertonTigerton DunningtonDunnington Future Xeon Processor

Future Xeon Processor

2005 2006 2007 2008 Future

Clarksboro Chipset/OEMIntel® E8501 Chipset/OEM

Truland Platform

MPMP

DPDP

Stoakley Platform

HarpertownHarpertown

Bensley Platform

Dempsey &WoodcrestDempsey &Dempsey &WoodcrestWoodcrest

Clovertown

Clovertown

Blackford Chipset

Paxville-DP

PaxvillePaxville--DPDP

LH Seaburg Chipset



DP CSI Platform

2007/2008 Platforms2007/2008 Platforms: : •• Highly scalable Highly scalable (dual(dual--independent bus (DIB) / dindependent bus (DIB) / dedicated high-speed interconnect (DHSI) )(DHSI) )•• Improved virtualization Improved virtualization (VT) (VT) •• High bandwidth High bandwidth (1333 FSB)(1333 FSB) and 4x memory capacity and 4x memory capacity (FBD)(FBD)•• Improved networkingImproved networking (DPT)(DPT)•• Flexible Storage Flexible Storage (SSB)(SSB)•• More power efficient coresMore power efficient cores

* Source: Intel Corporation, All products, dates, comparisons and information are preliminary and subject to change without notice.

Multi CoreMulti Core



AMD‘s Processor Roadmap* 65nm 45 nm

“Barcelona" Quad-Core, 512KB L2/core, 2MB L3, RDDR2, 3x HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

“Barcelona" Quad-Core, 512KB L2/core, 2MB L3, RDDR2, 3x HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

“Barcelona"Dual-Core, 512KB L2/core, 2MB L3, RDDR2, 3x HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

“Budapest"Quad-Core, 512KB L2/core, 2MB L3, UDDR2, 1x HT1 or 1x HT3, RAS, AMD-V, Socket AM2

"Shanghai" Quad-Core, 512KB L2/core, 6MB L3, RDDR2, 3x HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

“Shanghai" Quad and Dual-Core,512KB L2/core, 6MB L3, RDDR2, 3x HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

Q408

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Q307

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AMD Opteron™with RDDR2Dual-Core, 1MB L2/core, HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

AMD Opteron™Single & Dual-Core RDDR, 1MB L2/core, SSE3, HT1, Socket 940

AMD Opteron with RDDR2Dual-Core, 1MB L2/core, HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F(1207)

AMD OpteronSingle & Dual-Core RDDR, 1MB L2/core, SSE3, HT1, Socket 940

AMD Opteron with UDDR2Dual-Core, 1MB L2/core, HT1, AMD-V, RAS, Socket AM2

AMD OpteronSingle & Dual-Core UDDR, 1MB L2/core, SSE3, HT1, Socket 939

Current Product Offering 2007 2008 2009

“Montreal”Quad-and OctalCore, 1MB L2/core,6MB L3, RDDR3, 4x HT3, RAS, AMD-V, Socket G3

“Montreal”Quad- and Octal -Core, 1MB L2/core,6MB L3, RDDR3, 4x HT3, RAS, AMD-V, Socket G3

1H

1H

“Shanghai" Dual-Core, 512KB L2/core, 6MB L3, RDDR2, 3x HT1, RAS, AMD-V, Socket F (1207)

Q109

“Suzuka”Quad-Core, 512KB L2/core, 6MB L3, UDDR3, 1x HT3, RAS, AMD-V, Socket AM3

1H

*Source: AMD



Processor Technology AMD / Intel - Summary

15% of the all x86 systems are AMD based systems

AMD and Intel Processors are nearly equal with resp. to power consumption (DC)

Intel : 65-80W, AMD : 68-95W

Performance: Intel-based systems perform better than AMD (2way) for ‘general - SAP environments’

Intel better Integer Performance

AMD better Floating Point Performance

AMD late with QC architecture

Intel plans to introduce it’s multi core CPU’s in Q3/Q4 2008 – AMD in 1H09



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System x Value Proposition

Technology Advantage with X-ArchitectureEvolving technology blueprint leveraging proven technologies from other IBM System series delivering increased availability, reliability and performance for customers implementing SAP solutions on System x servers

Pay-As-You-Grow approach by scaling up from 2way to 64way

Broad Portfolio of ServersInnovative line of award winning servers from Uni up to 64-way SMP

Optimize overall SAP solution and prime for performance

Smart Systems Management for SAP solutionsWide range of proactive and predictive tools for full control and energy management

Ease administration of SAP solutions by simplifying set up, configuration, and maintenance

Slash costs of downtime and improve TCO

Team IBM IBM and System x can deliver end-to-end SAP solutions



x3850: 4-Socket RackTarget: Enterprise & Mid-market

Apps: Collaboration, Database, ERP (SAP), mid-size SAPDB Server , High End SAP Apps Server

eServer X3: 3rd Gen EXA64-bit Intel Xeon MPLeadership 4-way perfHigh Availability3U Rack-optimizedMaximum Int. StorageDual-core enabled

x3950: 4+ Socket RackTarget: Enterprise & Mid-market

Apps: ERP / SAP, CRM, SCM, high scal. SAP DB server

eServer X3: 3rd Gen EXA64-bit Intel Xeon MPLeadership 8-way perfLeadership 16-way+ perf

High AvailabilityXpandOnDemand to 32wayDual-core enabled

x3800: 4-Socket TowerTarget: SMB, Remote/de-centralized SAP Branch Offices

Apps: SMB, Collaboration, High End SAP Application Server

eServer X3: 3rd Gen EXA64-bit Intel Xeon MPCompetitive Price-perfHigh Availability7U Tower or RackMaximum Int. StorageTape Backup SupportDual-core Capable

x3755: 4-Socket RackTarget: Mid-Market, Large Enterprise HPC/BPC, ERP (SAP)

Apps: Business InteligenceSAP BI) Analysis, High End SAP Appl. Server, Entry Virtualisation Server

AMD Opteron: 64-bit computing with leadership in 4-socket calculation / analysisMaximum Price PerformanceDual core capable (QC 1Q08)4U Rack Optimized

IBM System x HE Portfolio for SAP Virtualization



Scale Up with the new System x 3950 M2 (X4 based)

- Pay As You Grow up to 16 Intel Tigerton CPU’s - 128 DDR2 DIMM banks -> 1 TB Main Memory !!- No FB DIMM’s needed- Proven Availablity and Reliability:

- Hot-Swap PCI / Hot-Swap Memory- Active Memory Subsystem- Memory ProteXion Technology- ChipKill Memory

- Virtualization right out of the Box - Outstanding performance leveraging both the advancements of the X4 Architecture and the

new Intel® CoreTM Microarchitecture

- Embedded Virtualization by integrated 4 GB USB flash memory - VMWare Hypervisor - Supporting up to 800 virtual machines

Leading Cert. SD Benchmark Published for Tigerton : 3780 SD BM Users

(Tigerton, 4 sockets)



Leadership Scaling Solution…Increasing virtual SAP environments

Outstanding 4-socket reliabilityInvestment projection with ability to upgrade to 2 node solution with ScaleXpander Option kit

Target Applications

ERP / SAP, database serving or custom-developed, Java™

technology-based applications.

ScaleXpanderOption KitProvides the flexibility of upgrading to multinode capability when the time is right for your business.

- Includes ScaleXpander chip, scalability cable, cable management arm

x3850 M2

Superior ScalabilitySuperior 8+ socket performance unmatched by competition.

- 64 cores/1TB memory

Delivering SMP capability at a fraction of the price.

Target Applications:

- Virtualization for ERP / SAP (Apps and DB, Customer Relationship Management

Coming in 1Q08

x3950 M2



IBM Scale up x86 Offerings are UNIQUE!

Intel Itanium8P

Intel Xeon8P

Intel Xeon4P

Intel Xeon4P

AMD Opteron4P

Intel Itanium32-64P

Intel Xeon 16 PUp to-64cores / 1TB Memory



Scale Out with IBM BladeCenter

FileServers

WebServers

SecurityGateway

WebSphere Application

Servers

NetworkServers

ApplicationServers

SecurityServers

ApplicationServers

Caching Appliances

Layer 2 Switches

SSL Appliances

SSL Appliances

Caching Appliances

Layer 4-7 Switches

Public Internet/Intranet Clients

Routers (Layer 3 Switches

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Firewalls

SAN

Storage Fibre

Switches

•SAP Production Database server•Application servers

•SAP Test

•SAP QAS

•SAP BI•SAP XI

•Optional:•SAP Sandbox•SAP Training

•TSM Server•CheckPoint Firewall •Etc.



Blades market*Millions of USD

SMB Server market**Billions of USD

* Sources: IBM MI, 2H07 GMV, IDC Server Tracker** Small & Medium Enterprise Server Opportunity 2H07, IBM Marketing Intelligence estimate

BladeCenter Market Development

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IBM BladeCenter HTRuggedized,

high performance

IBM BladeCenter EEnterprise, best energy,

best density

IBM BladeCenter HHigh performance

IBM BladeCenter TRuggedized

A common set of blades

A common set of industry-standard switches and I/O fabrics

A common management infrastructure

Perfect platform for SAP consolidation

Investment protection (compatible Bladecenter/Bladeserverssince 2002)

IBM BladeCenter - Innovation for consolidated SAP Landscapes

IBM BladeCenter SDistributed, small office,

easy to configure


NEW



IBM BladeCenter S - A new Solution for SMB

Integrated business-in-a box foundation with configurable shared storage (for entire SAP Landscape DEV, TST, PROD)

Big SAP IT results even from the smallest IT staffs to deliver big and fast results

Easy with “select-and-click” configurability

Office-friendly with standard power

Grows with customers business

Optimized for SMB environments e.g. fully equipped SAP solutions and especially for……

All-in-one gets your SAP Solution up and running fastNEW

SAP Business All-In-One



IBM BladeCenter S Office Enablement Kit

PDUs

Future growth

Desktop installation

Based on NetBay11 Tower Kit with new Design, Security doors and

noise emissions insulation for high performance Blade-Server ( 6.3 bels )

Common dust filter for BladeCenter S / E

33% headroom for future extensions (4U)



Server Consolidation with BladeCenter SClassical Configuration with Standard Servers and Network Connections

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Server Consolidation with BladeCenter SConsolidation of Infrastructur

IBM BladeCenter SAll Components integrated - ideal for SMB customers using SAP‘sSMB‘s solutionsFaul-tolerant Design:•Power Supply•Cooling•Management•Netzworking•Central Diskstorage with hotplug HDD‘s•Entire IBM Bladeserver Portfolio

Monitor



Server Consolidation with BladeCenter SSimplification of Infrastructur - Details

• 12 power supplies• 12 power cables• 36 fans• 12 Ethernet cable• 12x FC HBA• 12 FibreChannel Cable• 2x external SAN Switch• 1x DS3400• 2 Power Distribution Units (PDU)• 1x KVM Switch• server inst. effort: 4 hours

(6x 40 min/server)• Energy consumption: 5.8 KVA• Heat emission: 14838 BTU/hr

+4 power supplies+4 network cable+4 fans+6 Ethernet cable+no FC cable+no FC switches+no external FC storage+1 Power Distribution Unit+no KVM switches+ Inst. effort: around 1 hour+Energy consumption: 3.5 KVA+Heat emission: 11942 BTU/hr

Comparison – 6 x 2HE Server vs. BladeCenter S



Breakthrough AVAILABILITY- End to End High Availability Design -

Redundant Power Modules at Chassis LevelRedundant Cooling Domains

at Chassis Level

Redundant Connectors / Disks Design at Blade Level Redundant Connectors at

Blade Level

High Speed Connectorse.g. Power Feeds

Blowers

Red. HDD



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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager TM

- Worldwide Server Market -

Many customers do not realize

power isis a PROBLEM!



IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager TM

IBM System x Director Active Energy Manager is a System x™ solution building block which enables customers to manage actual power consumption and resulting thermal loads of IBM System x™ and BladeCenter servers placed in the data center



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A perfect IBM System x match for SAP components

Requiring 2 CPU/Cores

Requiring 4 CPU/Cores

Requiring 8 or more

CPU/Cores

Requiring 64bit

memory

Scalability and high availability through multiple systems

Scalability through bigger systems high availability through failover cluster technology

Large SAP Large SAP liveCacheliveCache ServerServer

Large Productive SAP Database ServerLarge Productive SAP Database Server

Medium Productive Centralized systemsMedium Productive Centralized systems

Medium Productive SAP Database Medium Productive SAP Database ServServ

Medium SAP Medium SAP liveCacheliveCache ServerServer

Small Productive Centralized systemsSmall Productive Centralized systems

Test and Development SAP systemsTest and Development SAP systems Single process components such as Single process components such as Optimizer within APO (per process)Optimizer within APO (per process)

SAP Application ServersSAP Application Servers

Duplicable service components Duplicable service components (e.g. Pricing, Configuration, Search, (e.g. Pricing, Configuration, Search,

indexing engines)indexing engines)

Gateway type of componentsGateway type of components(Web Server, Com Station)(Web Server, Com Station)



Scale out and Scale up options for SAPA perfect match with the System x and BladeCenter portfolio(Intel & AMD Technology)

IBM eServer x3950 M2Large SAP liveCache Server

Large ProductionSAP Database Server

IBM eServer x3850 M2Medium ProductionCentralized System,

SAP Database Server orLive Cache Server

IBM eServer x3755Medium ProductionCentralized System,

High Perf. Application Servers

IBM eServer x3800SAP All in One or B1 Integrated

Server

IBM eServer x3500Small Production

Centralized System

Test & Development SystemsSingle process components such

as Optimizer within APO (per process)

IBM BladeCenterIBM System x3455, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3850

SAP Application Servers

Duplicate service components (e.g. Pricing, Configuration, Search,

Indexing engines)

Gateway type of components(Web Server, Com Station, Firewall)

BladeServer HS21 and LS21/LS41

x3550

TotalStorage

x3650

x3500x3455

X3850 M2

x3800

2 CPU

4 CPU

8 or more CPU

64bit Memory

Scalability and high availability through multiple systems

Scalability through bigger systems high availability through failover cluster technology

X3950 M2

x3655x3755

x3200 x3250

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SAP x86 Server Certification Procedure for SAP

Certifaction rules apply since 2006

IBM will certify all systems of same familiy with one certifaction, eg.:

Most eX4 architecture sytems

All x3500/3650 family systems

All current 2way AMD based systems

All current 4way AMD based systems

A family is a group of any server that share the same processor technology (kernel) and same supporting chipset

IBM will publish all certified systems on the web www.saponwin.com that are permittedto sell them right away

A high water benchmark will be published for any family withing 6 month

A high water benchmark with e.g. 32 core certifies all smaller systems of the samefamily

Links: http://serverproven.raleigh.ibm.com/compat/indexsp.html

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

www.saponwin.com

www.sap.com/linux

http://saponsolaris.com/ibm.html

http://www.saponwin.com/

http://www.saponwin.com/

http://serverproven.raleigh.ibm.com/compat/indexsp.html

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

http://www.sap.com/linux

http://saponsolaris.com/ibm.html



SAP on System x / BladeCenter BenchmarksProven superiority of System x and BladeCenter servers

Best SAP Standard SD Benchmark on Windows with

-> 4way Intel (x3850 M2, QC)

-> 2way Intel (x3650 QC)-> 4way AMD (LS41 DC)



ISICC SAP Standard System x Configurations

SAP ERP

SAP Business All-In-One

SAP Business One



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High Availability SolutionsProtect your Enterprise SAP Environment

- Multi Node Support

- Multi SID Support

- Supported acc. to SAP Note: 106275

- Additional AppsServer outside Cluster

- Supported SAP Releases

- Web AS 6.20 or higher

- NetWeaver 04 / 04s

Microsoft: - Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS)- VERITAS® Storage Foundation HA

Linux: - LifeKeeper® from SteelEyeTM

- VERITAS® Storage Foundation HA

Failover ClusterFailover ClusterHeartbeat

Storage



Failover Clustering - Microsoft Cluster Services Microsoft Cluster Service for SAP

Failover/Failback ClusterPart of Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Server Simple configuration

SAP NetWeaver ‘04 AS ABAP+AS JAVA Configuration on MSCSKnown configurationOne SAP Central Instance & One Database InstanceMany side effects on MSCS status

Complex ConfigurationsMulitple (A)SCS Instances in a Two Node MSCS Cluster (NetWeaver 2004s)Three and More Node MSCS Configuration

Cluster Solution for Enqueue Replication ServersFile ServiceDatabase – e.g. MS SQL Server

Shared Disk & QuorumHeartbeat



Symantec Clustering Solution for SAP on Windows„Out of the box“ Solution

VERITAS Storage Foundation HA for WindowsPreconfigured VCS Agents for SAP, Database and Storage (incl. Replication)Up to 32 nodes per cluster

Supported SAP ReleasesR/3 4.6c (Basis 4.6D) and 4.7 (Web AS 6.20 or higher)NetWeaver 04 / NetWeaver 04s

Full Support for SAP Replicated Enqueue (ABAP and JAVA)SAP Multi SID SupportIn line with SAP‘s Windows 3rd party HA support statement

See SAP Note 106275

Additional VCS Agent required for database in useNo SPOF Quorum Disk, Majority NodeOnline Storage Management, no planned downtimes

Flexible Cluster Architectures Local ClusteringMetropolitan Disaster Recovery with Mirroring or ReplicationWide Area Disaster Recovery (with Global Cluster Option)

Cluster Server SimulatorTest and verify HA configs before taking them into production



Tivoli System Automation:Automation and High Availability for SAP

Strategy:

Use pre-canned DB2 policies (Oracle)

Use pre-canned NFS policy

Exploit SAP features supporting HAStandalone enqueue and enqueue

replication server (ASCS and SCS*)

no data loss/DB rollback + fast failover

Reduced planned outages thru rolling kernelupgrade (see SAP note 684835)

Application server health check (rfcping/GetWebPage.class utilities)

Application server DB re-connect function, etc.

Automate system operations for SAP

Start, stop, restart, failover, monitoring with TSA*ASCS: ABAP SAP Central Services instance; SCS: J2EE SAP Central Services instance



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Merrill Lynch CIO Survey – April 2007

“Adoption of x86 virtualization is growing rapidly”

Customers deploying x86 Virtualization grows from 8% to 18%Intent to use increases from 68% to 85%Expected deployment within 2 year moves from 29% to 58%

“Virtualization also goes hand in hand with server consolidation”

“74% of CIOs say they are moving toward bigger “scale up” machines and thus away from scale out architectures”

On average in the next 12 months do you expect your server infrastructure tobecome more “scale out” horizontal or more “scale up” consolidated?

- More scale out 8%- More scale up consolidated 74%- Unsure 18%

Source: ML IT Hardware CIO Survey



Virtualization layer sits between hardware and operating systems

Environments are fully isolated

VMotion (Hot migration)

Management with VI3

DRS and HA solutions

x86 SCSI Etn

System x and Virtualization Technology for SAPVMware Xen‘Hyper-V’

Hypervisor based architecture

Part of Windows Server 2008 as server role

Standalone as ‘Hyper-V Server’

Snapshot & Quick Migration

Managed by Microsoft System Center

Native 64-bit hypervisor

Open Source, released under the terms GNU GPL

Part of Major Linux Distributions

Paravirtualization

Live Migration

Management Tools

see SAP Note 962334



SAP Support for x86 Virtualization Technology

1) SAP Note 674851 : Support for 64-bit Windows production system since December 12,’07, values from SAP System Monitoring for support, ESX problems handled by VMware Support,

2) SAP Note1104578 : Enhanced monitoring in SAPOSCOL, view in transaction OS07 adjusted

3) VMware supported for systems as listed on sap.com/linux , see SAP Note 895807

4) SAP Note 962334 – SLES10 SP1 , RHEL5.1

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Advantages of running SAP in a virtual environment

Helps reduce costs through hardware consolidation Consolidation of the many application servers needed to support your SAP landscapes onto less physical servers. Consolidation of Development, Test and QA Servers

Enables faster system deployment

Provides ability to transparently move application server workloads to other hosts during peak workloads or for hardware maintenance.

Allows easier system administration

Helps provide increased security through virtual machine isolation and mirroring

SAP systems required in any new SAP landscape, such as SAP Solution Manager and SAP System Landscape Directory are perfect candidates for

virtualization.



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Resources

IBM and SAPhttp://www-03.ibm.com/solutions/sap/index.jsp

IBM System x and SAP Solutionshttp://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/solutions/infra/erp.html

SAP hardware certificationhttp://www.addon.de/pub/index.asp?sel=hwcert&land=en&the=HW-CERTIFICATION

SAP on Linuxwww.sap.com/linux

ISICC Wiki (internal)http://w3.webahead.ibm.com/w3ki/display/isicc/SAP+on+System+x

http://www-03.ibm.com/solutions/sap/index.jsp

http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/solutions/infra/erp.html

http://www.addon.de/pub/index.asp?sel=hwcert&land=en&the=HW-CERTIFICATION

http://www.sap.com/linux

http://w3.webahead.ibm.com/w3ki/display/isicc/SAP+on+System+x



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