SPC201: Computing Infrastructure Strategy

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1 SPC201: Computing Infrastructure Strategy

2 Contributing Speaker(s) Dr. Franz J. Fritz Dr. Carol Gustav SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 2

3 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 SAP s Web pages DISCLAIMER This presentation reflects current planning. Contents may be changed without prior notice, and are in no way binding upon SAP. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 3

4 Computing Infrastructure Track Overview Session ID Session title Session type SPC100 SPC101 SPC150 SPC151 SPC200 SPC201 SPC202 SPC203 SPC205 SPC206 SPC207 SPC250 SPC251 MaxDB The Professional Database Sizing UP SAP NetWeaver Managing LiveCache Managing MaxDB Adaptive Computing and Enterprise Grid Computing with SAP NetWeaver Computing Infrastructure Strategy Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (1 hour) Hands-on (2 hours) Hands-on (2 hours) Lecture (2 hours) Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (2 hours) High Availability for Solutions based on SAP NetWeaver 04 Lecture (2 hours) Planning and Conducting High-Volume Load Tests System Consolidation with Client Migration Server The 64bit Future is Here mysap Solutions for Linux Making Programs Unicode Enabled Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (1 hour) Hands-On (2 hours) Hands-On (2 hours) SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 4

5 Computing Infrastructure Strategy Platform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004s DBMS Update Operating Systems Update Summary

6 SAP NetWeaver 2004 ONE PLATFORM ONE PRODUCT Open integration and application platform that enables change! SAP NetWeaver PEOPLE INTEGRATION Multi channel access 1Platform Synchronized release dates 1 Foundation Web AS 6.40 Composite Application Framework Portal Collaboration INFORMATION INTEGRATION Bus. Intelligence Master Data Mgmt PROCESS INTEGRATION Integration Broker APPLICATION PLATFORM J2EE Knowledge Mgmt Business Process Mgmt ABAP DB and OS Abstraction Life Cycle Mgmt 1 Package Coherent installation and maintenance process 1 Set of scenarios Integrated components All Apps Business Suite, partner solutions and xapps developed on NetWeaver SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 6

7 Release Roadmap SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver BPP release (major release) SAP NetWeaver 2004 (major release) SAP NetWeaver 2004s (minor 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 7

8 DB and OS Abstraction Freedom of Choice Potential to Grow Wide Scalability and Adaptability Open integration and application platform that enables change! SAP NetWeaver Composite Application Framework PEOPLE INTEGRATION Multi channel access Portal Collaboration INFORMATION INTEGRATION Bus. Intelligence Master Data Mgmt PROCESS INTEGRATION Integration Broker APPLICATION PLATFORM J2EE Knowledge Mgmt Business Process Mgmt ABAP DB and OS Abstraction Life Cycle Mgmt Multiple Hardware architectures Multiple Operating Systems Multiple DBMS Multiple Browsers One application abstraction layer Open SQL Web Dynpro Enterprise Services Architecture SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 8

9 IT Scenarios and Usage Types in the IT Landscape IT Scenarios require Enterprise Reporting, Query & Analysis Enabling User Collaboration reflected in NetWeaver Master Guide Landscape Guide NetWeaver Usage Types active on NetWeaver Systems BI NetWeaver System BI-Java AS-ABAP AS-Java EP AS-Java NetWeaver System 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 PI Installation Guides/Tools Configuration Guides/Tools Admin Guides/Tools SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 9

10 Usage Types with SAP NetWeaver 2004s Usage Type Required stacks Long name BI ABAP Business Intelligence BI-Java DI MI EP PI AS-ABAP AS-Java Java Java ABAP+Java Java ABAP+Java ABAP Java BI Java Components (require Enterprise Portal on the same System) Development Infrastructure Mobile Infrastructure Enterprise Portal including Knowledge Management & Collaboration) Process Integration (Exchange infrastructure, BPM) Application Server ABAP Application Server Java SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 10

11 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 11

12 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 2h SPC250 Making Programs Unicode Enabled, Hands-On 2h SPC251 Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non- Unicode Systems, Hands-On 2h SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 12

13 What is Unicode? Unicode is a Character encoding schema containing (almost) all characters used world wide SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 13

14 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 14

15 Versions of Unicode SAP supports the latest Unicode version Surrogates introduced added Characters count is coming SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 15

16 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 = bytes Platform independent no alignment restriction Character Unicode Char. ID UTF-16 big endian UTF-16 little endian UTF-8 a U ä U+00E4 00 E4 E4 00 C3 A4 α U+03B1 03 B1 B1 03 CE B1 U E3 91 B9 * Surrogates require 4 Bytes SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 16

17 Hardware Requirements Overview Unicode systems need some more main memory and disk space. But: compare minimal additional hardware cost vs system complexity. CPU +30% depending on existing scenario (MDMP, double byte) RAM +50% Application Servers are based on UTF-16 internally Database size Network Load UTF-8 : +/- 10% (max.) UTF-16 : % (max.) UTF-8 almost no change due to efficient compression based on parallel benchmarking of Unicode / non-unicode systems SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 17

18 FF4 Unicode printing Printing with single code page printers is possible with natural restrictions. Unicode printers are available (Lexmark, HP, etc) Cascading fonts printing solution available: On windows driver (SAPlpd). PCL and PostScript solutions are in the queue. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 18

19 Slide 18 FF4 Restrictions for using non-uc printers still not clear Fritz;

20 Cascading Fonts (The Principle) No need to enhance/translate Smart Forms No need to replace the printers for Unicode printing Helve From Munich (München) to Shanghai CNSONG ( 上海 ) When the whole string is written in one font, e.g Helve, " 上海 " cannot be displayed correctly. In order to display " 上海 " correctly, switching into one of the Asian fonts is required. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 19

21 mysap Business Suite Unicode Availability SAP KW 7.0 SAP Mobile Infrastructure 3.0 (05) SAP SRM 4.0 Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment SAP SCM 4.x Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment All availability dates and release schedules based on SAP internal planning. Relevant OSS notes: 79991, SAP BW 3.5 mysap SRM mysap PLM mysap ERP Financials Human Resources Corporate Services Operations mysap SCM SAP NetWeaver mysap CRM Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment SAP XI 2.0, EP 6.0, SAP MDM 2.0, -> Unicode versions only For all Web AS based solutions: Pilot projects for 1.) Arabic Printing and 2.) conversions of large databases (> 1 TB) with short downtime SAP CRM 4.0 Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment SAP R/3 Enterprise Ext. Set 2.00 Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment mysap ERP Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 20

22 Unicode Conversion at a Glance Unicode conversion tools services are ready for prime time! Sequence: First upgrade, then conversion to Unicode 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 21

23 SAP s High Availability Strategy Business Applications SAP s High Availability scope: 1. Integration and application platform (SAP NetWeaver) 2. business applications (and related components) Database OS Server Storage Network Partner Solutions 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: decrease downtime with smart software logistics SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 22

24 High Availability: Customer Expectations Goal: 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 23

25 Roadmap for HA of Systems and Landscapes Level System protection possible (with some workarounds) HA setup possible for whole NetWeaver stack, not destroyed by regular maintenance System Online backup possible Significant reduction of downtime for support packages Information available (documentation, notes, how-to guides ) System protection possible with lower TCO overhead HA setups with reduced cost and effort Symmetric HA setup for AS-ABAP and AS-JAVA Heterogeneous setup possible expensive hardware only for protected services (Message & Enqueue service) Reuse of failover cluster hardware for multiple systems (Work in progress for Windows) Quality management and guidance for HA setups of SAP NetWeaver platform 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) Target timeframe NetWeaver 2004 NetWeaver 2004s 2006 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 24

26 NetWeaver 2004s Recommended HA Setup, Dual Stack ABAP + Java 2 switch-over groups Add-In Central Instance ABAP Dispatcher Work Work Work Process Process Process Gateway ICM Java Dispatcher Java Java Server Server Server Process Process SDM 1 or 2 switchoverenvironments Dialog instance Dialog instance ABAP Java IGS Separation of central instance and central services ASCS Instance ENQ Server (ABAP) MSG Server (ABAP) JSCS Instance ENQ Server (Java) MSG Server (Java) ASCS Instance ENQ Server (ABAP) MSG Server (ABAP) JSCS Instance ENQ Server (Java) MSG Server (Java) ABAP and Java Central services (Enqueue & Message services) within own switch-over group Dual stack central instance installed outside the switchover environment Database Processes Database Processes Database in separate switchover-group (same host or different host) Database ABAP Schema SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 25 Java Schema

27 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 AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 26

28 Computing Infrastructure Strategy Platform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004s DBMS Update Operating Systems Update Summary

29 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: or -> Product Availability Matrix -> SAP NetWeaver 2004s PAM SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 28

30 OS/DB Product Availability Matrix For 2004s Planned Not available for Ramp-Up Not supported Windows (*9) AIX HP-UX Solaris on IA64 64bit IA32 32bit Linux SUSE SLES9, RedHat EL 4, Red Flag on 32-/64-Bit Unicode NU Oracle 10.2 (*4) DB DB DB (*3) DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2005 (*6) DB2/UDB 8 Server 2003 on IA32 32bit DB DB DB Server 2003 on IA64 64bit DB DB DB Server 2003 on x64 64bit (*7) DB DB DB 5.2, bit - - IA64 64bit z/os DB 11.11, on PA-RISC 64bit - DB DB x86_64 64bit Power 64bit DB bit MaxDB 7.6 DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB2/400 V5R3 (*5) DB - - DB2/zOS V8 Informix (*8) HA(*1) DB , 10 on SPARC 64bit DB DB DB DB (SLES9 only on zseries 64bit OS/400 V5R3 64bit TRU64 Note: PI-PCKs do run on the same platforms as PI Platform coverage of IGS is identical to Web AS SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 29 Legend: (*1) see SAP note (*2) Client only (*3) Depending on Oracle availablity (*4) Ramp-Up starts with After availability of 10.2 upgrade required. For Double- Byte code pages see SAP note Oracle 10.2 planned for Q (*5) NetWeaver 2004s delayed until SP05, End of November Business Suite planned for January 2006, (*6) Depending on GA. Planned for Q (*7) Within Ramp-Up only ABAP available (*8) Process Integration (PI) not available (*9) english version only DB HA NU x64 The whole SAP NetWeaver stack Database Server High Available Solution only Non-Unicode only. Empty cells: Unicode and Non-unicode X64 and x86_64 represent the same hardware

31 SAP NetWeaver 2004s PAM: Additional Components Planned availability: X Planned UR 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 not supported Windows Linux AIX HP-UX Server 2003 on IA32 32bit Server 2003 on x64 64bit Server 2003 on IA64 64bit Suse SLES 9 on IA32 32bit Red Hat EL 4 on IA32 32bit Suse SLES 9 on IA64 64bit Red Hat EL 3,4 on IA64 64bit Suse SLES 9 on Power 64bit Red Hat EL 4 on Power 64bit Suse SLES 9 on x86_64 64bit Red Hat EL 4 on x86_64 64bit Suse SLES 9 on zseries 64bit bit 5.2, bit on PA-RISC 64bit on PA-RISC 64bit on IA64 64bit Solaris OS/ /64-Bit Adobe Document Services (*2) x x x x x X High Performance Analytics x (*4) 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 x TREX 7.0 (*2) x x UR UR UR UR UR Redwood Cronacle Proc. Srv X X X X X X X X X X X JCo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X SAP Content Server 6.30 (*3) X X X X X X X X X X 9 on SPARC 64bit 10 on SPARC 64bit OS/400 V5R3 64bit Optional 3 rd party components for SAP BI (OEM/reselling) TeaLeaf: Available on Windows 2000/ bit ESRI: Available on Windows 2000/XP Crystal: Available on Windows 2000, AIX 5.1/5.2, Solaris 8/9 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 30 SAP BI SAP BI Precalculation Service available on Windows only. TREX is optional Redwood Explorer 6.0 Available on Windows 2000 SAP PI: J2SE based adapters on all SAP PI platforms. IPC: Performance degredation with SAP Java technology

32 Computing Infrastructure Strategy Platform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004s DBMS Update Operating Systems Update Summary

33 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, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 32

34 Oracle Overview Support by Oracle until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 et Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s (ff) Oracle 9.2 June 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not planned Oracle 9.2 RAC June 2007 Not supported Not supported Pilot support Pilot support Not supported Oracle 10g 5+n years per version Not supported Planned (Q1 2006) Planned (Q1 2006) Planned (Q4 2005) Supported Oracle 10g RAC 5+n years per version Not supported Not supported tbd tbd Planned Legend Planned Supported Meaning Not available yet, but planned (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. SAP AG 2005, / 33

35 Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Status Operating System Sun Solaris HP-UX IBM AIX Linux 32 bit Windows 32 bit Tru64 Status Controlled Availability phase Pilot phase Controlled Availability phase planned in Q4/2005 Controlled Availability phase SLES8: Pilot phase; Controlled Availability phase planned for Q3/2005 Red Hat: Controlled Availability phase Controlled Availability phase Controlled Availability phase (only for NetWeaver 2004) Current status in OSS Note Technical White Paper: -> Media Library -> Oracle RAC 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 34

36 IBM DB2 UDB for Windows and Unix (DB2/UDB) Support by IBM until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s V 8 tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported SAP on DB2 UDB Community Private Initiative: Feedback at feedback.db6@sap.com 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 35

37 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 Weekly Quarterly management calls executive reviews SAP Walldorf IBM Böblingen Lab IBM Toronto Lab SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 36

38 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: Database Administration Business Suite 2005 Enablement Autoextend DMS tablespaces Robust and silent install (Windows) Automatic Storage SQL for some CLP Commands Uniform Page Size Tablefunction for History file Registry setting: DB2_WORKLOAD=SAP (*) MDC Rollout (*) enhanced MDC Insert (*) Supportability Complete Deadlock Analysis (*) Concurrency Service Tool for Optimizer Problems (*) Evaluate Uncommitted - Stage 2 Optimizer Guidelines Skip Inserted Index Heuristic (*) Items in bold red are unique DB2 features and not available with any other database supported by SAP The next DB2/UDB release optimized for SAP is targeted for Series of major technology steps will follow. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 37

39 IBM DB2 UDB for OS/390 and z/os Support by IBM until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s V 7.1 tbd Supported Supported Supported 1) Supported 1) 2) Not supported V 8.1 tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Remarks 1) No Unicode support with V 7.1 for ABAP applications 2) 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 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 38

40 IBM DB2 UDB for iseries Support by IBM until R/3 up to 4.5 R/ ) Web AS 6.20 based applications 2) Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc 2) Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s V5R1 September 2005 Supported Supported Supported 3) Not supported V5R2 tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported Not supported V5R3 tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Remarks 1) SAP and IBM decided to standardize on the GLS (ASCII) Solution of mysap.com on iseries R/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 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 39

41 Microsoft SQL Server Support by MS until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s SQL 2000 / Win 2000 December 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported SQL 2000 / Win 2003 December 2007 Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Supported SQL 2005 / Win 2003 tbd Not supported Planned 2) Planned 2) Planned 2) Supported Remarks 1) Not supported for 3.1I 2) Q 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 40

42 Informix Support by IBM until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 BW 3.5 Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s 7.31 March 2006 Supported Supported Not supported Not supported 9.30 April th April 2006 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supported Supported Supported Supported 1) Not 9.50 n/a Planned Planned Planned 1) supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Remarks 1) ABAP only, no Unicode support, no support for new NetWeaver components like EP, XI, MI, MDM Java stack requires DB2 or Max DB as secondary DBMS 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 41

43 SAP DB / MaxDB Support by SAP resp mysql until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 BW 3.5 SAP DB 7.3 Not yet Supported Supported Supported Not announced supported SAP DB 7.4 (*) Supported Supported Supported Not supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Not supported MaxDB 7.5 Not yet announced Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported MaxDB 7.6 Not yet Not Supported Supported Supported Supported announced supported (*) MaxDB : As long as APO 3.1 is supported. MaxDB for OLTP: End of 2005, but supported for livecache as long as SCM/APO 4.0 migration to 7.5 not fully reliable SPC100 MaxDB The Professional Database, Lecture 1h SPC150 Managing LiveCache, Hands-On 2h SPC151 Managing MaxDB, Hands-On 2h 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 42

44 MaxDB SAP s 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 applications meanwhile MaxDB technology counts installations means one-stop shopping: Enterprise class database technology from SAP for SAP More SAP application value (SAV) for the same money SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 43

45 SAP s Commitment to MaxDB SAP needs a low-cost alternative to other DBMS offerings MaxDB is SAP s strategic DBMS offering: Part of SAP s 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 44

46 Computing Infrastructure Strategy Platform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004s DBMS Update Operating Systems Update Summary

47 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 platforms Windows 2003 / x64, restrictions so far Linux 64 bit Special topic TRU64 end-of-life SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 46

48 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: Full installation of 2004s Installation/Upgrade of SCM 5.0 Full installation of `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 Application Server 6.40 for all 6.10/6.20/6.40 product versions only (heterogeneous environment) today Q End 05/Q1 06 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 47

49 Microsoft Windows Win 2000/IA32 32 bit Support by MS until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s 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 Planned 3) Planned 3) Planned 4) 5) Supported 4) 6) Supported Win 2003/IA bit June 2010 Not supported Supported Supported 2) Supported 2) Supported Remarks 1) supported for all SAP systems from R/3 4.0B onwards 2) Restrictions for some Java applications, e.g., SAP EP 3) 32-bit only 4) 64-bit only 5) With 6.40 Downard Compatible Kernel only 6) ABAP only 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 48

50 Linux IA32 Support by distributor until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s SUSE SLES 8 32bit November 2007 Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Not supported SUSE SLES 9 32bit August 2009 Planned 1, 2) Supported 1, 2) Supported 3) Supported Supported Red Hat EL bit October 2010 Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Not Supported Red Hat EL bit February 2012 Not supported Planned 1, 2) Supported 3) Supported Supported IA64 SUSE SLES 8 64bit November 2007 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supported SUSE SLES 9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Planned 2) Planned Planned Supported Red Hat 4 64bit February 2012 Not supported Planned 2) Planned Planned Supported X86_64 SUSE SLES 9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Supported 4) Supported Supported Supported Red Hat EL 4 64bit February 2012 Not supported Supported 4) Supported Supported Supported zseries SUSE SLES 8 64bit November 2007 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supported SUSE SLES 9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Supported 1, 2) Supported 3) Supported Supported Power SUSE SLES9 64bit August 2009 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Supported Remarks 1) Not supported for SAP R/3 Re. 3.1I 2) Only for _EXT kernel versions 3) Only with 6.40 kernel SPC207 The 64bit Future is Here mysap Solutions for Linux, Lecture 1h 4) Fully supported with existing 32bit-4.6D_EXT Kernel. A special 64bit SAP-Kernel won t be made available 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 49

51 Unix Systems Support by vendor until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mysap ERP 2004 etc Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s AIX bit April 2006 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported AIX bit August 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported AIX bit June 2011 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- December 2013 Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported RISC 64bit HP/UX 11.23/IA64 64bit December 2013 Not supported Supported Supported Supported Supported 1) Solaris 8/SPARC 64bit December 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported Solaris 9/SPARC 64bit December 2008 Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Solaris 10/SPARC 64bit December 2009 Not Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Tru64 5.1B 64bit December 2009 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported Remarks 1) Supported for Informix only 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. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 50

52 Additional IBM Operating System z/os Support by R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 Web AS 6.40 Business Suite vendor until based NetWeaver applications mysap ERP 2004 etc NetWeaver 2004s OS/400 V5R1 September Supported Supported Supported 4) Not supported Not supported 64bit 2005 OS/400 V5R2 tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported 64bit OS/400 V5R3 64bit tbd Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported 1) z/os bit March 2007 Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported z/os bit March 2007 z/os bit End 2008 Remarks SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 51 Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported 1) V5R3 required for IPV6 support, table partitioning, PASE support Supported Supported Not supported 2) Not supported Supported Not Supported 3) 2) Restrictions: Several new SAP NetWeaver components and services won t be available (e.g. Portal, Adobe Document Service, Unicode support, Web AS Java..). 3) High availability with Central Services only 4) Not supported with 6.40 downward compatible SAP Kernel 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.

53 Computing Infrastructure Strategy Platform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004s DBMS Update Operating Systems Update Summary

54 Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (1) In SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 53

55 Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (2) SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 54

56 Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (3) PPT PAM (manually generated) SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 55

57 Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (4) SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 56

58 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 SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 57

59 Further Information Public Web: SAP Customer Services Network: Related SAP Education Training Opportunities Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2005 SPC100, MaxDB The Professional Database, Lecture 1h SPC150, Managing LiveCache, Hands-On 2h SPC151, Managing MaxDB, Hands-On 2h SPC200, Adaptive Computing and Enterprise Grid Computing with SAP NetWeaver, Lecture 2h SPC201, Computing Infrastructure Strategy, Lecture 1h SPC202, Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode, Lecture 2h SPC203, High Availability for Solutions Based on SAP NetWeaver `04, Lecture 2h SPC207, The 64bit Future is Here mysap Solutions for Linux, Lecture 1h SPC250, Making Programs Uniocde Enabled, Hands-On 2h SPC251, Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems, Hands-On 2h SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 58

60 References Questions? Mail to for all DB/OS Information for Linux for High Availability for MaxDB for SAP Enterprise Grid Computing for Adaptive Computing Look for SAP TechEd 05 presentations and videos on the SAP Developer Network. Coming in December. SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 59

61 Questions? Q&A SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 60

62 Feedback Please complete your session evaluation. Be courteous deposit your trash, and do not take the handouts for the following session. Thank You! SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 61

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