CoreToEdge Preinstalled SAP Systems on Amazon Web Services

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1 CoreToEdge Preinstalled SAP Systems on Amazon Web Services Before We Start This document introduces a product offering by CoreToEdge and will guide the reader through the process of setting up and deploying our product. It is assumed that the reader has the proper technical knowledge on the technologies mentioned below including but not restricted to: AWS architecture, Microsoft Windows, SAP Basis technology and ASE Database Welcome CoreToEdge Preinstalled SAP systems AMIs include a SAP Business Suite system already installed. Installation has been done by a team of experienced SAP Basis and AWS Consultants including all available best practices for deployment of SAP systems on AWS. These systems are ideal for small and medium deployments of non-productive systems where a single instance can handle all workload and no high availability is required. For production use cases and high availability scenarios we recommend the usage of custom built systems that follow the best practices delivered by SAP and AWS and available on: At CoreToEdge we can also offer custom deployment options for large-scale, highly available and replicated SAP systems on AWS. You can reach us at get@basis.support The Preinstalled SAP systems AMIs do not include the corresponding SAP product license. You as a customer acknowledge that you already have the license required to use this software. Also, you will be responsible for operating your own AWS account. Document version This document has been reviewed on September 30 th, 2016 and reflects some changes implemented on the latest versions of our Windows/ASE AMIs at that time. These are the current AMIs we made available for you: Platform SAP Product Version Database Product Version Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64-bit SAP CRM 7.0 Ehp2 IDES SAP ASE Our team of consultants is continuously working on updating available AMIs and adding new products. In case you miss something, please let us know by sending an to get@basis.support Licensing This is offered as a BYOL (Bring Your Own License) model. Please obtain your SAP license through SAP or your preferred SAP partner.

2 Then download your license file from SAP Service Marketplace ( How to create your own SAP Business Suite environment Prerequisites An AWS account - if you don't have one yet, you can register here (click "Sign Up Now"). Have your credit card handy. Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) or EC2-Classic. An SAP Service Marketplace valid S-User Account for requesting the SAP License Key. Part 1 - Create your own SAP instance on AWS Log on to Amazon Market Place: and find SAP Preinstalled AMI by CoreToEdge Click into it and launch an instance. Configure AWS instance size from the available choices. For small SAP systems, up to 10 concurrent users, we recommend that you use an EC2 instance with at least 7.5 Gb or memory (ex. m3.large). For medium sized systems, up to 50 concurrent users, we recommend that an EC2 instance with at least 15 Gb of memory (ex. r3.large). For more detailed information about SAP Business Suite Sizing and appropriate EC2 instance types, please refer to SAP documentation, SAP sizing tool and OSS Notes (S-User required): ( ( ( You can launch the SAP System on EC2-CLASSIC or VPC:

3 Next you can choose the EBS volume type, you can leave as default or use SSD / IOPS for best performance: Next step is to tag the instance so you can identify it in the AWS Console:

4 The next step is the security group. Default proposed values allow access from anywhere. You should adapt this settings to meet your specific security policies: You can review your options here:

5 After a few minutes, you can access your instance with RDP and do the final configuration steps. Part 2 - Connect to your SAP AWS instance In the EC2 console, navigate to INSTANCES Instances. This should show all your instances in Amazon EC2. Make sure the SAP instance you want to connect to is in running state. If not, choose the instance, then click on Instance Actions menu, and click on Start in the pull down menu. Make a note of the IP address assigned to the instance. You will need it to connect to this SAP instance in AWS. RDP to the instance with username crtadm and master password Crt2016Tst. You must change hostname to crmtest and restart the instance afterwards.

6 Once the system is restarted, run SAP Management Console on Desktop to start SAP.

7 Enter operating system user credentials. SAP System once it s started and install the license.

8 Login to SAP system using SAP Logon on desktop with SAP* user and password

9 Get the instance s hardware key using transaction SLICENSE to obtain the license from the SAP Service Marketplace: Go to and obtain a valid license key for your system (SID CRT and the hardware key obtained in the preceding step). Now you can install the SAP license using SLICENSE and start working with the system. You can use SAP MMC to stop SAP system. NOTE: we strongly recommend that you update the Master Password and apply a proper password management mechanism. SAP SYSTEM DETAILS All Preinstalled SAP SYSTEMS have the same technical configuration: Hostname Domain crmtest local Master Password Database SID SAPSID Instance numbers Crt2016Tst CRT CRT 01 (ASCS), 00 (DVEBMGS00)

10 SAP Software Owner crtadm