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Virtualizing your SAP infrastructure Matt Lestock Infrastructure Architect [email protected] 757.345.3437
Virtualizing your SAP infrastructure
Matt LestockInfrastructure Architect
Key Learning Points
Understand the fundamental concepts of virtualization and the value it brings to your SAP infrastructure.
SAP in a virtualized environment can meet even the most rigid uptime and business continuity requirements.
VMware virtualization technology enables customer to realize immediate cost benefits, while deploying business continuity strategies which would otherwise be too costly to develop and implement.
Accurately sizing SAP installations for virtual infrastructures.
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DATAXSTREAM
A Leader In SAP Technical and Integration Consulting 100% Project Success Rate SAP, VMware, Dell Certified Partner Over 15 Years SAP Experience Offices in California, Indiana, Virginia
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Example Companies For Our Discussion
DataXstream Business: SAP Consulting, SAP Product Development, and SAP
Infrastructure & Architecture Virtualized Since 2004: Leverage Virtualization for Internal
Systems as well as our SAP Product Development Systems
Lumber Liquidators Business: Retail Flooring Products Virtualized in 2010: Leveraging Virtualization For Entire SAP
Landscape and Support Systems
Firestone Diversified Products Business: Automotive Parts, Fibers, Building Products Performing Datacenter and Virtualization Assessment
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Keys To Efficiently Realizing A Virtualized SAP Landscape
Understanding the value and capabilities of a virtualization platform in an SAP environment.
A clear definition of requirements today and a vision of tomorrows.
Understanding the differences between sizing a physical SAP landscape and a virtual landscape.
Selecting the right software and hardware, that meets today’s needs and grows seamlessly to meet tomorrows.
Engage a team that understands the unique requirements of SAP, and can successfully translate and implement those requirements into a virtualized landscape.
Internal Cloud Infrastructure With VMware
• SAP and Supporting ProductsApplication Layer
• VMware Hypervisor vSphere 4Abstraction Layer
• Server, Storage, and Network Resources
Internal Hardware Cloud
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VMware Hypervisor
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VMware High Availability (HA)
Minimize unplanned downtime and service disruption.
Eliminate the need for dedicated standby hardware.
Enable affordable uniform high availability across the entire virtualized SAP environment.
Automatic detection of operating system failures.
Easy to configure “Out of Box Solution”.
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VMVMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
Hardware Failure Event
Software Failure Event
VMVMVMVM
VM
VMware ESX VMware ESX VMware ESX
VMware ESX
VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
Automatically detects server failures and triggers instantaneous, seamless stateful failover resulting in zero downtime, zero-data-loss continuous availability.
Ideal for Central Services instances. Continuous availability of Central Services.
Automatically triggers the creation of a new secondary virtual machine after failover.
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VMVMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
Hardware Failure Event
VMware ESX VMware ESX VMware ESX
FT Protected
FT Protected
No Disruption To Service During Failover Event
VMware vMotion
Perform hardware maintenance without scheduled downtime.
Proactively migrate virtual machines away from failing or underperforming servers.
Automatically optimize and allocate entire pools of resources for optimal hardware utilization and alignment with business priorities.
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VMVMVMVM
VM (Moved)VMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
VMware ESX VMware ESX VMware ESX
No Disruption To Service During Virtual Machine Move
vMotion
VMware Snap Shots
A snapshot preserves the state and data of a virtual machine at a specific point in time.
You can create snapshots, revert to any snapshot in the chain, and remove snapshots.
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VMware Site Recovery Manager
Discover and display virtual machines protected by storage replication.
Create and manage recovery plans.
Extend recovery plans with custom scripts.
Monitor availability of remote site and alert users.
Store, view and export results of test and failover execution from vCenter Server.
ESX Resource Pool
vCenter Server
SRM Server
Primary Site
SAN Infrastructure
ESX Resource Pool
vCenter Server
SRM Server
Recovery Site
SAN Infrastructure
ReplicatedStorage
Technical Review
What are SAPS? SAP Application Performance
Standard (SAPS) is a hardware-independent unit of measurement that describes the performance of a system configuration in the SAP environment.
It is derived from the Sales and Distribution (SD) benchmark, where 100 SAPS is defined as 2,000 fully business processed order line items per hour.
What are IOPS? IOPS is the standard unit of
measurement for I/O(Input/Output) operations per second. This measurement is a performance-based measurement and is usually seen written as:
Total IOPS: Average number of I/O operations per second.
Read IOPS: Average number of read I/O operations per second.
Write IOPS: Average number of write I/O operations per second.
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Hardware Capability
For approx $50,000 it is possible to spec a 32-core quad Xeon X7560 system with 512GB of RAM.
For comparison, to achieve similar performance benchmarks utilizing an IBM Power 750, one would have to spend well over $125,000.
The latest generation Intel Processors can now perform as well as their RISC counterparts in high performance computing applications at a much more reasonable price.
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Review of Supported OS & DB
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows 2008
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
Databases DB2 for LUW 9.X
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Microsoft SQL Server 2008
SAP MAXDB 7.6+
Oracle 10.1+
* Certain operating system installations require specific DB versions.** All installations require 64bit versioning
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No Two Situations Are The Same
What is your unique situation? Project Timeline Budget What is your current SAP
environment? Are you currently running any
virtualization? Are you also pursuing an SAP
Upgrade at the same time? Is your Datacenter running
out of space, power, or cooling?
What is the Project’s Vision?
Less servers to maintain? More flexible CPU &
storage configuration? High Availability? Disaster Recovery? Data Backup? Allow for growth with
minimized cost?
Understanding your current environment, future needs, and goals is critical to successfully virtualizing your SAP environment.
Lumber Liquidators Solution Summary
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New implementation of SAP Retail Initial deployment to US stores Canada and International to follow Over 180 Stores in North America Rapidly expanding footprint domestically and globally Unsure of SAP’s stance on production virtualization Infrastructure deployed in 2 weeks by DataXstream
Lumber Liquidators Design Principles
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Minimize TCO Minimize Complexity Keep Solution Flexible Plan For Future Needs Limit Single Points Of Failure Time, Rack Space, Cooling, and Power Limited Implementation partner who understands SAP and
Virtualization Technologies
Lumber Liquidators SAP Environment
Development
• ECC• BW• PI• Portal• Solution
Manager
Quality
• ECC• BW• PI• Portal
Production
• ECC• BW• PI• Portal• Solution
Manager
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Lumber Liquidators ECC Landscape
ECC Development
• CI/DB
ECC Quality
• ASCS• PA• DB
ECC Production
• ASCS• PA• DB
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Storage Layer
Host Layer
Lumber Liquidators VM Infrastructure
Development
• ECC• BW• PI• Portal• Solution Manager
Quality
• ECC• BW• PI• Portal
Production
• ECC• BW• PI• Portal• Solution Manager
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Hardware Cloud
vSphere Hypervisor
Application Layer and Hypervisor
Sizing - Importance
Traditional Physical Landscape Design Total 18K SAPS Capacity and 6000 IOPS
Multiply That By 3 or 4 Similar Sized Products Landscapes That Is 72K SAPS Processing Capacity
In A Physical Model You Would Need To Buy At Least 72K SAPS Capacity To Implement This Model and Substantial Storage Infrastructure
In A Virtualized Environment You Size To A Solution Peak Value
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ECC Development
• 3000 SAPS• 1000 IOPS
ECC Quality
• 6000 SAPS• 2000 IOPS
ECC Production
• 9000 SAPS• 3000 IOPS
Lumber Liquidators Primary Site Cloud
Servers 64 Processor Cores 1152 Gig RAM 64 1GbE w/TOE NICs Benchmarked SAPS – 146K
Virtualization Software 16 Sockets vSphere Enterprise
for 8 vCPU’s 1 vCenter Server
Storage 56.7 TB (Raw) 25.0 TB (Raid 10) Dual Controls 16 Gigabit NICs 96 – 10K – 600gb Drives 12200 IOPS
Network Redundant Switches 96 1gb Ports / Switch
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Why Dell / Equallogic?
Equallogic PS Storage Array Features
Snap Shots Writable Snapshots Volume Cloning Volume Consistency Sets Array Evacuation Automatic Load Balancing SAN Virtualization Online Volume Management RAID Balancing E-Mail Home Historic Performance Monitoring Easy to manage NO ONGOING SOFTWARE LICENSING
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2 TB — 16+ TB …
Operations /Management $$
STORAGE CAPACITY
Learning Curve
Performance /Capacity
One Vendor, One Support Contact
Why Dell / Equallogic?
Dell Poweredge 11g Servers
Rack-Mounted or Blade System Single Point of Management
(DMC) Latest generation of Intel & AMD
Processors Built from the ground up around
virtualization Industry leading system efficiency Unprecedented reliability and
commonality
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One Vendor, One Support Contact
Lumber Liquidators – Install
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SAP HA Configuration Scenarios
•2 / 3 Tier Implementations Supported•Protects Against Hardware and OS Failure•System Unavailable During Failover
VMware HA
•3 Tier Implementations Supported•CI or ASCS & DB Protected By VMware FT•Continuous Availability of DB, Message Server, and Enqueue Services•Limited to one vCPU per VM
VMware FT
•3 Tier Implementations Supported•ASCS Protected By FT - DB and APPs Protected by HA•Continuous Availability of ASCS (Enqueue and Message Server)•DB Unavailable During Failover
VMware HA & FT
•3 Tier implementations Supported•Protects Against Hardware and Software Failures•Availability Of Enqueue During Failover•DB Unavailable During Failover
MSCS in Virtual Machines
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Hardware Failures
ECC Development
• CI/DB - HA
ECC Quality
• ASCS - FT• PA - HA• DB - HA
ECC Production
• ASCS - FT• PA - HA• DB - HA
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System Unavailable During Failover
ASCS Protected By FT - DB and APPs Protected by HAContinuous Availability of ASCS (Enqueue and Message Server)DB Unavailable During Failover
ASCS Protected By FT - DB and APPs Protected by HAContinuous Availability of ASCS (Enqueue and Message Server)DB Unavailable During Failover
DATAXSTREAM SAP Product Development
Development Infrastructure Support SAP Product
Development, R/3, ECC, Solution Manager, XI, PI, and CRM
SAP Product Development Best Practices Require 3 Box Delivery Landscape
Product Development Requires Multiple Versions Of Same Product and Patch Levels
Solution: Virtualized Infrastructure 10+ SAP Product Delivery
Landscapes 30+ SAP Instances Ability To Test and Roll
Back Product Delivery Process
Ability To Patch Landscape and Roll Back To Assist Customer Troubleshooting
Entire Infrastructure Is HA
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User Errors and Data Corruption
Backup and Restore Program via the vStorage API with VEEAM
Backup Solution Integrates With The Hypervisor. Any VM Can Be Added to Backup Program with No Additional Installations.
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Lumber Liquidators Physical vs Virtual
Physical Infrastructure Primary Site Would
Required Minimum 50 Servers (Avg. Cost 12K) Total 600K
DR Site Would Require Minimum 11 Servers (Avg. Cost 16K) Total 176K
Only QA and PRD HA Protected
Complex Setup and Configuration
Virtual Infrastructure Primary Site Required 8
Servers (Avg. Cost 22K) Total 122K
DR Site Required 3 Servers (Avg. Cost 22K) Total 66K
Entire SAP Infrastructure HA or FT Protected
Simplified Setup and Configuration
Cost Savings Over $500K (In Just Servers)
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Disaster Events
Site Recover Manager (SRM) Easily create and manage
recovery plans directly from vCenter Server
Automate execution of recovery plans.
Connect virtual machines to an existing isolated network for testing purposes.
Manage and monitor execution of recovery plans within vCenter Server.
Solutions In Action Deployed Oversized VM
Solution To Primary Site. Migrated Existing Non-SAP
VM Infrastructure to New VM Platform
Redeployed Existing Infrastructure To Secondary Site For DR
DATAXSTREAM Is Also In The Process Of Implementing This Same Approach
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Infrastructure Changes
Hot Add Add Hardware and Devices to Servers with No Interruption to
Your SAP Environment
Addition Of New Hardware Add New Capacity and Redistribute Work Load in Less Than A
Day with No Interruption to Your SAP Environment
Retirement Of Old Hardware Retire / Replace Your SAP Hardware with No Interruption to
Your SAP Environment (Little to No Implementation Cost)
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Maintenance
DRS – vMotion, Storage vMotion, Evacuate Perform Hardware Maintenance on Your Servers and Storage
with No Interruption to Your SAP Environment
Snap Shots
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SAP ECC DEV Live Cone
SAP ECCDEV
Clone
Test VM Network & Snapshot
SAP ECC DEVClone
Clone DEV Box and Isolate On Test Network. Test Patch On Clone.
Snapshot DEV and Patch. Role Back Snapshot on Failure. Commit Snapshot on Success.
SAP ECC DEV
SnapshotSAP ECC
DEV
VMVMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
VMVMVMVM
VMware ESX VMware ESX VMware ESX
Virtualization Cost Benefit
VMware virtualization technology enables customer to realize immediate cost benefits, while deploying business continuity strategies which would otherwise be too costly to develop and implement.
Reduced Hardware Cost Reduced Software Cost Reduced Maintenance Cost Cost To Implement HA and
a DR Strategy Significantly Reduced
Reduced Time and Cost To Implement
Flexibility
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Firestone BC Physical vs Virtual Infrastructure (Study)
Physical BC Tape Backups, Offsite Standby,
Declarations Up To 24 Hours Data Loss Up To 3 Days Downtime From
Declaration Approximate Monthly
Reoccurring External Cost For Hot Site $12K (144K Yearly)
DR Declaration Cost $50K
Virtual BC Replicated SAN with VMware
SRM (Leveraging Existing Sites) Less Than 30 Minutes Data Loss
(SAN Replication Queue) Less Than 1 Hour Downtime
From Declaration No Monthly Reoccurring External
Cost (Leveraging Current Sites) ROI Less Than 18 Months
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The DATAXSTREAM Difference
XstreamExperience
Senior Level Consultants100% Project Success
Rate
Enterprise Architecture
Experts
SAP Virtualization Experts
SAP Technical Design Experts
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DATAXSTREAM is a specialized team that understands the unique requirements of SAP, and can successfully translate and implement those requirements into a virtualized landscape.
The DATAXSTREAM Difference
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At DATAXSTREAM, we have the experience to ensure that your new virtual SAP infrastructure is successfully designed & deployed in accordance with your business objectives!
DATAXSTREAM Hardware Vendors SAP ContractorsExperience
SAP Installs & Upgrades
Virtual Infrastructure Design
100% Project Success
SAP Technical Experts
SAP Certified Partner
All Encompassing Project Guidance
Key Learnings
Virtualized SAP Landscape has big TCO / ROI Benefits. Virtualization of your SAP Landscape Provides Maximum
Flexibility To Meet Your Companies Changing Business Requirements.
Virtualization Technology by VMware Can Meet Your Companies Business Continuity objectives.
Understanding Both SAP and VMware are Critical to Successfully Virtualizing Your SAP Environment
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Resources
DATAXSTREAM http://www.dataxstream.com Blog
VMware Virtualization TCO / ROI for SAP VMware HA for SAP SAP Virtualization Case Studies
SAP VMware Acceptance / Approval For
Production SAP PAM SAP Hardware Benchmarks
2 Tier 3 Tier
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757-345-3437
