SAP runs best on Red Hat… with Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP SolutionsArne Arnold - Senior Principal Product ManagerMiguel Pérez Colino - Principal Solution Owner2019-05-09
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Arne ArnoldSr. Principal Product Manager
● Product Manager for Red Hat’s solutions for SAP ● Focusing on certifications and overall strategy
in regards to RHEL for SAP Solutions, SAP HANA on RHV, SAP HA solutions and container workloads
● 13 years of SAP experience, certified PMP® and passionate sailor @vArneArnold
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Miguel Perez ColinoPrincipal Solution Owner
● Background in IT in Defence (~8 years)● Red Hat Consultant (~3 years) ● Red Hat Solution Architect (~2 years)
○ Large Cloud Projects (IaaS + PaaS)● Solution Owner / Product Manager● +15 years experience of implementing Open Source. ● Loves playing Bass and Guitar … with friends.@mmmmmmpc
AGENDA
WHY it mattersWHAT you should know WHERE to go next35-40 minutes
Wrap up, Q&A5-10 minutes
WHY it matters
425,000Customers
$24B2018 Revenue
46+Years Industry Expertise
96,000Employees
SYNERGIES between RHT & SAP
Complementary TechnologiesRHT Infrastructure, Application Platform - SAP ERP, HANA , Business Applications
Common Customer BaseDeep presence and common customers within Fortune 2000 companies
Industry FocusFinance, TelCo, Healthcare, Government - Automotive, Retail, Energy, Industrial
SAP | RED HAT – The Journey
on premise cloud
SAP Business SuiteSAP NetWeaverCustom applications
SAP S/4HANA On PremiseSAP HANA platform
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
on premise
SAP Data Hub (SaaS)SAP Cloud Platform (PaaS)Custom cloud apps
present future
PHYSICAL VIRTUALPRIVATECLOUD
PUBLICCLOUD
WHAT you should know
SAP runs best on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
for SAP Solutions
The foundation is always RHEL
CONTROL
CONFIDENCE
FREEDOM
It should—be secure.
It should—just work.
It shouldn’t—get in the way.
CUSTOMER REQUIREMENT “My team is accountable for the availability 24x7 of our SAP solutions. The need for a high number of maintenance windows, caused by a fast spinning update cycle on the operating system, is just not going to work for us.
I’m looking for a solution, or say a partner, which can support us in serving the current needs of our business, while lowering our TCO and move us closer to our long-term goal of transforming our business into a digital enterprise.”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions
TRAVIS - SAP BASIS ADMINISTRATOR
Within his company, responsible for operation and
maintenance of SAP landscape
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions has been designed to deliver upon those needs. Our solution includes high availability and proactive monitoring capabilities, along with remote management options and extended support subscriptions by default, so customers can remain focused on their business objectives.
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Red Hat Satellite
OIL AND GAS/EMEA
SOLUTIONRepsol decided to move to open, standardized systems and migrate its entire infrastructure to a Linux environment running on x86 hardware.
WHY RED HATRepsol chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundation of its SAP® environment due to past success with Red Hat solutions.
RESULTS● Reduced planned downtime for SAP systems● Cut system response time by 10–15%● Gained greater flexibility and availability
CHALLENGEIncrease agility to address sudden market shifts in pricing and regulation
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Source: Red Hat case study, Repsol meets demands of competitive oil market with Red Hat, Aug. 2016.
Cut hardware and software spending by
80%
Red Hat | SAP AllianceWhat we do
● Global team of SAP champions, working hand-in-hand with SAP development & support, incl. on-site engineering team at SAP headquarters
● RHEL is also one of the development platforms of SAP product portfolio● Working with large ecosystem of OEMs, SIs and ISVs to deliver the total package
Tangible benefits
● Improved security & manageability e.g. in context of RHEL 8● Optimized performance & reliability with RHV and RHEL HA● Seamless installation and superior support experience
by means of automation and proactive monitoring● Unified Lifecycle Management across RHEL, RHV and Openshift
RHEL for SAP SolutionsTailored for the needs of Business Critical Applications
Enabled for continuous availability of SAP applications, through integration with SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver High Availability options (RHEL HA add-on and Red Hat SAP HA solution incl.)
Focus on SAP application lifecycle, providing a stable foundationand support for certain RHEL minor releases of up to 4 years from GA(RHEL Extended Update Support for SAP incl.)
Proactive monitoring and remote management of SAP landscapes,with real-time assessment for risks related to performance, availability, stability, and security (Red hat Insights and Smart Management add-on incl.)
Ready to run, delivering high-performance profiles, runtime libraries and file system add-ons, turning SAP into a first class citizen on RHEL for SAP(RHEL for SAP solutions specific software components incl.)
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RHEL
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Unified Lifecycle
ManagementPredictive
Analysis
Extended 4y SAP Support
High
Availability
Cluster
8 8
8
8
8
Red Hat HA Solutions for SAP
ASCSnode1
Pacemaker
ERSnode2 PAS AAS ...
ascs-vip ers-vip pas-ip aas-ip
HANA node1
hana-vip
EnqueueReplication
Pacemaker
HANA node2
SystemReplication
Currently available / SAP supported HA scenarios:● SAP HANA scale-up & scale-out● SAP NetWeaver ● SAP S/4HANA
Red Hat Extended SAP Support
* or until the end of Prod 3, whichever is shorter
EUS E4S ELS
Audience Direct and via
partners
SAP Solutions
Direct and via partners
Life Cycle 2 years from GA
4 years from GA*
Until next release retirement
Security fixes (RHSA) Critical
Bug fixes (RHBA) Selected Urgent
Standard subscription As Add-On Included As Add-On
Premium subscription Included Included As Add-On
Supported architectures
All + SAP X86_64Power LE
X86 and z Systems (no Power BE)
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
Red Hat Smart Management
Keeping the Baseline of your environment, making it predictable ...
Infrastructure Admin
SAP Base Admin
SAP Early Watch● proactive application monitoring● top down view● ML in SAP datacenter
Red Hat Insights● proactive infrastructure monitoring● bottom up view● ML in Red Hat datacenter
Administrators are proactively informed on possible future impacts
Red Hat Insights Rules for SAP
DISCOVER VALIDATE1,000,000+solved cases
100,000+unique solutions
Product SKU:RHEL for SAP Solutions
RHEL for SAP Applications
RPM Channel: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP /SAP NW applications
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA / SAP Solutions
compat-locales-sap x
compat-sap-c++ x x
resource-agents-sap x
resource-agents-sap-hana x
tuned-profiles-sap x
tuned-profiles-sap-hana x
sapconf x
vhostmd/vm-dump-metrics x
RHEL packages & repos specific for SAP
SAP / SAP HANA Supported Cloud Providers
http://bit.ly/RHEL-on-SAP-on-Cloud
SAP runs even better running Red Hat solutions all together
Red Hat Virtualization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Insights
Ansible Automation
SAP Application
Red Hat Satellite
Red Hat Openshift
96% of all critical security issues addressed within one week
Predictive Analytics
Unified LifecycleManagement
2
1
3
HARDWARE MAINTENANCE
► On Site construction
► Installation & Configuration
► Installation & Configuration
► Validation & Customization
► Maintenance & Updates
Automation for the whole environment
Link to Ansible SAP Playbooks
SAP optimized installation processwith Red Hat Ansible
LINUX (OS), SAP HANA, VALIDATION
Example Use Case - Reduce risk of patching
Software Repository for:- Operating System- Firmware RPMs- Application Binaries
Patch
1. Apply Production Server Profile & boot
2. Install OS on QA Server
4. Provision & Configure Application
3. Apply Production OS Config on QA Server
Load Test Data
Run Tests
Promote Patch to PROD
Run Update on PROD
Trigger
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/videos/iot-and-big-data-red-hat-jboss-middleware-and-sap-hanahttps://vimeo.com/184648850
IoT solutions, built jointly by SAP & Red Hat
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The future SAP runs best with Red Hat Openshift
SAP Cloud Platform Architecture
Full SAP Blog Entry
Orchestrate interoperation through API‘s
Open Runtimes
Data Management
Services
SAP Cloud Platform
SaaS Stacks
Ecosystem
Multi-Cloud Infrastructure SAP Data Center
SAP HANA Data Management Suite
BusinessServices
IntegrationServices
TechnicalServices
SAP LeonardoInnovation System
3rd Party
SAPS/4 HANA
Cloud
SAP ABAP
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Where SAP & Red Hat Architecture Intersects
Red HatAPI Management
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxunderpinning SaaS offerings
Red Hat lead OS projectsKubernetes, kNative, Istio
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxe.g. SAP HANA
Red Hat CCSPOpenshift
SAP is embracing Open Source on their journey to become the enterprise cloud company.Kubernetes & Containers are strategic building-blocks of both, SAP and Red Hat future architecture.
Our mutual customers want open hybrid cloud choices!
Red Hat serves as Open Standard Software Provider
for all of SAP’s Business Applications
SAP | RED HAT – Strategic Partners
WHERE to go next
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP NW APPLICATIONS
RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR APPLICATIONS (non-HANA)
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP HANA (X86 ONLY)
RHEL FOR SAP SOLUTIONS DEVELOPER EDITION
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP SOLUTIONS
SAP DATAHUB VALIDATED ON RED HAT OPENSHIFT
RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR SAP HANA (1.5TB SINGLE VM)
RHEL FOR SAP SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE VIA CCSP
2017 2018
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP NW APPLICATIONS
RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR NW APPLICATION (non-HANA)
History of Red Hat Solutions for SAP
2019
RHEL FOR SAP SOLUTIONS DEVELOPER EDITION
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP SOLUTIONS
SAP DATAHUB VALIDATED ON RED HAT OPENSHIFT
RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR SAP HANA (1.5TB SINGLE VM)
RHEL FOR SAP WITH HA AND US AVAILABLE VIA CCSP
RHEL HA FOR SAP NETWEAVER AND SAP HANA
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP NW APPLICATIONS
RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR NW APPLICATION (non-HANA)
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP HANA (X86 + Power)
RHEL FOR SAP WITH HA AND US AVAILABLE VIA CCSP
SAP HANA TESTED IN-PLACE UPGRADE FROM RHEL 6 to 7
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP HANA (X86 + Power)
OCP
RHEL
RHV
SAP HANA + SAP DataHub Support Status
SAP HANA 2.0
SAP HANA 1.0
RHEL 6.10 (x86) RHEL 7.6 (x86 & Power)incl. DAX-FS for HANA RHEL 8.0 (x86 & Power 9)
-planned-
scale-out supportsingle-VM support
multi-VM supportRHV 4.1 (1.5 TB)RHV 4.x (>1.5 TB)
-planned-
SDH 2.3/.4 on OCP 3.10 SDH 2.5/.5 on
OCP 3.11-planned-
SAP NetWeaver is fully supported on RHEL 6.x/7.x, as well as RHV 4.x on x86 & PowerFind information at https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/x/rDK7Gg
Information provided may be subject to change for any or no reason.
Digital transformation & S/4HANA migrations➢ Solution Overview, Technical Brief from Red Hat
RHEL for SAP Solutions ➢ Datasheet, Technical Overview, Certified releases, SAP Note 2235581➢ Blog, Solution Brief, SAP Note 2235581 for SAP HANA on Power
RHV virtualization for SAP HANA➢ Solution brief, Certified releases, SAP Note 2599726
Red Hat Openshift in context of SAP➢ Validated releases, KB Article 3630111
Joint SAP / Red Hat customer references➢ Mohawk Industries, Repsol, Bayer, Molecular Health, FI-TS, Sunrise
Communications, Indesso, Hotelplan
Where to find further information
Summary
Red Hat Automation04● Increase efficiency in SAP landscape deployments● Perform proactive & automate configuration tasks
based on Red Hat Insights & Smart Management capabilities
Red Hat High-Availability for SAP 03 ● Leverage first class HA automation capabilities● Integration for SAP NetWeaver and HANA applications
Red Hat Virtualization02● Jointly tested with SAP ● Providing more flexibility in how to operate SAP applications,
while not sacrificing performance SLAs
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxfor SAP Solutions | Applications01
● Designed to deliver upon needs of SAP customers● Includes high availability and proactive monitoring capabilities,
along with remote management options and extended support
Red Hat Hybrid Cloud 05● Cloud optimized RHEL operating system ● Provide first-class container runtime
for hybrid cloud environments (public and private cloud)
PHYSICAL VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD PUBLIC CLOUD
Everything-as-a-Service Modern apps ISV
RED HAT CAN BE YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER ON THIS JOURNEY
Containers & microservices
The new Datacenter is Hybrid