SAP Runs Best On Red Hat

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 SPEAKERSArne ArnoldSr. Principal Product Manager @vArneArnoldProduct Manager for Red Hat’s solutions for SAPFocusing on certifications and overall strategyin regards to RHEL for SAP Solutions, SAP HANA onRHV, SAP HA solutions and container workloads13 years of SAP experience, certified PMP andpassionate sailor

ABOUT THE SPEAKERSMiguel Perez ColinoPrincipal Solution Owner @mmmmmmpc 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.

AGENDAWHY it mattersWHAT you should knowWHERE to go next35-40 minutesWrap up, Q&A5-10 minutes

WHY it matters

425,000 24B46 96,000Customers2018 RevenueYears Industry ExpertiseEmployeesSYNERGIES between RHT & SAPComplementary TechnologiesRHT Infrastructure, Application Platform - SAP ERP, HANA , Business ApplicationsCommon Customer BaseDeep presence and common customers within Fortune 2000 companiesIndustry FocusFinance, TelCo, Healthcare, Government - Automotive, Retail, Energy, Industrial

SAP RED HAT – The Journeyon premiseon premiseSAP S/4HANA On PremiseSAP HANA platformSAP Business SuiteSAP NetWeaverCustom applicationscloudSAP S/4HANA CloudSAP Data Hub (SaaS)SAP Cloud Platform (PaaS)Custom cloud CLOUD

WHAT you should know

SAP runs beston Red Hat Enterprise Linuxfor SAP Solutions

The foundation is always RHELCONTROLIt should—be secure.CONFIDENCEIt should—just work.FREEDOMIt shouldn’t—get in the way.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP SolutionsCUSTOMER REQUIREMENT“My team is accountable for the availability 24x7 of our SAP solutions. The needfor a high number of maintenance windows, caused by a fast spinning update cycleon the operating system, is just not going to work for us.TRAVIS - SAP BASISI’m looking for a solution, or say a partner, which can support us in serving thecurrent needs of our business, while lowering our TCO and move us closer to ourlong-term goal of transforming our business into a digital enterprise.”ADMINISTRATORWithin his company,responsible for operation andmaintenance ofSAP landscapeRed Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions has been designed to deliver uponthose needs. Our solution includes high availability and proactive monitoringcapabilities, along with remote management options and extended supportsubscriptions by default, so customers can remain focused on their businessobjectives.

OIL AND GAS/EMEACHALLENGEIncrease agility to address sudden market shifts in pricing and regulationSOLUTIONRepsol decided to move to open, standardized systems and migrate its entireinfrastructure to a Linux environment running on x86 hardware.Cut hardwareand softwarespending by80%WHY RED HATRepsol chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundation of its SAP environment due topast success with Red Hat solutions.RESULTS Reduced planned downtime for SAP systems Cut system response time by 10–15% Gained greater flexibility and availabilityPRODUCTS & SERVICESRed Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat SatelliteSource: Red Hat case study, Repsol meets demands of competitive oil market with Red Hat, Aug. 2016.

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 packageTangible benefits Improved security & manageability e.g. in context of RHEL 8 Optimized performance & reliability with RHV and RHEL HA Seamless installation and superior support experienceby means of automation and proactive monitoring Unified Lifecycle Management across RHEL, RHV and Openshift

RHEL for SAP SolutionsTailored for the needs of Business Critical ApplicationsEnabled 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.)88UnMa Life ifiedna cycge lement88 RHELHigh itylabilAvai sterClu8AutomOpe atedrationsExtended 4y SAPSupportiveict sisde yPr nalAFocus 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 filesystem add-ons, turning SAP into a first class citizen on RHEL for SAP(RHEL for SAP solutions specific software components incl.)

Red Hat HA Solutions for de2pas-ipPASPacemakerCurrently available / SAP supported HA scenarios: SAP HANA scale-up & scale-out SAP NetWeaver SAP S/4HANAaas-iphana-vipAAS .HANAnode1SystemReplicationPacemakerHANAnode2

Red Hat Extended SAP SupportEUSE4SELSAudienceDirect andviapartnersSAPSolutionsDirect and viapartnersLife Cycle2 yearsfrom GA4 yearsfrom GA*Until next releaseretirementSecurity fixes (RHSA)CriticalBug fixes (RHBA)Selected UrgentStandard subscriptionAs Add-OnIncludedAs Add-OnPremium subscriptionIncludedIncludedAs Add-OnSupportedarchitecturesAll SAPX86 64Power LEX86 and z Systems(no Power s/errata* or until the end of Prod 3, whichever is shorter

Red Hat Smart ManagementKeeping the Baseline of your environment, making it predictable .

Red Hat Insights Rules for SAPSAP Base AdminSAP Early Watch proactive application monitoring top down view ML in SAP datacenterAdministrators areproactively informed onpossible future impactsRed Hat Insights proactive infrastructure monitoring bottom up view ML in Red Hat datacenterInfrastructure AdminDISCOVERVALIDATE1,000,000 solved cases100,000 unique solutions

RHEL packages & repos specific for SAPRHEL for SAP SolutionsProduct SKU:RHEL for SAP ApplicationsRPM Channel:Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP /SAP NW applicationscompat-locales-sapxcompat-sap-c -profiles-sapRed Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA /SAP md/vm-dump-metricsx

SAP / SAP HANA Supported Cloud Providershttp://bit.ly/RHEL-on-SAP-on-Cloud

SAP runs even betterrunning Red Hat solutions all togetherSAP ApplicationPredictiveAnalytics2Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed HatVirtualizationRed HatSatellite31Red HatOpenshiftAnsibleAutomationRed HatInsightsUnified LifecycleManagement96% of all criticalsecurity issuesaddressed withinone week

SAP optimized installation processwith Red Hat AnsibleHARDWARE On SiteconstructionLINUX (OS), SAP HANA, VALIDATION Installation &Configuration Installation &Configuration Validation &CustomizationAutomation for the whole environmentLink to Ansible SAP PlaybooksMAINTENANCE Maintenance& Updates

Example Use Case - Reduce risk of patching1. Apply ProductionServer Profile & bootPatch2. Install OS on QA ServerPromotePatch toPROD3. Apply Production OSConfig on QA Server4. Provision &Configure ApplicationTriggerSoftware Repository for:- Operating System- Firmware RPMs- Application BinariesRun Updateon PRODLoad TestDataRun Tests

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The future SAP runs bestwith Red Hat Openshift

SAP Cloud Platform ArchitectureFull SAP Blog Entry

Where SAP & Red Hat Architecture IntersectsEcosystem3rd PartyRed Hat Enterprise Linuxunderpinning SaaS offeringsSaaS StacksSAPS/4 HANACloudOrchestrate interoperation through API‘sRed HatAPI ManagementSAP Cloud PlatformServicesBusinessIntegrationTechnicalSAP LeonardoServicesServicesServicesInnovation SystemData ManagementOpen RuntimesMulti-Cloud Infrastructure SAP Data Center28SAP HANA Data Management SuiteSAP ABAPRed Hat Enterprise Linuxe.g. SAP HANARed Hat lead OS projectsKubernetes, kNative, IstioRed Hat CCSPOpenshift

SAP RED HAT – Strategic PartnersSAP 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 asOpen Standard Software Providerfor all of SAP’s Business Applications

WHERE to go next

History of Red Hat Solutions for SAPSAP HANA TESTED IN-PLACE UPGRADE FROM RHEL 6 to 7RHEL FOR SAP WITH HA AND US AVAILABLE VIA CCSPRHEL HA FOR SAP NETWEAVER AND SAP HANARHEL FOR SAP SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE VIA CCSPRHEL FOR SAP WITH HA AND US AVAILABLE VIA CCSPRED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR SAP HANA (1.5TB SINGLE VM)RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR SAP HANA (1.5TB SINGLE VM)SAP DATAHUB VALIDATED ON RED HAT OPENSHIFTSAP DATAHUB VALIDATED ON RED HAT OPENSHIFTRED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP SOLUTIONSRED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP SOLUTIONSRHEL FOR SAP SOLUTIONS DEVELOPER EDITIONRHEL FOR SAP SOLUTIONS DEVELOPER EDITIONRED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP HANA (X86 ONLY)RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP HANA (X86 Power)RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP HANA (X86 Power)RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR APPLICATIONS (non-HANA)RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR NW APPLICATION (non-HANA)RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION FOR NW APPLICATION (non-HANA)RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP NW APPLICATIONSRED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP NW APPLICATIONSRED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX FOR SAP NW APPLICATIONS201720182019

SAP HANA SAP DataHub Support StatusRHEL 6.10 (x86)SAP HANA 1.0RHEL 7.6 (x86 & Power)incl. DAX-FS for HANARHEL 8.0 (x86 & Power 9)-planned-RHELSAP HANA 2.0portupscale-out stmulti-VM supporRHV 4.x ( 1.5 TB)single-VMsupportRHV 4.1 (1.5 TB)RHV-planned-SDH 2.3/.4 onOCP 3.10SDH 2.5/.5 onOCP 3.11OCP-plannedSAP 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/rDK7GgInformation provided may be subject to change for any or no reason.

Where to find further informationDigital transformation & S/4HANA migrations Solution Overview, Technical Brief from Red HatRHEL for SAP Solutions Datasheet, Technical Overview, Certified releases, SAP Note 2235581 Blog, Solution Brief, SAP Note 2235581 for SAP HANA on PowerRHV virtualization for SAP HANA Solution brief, Certified releases, SAP Note 2599726Red Hat Openshift in context of SAP Validated releases, KB Article 3630111Joint SAP / Red Hat customer references Mohawk Industries, Repsol, Bayer, Molecular Health, FI-TS, SunriseCommunications, Indesso, Hotelplan

Summary Designed to deliver upon needs of SAP customersIncludes high availability and proactive monitoring capabilities,along with remote management options and extended support01Red Hat Enterprise Linuxfor SAP Solutions Applications02Red Hat Virtualization Jointly tested with SAPProviding more flexibility in how to operate SAP applications,while not sacrificing performance SLAs03Red Hat High-Availability for SAP Leverage first class HA automation capabilitiesIntegration for SAP NetWeaver and HANA applications04Red Hat Automation Increase efficiency in SAP landscape deploymentsPerform proactive & automate configuration tasksbased on Red Hat Insights & Smart Management capabilities05Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Cloud optimized RHEL operating systemProvide first-class container runtimefor hybrid cloud environments (public and private cloud)

The new Datacenter is HybridEverything-as-a-ServiceModern appsPHYSICALVIRTUALContainers & microservicesPRIVATE CLOUDISVPUBLIC CLOUDRED HAT CAN BE YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER ON THIS JOURNEY

SAP Leonardo Innovation System 3rd Party SAP S/4 HANA Cloud SAP ABAP 28 Where SAP & Red Hat Architecture Intersects Red Hat API Management Red Hat Enterprise Linux underpinning SaaS offerings Red Hat lead OS projects Kubernetes, kNative, Istio Red Hat Enterprise Linux e.g. SAP HANA Red Hat CCSP